Comments on: Comic Book Urban Legends Addendum http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/09/19/comic-book-urban-legends-addendum-2/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:22:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ParanoidObsessive http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/09/19/comic-book-urban-legends-addendum-2/comment-page-1/#comment-693147 ParanoidObsessive Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:01:11 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=19155#comment-693147 It seems odd that Marvel would feel the need to create a new line solely to hold individual properties owned and controlled by the individual creators, considering that was basically what Epic was, and Epic was already around 4 years before New Universe came out. Even allowing for the fact that New Universe was planned in advance, it doesn't really seem to add up. Of course, Archie Goodwin was involved with both Epic and New Universe, so maybe Carl Potts is simply misremembering and confusing the two lines? It seems odd that Marvel would feel the need to create a new line solely to hold individual properties owned and controlled by the individual creators, considering that was basically what Epic was, and Epic was already around 4 years before New Universe came out. Even allowing for the fact that New Universe was planned in advance, it doesn't really seem to add up.

Of course, Archie Goodwin was involved with both Epic and New Universe, so maybe Carl Potts is simply misremembering and confusing the two lines?

]]> By: Andrew Perron http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/09/19/comic-book-urban-legends-addendum-2/comment-page-1/#comment-684998 Andrew Perron Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:58:02 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=19155#comment-684998 To be fair, it doesn't say it was originally called that. To be fair, it doesn't say it was originally called that.

]]> By: R. J. Sterling http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/09/19/comic-book-urban-legends-addendum-2/comment-page-1/#comment-684906 R. J. Sterling Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:26:10 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=19155#comment-684906 Perhaps the line would have been called "New UNIVERSES". Perhaps the line would have been called "New UNIVERSES".

]]> By: Kamino Neko http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/09/19/comic-book-urban-legends-addendum-2/comment-page-1/#comment-684790 Kamino Neko Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:00:32 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=19155#comment-684790 'New Universe' is kind of a weird name for something not meant to BE a universe... 'New Universe' is kind of a weird name for something not meant to BE a universe...

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