{"id":54237,"date":"2019-12-05T18:17:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T02:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/?p=54237"},"modified":"2019-12-06T02:22:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T10:22:06","slug":"star-wars-comic-books-and-the-legacy-of-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/star-wars-comic-books-and-the-legacy-of-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Star Wars,&#8217; Comic Books and the Legacy of Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the overriding concerns of the aftermath of the Walt Disney Co.\u2019s purchase of 20th Century Fox studios has been how the House of Mouse would treat its newfound assets and the legacy of the studio in general.<\/p>\n<p>The immediate assumption was that the studio was bolstering its content roster for the Disney+ streaming service, which we have seen come to pass with the myriad Fox catalog titles available on the service, such as <em>Home Alone, The Sound of Music<\/em> and 30 seasons of \u201cThe Simpsons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mediaplaynews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Follow us on Instagram!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other questions centered on how Disney would treat established Fox franchises such as \u201cAliens\u201d or \u201cDie Hard,\u201d and the latest reports have Disney interested in a new \u201cPlanet of the Apes\u201d sequel. The fate of Fox\u2019s comic book properties is a bit more cut and dry, with the \u201cX-Men\u201d and \u201cFantastic Four\u201d licenses simply being reabsorbed back into Disney\u2019s Marvel subsidiary, which many fans wanted anyway (and while we\u2019re on the subject, can I pitch a Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. Blade crossover?).<\/p>\n<p>On the downside, though, are reports that Disney was cutting back authorizations for repertory theaters to show prints of Fox catalog movies \u2014\u00a0these are the special screenings you might find at film festivals or smaller theaters that show classic movies one night a week.<\/p>\n<p>And on Disney+, old Fox movies were being lumped in with Disney fare in \u201cDisney Through the Decades\u201d categories.<\/p>\n<p>These tend to bely the assumption that Disney would be keeping Fox as a separate theatrical unit, perhaps to distribute edgier, \u2018R\u2019-rated content.<\/p>\n<p>The latest example involves, of all things, a reprint of a classic comic book. In the run up to the theatrical release of <em>Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker<\/em>, Disney subsidiary Marvel Comics Dec. 4 released reprints of several \u201cStar Wars\u201d comic book issues, including \u201cStar Wars\u201d No. 1 from 1977.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54238\" style=\"width: 529px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/star-wars-comic-books-and-the-legacy-of-fox\/star-wars-comics-side-by-side\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comics-side-by-side-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comics-side-by-side-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comics-side-by-side-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comics-side-by-side.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 85vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marvel Comics&#8217; original &#8220;Star Wars #1&#8221; from 1977 on the left, the 2019 reprint on the right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While reprints such as these are rather commonplace in the comic book industry, usually they involve the original pages of art and dialogue being repurposed with modern advertisements, and other changes such as new cover artwork.<\/p>\n<p>The reprint of the original issue of \u201cStar Wars,\u201d however, was what is called a \u201cfacsimile edition,\u201d which generally means the original issue is reprinted in its entirety, with the original ads and all. The only updates are usually the pricing, UPC code and the legal text with the copyrights and statements of ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel had also published the original run of \u201cStar Wars\u201d comics in the 1970s and 1980s, so a facsimile edition of the first issue makes sense for them to do. (The first issue, being the first part of an adaptation of the first movie, has been reprinted several times over the years in trade paperback collections by both Marvel and Dark Horse Comics, which had the \u201cStar Wars\u201d license throughout the 1990s and early 2000s).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Subscribe HERE to the FREE\u00a0<em>Media Play News<\/em>\u00a0Daily Newsletter!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, this facsimile edition is missing two prominent instances that identified the original \u201cStar Wars\u201d film as a 20th Century Fox release. The first is on the cover, where the comic is described as \u201cMarvel\u2019s Epic Official Adaptation of The Monumental 20th Century Fox Movie! \u2014\u00a0A Film by George Lucas.\u201d The second is on the first page of the comic, under the masthead as part of the introduction of the story, which identified the film as \u201cA 20th Century-Fox Release\u201d (using the hyphen from the studio\u2019s old branding).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54239\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/star-wars-comic-books-and-the-legacy-of-fox\/star-wars-comic-credits-side-by-side-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54239 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-credits-side-by-side-2-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-credits-side-by-side-2-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-credits-side-by-side-2.jpg 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The introduction to &#8220;Star Wars #1&#8221; from 2015\/2019 reprint on top without the 20th Century-Fox credit, compared to the original version below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The facsimile edition reads \u201cMarvel\u2019s Epic Official Adaptation of \u2014\u00a0A Film by George Lucas\u201d on the cover. And the first page instead has prominent Disney and Lucasfilm logos stamped at the bottom, with a blank space where the mention of 20th Century-Fox used to be.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s not uncommon for comic book companies when reprinting material obtained from other companies to remove or replace the old company\u2019s logos (for example, Dark Horse reprints of this issue would remove the Marvel logo), reprints of \u201cStar Wars\u201d No. 1 prior to Disney owning Lucasfilm left the Fox credit intact.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that Disney and Marvel (which Disney bought in 2009) first removed the Fox credit when the original 1970s and 1980s Marvel \u201cStar Wars\u201d comics were reprinted as hardcover omnibus editions in 2015, and that this new facsimile is based off of that reprinting, from before Disney\u2019s acquisition of Fox (and not wanting to publicize what was then a rival studio). Rather than restore the text in the facsimile edition, Marvel used the altered versions they already had ready to go.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54240\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/star-wars-comic-books-and-the-legacy-of-fox\/star-wars-comic-credits-side-by-side\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54240 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-credits-side-by-side-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-credits-side-by-side-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-credits-side-by-side-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-credits-side-by-side-800x412.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-credits-side-by-side.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1977 version on top, 2015\/2019 version below<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The idea of leaving off the 20th Century Fox credit from the \u201cStar Wars\u201d movie now seems especially bizarre given how Disney+ <em>restored<\/em> the 20th Century Fox logo to the beginning of the first six \u201cStar Wars\u201d movies \u2014\u00a0after removing them from the digital releases of the films after it bought Lucasfilm in 2012 (with the exception of the original film, which maintained the Fox logo since Fox had distribution rights to the film in perpetuity).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54278\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/star-wars-comic-books-and-the-legacy-of-fox\/star-wars-comic-bulletin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54278 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-bulletin-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-bulletin-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-bulletin-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-bulletin-800x960.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Star-Wars-comic-bulletin.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 85vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8216;Bulletins&#8217; page of the &#8220;Star Wars #1&#8221; facsimile showing the original unaltered cover art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But alas, all traces of Fox\u2019s connection to that first comic book weren\u2019t removed from the artwork entirely. The Marvel Bullpen Bulletins page near the back of the issue, essentially a \u201cNotes from the Publisher\/Letters to the Editor\u201d type of page, has a miniature picture of the cover, and this version wasn\u2019t altered in the facsimile edition, so at least Fox\u2019s legacy survives there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the overriding concerns of the aftermath of the Walt Disney Co.\u2019s purchase of 20th Century Fox studios has been how the House of Mouse would treat its newfound assets and the legacy of the studio in general. 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