Line #133 Creator/DarkHorseComics


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7	Founded in 1986 in Milwaukie, Oregon by a comic shop owner named Mike Richardson, Dark Horse is one of the most versatile comics companies out there.
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9	Dark Horse publishes a little bit of everything; Indie art comics, a number of "creator-owned" series such as ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' and ''ComicBook/SinCity'', and even licensed comics like ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer: Season 8'' (which was their idea). In addition, they were one of the major early publishers of English-translated {{manga}} in the West before the Creator/TokyoPop boom, bringing over titles like ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', ''Manga/GunsmithCats'', ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' and ''Manga/GhostInTheShell''. They also publish paper collections of a number of well-known {{Webcomics}}.
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11	They even had an original superhero universe for a short time in the ''ComicBook/ComicsGreatestWorld'' imprint, though it was eventually dropped due to poor sales and lack of interest. They also recently gained a subset (Dark Horse Books) dedicated to non-comics and the word-based sort of book. They've also printed all sorts of other things (including a collection of ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' interviews and even health books). It doesn't matter ''what'' it is, Dark Horse will publish it[[note]]Apart from ''Literature/{{Gor}}'', which they abandoned plans to republish following threats of a boycott from female fans[[/note]].
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13	This open policy has been the key to Dark Horse's success, allowing them to survive MediaNotes/TheGreatComicsCrashOf1996.
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15	One of the big five comic companies of MediaNotes/{{the Modern Age\|of Comic Books}}, alongside Creator/DCComics, Creator/MarvelComics, Creator/ImageComics, and Creator/ArchieComics.
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17	As of 2022, Dark Horse was [[FranchiseOwnershipAcquisition brought under the ownership]] of the Embracer Group (also the parent company of video game producer Creator/THQNordic).
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19	!!Things they publish include:
20	[[index]]
21
22	!!! Original series:
23	* ''ComicBook/ThreeHundred''
24	* ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}''
25	* ''ComicBook/{{Afterlift}}''
26	* ''ComicBook/{{Alena}}''
27	* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingScrewOnHead''
28	* ''ComicBook/AngelCatbird''
29	* ''ComicBook/AnthonyBourdainsHungryGhosts''
30	* ''ComicBook/ApocalypseNerd''
31	* ''ComicBook/AsIncriveisAventurasDeDogMendoncaEPizzaboy''
32	* ''ComicBook/AthenaVoltaire''
33	* ''ComicBook/AgeOfReptiles''
34	* ''ComicBook/TheAlternates''
35	* ''ComicBook/AmericanSplendor'' (1993-2002)
36	* ''Webcomic/AxeCop''
37	* ''ComicBook/TheBadger''
38	* ''Webcomic/{{Bandette}}''
39	* ''ComicBook/BeastsOfBurden''
40	* ''ComicBook/TheBigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'' (The original comic)
41	* ''ComicBook/{{BPRD}}''
42	* ''ComicBook/BlackHammer''
43	* ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}''
44	* ''ComicBook/BorisTheBear''
45	* ''ComicBook/BrodysGhost''
46	* ''ComicBook/{{Concrete}}''
47	* ''ComicBook/ComicsGreatestWorld'' series (brief 1990s imprint and an intent to get their own superhero pantheon)
48	** ''ComicBook/BarbWire'' (inspiration for [[Film/BarbWire the movie of the same name]])
49	** ''ComicBook/CatalystAgentsOfPower''
50	** ''ComicBook/{{Ghost\|DarkHorseComics}}''
51	** ''ComicBook/WillToPower''
52	** ''ComicBook/XDarkHorseComics''
53	* ''Magazine/CreepyMagazine''[[note]]Second publisher. Previously published by Warren Publishing.[[/note]]
54	* ''ComicBook/DarkHorseMonsters''
55	* ''ComicBook/DarkHorsePresents''
56	* ''ComicBook/DeepGravity''
57	* ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}''
58	* ''ComicBook/TheEndLeague''
59	* ''ComicBook/FearAgent''[[note]]Second publisher. Previously published by Creator/ImageComics.[[/note]]
60	* ''ComicBook/{{Finder}}''
61	* ''ComicBook/FlamingCarrot''
62	* ''ComicBook/FunWithMilkAndCheese''
63	* ''ComicBook/GiveMeLiberty''
64	* ''ComicBook/TheGoon''[[note]]Volume 1 - volume 2 was self-published[[/note]]
65	* ''ComicBook/{{Grandville}}''
66	* ''ComicBook/{{Grendel}}''[[note]]Second publisher. Previously published by ''Comico''.[[/note]]
67	* ''ComicBook/GrooTheWanderer''
68	* ''ComicBook/HardBoiled''
69	* ''ComicBook/HarrowCounty''
70	* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''
71	* ''Webcomic/{{Henchgirl}}''
72	* ''ComicBook/HeartBreakers''
73	* ''Music/HouseOfGoldAndBones''
74	* ''ComicBook/KingsInDisguise''
75	* ''ComicBook/LadyKiller''
76	* ''ComicBook/TheLastTemptation''
77	* ''ComicBook/LeavingMegalopolis''
78	* ''ComicBook/LutherArkwright''
79	* ''ComicBook/{{Madman}}''
80	* ''ComicBook/TheMarquis''[[note]]Previously published by Creator/OniPress.[[/note]]
81	* ''ComicBook/TheMask'' (also briefly part of the ''Dark Horse Heroes'' imprint towards the end)
82	* ''ComicBook/MesmoDelivery''
83	* ''ComicBook/{{MINDMGMT}}''
84	* ''ComicBook/MinorThreats''
85	* ''ComicBook/NextMen''
86	* ''ComicBook/{{Nexus}}''
87	* ''ComicBook/ThePerhapanauts''
88	* ''ComicBook/ResidentAlien''
89	* ''ComicBook/RexMundi''
90	* ''ComicBook/SavageHearts''
91	* ''ComicBook/{{Scarlet}}''[[note]]Collected omnibus edition, previously published by Creator/IconComics and Creator/DCComics[[/note]]
92	* ''ComicBook/ScarletTraces''
93	* ''ComicBook/{{Shi}}: Ju-Nen''
94	* ''ComicBook/SinCity''
95	* ''ComicBook/SpyBoy''
96	* ''ComicBook/{{Starstruck}}''
97	* ''ComicBook/StarWarsInfinities''
98	* ''ComicBook/SullivansSluggers''
99	* ''ComicBook/TheTaleOfOneBadRat''
100	* ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheBeanworld'' (After the revival)
101	* ''Film/{{Timecop}}''
102	* ''ComicBook/TimeTravelerTales'' (based on ''[[WebVideo/DreamSMP Tales from the SMP]]'' by Karl Jacobs)
103	* ''[[Music/DangerDaysTheTrueLivesOfTheFabulousKilljoys The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys]]''
104	* ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy''
105	* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' [[note]]Third publisher, after Fantagraphics and Mirage. Publishing jumped over to Creator/IDWPublishing in 2019.[[/note]]
106	* ''ComicBook/ZodiacStarforce''
107
108	!!! Former Creator/GoldKeyComics characters most famous for being used by Creator/ValiantComics:
109	* ''[[ComicBook/DoctorSolar Solar, Man of the Atom]]''
110	* ''ComicBook/MagnusRobotFighter''
111	* ''ComicBook/{{Turok}}''
112
113	!!! Licensed comics:
114	* ''ComicBook/AngelAndFaith'' (after the license for ''Series/{{Angel}}'' comics moved from Creator/IDWPublishing to Dark Horse in 2011)
115	* ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' comics (ended when Creator/{{Disney}} purchased Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox and sent the license to Marvel)
116	* ''ComicBook/AliensVsPredator''
117	* ''ComicBook/ArmyOfDarkness''
118	* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' comics
119	* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' comics
120	** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise''
121	** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderRebound''
122	** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch''
123	** ''Avatar: The Last Airbender - Shells''
124	** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheRift''
125	** ''Avatar: The Last Airbender - Sisters''
126	** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSmokeAndShadow''
127	** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderNorthAndSouth''
128	** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderImbalance''
129	** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars''
130	** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraRuinsOfTheEmpire''
131	* Comics for franchises created by Creator/BioWare:
132	** ''Franchise/DragonAge'' supplemental comics:
133	*** ''ComicBook/TheSilentGrove''
134	*** ''ComicBook/ThoseWhoSpeak''
135	*** ''ComicBook/UntilWeSleep''
136	*** ''ComicBook/{{Magekiller}}''
137	*** ''ComicBook/KnightErrant''
138	*** ''ComicBook/DragonAgeDeception''
139	*** ''ComicBook/BlueWraith''
140	*** ''ComicBook/DarkFortress''
141	** ''Franchise/MassEffect'' comics
142	*** ''ComicBook/MassEffectEvolution''
143	*** ''ComicBook/MassEffectRedemption''
144	*** ''ComicBook/MassEffectFoundation''
145	* ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' comics (the spin-offs released while the show was being broadcast, and the post-show "Season 8-12" comics. Creator/BoomStudios picked up the license after Season 12.)
146	** ''ComicBook/{{Fray}}''
147	* ''ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian''
148	* ''ComicBook/CriticalRole'' comics
149	* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' graphic novels
150	* ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077''
151	** ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077TraumaTeam''
152	** ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077WheresJohnny''
153	** ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077YourVoiceTP''
154	** ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077YouHaveMyWord''
155	** ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077BigCityDreams''
156	** ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077Blackout''
157	* ''The Escapist'' ([[{{Defictionalization}} the comic series]] [[ShowWithinAShow from]] Creator/MichaelChabon's ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'')[[invoked]]
158	** ''The Escapists'' (six-issue mini-series set after the events of the book)
159	* ''[[Film/TheEvilDead1981 The Evil Dead]]''. Just an adaptation to the original movie. The rest of the comics were done by ''Creator/DynamiteComics''.
160	* ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'': ''ComicBook/AllRoads'' (Collector's Edition bonus for ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'')
161	* ''ComicBook/FightClub2''
162	* ''ComicBook/FrozenBreakingBoundaries''
163	* ''ComicBook/GameraTheGuardianOfTheUniverse'' (during the 90s, has since been reprinted by home video distributor Arrow Films as part of the 2020 LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition of their ''Film/{{Gamera}}'' complete series Blu-ray box set)
164	* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' comics (during the 90s, license has since been picked up by Creator/IDWPublishing)
165	* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' comics (after Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries moved the license from Marvel in 2013):
166	** ''ComicBook/HaloInitiation''
167	** ''ComicBook/HaloEscalation''
168	** ''ComicBook/HaloCollateralDamage''
169	* ''ComicBook/HowToTrainYourDragonTheSerpentsHeir''
170	* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. An adaptation to the original movie and some tie-in stories to ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2''.
171	* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' comics
172	** Reprinted Marvel's ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'' in omnibus form.
173	* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures''
174	* ''[[Literature/HyruleHistoria The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia]]''
175	* ''ComicBook/MysteryScienceTheater3000TheComic''
176	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mysticons}}''
177	* ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' comics (ended when Disney purchased 20th Century Fox and sent the license to Marvel)
178	** ''ComicBook/ArchieVsPredator'' (co-published with Archie)
179	** ''ComicBook/ArchieVsPredatorII'' (co-published with Archie)
180	* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''
181	* ''Franchise/RoboCop'' comics
182	** ''ComicBook/RoboCopVersusTheTerminator''
183	* ''ComicBook/TheRocketeer''
184	* ''[[Franchise/{{Firefly}} Serenity]]'' (not ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' comics, for trademark reasons)
185	** ''ComicBook/SerenityThoseLeftBehind''
186	** ''ComicBook/SerenityBetterDays''
187	** ''ComicBook/SerenityTheOtherHalf''
188	** ''ComicBook/SerenityTheShepherdsTale''
189	** ''ComicBook/SerenityLeavesOnTheWind''
190	** ''ComicBook/SerenityNoPowerInTheVerse''
191	* ''ComicBook/{{Smite}}''
192	* "Franchise/Shrek" (story after the 1st film)
193	* ''ComicBook/{{Solomon Kane\|DarkHorseComics}}'' (ended when the rights returned to Creator/MarvelComics)
194	* ''ComicBook/SpumcoComicBook'': Distributed the first three issues, with the fourth one being published by Creator/MarvelComics instead.
195	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' (returned to publishing under Creator/{{Disney}} Lucasfilm after their contract with IDW Publishing expired in 2022, now publishing ''Star Wars'' comics alongside Marvel)
196	** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsHyperspaceStories Hyperspace Stories]]''
197	** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublicAdventures The High Republic Adventures]]'' (picked up from IDW and the only part of the ''ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures'' line to continue after the contract ended)
198	*** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublicAdventures2022 The High Republic Adventures (2022)]]''
199	*** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheNamelessTerror The Nameless Terror]]''
200	*** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsQuestOfTheJedi Quest of the Jedi]]'' (one-shot comic)
201	* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' (ended when Creator/{{Disney}} purchased Lucasfilm and sent the license to Marvel as part of the reboot of the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse)
202	** ''ComicBook/AgentOfTheEmpire''
203	** ''ComicBook/CloneWarsAdventures''
204	** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsCrimsonEmpire Crimson Empire]]''
205	** ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire''
206	** ''ComicBook/DarkTimes''
207	** ''ComicBook/DarthVader''
208	** ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'' (The only pre-Marvel Dark Horse comic to be part of Disney's canon due to being adapted from an unproduced ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' script)
209	** ''ComicBook/DawnOfTheJedi''
210	** ''ComicBook/DeathLiesAndTreachery''
211	** ''ComicBook/EnemyOfTheEmpire''
212	** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsInvasion Invasion]]''
213	** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsKnightErrant Knight Errant]]''
214	** ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''
215	** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy Legacy]]''
216	** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarkHorse Star Wars (2013)]]''
217	** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic Republic]]''
218	** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTagAndBink Tag and Bink]]''
219	** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTales Tales]]''
220	** ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi''
221	** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsUnion Union]]''
222	** ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron''
223	* A storyline that featured Franchise/{{Tarzan}} and Franchise/{{Predator}} fighting [[BeneathTheEarth at the center of the earth.]]
224	* ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesXStrangerThings'': (Co-published with Creator/IDWPublishing)
225	* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' comics
226	** ''ComicBook/RoboCopVersusTheTerminator''
227	** ''ComicBook/TerminatorSalvationTheFinalBattle''
228	** ''ComicBook/TheTerminatorSectorWar''
229	* ''ComicBook/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'' (actually for ''Film/TheThing1982'')
230	* ''ComicBook/TitanAE''
231	* ''ComicBook/TombRaider''
232	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'' comics
233	** ''ComicBook/TrollhuntersTheSecretHistoryOfTrollkind''
234	** ''ComicBook/TrollhuntersTalesOfArcadiaTheFelled''
235	* [[/index]] ''Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Platform/{{Steam}}-Powered Stories'': An omnibus of all the digital comics Creator/ValveSoftware has put out up to 2011, including ''[[VideoGame/Left4Dead The Sacrifice]]'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Lab Rat]]'', and some of the early ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' comics.[[index]]
236	* ''ComicBook/VanHelsingFromBeneathTheRueMorgue''
237	* ''ComicBook/XenaWarriorPrincess''
238	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''. A few prequel stories with Creator/{{Disney}} themselves doing an adaptation.
239
240	!!! Manga and OELManga:
241	* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess''
242	* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' (Licence went to Kodansha)
243	* ''Manga/AngelicLayer'' (Manga; License obtained from Creator/{{Tokyopop}})
244	* ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}''
245	* ''Manga/AstroBoy'' (Manga)
246	* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''
247	** ''Berserk Official Guide Book''
248	** ''Literature/BerserkTheFlameDragonKnight''
249	* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal''
250	* ''Manga/BloodBlockadeBattlefront''
251	* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' (Adam Warren's "Grand Mal" miniseries)
252	* ''Manga/CannonGodExaxxion''
253	* ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' (Manga; License obtained from {{Creator/Tokyopop}}. Expired and currently held by Kodansha Comics USA)
254	* ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'' (Manga; License obtained from {{Creator/Tokyopop}})
255	* ''Anime/DanganronpaTheAnimation''
256	* ''Manga/{{Drifters}}''
257	* ''Literature/DirtyPair'' (Adam Warren's Amerimanga miniseries and translations of the first two light novels.)
258	* ''[[Anime/DominionTankPolice Dominion]]''
259	* ''Manga/EdenItsAnEndlessWorld''
260	* ''Manga/ElfenLied''
261	* ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' (Manga; License obtained from {{Creator/Tokyopop}})
262	* ''Manga/{{Gantz}}''
263	* ''Manga/GhostInTheShell''
264	* ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream''
265	* ''Manga/GunsmithCats''
266	* ''Music/HatsuneMiku''
267	** ''Manga/HatsuneMix''
268	** ''Manga/HatsuneMikuAcute''
269	* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''
270	* ''Manga/KeepYourHandsOffEizouken''
271	* ''Manga/KerberosPanzerCop'' (First four acts only. Published under the title ''Hellhounds: Panzer Cops'')
272	* ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService''
273	* ''Manga/TheLegendOfMotherSarah''
274	* ''New Manga/LoneWolfAndCub''
275	* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' (License obtained from {{Creator/Tokyopop}})
276	* ''Manga/{{Mail}}''
277	* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' ([[https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/2704/dark-horse-manga-brings-mob-psycho-100-western-aud October 2018]])
278	* ''Manga/MPDPsycho''
279	* ''Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelionCampusApocalypse''
280	* ''Manga/{{Planetes}}'' (Another former Tokyopop license)
281	* ''Manga/ShinjiIkariRaisingProject''
282	* ''Manga/{{Outlanders}}''
283	* "Manga/{{Translucent}}" (dropped after Volume 3)
284	* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''
285	* ''Manga/VenusWars''
286	* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest''
287
288	!!! European comics:
289	* ''ComicBook/{{Hound\|2014}}'' in omnibus form
290	[[/index]]

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