If that was the case, it's more which company would buy Hasbro. WB or Disney.

 

Archie Comics, Boom! Studios, Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, and Valiant Comics.

 

The statement is that they could do 'better' than IDW. Which one of those offers more value than IDW?

 

I just got a complete series dvd set made by e one. If they do dvd sets & hasbro has e one or what ever. Will has been get Transformers back out on dvd. Like the 2001 & 2015 Transformers Robots in Disguise & Rescue Bots & Cyberverse.

 

The dub of RID 2k1 was owned by Saban, which was wholely sold to Disney years ago. When Saban repurchased the American Sentai shows, they did not purchase the future to their former animation properties. Disney still owns the dub.

They do not own Car Robots, however. The subtitled version if that show is as possible for NA distribution on physical or digital media as the other Japanese shows. As the last part of the Takara Beast Wars trilogy, I'd focus on encouraging Hasbro to release those three as a set, like we saw with Shout Factory's release of the Takara G1 Trilogy.

Also, if Hasbro ever decided to spent a few bucks on TF media, they could dub all six shows into English. Whoever produces that dub (eOne, etc) will be the owners of that dub regardless of what Disney owns. We already saw this with multiple releases of Gatchaman in the US by various companies, each with a different name and dub.

Post beer bug, Dark Horse is still valuable because of their manga sales, but they don't own a lot of IPs.
Boom actually makes some if the better indy comics today as well as publishing Power Rangers for Hasbro. Again, no IPs for sale. Dynamite solely exists on cheesecake comics, which sell well enough to get D list comic pros who've worn out their welcome at Disney and AT&T Comics.

Archie survives on the cash Warner Media gives them to make Sabrina and Riverdale. Valiant is on Death's door after being purchased by a Chinese media company for the movie IPs. They released Bloodshot, which made less money than any of IDW's media efforts. Honestly, Hasbro would be stupid to own a comic book publisher, just like Disney and AT&T are discovering. If they wanted IPs for media, buying Archie or Valiant would be a better investment, but they should license out the publishing end to anyone else, including Scholastic or Random House. Book trade is where comics are heading.

 

If Hasbro was to buy a comic company for the IP, I think it would be Archie because those ones seem more in Hasbro's wheel house then Valiant.