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Founded in 1986 by a comic shop owner named Mike Richardson, Dark Horse is one of the most versatile comics companies out there. ▼
 
▲Founded in 1986 by a comic shop owner named Mike Richardson, Dark Horse is one of the most versatile comics companies out there.
Dark Horse publishes a little bit of everything; Indie art comics, a number of "creator-owned" series such as ''[[Hellboy (Comic Book)|Hellboy]]'' and ''[[Sin City]]'', and even licensed comics like ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]: Season 8'' (which was their idea) and ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]''. In addition, they were one of the major early publishers of English-translated [[Manga]] in the West before the [[Tokyo Pop]] boom, bringing over titles like ''[[Akira (Manga)|Akira]]'', ''[[Ah My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]'', ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]'', ''[[Hellsing]]'' and ''[[Ghost in The Shell (Manga)|Ghost in The Shell]]''.▼
 
▲Dark Horse publishes a little bit of everything; Indie art comics, a number of "creator-owned" series such as ''[[Hellboy (Comic Bookcomics)|Hellboy]]'' and ''[[Sin City]]'', and even licensed comics like ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]: Season 8'' (which was their idea) and ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]''. In addition, they were one of the major early publishers of English-translated [[Manga]] in the West before the [[Tokyo Pop]] boom, bringing over titles like ''[[Akira (Manga)|Akira]]'', ''[[Ah My Goddess (Manga)|Ah! My Goddess]]'', ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]'', ''[[Hellsing]]'' and ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell (Mangamanga)|Ghost in The Shell]]''.
 
They even had an original universe for a short time in its ''Comics' Greatest World'' imprint,, though it was eventually dropped due to poor sales/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 ''[[Playboy]]'' interviews and even health books). It doesn't matter ''what'' it is, Dark Horse will publish it.
 
This open policy has been the key to Dark Horse's success, allowing them to survive the [[The Great Comics Crash of 1996|comic crash]].
 
One of the big five comic companies of the [[Modern Age]], alongside [[DC Comics]], [[Marvel Comics]], [[Image Comics]], and [[Archie Comics]].
 
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=== Things they publish include: ===
 
 
==== Licensed comics: ====
* ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' comics (license moves from [[IDW Publishing]] to Dark Horse in 2011)
* ''[[Aliens]]'' comics
* ''[[Alien vs. Predator (franchise)|Alien vs. Predator]]'' comics
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' (''The Art of the Animated Series'', ''The Lost Adventures'', and [[Interquel]] trilogy ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender The Promise (Comic Book)|Avatar: The Last Airbender- The Promise]]'')
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' comics
* ''[[Godzilla (Franchise)|Godzilla]]'' comics (during the 90s, license has since been picked up by [[IDW Publishing]])
* ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'' comics
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' comics (however many that ends up being)
* ''[[Predator]]'' comics
* ''[[Robo CopRoboCop]]'' comics
* ''[[Robocop vs. Terminator]]''
* ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]'' comics (not ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'' comics, for trademark reasons)
* ''[[Star Wars (Franchise)|Star Wars]]''
* A storyline that featured [[Tarzan]] and [[Predator]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|fighting]] [[Beneath the Earth|at the center of the earth.]]
* ''[[Terminator]]'' comics
* ''Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Steam-Powered Stories'' An upcoming omnibus of all the digital comics [[Valve Software (Creator)|Valve SoftwareCorporation]] has put out, including [[Left 4 Dead|The Sacrifice]], [[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Lab Rat]], and some of the [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]] comics.
 
==== Manga and [[Animesque|Amerimanga]]: ====
* ''[[Ah My Goddess (Manga)|Ah! My Goddess]]''
* ''[[Akira (Manga)|Akira]]''
* ''[[Appleseed (Manga)|Appleseed]]''
* ''[[Berserk (Manga)|Berserk]]''
* ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]''
* ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' (Adam Warren's "Grand Mal" miniseries)
* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]''
* The ''[[Chobits (Manga)|Chobits]]'' [[Omnibus]]
* ''[[Dirty Pair (Light Novel)|Dirty Pair]]'' (Adam Warren's Amerimanga miniseries; translations of the first two light novels.)
* ''[[Dominion Tank Police|Dominion]]''
* ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]''
* ''[[Gantz (Manga)|Gantz]]''
* ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell (Mangamanga)|Ghost in The Shell]]''
* ''[[Gunsmith Cats (Manga)|Gunsmith Cats]]''
* ''[[Hellsing]]''
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion Gakuen Datenroku]]''
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion Ikari Shinji Raising Project]]''
* ''[[Outlanders (Manga)|Outlanders]]''
* ''[[Trigun (Manga)|Trigun]]''
* ''[[Venus Wars (Manga)|Venus Wars]]''
* ''[[You're Under Arrest (Manga)|You're Under Arrest]]''
 
==== Former [[Gold Key Comics]] characters most famous for being used by [[Valiant Comics]]: ====
* ''[[Solar Man of the Atom]]''
* ''[[Magnus, Robot Fighter]]''
* ''[[Turok (Comic Bookcomics)|Turok]]''
 
==== Other series: ====
* ''[[Age of Reptiles]]''
* ''[[Alabaster (comics)]]''
* ''[[American Splendor (Comic Book)|American Splendor]]'' (1993-2002)
* ''[[AxeAmerican Cop (Webcomic)|Axe CopSplendor]]'' (1993-2002)
* ''[[Axe Cop]]''
* ''[[Bacchus]]''
* ''[[Barb Wire]]'' (part of the short-lived ''Comics' Greatest World/Dark Horse Heroes'' imprint and inspiration for the movie of the same name)
* ''[[Beasts of Burden]]''
* ''[[The Big Guy and Rusty The Boy Robot (Comic Book)|The Big Guy and Rusty Thethe Boy Robot]]'' (The original comic)
* ''[[BPRD (Comic Book)|BPRD]]''
* ''[[Blacksad (Comic Book)|Blacksad]]''
* ''[[Boris the Bear]]''
* ''[[Dark Horse Presents]]''
* ''[[Doc Stearn...Mr Monster]]''
* ''[[Finder]]''
* ''[[The Goon (Comic Book)|The Goon]]''
* ''[[Grandville (Comic Book)|Grandville]]''
* ''[[Groo the Wanderer (Comic Book)|Groo the Wanderer]]''
* ''[[Hellboy (Comic Bookcomics)|Hellboy]]''
* ''[[Comicbook/HeartHeartbreakers Breakers(comics)|Heart BreakersHeartbreakers]]''
* ''[[Homicide (comics)|Homicide]]''
* ''[[Kings In Disguise]]''
* ''[[Madman (Comic Book)|Madman]]''
* ''[[The Mask (Comic Bookcomics)|The Mask]]'' (also briefly part of the ''Dark Horse Heroes'' imprint towards the end)
* ''[[Mesmo Delivery]]''
* ''[[Resident Alien]]''
* ''[[Shadow Empires]]''/''[[Iron Empires]]''
* ''[[S.H.O.O.T. First]]''
* ''[[Sin City]]''
* ''[[Spy Boy]]''
* ''[[Sundowners]]''
* ''[[Spy Boy]]''
* ''[[Time Cop]]''
* ''[[The Umbrella Academy]]''
* ''[[Usagi Yojimbo (Comic Book)|Usagi Yojimbo]]''
* ''[[Zodiac Starforce]]''
 
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