Quote Originally Posted by Power Torch View Post
They are all ongoings so far. I am hoping this world will get more then just 3 series. Who would you guys want next. The Fly would be cool. Is The Web pat of archie heroes?
I believe Archie does not own the rights to The Fly.
. . . In 1999, Joe Simon (Kirby was not the creator of the Fly, but he did work on the early issues) regained the rights to the character thanks to copyright termination. The termination did not affect Fly-Girl, since she was created after Simon and Kirby left the title.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_(Archie_Comics)
The same thing also seems to apply to the Lancelot Strong version of The Shield.
In June 1959, a new Shield was published by Archie that had no connection to the previous version.

Joe Simon and Jack Kirby had been hired by Archie to create characters for a new "Archie Adventure Series" line of superheroes. They created a new Shield, whose real identity was Lancelot Strong, who appeared in a new title, The Double Life of Private Strong. Most collectors refer to this Shield as "Lancelot Strong" to differentiate him from the previous one.[citation needed]

Lancelot's scientist father developed a method to create a superhuman by expanding the mind, which he used on his infant son. After his father was killed by foreign agents, Lancelot was adopted by a farm couple and raised as their son. Once he hit his teens, he discovered the truth of his background and his powers: strength, flight, near-invulnerability, vision powers, the ability to generate lightning, and a few more. His father had created a patriotic costume for him, and he started off as the new superhero, the Shield. He soon joined the Army, acting like a Gomer Pyle-style country bumpkin, while leading a double life as the Shield (hence the title of his comic). DC cried 'foul', claiming this new Shield was too similar to Superman, so after 2 issues, his comic ended.

In 1999, Joe Simon and the Kirby estate regained ownership of the character by terminating their shares of the copyright.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_...ancelot_Strong