History ComicBook / ComicsGreatestWorld

For more info, you can see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics%27_Greatest_World this article]] in Wiki/TheOtherWiki and [[https://darkhorse.wikia.com/wiki/Comics_Greatest_World this one]] in the Dark Horse Wiki.

* LoveHateRelationship: Not specifically about being a couple or something like that, but the relationship between X and Ghost is like this, being allies in one number and later trying to kill each other at the end of that number or in the next one they cross paths again.

* LoveHateRelationship: Not specifically about being a couple or something like that, but the relationship between X and Ghost is like this, being allies in one number and later trying to kill each other ar the end of that number or in the next one they cross paths again.

[[caption-width-right:299:Welcome to a new universe.[[note]]From up-left corner clockwise: [[ManInTheMachine Mecha]], ComicBook/{{Ghost|DarkHorseComics}}, [[SupermanSubstitute Titan]], [[AGodAmI Vortex]], ComicBook/BarbWire, ComicBook/XDarkHorseComics, [[FrankensteinsMonster The Machine]][[/note]]]]

* ''ComicBook/XDarkHorseComics'' (25 issues, 1994-1996)

** Others: Radio/TheShadow (with Ghost)

''Comics' Greatest World'' (abbreviated as ''CGW'') was an imprint of Creator/DarkHorseComics, launched in 1993 by "Team CGW"[[note]]a group of creators led by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse's founder and publisher[[/note]] as an intent of getting its own superhero pantheon like Creator/DCComics and Creator/MarvelComics. Unlike the majority of Dark Horse's output at the time, all ''CGW'' characters and concepts were fully owned by Dark Horse Comics. The original idea was to make 16 issues, with four arcs of four issues each, every arc is a city in the same SharedUniverse with their distinct superheroes (and {{antihero}}es) as well as villains. Although every arc is independent, all of them are connected by "The Vortex", an [[VoidBetweenTheWorlds interdimensional rift]] that provokes the creation of metahumans all over the USA. Each city has a distinct theme and tone, with a controlling editor for each one to keep the vision and the continuity consistent between titles, with the intenion to have something for every type of reader.

Sadly, the line was an early victim of the [[UsefulNotes/TheGreatComicsCrashOf1996 90s comics crash]] and sales dropped sharply after 1994, prompting Dark Horse to cancel most of the ''CGW'' titles save for the most popular ones and rename the imprint ''Dark Horse Heroes'' in 1995. With this restructuring the city branding and controlling editors were dropped for the remaining titles, and there was less focus on inter-title continuity (although crossovers between the titles still happened). ''Dark Horse Heroes'' also incorporated characters not part of the original ''CGW'' continuity, such as ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheMask''. The rebranding was not enough to save the imprint and by 1996 all remaining titles save for its most popular one, ''ComicBook/{{Ghost|DarkHorseComics}}'', were cancelled and the ''Dark Horse Heroes'' brand was dropped. The line came to a definitive end in 2000 when ''Ghost'' ended its run.

In 2012, Dark Horse Comics made a new attempt at a shared superhero universe with the imprint ''Project Black Sky''. It featured reimagined takes on some ''CGW'' heroes along with original and public domain superheroes. Unfortunately, this relaunch was largely unsuccessful, and the imprint was retired in 2015.

* Retool: Creator/JoeCasey's ''Catalyst Comix'' took some of the more forgotten CGW characters and took them in a radically different direction, averting both ReedRichardsIsUseless and StatusQuoIsGod.

* {{Crossover}}: The heroes have various crossovers with characters from the same Dark Horse as well with other publishers.

* BewareTheSuperman: Titan was an unstable metahuman who can't control himself during some missions, and that eventually rebelled from his team to make his own rules. He can be considerated as the UrExample for villains as SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime.

* BadassNormal: Various heroes and anti-heroes fight without having superpowers, like X and Barb Wire.

[[caption-width-right:299:Welcome to a new universe.[[note]]From up-left corner clockwise: [[ManInTheMachine Mecha]], ComicBook/{{Ghost|DarkHorseComics}}, [[SupermanSubstitute Titan]], [[BigBad Vortex]], ComicBook/BarbWire, ComicBook/XDarkHorseComics, [[FrankensteinsMonster The Machine]][[/note]]]]

* BigBad:
** First was Vortex, the metahuman that caused the Vortex in Cinnabar Flats and the GreaterScopeVillain for various of the characters.
** In ''Will to Power'', Titan abandons "Agents of Change" group and changes his ways getting a FaceHeelTurn and becoming this to this series.
** Later was Law, a criminal contaminated by the [[MacGuffin Maelstrom]] and became a metahuman who scaled to be a big menace to this universe, even becoming in a dictator for Golden City and Grace's replacement as the ruler of the city.

* VillainProtagonist: Vortex and Law are well known for being this to the imprint, having protagonism in the stories of ''CGW''.

* AbortedArc:
** The story of ''CGW'' and later ''Dark Horse Heroes'' went to an end after a few years, leaving various arcs unfinished. Some of the heroes from this imprint survived a decade later having a reboot as new titles.
** The {{crossover}} between Vortex and Nexus was cancelled even before was released.
** ''Barb Wire'' title was cancelled thanks to [[Film/BarbWire the movie]] leaving this ActionGirl arc unfinished.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The four cities of ''CGW'' are found on the US state of Nevada and all represent versions of existing cities.