Take a look at IDW. It's not necessarily new characters, but they've bought up a metric fuck-ton of 80's properties and have been publishing them for about 10 years now (They go back further, but about 10 years ago was when they got the rights for Transformers). The writing is absolutely fantastic and the art is top-notch as well. The biggest and best ones they have are (but aren't limited to), Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghostbusters, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Back to the Future, and Star Trek (they've done some from all the universes, but the ongoing title focuses on the 2009 reboot universe). And unlike Marvel comics, their cover page is actually a thicker stock than the interior pages. (Seriously, DC is still pricing comics at $2.99 with a thicker stock cover, but Marvel has everything at $3.99, but the cover is the same page stock as the interior.)