STORY: NYCC: Dynamite to Revive 'Magnus,' 'Solar,' 'Turok' and 'Dr. Spektor'

In an interview with Valiant's executive team at Comic Book Resources, the question was raised about whether the publisher had attempted to acquire the license to publish the Gold Key characters. "We never went after them," answered CEO Dinesh Shamdasani, adding "We own all the characters that we're launching now, and that's the big piece for us, because it means we can do what we want with them. We don't have to compromise the creative integrity because we have to get a licensee to approve something."

That echoed editor Warren Simons' earlier comment that he wasn't interested in working with Dynamite to tell a crossover story reuniting the characters from the two companies. "We have no plans for that right now," he said. "I have no interest on making sure that one of my writers' scripts needs to be approved by a third party somewhere else."

However, Shandasani didn't rule out an eventual return for the Gold Key properties to Valiant -- under certain conditions. "Down the road, once we've grown the company in a slow and steady manner, will we go after those characters to wholly own them? Potentially. They are a good next step," he said. "The fans ask us a lot: Are we going to get Magnus, Solar and Turok? The answer is, we don't know. But certainly not as a license."