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7Founded 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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9Dark 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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11They 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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13This open policy has been the key to Dark Horse's success, allowing them to survive MediaNotes/TheGreatComicsCrashOf1996.
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15One 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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18!!Things they publish include:
19[[index]]
20
21!!! Original series:
22* ''ComicBook/ThreeHundred''
23* ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}''
24* ''ComicBook/{{Afterlift}}''
25* ''ComicBook/{{Alena}}''
26* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingScrewOnHead''
27* ''ComicBook/AngelCatbird''
28* ''ComicBook/AnthonyBourdainsHungryGhosts''
29* ''ComicBook/ApocalypseNerd''
30* ''ComicBook/AsIncriveisAventurasDeDogMendoncaEPizzaboy''
31* ''ComicBook/AthenaVoltaire''
32* ''ComicBook/AgeOfReptiles''
33* ''ComicBook/TheAlternates''
34* ''ComicBook/AmericanSplendor'' (1993-2002)
35* ''Webcomic/AxeCop''
36* ''ComicBook/TheBadger''
37* ''Webcomic/{{Bandette}}''
38* ''ComicBook/BeastsOfBurden''
39* ''ComicBook/TheBigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'' (The original comic)
40* ''ComicBook/{{BPRD}}''
41* ''ComicBook/BlackHammer''
42* ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}''
43* ''ComicBook/BorisTheBear''
44* ''ComicBook/BrodysGhost''
45* ''ComicBook/{{Concrete}}''
46* ''ComicBook/ComicsGreatestWorld'' series (brief 1990s imprint and an intent to get their own superhero pantheon)
47** ''ComicBook/BarbWire'' (inspiration for [[Film/BarbWire the movie of the same name]])
48** ''ComicBook/CatalystAgentsOfPower''
49** ''ComicBook/{{Ghost|DarkHorseComics}}''
50** ''ComicBook/WillToPower''
51** ''ComicBook/XDarkHorseComics''
52* ''Magazine/CreepyMagazine''[[note]]Second publisher. Previously published by Warren Publishing.[[/note]]
53* ''ComicBook/DarkHorseMonsters''
54* ''ComicBook/DarkHorsePresents''
55* ''ComicBook/DeepGravity''
56* ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}''
57* ''ComicBook/TheEndLeague''
58* ''ComicBook/FearAgent''[[note]]Second publisher. Previously published by Creator/ImageComics.[[/note]]
59* ''ComicBook/{{Finder}}''
60* ''ComicBook/FlamingCarrot''
61* ''ComicBook/FunWithMilkAndCheese''
62* ''ComicBook/GiveMeLiberty''
63* ''ComicBook/TheGoon''[[note]]Volume 1 - volume 2 was self-published[[/note]]
64* ''ComicBook/{{Grandville}}''
65* ''ComicBook/{{Grendel}}''[[note]]Second publisher. Previously published by ''Comico''.[[/note]]
66* ''ComicBook/GrooTheWanderer''
67* ''ComicBook/HardBoiled''
68* ''ComicBook/HarrowCounty''
69* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''
70* ''Webcomic/{{Henchgirl}}''
71* ''ComicBook/HeartBreakers''
72* ''Music/HouseOfGoldAndBones''
73* ''ComicBook/KingsInDisguise''
74* ''ComicBook/LadyKiller''
75* ''ComicBook/TheLastTemptation''
76* ''ComicBook/LeavingMegalopolis''
77* ''ComicBook/LutherArkwright''
78* ''ComicBook/{{Madman}}''
79* ''ComicBook/TheMarquis''[[note]]Previously published by Creator/OniPress.[[/note]]
80* ''ComicBook/TheMask'' (also briefly part of the ''Dark Horse Heroes'' imprint towards the end)
81* ''ComicBook/MesmoDelivery''
82* ''ComicBook/{{MINDMGMT}}''
83* ''ComicBook/MinorThreats''
84* ''ComicBook/NextMen''
85* ''ComicBook/{{Nexus}}''
86* ''ComicBook/ThePerhapanauts''
87* ''ComicBook/ResidentAlien''
88* ''ComicBook/RexMundi''
89* ''ComicBook/SavageHearts''
90* ''ComicBook/{{Scarlet}}''[[note]]Collected omnibus edition, previously published by Creator/IconComics and Creator/DCComics[[/note]]
91* ''ComicBook/ScarletTraces''
92* ''ComicBook/{{Shi}}: Ju-Nen''
93* ''ComicBook/SinCity''
94* ''ComicBook/SpyBoy''
95* ''ComicBook/{{Starstruck}}''
96* ''ComicBook/StarWarsInfinities''
97* ''ComicBook/SullivansSluggers''
98* ''ComicBook/TheTaleOfOneBadRat''
99* ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheBeanworld'' (After the revival)
100* ''Film/{{Timecop}}''
101* ''ComicBook/TimeTravelerTales'' (based on ''[[WebVideo/DreamSMP Tales from the SMP]]'' by Karl Jacobs)
102* ''[[Music/DangerDaysTheTrueLivesOfTheFabulousKilljoys The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys]]''
103* ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy''
104* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' [[note]]Third publisher, after Fantagraphics and Mirage. Publishing jumped over to Creator/IDWPublishing in 2019.[[/note]]
105* ''ComicBook/ZodiacStarforce''
106
107!!! Former Creator/GoldKeyComics characters most famous for being used by Creator/ValiantComics:
108* ''[[ComicBook/DoctorSolar Solar, Man of the Atom]]''
109* ''ComicBook/MagnusRobotFighter''
110* ''ComicBook/{{Turok}}''
111
112!!! Licensed comics:
113* ''ComicBook/AngelAndFaith'' (after the license for ''Series/{{Angel}}'' comics moved from Creator/IDWPublishing to Dark Horse in 2011)
114* ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' comics (ended when Creator/{{Disney}} purchased Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox and sent the license to Marvel)
115* ''ComicBook/AliensVsPredator''
116* ''ComicBook/ArmyOfDarkness''
117* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' comics
118* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' comics
119** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise''
120** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderRebound''
121** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch''
122** ''Avatar: The Last Airbender - Shells''
123** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheRift''
124** ''Avatar: The Last Airbender - Sisters''
125** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSmokeAndShadow''
126** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderNorthAndSouth''
127** ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderImbalance''
128** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars''
129** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraRuinsOfTheEmpire''
130* Comics for franchises created by Creator/BioWare:
131** ''Franchise/DragonAge'' supplemental comics:
132*** ''ComicBook/TheSilentGrove''
133*** ''ComicBook/ThoseWhoSpeak''
134*** ''ComicBook/UntilWeSleep''
135*** ''ComicBook/{{Magekiller}}''
136*** ''ComicBook/KnightErrant''
137*** ''ComicBook/DragonAgeDeception''
138*** ''ComicBook/BlueWraith''
139*** ''ComicBook/DarkFortress''
140** ''Franchise/MassEffect'' comics
141*** ''ComicBook/MassEffectEvolution''
142*** ''ComicBook/MassEffectRedemption''
143*** ''ComicBook/MassEffectFoundation''
144* ''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.)
145** ''ComicBook/{{Fray}}''
146* ''ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian''
147* ''ComicBook/CriticalRole'' comics
148* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' graphic novels
149* ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077''
150** ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077TraumaTeam''
151** ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077WheresJohnny''
152** ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077YourVoiceTP''
153** ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077YouHaveMyWord''
154** ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077BigCityDreams''
155** ''ComicBook/Cyberpunk2077Blackout''
156* ''The Escapist'' ([[{{Defictionalization}} the comic series]] [[ShowWithinAShow from]] Creator/MichaelChabon's ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'')[[invoked]]
157** ''The Escapists'' (six-issue mini-series set after the events of the book)
158* ''[[Film/TheEvilDead1981 The Evil Dead]]''. Just an adaptation to the original movie. The rest of the comics were done by ''Creator/DynamiteComics''.
159* ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'': ''ComicBook/AllRoads'' (Collector's Edition bonus for ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'')
160* ''ComicBook/FightClub2''
161* ''ComicBook/FrozenBreakingBoundaries''
162* ''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)
163* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' comics (during the 90s, license has since been picked up by Creator/IDWPublishing)
164* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' comics (after Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries moved the license from Marvel in 2013):
165** ''ComicBook/HaloInitiation''
166** ''ComicBook/HaloEscalation''
167** ''ComicBook/HaloCollateralDamage''
168* ''ComicBook/HowToTrainYourDragonTheSerpentsHeir''
169* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. An adaptation to the original movie and some tie-in stories to ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2''.
170* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' comics
171** Reprinted Marvel's ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'' in omnibus form.
172* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures''
173* ''[[Literature/HyruleHistoria The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia]]''
174* ''ComicBook/MysteryScienceTheater3000TheComic''
175* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mysticons}}''
176* ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' comics (ended when Disney purchased 20th Century Fox and sent the license to Marvel)
177** ''ComicBook/ArchieVsPredator'' (co-published with Archie)
178** ''ComicBook/ArchieVsPredatorII'' (co-published with Archie)
179* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''
180* ''Franchise/RoboCop'' comics
181** ''ComicBook/RoboCopVersusTheTerminator''
182* ''ComicBook/TheRocketeer''
183* ''[[Franchise/{{Firefly}} Serenity]]'' (not ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' comics, for trademark reasons)
184** ''ComicBook/SerenityThoseLeftBehind''
185** ''ComicBook/SerenityBetterDays''
186** ''ComicBook/SerenityTheOtherHalf''
187** ''ComicBook/SerenityTheShepherdsTale''
188** ''ComicBook/SerenityLeavesOnTheWind''
189** ''ComicBook/SerenityNoPowerInTheVerse''
190* ''ComicBook/{{Smite}}''
191* "Franchise/Shrek" (story after the 1st film)
192* ''ComicBook/{{Solomon Kane|DarkHorseComics}}'' (ended when the rights returned to Creator/MarvelComics)
193* ''ComicBook/SpumcoComicBook'': Distributed the first three issues, with the fourth one being published by Creator/MarvelComics instead.
194* ''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)
195** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsHyperspaceStories Hyperspace Stories]]''
196** ''[[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)
197*** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublicAdventures2022 The High Republic Adventures (2022)]]''
198*** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheNamelessTerror The Nameless Terror]]''
199*** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsQuestOfTheJedi Quest of the Jedi]]'' (one-shot comic)
200* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' (ended when Creator/{{Disney}} purchased Lucasfilm and sent the license to Marvel as part of the reboot of the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse)
201** ''ComicBook/AgentOfTheEmpire''
202** ''ComicBook/CloneWarsAdventures''
203** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsCrimsonEmpire Crimson Empire]]''
204** ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire''
205** ''ComicBook/DarkTimes''
206** ''ComicBook/DarthVader''
207** ''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)
208** ''ComicBook/DawnOfTheJedi''
209** ''ComicBook/DeathLiesAndTreachery''
210** ''ComicBook/EnemyOfTheEmpire''
211** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsInvasion Invasion]]''
212** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsKnightErrant Knight Errant]]''
213** ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''
214** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy Legacy]]''
215** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarkHorse Star Wars (2013)]]''
216** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic Republic]]''
217** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTagAndBink Tag and Bink]]''
218** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTales Tales]]''
219** ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi''
220** ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsUnion Union]]''
221** ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron''
222* A storyline that featured Franchise/{{Tarzan}} and Franchise/{{Predator}} fighting [[BeneathTheEarth at the center of the earth.]]
223* ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesXStrangerThings'': (Co-published with Creator/IDWPublishing)
224* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' comics
225** ''ComicBook/RoboCopVersusTheTerminator''
226** ''ComicBook/TerminatorSalvationTheFinalBattle''
227** ''ComicBook/TheTerminatorSectorWar''
228* ''ComicBook/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'' (actually for ''Film/TheThing1982'')
229* ''ComicBook/TitanAE''
230* ''ComicBook/TombRaider''
231* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'' comics
232** ''ComicBook/TrollhuntersTheSecretHistoryOfTrollkind''
233** ''ComicBook/TrollhuntersTalesOfArcadiaTheFelled''
234* [[/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]]
235* ''ComicBook/VanHelsingFromBeneathTheRueMorgue''
236* ''ComicBook/XenaWarriorPrincess''
237* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''. A few prequel stories with Creator/{{Disney}} themselves doing an adaptation.
238
239!!! Manga and OELManga:
240* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess''
241* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' (Licence went to Kodansha)
242* ''Manga/AngelicLayer'' (Manga; License obtained from Creator/{{Tokyopop}})
243* ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}''
244* ''Manga/AstroBoy'' (Manga)
245* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''
246** ''Berserk Official Guide Book''
247** ''Literature/BerserkTheFlameDragonKnight''
248* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal''
249* ''Manga/BloodBlockadeBattlefront''
250* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' (Adam Warren's "Grand Mal" miniseries)
251* ''Manga/CannonGodExaxxion''
252* ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' (Manga; License obtained from {{Creator/Tokyopop}}. Expired and currently held by Kodansha Comics USA)
253* ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'' (Manga; License obtained from {{Creator/Tokyopop}})
254* ''Anime/DanganronpaTheAnimation''
255* ''Manga/{{Drifters}}''
256* ''Literature/DirtyPair'' (Adam Warren's Amerimanga miniseries and translations of the first two light novels.)
257* ''[[Anime/DominionTankPolice Dominion]]''
258* ''Manga/EdenItsAnEndlessWorld''
259* ''Manga/ElfenLied''
260* ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' (Manga; License obtained from {{Creator/Tokyopop}})
261* ''Manga/{{Gantz}}''
262* ''Manga/GhostInTheShell''
263* ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream''
264* ''Manga/GunsmithCats''
265* ''Music/HatsuneMiku''
266** ''Manga/HatsuneMix''
267** ''Manga/HatsuneMikuAcute''
268* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''
269* ''Manga/KeepYourHandsOffEizouken''
270* ''Manga/KerberosPanzerCop'' (First four acts only. Published under the title ''Hellhounds: Panzer Cops'')
271* ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService''
272* ''Manga/TheLegendOfMotherSarah''
273* ''New Manga/LoneWolfAndCub''
274* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' (License obtained from {{Creator/Tokyopop}})
275* ''Manga/{{Mail}}''
276* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' ([[https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/2704/dark-horse-manga-brings-mob-psycho-100-western-aud October 2018]])
277* ''Manga/MPDPsycho''
278* ''Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelionCampusApocalypse''
279* ''Manga/{{Planetes}}'' (Another former Tokyopop license)
280* ''Manga/ShinjiIkariRaisingProject''
281* ''Manga/{{Outlanders}}''
282* "Manga/{{Translucent}}" (dropped after Volume 3)
283* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''
284* ''Manga/VenusWars''
285* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest''
286
287!!! European comics:
288* ''ComicBook/{{Hound|2014}}'' in omnibus form
289[[/index]]

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