Disney founds own Superhero Universe 1940es

What if Walt Disney expands into dime novels and superhero comics , eventually has his own superhero universe of established Golden Age superheroes in the 1940es which competates with DC ?
 
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The Incredibles

I don't know if it would be possible given the timeframe but Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, and Buddy Pine (Syndrome) as Mr. Incredible's sidekick would be a perfect pairing for a small group of heroes at first, in the 1940's genre.

The only thing is Elastigirl's personality would need to be tweaked to be not as assertive as she was in the film.
 
The idea is not so unrealistic

see how Timely Publications in 1939, invented new Superheros character for US propaganda value.
with help of editor Stanley Lieber gave us Captain America
Timely Publications became later Marvel Comis
and Stanley Lieber shorten his name to Stan Lee

So Walt Disney could invent Superheros character for comic and animations feature as US propaganda value during WW2.

the Question is will survive the Disney Superheros the 1950s decline in comic and be reawakened in 1960s ?
 
I don't know if it would be possible given the timeframe but Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, and Buddy Pine (Syndrome) as Mr. Incredible's sidekick would be a perfect pairing for a small group of heroes at first, in the 1940's genre.

The only thing is Elastigirl's personality would need to be tweaked to be not as assertive as she was in the film.

You're kidding right? The forties were a decade of assertive women. Rosie the Riveter, etc. It was the decade of women entering the work force en masse, living on their own. You're mistaking the pushback of the 1950's.
 
What if Walt Disney expands into dime novels and superhero comics , eventually has his own superhero universe of established Golden Age superheroes in the 1940es which competates with DC ?

How about Disney aquiring the rights to Mighty Mouse

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Nigel.
 
Disney doesn't necessarily have to have its superhero brand rely primarily on something "cartoony" like Mighty Mouse (though I'm sure it would make a few of those).

I think that if Disney had created superhero comics, they'd be on par with the other comics of the time, except they may sometimes have better art when Disney wants to spend the money. If Disney sticks with this past World War II, its characters will become quite well-known names. I imagine Disney superhero comics would all be canceled around 1950 when the genre's falling out of style, and Disney Comics would focus on other genres, but when the genre becomes big again around 1960, Disney would gladly follow suit, dust off its old characters, and create new ones.

If Disney puts a lot of money into this, it would be difficult for the other companies to compete with it, but I suspect that Disney would be content with dominating the movie industry and wouldn't mind being just one of three big players in the comic book industry, seeing as how comic books were a pretty small pond by Disney standards.
 
Keeping in mind the source materials for Walt Disney's other works - fairy tales, folk stories, historical figures - Disney superheroes might follow the same path. Updated versions or pastiches of Gilgamesh, William Tell, Jim Bowie, or others would be likely.
 
Disney nearly went bankrupt in the early '40's. Only government contracts due to the war kept them afloat. When/if superhero comics go bust it might put them in dire straits depending on how much they invested into comics.

Look up how many Golden Age companies and characters vanished in the 1940s and 50's.


Keeping in mind the source materials for Walt Disney's other works - fairy tales, folk stories, historical figures - Disney superheroes might follow the same path. Updated versions or pastiches of Gilgamesh, William Tell, Jim Bowie, or others would be likely.


I could see something like Kid Eternity working for Disney.

The Kid was originally a nameless boy (who only ever remembered being called 'Kid' by his 'Gran'pa') who was killed when a U-Boat sank his grandfather's fishing boat during World War II. Due to a supernatural mix-up, however, he was killed 75 years too soon.


To rectify the error, the Kid was brought back to life for another 75 years with the mission of upholding good in the world. He was given the power to summon any good historical or mythological figure or animal by saying the word "Eternity" as well as to use the same word to make himself material or immaterial and invisible. Kid Eternity was further assisted on his duties by the clerk who'd made the error, Mr. Keeper. He is sometimes shown summoning fictional figures, like Jean Valjean
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(Interestingly enough Tecumseh is portrayed as one of the "good historical figures")

Edit: Somehow I completely forgot the fact that Disney was already publishing it's various "funny animals" Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse comics. They had excellent talent on those and might be afraid to "waste" them on the bloated superhero genre.
 
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