Robert Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment Acquires Gold Key Comics License for Magnus, Turok, and Solar
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Rich Johnston
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Summary
Robert Kirkman, through his Skybound Entertainment (an Image Comics partner), has secured the license to publish new comic books featuring Gold Key characters: Magnus Robot Fighter, Turok Dinosaur Hunter, and Solar Man of the Atom. This marks a major publishing acquisition for Kirkman, who already publishes Transformers, G.I. Joe, Universal Monsters, and Battle Beast comics. The article, reported by Bleeding Cool, details the significance of these classic characters returning to Image Comics under Kirkman's stewardship.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledBleeding Cool gets the word that Robert Kirkman, co-creator of The Walking Dead and Invincible, founder of comic book publisher Skybound Entertainment, partner of Image Comics, and current publisher of Transformers, GI JOE, Universal Monsters comics and Battle Beast, has some new toys.
That he, or they, have signed a deal to publish comic books […]
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