Ha!!
Our forefathers could get so meta it would make Grant Morrison's head explode!!
Case in point:
Let start with a great scientific advance on Earth:
So the leaders summon their top agent, Lars, with a special mission!
This is akin to watching Flash Gordon and finding out the actor really is Flash Gordon, except he's just an actor pretending to actually be Flash Gordon for publicity, except that's just a ruse because he actually IS Flash Gordon, and...oy, my brain!!
Oh, and did I mention the Martian Victory Yell?
Lars was apparently created by Jerry Siegel (GCD credits all of his stories as authored by "Jerry Siegel?") and Murphy Anderson, which by itself is more than enough reason to revive him in the present day.
And holy crap--a series about the lead actor of an action series who pretends to actually be the lead character, but in fact really is that character and is just pretending to be the actor, all the while saving Earth from destroying itself?!? That screams 2014, baby!!
So someone jump on this, please!! DC, Dynamite, BOOM!, what are you waiting for?? And don't forget my finder's fee...
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I showed this to my son, who instantly (and I must think, rightly) observed that the "Martian Victory Yell" is the theme from DOCTOR WHO. Now we know the lyrics!
Awesome find (and where did you come across this!). I love the meta.
In that same vein, check out Kirby & Simon's Captain 3D, which was a 3D comic about a character who was a character in a 3D comic that came to life when the boy reading the comic (the comic in the comic) opened the pages. Pretty meta there, too.
Professor--Good lord, you're showing my blog to your son?? You're flirting with child endangerment, man!
You might have (even more) trouble cashing in on this one.
Back in 1987 Eclipse published a 3D revival of Lars Of Mars, and they even used the cover art for #10 for the cover of their book.
Sure, it's been another 30 years, but you know someone's gonna step forward to fight you for those revival riches.
The Eclipse book was just a reprint, not a revival. The property remains in the public domain.
You're right. It was all old Murphy Anderson tales, just 3D formatted.
But, y'know - if someone does a new version of a public domain character, isn't the character still in the public domain, with only the new stories are protected? I think that's how it works.
Of course, that doesn't stop folks from grabbing lawyers and trying to see what they can get.
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(We miss you, Brian)
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