Editing Valiant Comics (section)

===Acclaim Comics<!--'Acclaim Comics' redirects here-->===
In 1994, Voyager Communications was purchased by video game developer and publisher [[Acclaim Entertainment]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Acclaim Comix "Ultra" Hot|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=62|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=September 1994|page=160}}</ref> for $65 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/08/business/company-news-acclaim-entertainment-deal-for-comics-publisher-near.html|title=COMPANY NEWS; Acclaim Entertainment Deal For Comics Publisher Near|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 8, 1994|accessdate=October 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Plugging into comic world|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|page=B4|date=March 22, 1997}}</ref> '''Acclaim Comics'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> created a number of video games based on Valiant properties, such as ''[[Shadow Man (video game)|Shadow Man]]'', ''[[Turok: Dinosaur Hunter]]'', ''[[Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.]]'', and ''[[Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal]]'', which featured Valiant's X-O Manowar alongside Marvel's [[Iron Man]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/games/iron-man-xo-manowar-in-heavy-metal/ps-750 |title=Iron Man / XO Manowar in Heavy Metal – PlayStation |website=IGN |access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref> In 2004, after losing a major sports video game license, Acclaim became financially insolvent and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.<ref name="gamasutra"/>

In 2005, the rights to Valiant/Acclaim's original characters such as ''Archer and Armstrong'', ''Rai'', and ''Quantum and Woody'' were auctioned off and bought by Valiant Entertainment,<ref name="LAWeekly"/> while the rights to the three licensed characters (''Solar'', ''Magnus'' and ''Turok'') reverted to [[DreamWorks Classics|Classic Media]] (then-owner of the [[Gold Key Comics]] properties), which was acquired by [[DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks Animation SKG]] in July 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Richard Verrier |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-dreamworks-animation-20120722,0,6340731.story |title=DreamWorks Animation buys "Casper," "Lassie" parent Classic Media |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 23, 2012 |access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref> DreamWorks itself was bought by [[Universal Studios, Inc.|Universal Studios]] on August 22, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lieberman |first1=David |title=Comcast Completes Its $3.8B DreamWorks Animation Purchase |url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/comcast-completes-dreamworks-animation-purchase-1201807164 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823100053/http://deadline.com/2016/08/comcast-completes-dreamworks-animation-purchase-1201807164/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 23, 2016 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=8 December 2019 |language=en |date=22 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=James |first1=Meg |title=NBCUniversal completes purchase of DreamWorks Animation; Katzenberg payday tops $390 million |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-comcast-dreamworks-deal-complete-20160822-snap-story.html |access-date=8 December 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=23 August 2016}}</ref>