IDW: How about a Dungeons & Dragons mini based on the 1980s TV cartoon?

[Hypestyle]

I'd like to see a Dungeons & Dragons comic series based on the 1980s animated series which aired on CBS, and was co-produced by Marvel.

Hank, Eric, Sheila, Diana, Presto, Bobby, and "Uni" traveling from place to place, trying to avoid Venger, etc.

The mini series can pick up with the characters at their original ages, or if they want to get a little more sophisticated, age them up by a few years.

The series can exist apart from any other D&D based comics continuity that exists, or, heck, it can be incorporated into one of the current canons out there--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeo...ns_(TV_series)

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/10...-iron-studios/

[FrogMan]

Yeah I'd love to see this as well. I'm not sure why it hasn't been done yet.

[Personamanx]

I would say there might be licensing issues as if I recall correctly the series, and characters technically don't belong to WOTC or even Hasbro. They're owned by Disney after they acquired Marvel. But seeing that they're making statues of the characters, I guess whatever issues there are aren't too complicated to work through.

With the right creative team I'd check out a comics continuation of sorts. It's easy to throw away the Baldur's Gate references out the window, and the Third edition supplement wasn't beefy enough to have to worry about canon.

[A. Nonny Mouse]

I would love to see this, if it starts with the ending they wanted to do but never got to make. I would also like to see a continuation of the Mighty Max series.

[Hypestyle]

I would say there might be licensing issues as if I recall correctly the series, and characters technically don't belong to WOTC or even Hasbro. They're owned by Disney after they acquired Marvel. But seeing that they're making statues of the characters, I guess whatever issues there are aren't too complicated to work through.

With the right creative team I'd check out a comics continuation of sorts. It's easy to throw away the Baldur's Gate references out the window, and the Third edition supplement wasn't beefy enough to have to worry about canon.

What is Baldur's Gate?

... it would be nice to see Dungeon master's true name and backstory, as well. The combat sequences could be more sophisticated, for sure. We could also see the history behind the enchanted weapons.

[Personamanx]

What is Baldur's Gate?

... it would be nice to see Dungeon master's true name and backstory, as well. The combat sequences could be more sophisticated, for sure. We could also see the history behind the enchanted weapons.

Baldur's Gate is a fictitious city on a continent called Faerûn, which exists in a DnD setting called "The Forgotten Realms*." Baldur's Gate is well known for having a video game named after it in the late '90s. In the game's sequel you can find a series of portraits based off of the cartoon's protagonists as an Easter egg, it is stated they were eaten by Tiamat. It was mostly just a joke.

*Some have argued that the cartoon itself takes place in the "Realms", but that's a bit of stretch as it wasn't officially adopted as a setting by TSR until 1987. Though it was well known in gaming circles decades prior.

[Personamanx]

Baldur's Gate is a fictitious city on a continent called Faerûn, which exists in a DnD setting called "The Forgotten Realms*." Baldur's Gate is well known for having a video game named after it in the late '90s. In the game's sequel you can find a series of portraits based off of the cartoon's protagonists as an Easter egg, it is stated they were eaten by Tiamat. It was mostly just a joke.

*Some have argued that the cartoon itself takes place in the "Realms", but that's a bit of stretch as it wasn't officially adopted as a setting by TSR until 1987. Though it was well known in gaming circles decades prior.

I should note that I do feel like establishing a connection between the cartoon, and the Forgotten Realms could go a long way in getting fans of the tabletop game as well as the comic to re-embrace the cartoon. While the cartoon has had an influence on the game culture, it's largely ignored by Hasbro (Parent company of Wizards of the Coast, the current owners of DnD) because of the fact that it's owned by Disney.

The Forgotten Realms had fairly explicit connections to "Our" Earth back in the day that makes it more suitable to pair with the cartoon. The Dungeon Master as a character is the only thing that doesn't quite work. Not if you're being a stickler.

Shit, I want this comic now.