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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i>It appears that BOOM! Studios
has stopped soliciting for new issues of its Kaboom! titles
based on Classic Disney properties such as <em>Donald Duck</em>,
<em>Uncle Scrooge</em>, <em>Mickey Mouse</em>, and <em>Walt
Disney’s Comics and Stories</em>. There are no listings for
those titles in the Diamond <em>Previews</em> for titles
shipping in July, and there are no longer any links for
subscriptions to those titles offered on the Boom Website. </i></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i>BOOM! is continuing to solicit
(at least for now) for its titles based on Disney Afternoon
properties such as </i><i>Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing
Duck, and </i><i>Ducktales.</i></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i>A BOOM! spokesperson declined
to comment on any questions related to its Disney titles. </i></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i>As we predicted when Disney
acquired Marvel back in 2009 (see “<a
href="http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/15746.html">Disney’s
Marvel Comics</a>”), Disney appears to be in the unannounced
process of bringing its comic properties in-house for Marvel to
publish. The process began with Pixar titles, formerly licensed
to BOOM! (see “<a
href="http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/19420.html">Marvel
Gets Pixar</a>”), continued with Muppets (see “<a
href="http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/19829.html">Marvel to
Publish Langridge’s ‘Muppets’</a>”), and now appears to be
entering a new phase with the Classic Disney titles. </i></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i>BOOM! has done a nice job with
its Disney titles; will Marvel do as well? So far the biggest
change has been in format, where Marvel has announced
magazine-sized titles for both its Muppets- and Pixar-based
titles.</i><br>
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This is pretty disappointing as I also feel the BOOM! was doing
well with the Disney titles and hoped they'd continue to do so.<br>
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