Originally published April 30, 1999, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1328
An earlier column discussed the endeavors by comic companies to try and attract new readers to old properties either by rebooting and/or retelling previously told stories with a new gloss added, or else exploring new formats that might be more “kid friendly.”
It’s interesting to note (well, interesting to me, in any event) that the phenomenon is not restricted to comics. In the movie theaters recently, I’ve come across two films that fit that particular bill perfectly. It’s a somewhat different set up, since in the comic book instances, corporations are trying to keep their existing properties afloat. In the film instance, we’re seeing rehashes of previous ideas that are intended to make a few bucks because, well… the movie makers might not have had better notions available to them.
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