Charlton Action Heroes

[John Desmarais]

Heh, folks are still debating it. Only Julius Schwartz knows for sure and obviously he ain't talkin no more (shame to he was brilliant). Plas made it fairly well in the pre flashpoint DCU, even making Batman's List of "Never Wanting to Fight *insert name here*"....

I think the DCnU made a big mistake NOT bringing Ted Kord Back. On the other hand in order to do that they would have had to fix this crappy time span they have all this new stuff crammed into, and that's before you get into the problems of maybe having Dan Garrett around as well... I don't get why DC has this thing going where they constantly throw a new coat of paint on something that Always Fails, instead of running with what their fanbase is actually asking for.... Creators Pet Projects. I expect at least 12 more attempts to get enough people liking Jaime Reyes that he actually gets a steady fanbase going.....

So yeah I miss the BBII. Charlton rolled out some strong characters.

~Rex

Hmmm... Other than Captain Atom, are any of the old Charlton characters being actively used in the new DC? (Blue Beetle doesn't count. He's very much NOT either of the Charlton Blue Beetle's, and so far I don't think the new title has created any actual link between them).

Myhaps DC is planning to revive Earth-4?

[Kap]

I miss the Ditko Blue Beetle, Ditko Question, Ditko Captain Atom, and Thunderbolt! Heck, I even enjoyed Peacemaker and Nightshade. It's too bad there's no Earth-Charlton where they're being used. It was a great concept to have no super powers (except Captain Atom grandfathered in), just special gadgets, gimmicks, and skills. I'd love to play a Champions game in that world.

--Kap

[wcw43921]

There's always Watchmen--I believe they're statted up at Surbrook's site. Of course the campaign world is the embodiment of the word "crapsack," but them's the breaks, eh?

[Kap]

There's always Watchmen--I believe they're statted up at Surbrook's site. Of course the campaign world is the embodiment of the word "crapsack," but them's the breaks, eh?

Watchmen diverges enough from the source material that the characters are essentially unrecognizable as the Charlton Action Heroes. I liked the comic book of Watchmen except for its utter lack of a sense of humor about grown men in tights beating on crooks and each other.

I guess I'll have to write up my own versions of the '66 Charlton Action Heroes--sounds like no one else has done it.

--Kap

[RexMundi]

Well supposedly Ted Kord still has a presence in the DCnU, so there's still some real Blue Beetle reference.... The rest are rather debatable at the moment, but they were pretty much All there pre Flashpoint. I'll poke around the vines a bit and see if some info falls out...

~Rex

[kahuna's bro]

I miss the Ditko Blue Beetle, Ditko Question, Ditko Captain Atom, and Thunderbolt! Heck, I even enjoyed Peacemaker and Nightshade. It's too bad there's no Earth-Charlton where they're being used. It was a great concept to have no super powers (except Captain Atom grandfathered in), just special gadgets, gimmicks, and skills. I'd love to play a Champions game in that world.

--Kap

my understanding is that peter cannon ...THUNDERBOLTis owned by the estate of peter a. morisi aka p.a.m. his creatort he morisis beleivd they owned 5o%of the character and didn't approve of DCcomis buying him the successfully had the sale overturned

[Ninja-Bear]

Well supposedly Ted Kord still has a presence in the DCnU, so there's still some real Blue Beetle reference.... The rest are rather debatable at the moment, but they were pretty much All there pre Flashpoint. I'll poke around the vines a bit and see if some info falls out...

~Rex

Well the way the rights are betweeen comics and tv I not sure, but Ted Kord had a presence in Batman: The Brave and the Bold cartoon series.

[Kap]

my understanding is that peter cannon ...THUNDERBOLTis owned by the estate of peter a. morisi aka p.a.m. his creatort he morisis beleivd they owned 5o%of the character and didn't approve of DCcomis buying him the successfully had the sale overturned

I recently read an interview with Dick Giordano in which he stated that he essentially gave Thunderbolt back to Mr. Morisi. That's probably true as Giordano and Morisi knew each other for a long time and worked together at Charlton. I don't think there's any evidence that Morisi had an ownership stake in a character created as work-for-hire any more than Jack Kirby had an ownership stake in the New Gods.

[kahuna's bro]

thak you for the info
getting back to the ops original question would anybody care vto stat the pre DCversions of t-bolt judomjaster and the others?

[csyphrett]

According to Google Pete Morisi owned half of Thunderbolt. the reason why he didn't have to go to court is because he and Dick Gioridano were friends. DC owed him money from Mike Collins's series and they wrote him a check and canceled the book.
CES

[RexMundi]

thak you for the info
getting back to the ops original question would anybody care vto stat the pre DCversions of t-bolt judomjaster and the others?

Hmm...Would be tough to stat but I don't think there would be to much difference. Mostly a matter of scale....

~Rex