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More Gossip On The Warner Bros. DC Comics That Never Were
Yesterday, we looked at Gail Simone's thwarted desire to incorporated the stories of Mortal Kombat into the DC Universe comics.
Article Summary
- Gail Simone's failed attempt to blend Mortal Kombat with DC Comics.
- Hanna Barbera and Vertigo's Mad Max and Furiosa comics made the cut.
- A Dirty Harry comic and The Goonies adaptation were stalled by rights issues.
- Proposed Shaft comic avoided due to Dynamite's existing novel-based series.
Yesterday, we looked at Gail Simone's thwarted desire to incorporate the stories of Mortal Kombat into the DC Universe comics after former publisher Dan DiDio gave her a list of Warner Bros. properties she could pick from. And while Mortal Kombat didn't go through for Gail, there were others that did. We mentioned the Hanna Barbera titles that ran for three years, including revamped Scooby Doo, Wacky Races, Flintstones, Snagglepuss and more. But there was also Mad Max and spinoff Furiosa from DC Vertigo as well a Lost Boys sequel. In response to Gail's thread, Lost Boys writer Tim Seeley posted, "I had a meeting about that list! I chose LOST BOYS!"
But Bleeding Cool has dug out a few more that didn't make it to publication. We might have had a Dirty Harry comic book with Jimmy Palmiotti with Tradd Moore, but Warners wouldn't allow it without Clint Eastwood approving it, and no one was able to get hold of him.
Similarly, The Goonies with Brett Parsons didn't happen because it needed Steven Spielberg's approval, and there was no route at DC Comics to get it.
We got a Mad Max and Furiosa comic, but more Mad Max comics were left undone because they wanted to keep George Miller happy.
I also heard talk of DC doing a competing Shaft comic against Dynamite's own Shaft titles because Dynamite had rights to the novels, but Warner Bros and DC had the movie rights, including the actor likenesses. Though, given how the remake came out, they probably lucked out avoiding it.
These would all have come out as a Vertigo-saving initiative, but in the end, Lost Boys died alone on the vine, rather than having a bunch of cross-promotional titles to back them up. And no Mortal Kombat either.
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