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This '''list of comics publishing companies''' lists companies, specifically publishing companies who primarily publish [[comics]]. Comic art is an art medium used to present ideas or stories via images. The images are usually arranged in panels in a sequence that conveys the story. Sounds are expressed using [[speech balloon]]s and [[onomatopoeia]]. European comics have existed since 1837, when Swiss artist [[Rodolphe Töpffer]] published ''[[Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois]]''. The oldest comic publishing company on this list is the now-defunct book publishing company, [[David McKay Publications]] that was founded in 1882 and published comics from 1935 to 1950. Most comic publishing companies were established in the [[United States]], where comics became popular in the mid-1900s.

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{{ComPub|name= [[12 bis]]|country=France<ref>[http://12bis.com/ Homepage of 12 bis.] Retrieved 11 October 2012</ref>|found=2008<ref>[http://whenintime.com/ShowEvents.aspx?tlurl=/tl/publisher/12_bis/ Timeline of 12 bis] at whenintime.com Retrieved 21 November 2012</ref>|defunct=N|note=}}
{{ComPub|name=[[12-Gauge Comics]] |country=US |found=2004 |defunct=N |note=A former imprint of '''Image Comics'''. Became fully independent as of 2009. Titles: ''Anti'', ''[[The Boondock Saints#Comic book|The Boondock Saints: In Nomine Patris]]'', ''ICE: Bayou Blackout'', ''ICE: Critical Mass'', ''Loose Ends'', ''Luke McBain'', ''Magus'', ''Narco'', ''R.P.M.'', ''The Ride: Southern Gothic'', ''Sherwood, Texas''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/5893/|title=Grand Comics Database – 12-Gauge Comics|date=2020-10-06|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505143933/http://www.comics.org/publisher/5893/|archive-date=2016-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/12-gauge-comics/4010-2490/|title=Comicvine - 12-Gauge Comics|date=2020-10-06|publisher=Gamespot|access-date=2024-11-29}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[1First Comics]]|country=US<ref>[http://www.1firstcomics.com/ Homepage of 1First Comics.] Retrieved 11 June 2014</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33275%3E|title=CBR.com - The World's Top Destination For Comic, Movie & TV news|website=CBR|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> |found=1982|defunct=N|note= Relaunched in 2011; a.k.a. '''[[First Comics]]'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[451 Interactive Publishing|451 Media Group]] |country=US<ref>[http://www.4five1.com/ Homepage of 4Five1] Retrieved 16 April 2016</ref>|found=2015|defunct=N|note=Subdivision of Michael Bay's 451 Interactive Publishing.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/michael-bays-451-media-group-announces-interactive-graphic-novels Michael Bay's 451 Media Group Announces Interactive Graphic Novels] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812081744/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/michael-bays-451-media-group-announces-interactive-graphic-novels |date=2016-08-12 }} at [[Comic Book Resources]] Retrieved 14 April 2016</ref> Titles: ''Bad Moon Rising'' (2015), ''Exmortis'', ''Humbug'', ''Nvrlnd'', ''Self Storage'', ''Six'', ''Stained'', ''Sunflower''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/indicia_publisher/4807/|title=Grand Comics Database – 451 Media Group|date=2021-09-22|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922021410/https://www.comics.org/indicia_publisher/4807/|archive-date=2021-09-22}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Aardvark-Vanaheim]]|country=Canada<ref name="RenegadeShutsDown" />|found=1977<ref name="RenegadeShutsDown" />|defunct=N|note= Most titles moved to '''[[Renegade Press]]''' in 1985<ref name="RenegadeShutsDown" /> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Alias Enterprises|Abacus Comics]]| country=US<ref>[http://abacuscomics.com/ Homepage of Abacus Comics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405225813/http://abacuscomics.com/ |date=2012-04-05 }} Retrieved 20 June 2013</ref>| found=2006| defunct=N| note= Bought '''Alias Comics''' in 2007<ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/2549/ Alias Comics and Abacus Comics] at [[The Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 11 October 2012</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[About Comics]]|country=US<ref>[http://www.aboutcomics.com/ Homepage of About Comics] Retrieved 11 October 2012</ref> |found=1998|defunct=N|note= <ref>Murphy, Chris. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6615361.html "About Comics at the Ten Year Mark", ''Publishers Weekly'': ''PW Comics Week'' (18 November 2008)] Retrieved 11 November 2009</ref> Titles: ''Angels Everywhere!'', ''Bootsie's War Years'', ''[[Crossfire (Eclipse Comics)|Crossfire]]'', ''[[The DNAgents|DNAgents]]'', ''The Factor'', ''The Little Friar'', ''Our Little Nuns'', ''[[Stewart the Rat]]'', ''Vale of Dears'', ''Welcome to Heaven, Dr. Franklin''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/2083/|title=Grand Comics Database – About Comics|date=2010-07-31|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416040210/https://www.comics.org/publisher/2083/|archive-date=2022-04-16}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Abrams Books|Abrams ComicArts]]|country=US |found=2009|defunct=N|note= An imprint of Abrams Books<ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/4684-kochman-to-head-new-abrams-comics-imprint.html "Kochman To Head New Abrams Comics Imprint "] at [[Publishers Weekly]] Retrieved 26 July 2008</ref> Titles: ''The Age of Selfishness: Ayn Rand, Morality, and the Financial Crisis'', ''The Bomb: The Weapon That Changed the World'', ''Climate Changed: A Personal Journey through the Science'', ''Economix'', ''Fire on the Water'', ''Guantanamo Voices'', ''[[My Friend Dahmer]]'', ''The Night Eaters'', ''Sing No Evil'', ''Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/indicia_publisher/1295/|title=Grand Comics Database – Abrams ComicArts|date=2024-12-06|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207030401/https://www.comics.org/indicia_publisher/1295/|archive-date=2024-12-07}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[AC Comics]] |country=US<ref>[http://www.accomics.com/ Homepage of AC Comics] Retrieved 11 October 2012</ref> |found=1969|defunct=N|note= Former '''Paragon Publications''' until 1982; former '''Americomics''' until 1984<ref name="achistory1">{{cite web|url=http://www.accomics.com/history/|title=History – AC Comics|website=www.accomics.com|date=27 August 2011|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-date=10 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610214327/http://www.accomics.com/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Titles: ''Amazon Warriors'', ''Barbarians and Beauties'', ''[[Crimebuster (Boy Comics)|Crimebuster (1995)]]'', ''[[Dragonfly (AC Comics)|Dragonfly]]'', ''[[Femforce]]'', ''Heroine Heaven'', ''Jungle Girls'', ''[[Miss Masque#AC Comics|Miss Masque]]'', ''Reddevil'', ''The Sword of Zorro'' (2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/454/|title=Grand Comics Database – AC Comics|date=2009-10-16|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807210211/https://www.comics.org/publisher/454/|archive-date=2024-08-07}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Ace Comics (publishers)|Ace Comics]] |country=US|found=1940 |defunct=1956 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}  Imprints: '''''A.A. Wyn (Inc.)''''', '''''Ace Books, Inc.''''', '''''Ace Magazines, Inc.''''', '''''Ace Periodicals, Inc.''''', '''''Ace Publications (Inc.)''''', '''''Current Books, Inc.''''', '''''Humor Publications, Inc.''''', '''''Junior Books, Inc.''''', '''''Periodical House, Inc.''''', '''''Unity Publishing Corp.'''''<ref>[http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?cid=98/ Ace Comics at digitalcomicmuseum.com] Retrieved 19 June 2913</ref> Titles: ''Banner Comics'', ''The Beyond'', ''Challenge of the Unknown'', ''[[Four Favorites]]'', ''Four Teeners'', ''Hand of Fate'', ''Lightning Comics'', ''Our Flag Comics'', ''Penalty'', ''Sure-Fire Comics''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/454/|title=Grand Comics Database – AC Comics|date=2009-10-16|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807210211/https://www.comics.org/publisher/454/|archive-date=2024-08-07}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Acme Press]]| country=UK| found=1986| defunct=2005| note=Also known as '''ACME Press''' and '''Acme Comics''' }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Action Lab Comics]] |country=US<ref>[http://www.actionlabcomics.com/ Homepage of Action Lab Comics] at Action Lab Entertainment Retrieved 7 December 2012</ref> |found=2010<ref>[http://www.actionlabcomics.com/about/ Action Lab "About" page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309150657/http://www.actionlabcomics.com/about/ |date=2012-03-09 }} Retrieved 4 August 2012</ref> |defunct=N|note=Comics published under imprint: '''''Action Lab Comics Signature Series'''''. Titles: ''[[Amerikarate]]'', ''Brigands'', ''Cold Blood Samurai'', ''Danger Doll Squad'', ''Fight Like a Girl'', ''[[Going to the Chapel (Comic)|Going to the Chapel]]'', ''[[Princeless]]'', ''Shinobi: Ninja Princess'', ''[[Spencer & Locke]]'', ''[[Zoe Dare]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/7652/|title=Grand Comics Database – Action Lab Comics|date=2014-10-30|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527003123/https://www.comics.org/publisher/7652/|archive-date=2022-05-27}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[AdHouse Books]] |country= US<ref>[http://www.adhousebooks.com/ Homepage of AdHouse Books] Retrieved 19 June 2013</ref> |found= 2002|defunct= N|note= <ref name="1001Comics927"/> Titles: ''American Barbarian'', ''Comrade Kill'', ''Driven by Lemons'', ''Johnny Hiro'', ''The Oven'', ''[[Salamander Dream]]'', ''The Secret Voice'', ''[[Street Angel (comics)#Collected editions|Street Angel]]'', ''Tiger!Tiger!Tiger!'', ''Ur''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/2466/|title=Grand Comics Database – AdHouse Books|date=2009-11-03|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210083952/https://www.comics.org/publisher/2466/|archive-date=2015-12-10}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Personality Comics#Imprints and titles (selected)|Adult Comics]]''| country= US| found= 1992<ref>[http://www.bailsprojects.com/WhosWho.aspx?Page=2&rnd=0.579809538358734/ Adult Comics] at [[The Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref>| defunct= 1992| note= Adult-comics imprint of '''[[Personality Comics]]'''. Titles: ''Bad Girls''; ''Female Fantasies''<ref>[http://comicbookdb.com/imprint.php?ID=133/ Adult Comics at the Comic Book Database] Retrieved 9 June 2013</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Adventure Publications]]'' |country=US|found= 1986 |defunct= 1993 |note= Acquired by '''''[[Malibu Comics]]''''' in 1989,<ref>The Comics Journal #127 (February 1989), page 21</ref> which was bought by '''[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]''' in 1994.<ref name="TCJMarvelBuysMalibu" /> Titles: ''The Adventurers'', ''Adventurers Book II'', ''[[Death Hawk]]'', ''Elf Warrior'', ''NetherWorlds'', ''Ninja Elite'', ''Star Rangers'', ''Warriors''<ref>[http://comicbookdb.com/publisher.php?ID=2389/ Adventure Publications at The Comic Book Database]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved 19 June 2013</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/506/|title=Grand Comics Database – Adventure Publications|date=2011-04-30|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927184319/https://www.comics.org/publisher/506/|archive-date=2023-09-27}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Aftershock Comics]] |country=US<ref>[http://aftershockcomics.com/ Homepage of Aftershock Comics] Retrieved 16 April 2016</ref>|found=2015|defunct=2022|note=[https://www.cbr.com/aftershock-comics-chapter-11-bankruptcy/ AfterShock Comics Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy] Titles: ''[[Alters]]'', ''Bad Reception'', ''Clankillers'', ''Dead Day'', ''[[Eleanor and the Egret]]'', ''Girls of Dimension 13'', ''Her Infernal Descent'', ''Midnight Rose'', ''[[Unholy Grail]]'', ''You Are Obsolete''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/10657/|title=Grand Comics Database – AfterShock Comics|date=2021-01-20|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221124229/https://www.comics.org/publisher/10657/|archive-date=2024-02-21}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[L Nathan Butler#Christian comics|Aida-Zee Comics]] | country = US| found = 1990| defunct = 1997| note = Titles included ''Aida-Zee'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=bibliography&issue=01941287288+1|title=Mile High Comics - AIDA-ZEE (RELIGIOUS COMIC) #1 - Bibliography|website=milehighcomics.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> ''Paro-Dee'', ''Behold 3-D'' }}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Aircel Comics]]'' |country= Canada<ref name="SequentialBarryBlair" />|found= 1985<ref name="SequentialBarryBlair" /> |defunct= 1994<ref name="TCJMarvelBuysMalibu" />|note= Bought out by '''''[[Malibu Comics]]''''' in 1991, which was bought by '''[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]''' in 1994<ref name="TCJMarvelBuysMalibu" />}}
{{ComPub|name= [[AiT/Planet Lar]] |country= US<ref>[http://www.ait-planetlar.com/ Homepage of AiT/Planet Lar] Retrieved 19 June 2013</ref> |found= 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comics.org/publisher/2121/|title=GCD :: Publisher :: AiT/Planet Lar|website=www.comics.org|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>| defunct= N| note= Titles: ''Abel'', ''Bad Mojo'', ''Colonia'', ''[[The Couriers]]'', ''[[Demo (comics)|Demo]]'', ''Hench'', ''[[Quicken Forbidden|Jax Epoch and the Quicken Forbidden]]'' (trade paperbacks), ''Planet of the Capes'', ''[[Switchblade Honey]]'', ''Tales from Fish Camp''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/2121/|title=Grand Comics Database – AiT/Planet Lar|date=2010-02-11|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823234806/https://www.comics.org/publisher/2121/|archive-date=2022-08-23}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Farrell Publications|Ajax-Farrell]]''| country= US<ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/226/ Ajax-Farrell] at [[The Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 19 June 2013</ref>| found= 1951| defunct=1958| note=''see:'' '''[[Farrell Publications#Farrell Comic Group|Farrell Comic Group]]'''<ref>[http://comicbookdb.com/imprint.php?ID=380/ History of Ajax-Farrell]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at The Comic Book Database Retrieved 19 June 2013</ref> Titles: ''Black Cobra'', ''Captain Jet'', ''Dear Heart'', ''G.I. in Battle'', ''[[Fantastic Comics (Ajax-Farrell)|Fantastic Comics]]'', ''Men in Action'', ''The Rider'', ''[[Strange Fantasy (comic)|Strange Fantasy]]'', ''Vooda'', ''War Stories''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicspriceguide.com/publishers/ajax-farrell|title=ComicsPriceGuide.com – Ajax-Farrell|date=1995-06-16|publisher=ComicsPriceGuide.com|access-date=2024-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209002053/https://comicspriceguide.com/publishers/ajax-farrell|archive-date=2024-12-09}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Akita Shoten]]|country=Japan<ref>[http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/ Homepage] of Akita Shoten ''(in Japanese only)''Retrieved 22 April 2014</ref> |found=1948|defunct=N|note= <ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/name/Akita%20Shoten/sort/alpha/ Akita Shoten] at [[The Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 22 April 2014</ref> Publishes mostly manga-titles}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Alias Enterprises]] |country= US|found= 2005 |defunct= 2007 |note= <ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/2549/ Alias Comics] at [[The Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 11 October 2012</ref> Published comics as '''Alias Comics'''; imprint: '''''Cross Culture'''''. Alias Comics was sold to '''Abacus Comics'''<ref name="abacusmain">[http://abacuscomics.com/abacus_main.htm/ Homepage of Abacus Comics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102001756/http://abacuscomics.com/abacus_main.htm |date=2012-11-02}} Retrieved 19 June 2013</ref> and Cross Culture was bought by '''LAMP PoST Publications''' in 2007. Titles: ''[[The Dreamland Chronicles]]'' (2005), ''[[Elsinore (comics)|Elsinore]]'', ''[[Hyper-Actives]]'', ''Imperial Dragons'', ''Judo Girl'' (2006), ''[[Lions, Tigers and Bears (comics)|Lions, Tigers and Bears]]'' (2005), ''Lullaby'', ''Six-Gun Samurai'', ''Valkyries'', ''Yenny''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/2549/|title=Grand Comics Database – Alias Enterprises|date=2009-10-30|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614164600/https://www.comics.org/publisher/2549/|archive-date=2024-06-14}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[All-American Publications]] |country=US<ref name="EoCBaGN16" /> |found=1939<ref name="EoCBaGN16" /> |defunct=1946<ref name="EoCBaGN17" />|note=Bought out by National Periodicals ('''[[DC Comics]]''') in 1946<ref name="EoCBaGN17" />}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[All Star DC Comics]]'' |country=US |found=2005<ref name="All Star DC Comics series">[http://www.goodreads.com/series/67570-all-star-dc-comics/ ''All Star DC Comics series''] at goodreads.com Retrieved 19 June 2013</ref> |defunct=2008<ref name="All Star DC Comics series"/>|note=Defunct imprint of '''[[DC Comics]]'''. Titles: ''[[All-Star Superman]]''; ''[[All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder]]''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Alternative Comics (publisher)|Alternative Comics]] |country=US<ref>[http://www.indyworld.com/altcomics/index.html/ Homepage of Alternative Comics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704210445/http://www.indyworld.com/altcomics/index.html |date=2013-07-04 }} Retrieved 19 June 2013</ref>|found= 1993<ref>[http://www.indyworld.com/about/index.html/ "About Us" at Homepage of Alternative Comics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010421103405/http://indyworld.com/about/index.html |date=2001-04-21 }} Retrieved 19 June 2013</ref> |defunct=N |note=Shut down in 2008, resumed publishing in 2012.<ref>[http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/alternative_comics_returns_ted_mays_injury_4_looks_to_be_first_out_of_gate/ ''Alternative Comics Returns: Ted May's Injury #4 Looks To Be First Out Of Gate'']. 25 July 2012, [[Tom Spurgeon|The Comics Reporter]] Retrieved 19 June 2013</ref> Titles: ''[[9-11: Emergency Relief]]''; ''[[The Cute Manifesto]]''; ''Magic Whistle''}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Amalgam Comics]]''|country=US|found=1996|defunct=1997|note=Shared Imprint by '''[[DC Comics]]''' and '''[[Marvel Comics]]'''. Defunct in 1997, published reprints in 2003, 2004,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=npIsZV7grboC&q=%22Amalgam+Comics%22%2F&pg=PA227 Marvel/DC Crossover Publications at ''Google Books''] Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref> and 2024<ref>{{cite web |last=Jovanée |first=Alice |title=Here's where you can pre-order DC Versus Marvel: The Amalgam Age Omnibus |date=6 August 2024 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ph/entertainment/gaming/here-s-where-you-can-pre-order-dc-versus-marvel-the-amalgam-age-omnibus/ar-AA1olxIp |website=[[MSN]] |access-date= |archive-date=28 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128125212/https://www.msn.com/en-ph/entertainment/gaming/here-s-where-you-can-pre-order-dc-versus-marvel-the-amalgam-age-omnibus/ar-AA1olxIp |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Amazing (publisher)|Amazing Comics]] |country=US|found= 1987 |defunct= 1987<ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/550/ ''Amazing''] at [[Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 10 August 2013</ref> |note= Spearheaded by [[David Campiti]]; one of the five publishing entities set up by [[Scott Mitchell Rosenberg]]/[[Sunrise Distribution]].<ref name=Mason>{{cite web|title=Dinosaurs for Hire: Tom Mason interview...|first=J.C.|last=Vaughn|work=[[Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide|Overstreet Comic Book]] Marketplace Yearbook 2015-2016|date=2015|publisher=[[Diamond Comic Distributors]]|url=https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?articleID=195091|access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref> Some titles were affiliated with [[Pied Piper Comics]]. Titles:<ref>[http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/LiveData/Publisher.aspx?id=e7d221c0-7bce-4852-9df1-158879277c77/ ''Amazing Comics - Titles'']{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at comiccollectorlive.com. Retrieved 10 August 2013</ref> ''Barney the Invisible Turtle'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicattack.net/2009/11/25/wcwbarneytheinvisibleturtle1|title=Wacky Comic Wednesday: Barney the Invisible Turtle #1|website=ComicAttack.net|access-date=10 August 2013|date=November 25, 2009|author=Andy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912091308/http://comicattack.net/2009/11/25/wcwbarneytheinvisibleturtle1/|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 Sep 2013}}</ref> ''[[Ex-Mutants]]'', ''Jack Frost'' }}
{{ComPub|name= [[American Comics Group]] |country= US<ref name="HeroGetsGirl30" />|found= 1943<ref name="HeroGetsGirl30" /> |defunct=1967 |note=<ref name="HeroGetsGirl30" /> Began in 1943 as '''[[American Comics Group|Creston Publishing]]'''}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[America's Best Comics]]'' |country= US |found= 1999 |defunct= 2005 |note= Imprint of '''''WildStorm''''', altogether sold to '''[[DC Comics]]'''. Titles: ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One]]'', ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II]]'', ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier]]'', ''[[Promethea]]'', ''[[Smax]]'', ''[[Terra Obscura]]'', ''[[Tom Strong]]'', ''[[Tomorrow Stories]]'', ''[[Top 10 (comics)|Top 10]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/44/|title=Grand Comics Database – America's Best Comics|date=2020-10-23|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523002119/https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/44/|archive-date=2024-05-23}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[AC Comics|Americomics]]| country= US| found= 1982| defunct= 1984| note= Former '''Paragon Publications''' from 1969 to 1982; becomes AC Comics in 1984<ref name="achistory1"/>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Anglo-American Publishing]] |country= Canada<ref name="Invaders44" /> |found= 1941<ref name="Invaders44" /> |defunct= 1951<ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/109/ Anglo-American Publishing] at [[The Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 10 October 2012</ref>|note=}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Ankama Games|Ankama Editions]] |country=France<ref>[http://www.ankama.com/en/activities/editions/ Homepage of Ankama Comics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325233815/http://www.ankama.com/en/activities/editions |date=2014-03-25 }} at [[Ankama Games]] Retrieved 22 April 2014</ref> |found= 2001|defunct=N|note= Comics publishing division of [[Ankama Games#Comic Book Publishing|Ankama Games]] {{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Antarctic Press]] |country= US<ref name="CCLAntarctic" /> |found= 1984<ref name="CCLAntarctic" /> |defunct=N|note=Titles: ''[[Chesty Sanchez]]'', ''[[Gold Digger (comics)|Gold Digger]]'', ''[[Ninja High School]]'', ''[[Warrior Nun Areala]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/670/|title=Grand Comics Database - Antarctic Press|date=2009-10-15|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420080225/https://www.comics.org/publisher/670/ |archive-date=2024-04-20}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Apex Novelties]] |country=US<ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/318/ Apex Novelties] at [[The Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 10 October 2012</ref>|found= 1968 |defunct= 1979 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Original publisher of [[Robert Crumb|R. Crumb]]'s ''[[Zap Comix]]''<ref>[http://comicbookdb.com/publisher.php?ID=386/ Zap Comix at The Comic Book Database]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved 10 October 2012</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Apple Comics]] |country=US<ref>http://www.comics.org/publisher/551/ Apple Comics at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved 10 October 2012</ref>|found= 1986 |defunct= 1994 |note= Began as Imprint of '''[[WaRP Graphics]]'''. Also known as '''Apple Press'''. Imprint: '''''Forbidden Fruit'''''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Approbation Comics]] |country= US<ref>[http://www.approbationcomics.com/ Homepage of Approbation Comics] Retrieved 10 October 2012</ref> |found=1992 |defunct= N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Arcana Studio]] |country= Canada<ref>[http://www.arcana.com/ Homepage of Arcana Studio] Retrieved 20 June 2013</ref>|found=2004<ref>[http://www.arcana.com/index.php?p=about/ ''"About"''] at Homepage of [[Arcana Studio]] Retrieved 20 June 2013</ref> |defunct=N|note=Titles: ''[[Clockwork Girl]]''; ''[[Kade (comics)|Kade]]''; ''[[Ezra]]''<ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/3161/ Arcana Studio] at [[The Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 20 June 2013</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Archaia Studios Press]]|country= US |found= 2002 |defunct= N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Bought by [[Kunoichi (company)|Kunoichi Inc.]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18359/ ''Archaia Studios Press To Be Acquired by Kunoichi, Inc., Not Devil's DueComic''] at [[Comic Book Resources]] Retrieved 19 June 2013</ref> Titles: ''[[Mouse Guard]]''}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Red Circle Comics|Archie Adventure Comics]]'' |country=US<ref>[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/a/archiecom.htm/ ''Archie Superheroes'' at International Hero.co.uk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508131319/http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/a/archiecom.htm |date=2013-05-08 }} Retrieved 20 June 2013</ref>|found= 1959<ref>[http://www.comics.org/brand/1407/ Archie Adventure Series] at [[The Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 20 June 2013</ref> |defunct= 1962 |note=[[Archie Comics]] superhero imprint. Titles: ''[[Fly (Archie Comics)|Adventures of The Fly]]''; ''[[Jaguar (Archie Comics)|Adventures of the Jaguar]]'', ''Shadow'' }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Archie Comics|Archie Comic Publications]]| country=US<ref name="TPArchie" /><ref>[http://www.archiecomics.com/ Homepage of Archie Comics] Retrieved 20 June 2013</ref> |found=1939<ref name="TPArchie" /> |defunct=N|note=Founded as '''MLJ Magazines''', changed to Archie Comic Publications in 1951. Imprints (all currently defunct): '''''[[Mighty Comics|Archie Adventure Comics]]'''''; '''''[[Belmont Books]]''''', '''''[[Mighty Comics|Radio Comics]]''''' (under '''Mighty Comics'''); '''''[[Mighty Comics|Red Circle Comics]]'''''; '''''Spectrum Comics''''' }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Arrow Comics]] |country=US<ref>[http://www.arrowcomics.com/ Homepage of Arrow Comics] Retrieved 20 June 2013</ref>|found= 1985 |defunct=N |note=Arrow Comics shut down two times; In 1989, returning in 1993,<ref>"Newswatch:Arrow Comics Returns", The Comics Journal #155 (Jan. 1993), p. 29.</ref> and in 2000, returning in 2008. Imprint: ''Arrow Manga''. Titles: ''[[Tales From The Aniverse]]''; ''[[Spank the Monkey (comic)|Spank the Monkey]]''; ''The Dead''<ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/509/ Arrow Comics] at [[The Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 20 June 2013</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Asahi Sonorama]]|country=Japan |found=1959|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[ASCII Media Works]]|country=Japan |found=2008|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Aspen Comics|Aspen MLT]] |country=US<ref>[http://www.aspencomics.com/ Homepage of Aspen Comics] Retrieved 20 June 2013</ref> |found= 2003<ref>[http://aspencomics.com/about-us/ ''"About Us"''] at the Homepage of Aspen Comics Retrieved 20 June 2013</ref>|defunct=N|note=Titles: ''[[Aspen]]'', ''Executive Assistant Iris'', ''[[Fathom (comics)|Fathom]]'' (2003 – present), ''[[The Iron Saint]]'', ''[[Lady Mechanika]]'', ''[[Shrugged]]'', ''[[Soulfire (comics)|Soulfire]]''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview_srch&by=pubid&for=39/ ''"Previews: Aspen Comics"'' at comicbookresources.com] Retrieved 20 June 2013</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/2761/|title=Grand Comics Database – Aspen MLT|date=2009-11-26|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-26|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220520230312/https://www.comics.org/publisher/2761/|archive-date=2022-05-20}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[L'Association]] |country= France|found= 1990|defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Asuka (publisher)|Asuka]]|country= France|found= 2004|defunct=2010|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Merged with Kazé in 2010}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas Comics]] |country=US|found= 1951 |defunct= 1957 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Evolved into [[Marvel Comics]]}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Atlas/Seaboard Comics]] |country=US|found= 1974<ref name="HNTRaCBC97" />|defunct= 1975|note= Relaunched in association with Ardden Entertainment in 2010.<ref>[http://www.atlasarchives.com/news/pressrelease.html/ ''Marvel Founder's Grandson Unleashes Atlas Comics''] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20110604220148/http://www.atlasarchives.com/news/pressrelease.html/ |date=2011-06-04 }} at atlasarchives.com Retrieved 10 August 2013</ref> Titles: ''[[Grim Ghost]]'', ''[[Phoenix (comics)|Phoenix]]'', ''[[Scorpion (Atlas/Seaboard Comics)|Scorpion]]'' }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Atomeka Press]] |country=UK|found= 1988<br />2004 |defunct= 1997<br />2005 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Avatar Press]] |country=US<ref name="1001Comics897"/> |found=1996 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} [[Dystopian comics]]. Titles: ''[[Absolution (comics)|Absolution]]'', ''[[Alan Moore's The Courtyard]]'', ''[[Black Summer]]'', ''[[God Is Dead (comics)|God Is Dead]]'', ''[[No Hero (comics)|No Hero]]'', ''[[Pandora (comics)|Pandora]]'', ''[[Providence (Avatar Press)|Providence]]'', ''[[Supergod]]'', ''[[The Unfunnies]]'', ''[[Über (comics)|Über]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/1052/|title=Grand Comics Database - Avatar Press|date=2009-10-19|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228032226/https://www.comics.org/publisher/1052/|archive-date=2024-02-28}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Avon (publishers)|Avon Comics]] |country=US|found= 1945 |defunct= 1956 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[AWA Studios]] |country=US|found= 2019 |defunct=N  |note=Artists, Writers & Artisans<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/20/arts/awa-comic-books-publisher.html|title=A Comic Book Publisher Creates Its Own Origin Story|first=George Gene|last=Gustines|date=March 20, 2019|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Awesome Comics]] |country=US|found= 1997 |defunct= 2000 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Also known as '''Awesome Entertainment''' and '''Awesome-Hyperwerks'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Axis Comics]] |country=US|found= 1994 |defunct= 1994 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Azteca Productions]] |country=US |found=1993 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Bedside Press]]|country=Canada<ref>[http://bedsidepress.com Homepage of Bedside Press] Retrieved 19 February 2016</ref> |found=2014|defunct=2019|note=[http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/hope-nicholson-closes-bedside/ Hope Nicholson Closes Bedside Press Following Sexual Assault Admission]}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Bell Features]] |country=Canada<ref name="Invaders48" /> |found=1939<ref name="Invaders48" /> |defunct=1953 |note=a.k.a. '''Commercial Signs of Canada'''<ref name="Invaders48" /> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Belmont Books]]| country=US| found=1960| defunct=1971| note={{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} Paperback-book publishing imprint of '''[[Archie Comics]]''', also published reprinted material from '''''[[Mighty Comics|Radio Comics]]'''''. Merged with '''[[Tower Comics|Tower Books]]''' forming '''[[Belmont Tower]]''' in 1971. Ceased publishing 1980}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Beyond Comics]] |country=US|found= 1997 |defunct=N|note=Publications: "Justice" , "Gekido Vs. Code Name: Justice" , "Gekido" , & "Ravedactyl"  Also known as '''BeyondComics.TV''' }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Big Bang Comics]] |country=US |found=1994 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Established in 1994 as imprint of '''[[Caliber Press]]'''; became independent publisher in 2006}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Black Eye Productions]] |country=Canada<ref name="CSBlackEye" />|found= 1992<ref name="TCJBlackEye" />|defunct= 1998<ref name="TCJBlackEye" /> |note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Blackthorne Publishing]] |country=US|found= 1985 |defunct= 1989 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Blue Comics]]|country=Brazil<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://galaxianerd.com/20/09/2018/blue-comics-mudancas-e-novidades-no-universo-da-editora/|title=Blue Comics {{pipe}} mudanças e novidades no Universo da editora|date=20 September 2018}}</ref>|found=2006<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guiadosquadrinhos.com/editora/blue-comics/1757|title = Informação não encontrada {{pipe}} Guia dos Quadrinhos}}</ref>|defunct=N|note=}}
{{ComPub|name =[[Blue Juice Comics]] |country = US<ref name="SPPS">Bradley, Drew (February 24, 2015), "[http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news-columns/small-press-publisher-spotlight-blue-juice-comics/ Small Press Publisher Spotlight: Blue Juice Comics]", [[Multiversity Comics]]. Retrieved April 14, 2017</ref>|found =2012 |defunct =N |note =}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Boneyard Press]] |country=US<ref>[http://www.boneyardpress.net/ Homepage of Boneyard Press] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727024213/http://www.boneyardpress.net/ |date=2013-07-27 }}. Retrieved 11 August 2013</ref> |found=1991<ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/3467/ ''Boneyard Press''] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]. Retrieved 11 August 2013</ref> |defunct=N|note=Currently publishing online comics (''Vein Water'').<ref>[http://www.boneyardpress.net/online_comix/frame_online.html/ ''Vein Water, part 1''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330173547/http://www.boneyardpress.net/online_comix/frame_online.html |date=2012-03-30 }} at homepage of Boneyard Press. Retrieved 11 August 2013</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Bongo Comics]] |country= US|found= 1993 |defunct= 2018 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Boom! Studios]] |country=US |found= 2005 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Avatar Press|Boundless Comics]]'' |country=US<ref>[http://www.boundlesscomics.com/ Homepage of Boundless Comics] Retrieved 13 August 2013</ref>|found= 2010<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25741/ ''C2E2: Lady Death Rises At Avatar's Boundless''] at comicbookresources.com, 15 April 2010 Retrieved 13 August 2013</ref>|defunct=N|note=Imprint of '''[[Avatar Press]]''', created solely for publication of ''[[Lady Death]]'', bought from '''[[Crossgen|CrossGen Entertainment]]''' (who themselves bought the rights to ''Lady Death'' from defunct '''[[Chaos! Comics]]'''). Notable for comics in which the contents have no censorship in terms of violence, nudity, sex, and swearing. Titles: ''Belladonna'' (2015), ''Ember'', ''Hellina'', ''Jungle Fantasy'', ''[[Lady Death#Boundless Comics|Lady Death]]'', ''Lookers'', ''Threshold: Allure'', ''UnHoly'', ''War Goddess'', ''Webwitch'' (2015) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/3488/|title=Grand Comics Database – Boundless Comics|date=2011-10-12|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201020829/https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/3488/|archive-date=2024-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/boundless-comics/4015-58442/issues-cover/|title=Comic Vine – Boundless Comics|date=2011-10-12|publisher=Fandom|access-date=2024-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201203911/https://comicvine.gamespot.com/boundless-comics/4015-58442/issues-cover/|archive-date=2024-12-01}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[BroadSword Comics]] |country=US |found=1999 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Broadway Comics]] |country=US|found= 1995 |defunct= 1996 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Bubble Comics]] |country=Russia|found= 2011 |defunct=N|note=}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Burlyman Entertainment]] |country=US|found= 2003 |defunct=N|note=Founded by [[The Wachowskis]].}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Byron Preiss Visual Publications]] |country=US|found= 1974 |defunct= 2006 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Bluewater Productions]] |country=US |found= 2007|defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Titles: ''Back to Mysterious Island'', ''Black Scorpion'', ''Flying Saucers Vs. the Earth'', ''Insane Jane: The Avenging Star'', ''[[Isis (Bluewater Comics)|Isis]]'', ''Sinbad: Rogue of Mars'', ''Space Women Beyond the Stratosphere'', ''[[Tenth Muse]]'' (June 2007 series; 2013 series), ''Violet Rose'', ''Wrath of the Titans''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/indicia_publisher/979/|title=Grand Comics Database – Bluewater Comics|date=2009-10-21|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215201119/https://www.comics.org/indicia_publisher/979/|archive-date=2023-02-15}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Caliber Comics]] |country=US|found= 1989 |defunct= 2000 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Calvary Comics]] |country=US |found=2006 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Capital Comics]] |country=US|found= 1981 |defunct= 1984 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Went bankrupt, all titles acquired by [[First Comics]]. Titles: ''[[Badger (comics)|Badger]]'' (September 1983 – April 1984), ''[[Nexus (comics)|Nexus]]'' (1981 – October 1982, May 1983 – March 1984), ''Whisper'' (December 1983 – March 1984)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/422/|title=Grand Comics Database – Capital Comics|date=2009-10-09|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-25|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220512052949/https://www.comics.org/publisher/422/|archive-date=2022-05-12}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Cardal Publishing]] |country=UK|found= |defunct= 1951<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39159 |date=27 February 1951 |page=1061 }}</ref>|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Carlsen Verlag|Carlsen Comics]]| country= Germany<ref>[http://www.carlsen.de/web/comic/ Homepage of Carlsen Verlag/Comic section (in German).] Retrieved 7 December 2012</ref>| found=1967| defunct=N| note=Comic publishing imprint of [[Carlsen Verlag]], established in 1953,<ref>[http://www.carlsen.de/web/verlag/geschichte/ History of Carlsen Verlag] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711223736/http://www.carlsen.de/web/verlag/geschichte |date=2012-07-11 }} at Homepage of Carlsen Verlsg.</ref> started publishing comics in 1967; imprints: '''''Edition ComicArt''''', '''''B&L''''' (bought 2002, since 2006 part of '''''Carlsen Cartoon und Humor'''''), '''''Chicken House Deutschland''''' (joint-venture with '''[[Scholastic Corporation|The Chicken House]]'''<ref>[http://www.carlsen.de/web/presse/newsitems/2008/chicken_house_081014/ The Chicken House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802104736/http://www.carlsen.de/web/presse/newsitems/2008/chicken_house_081014 |date=2009-08-02 }} at carlsen.de (in German).</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Cartoon Books]] |country= US|found=1991 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Casterman]] |country=Belgium<ref name="1001Comics903"/> |found=1934 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Established in 1780, began publishing comics in 1934}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Personality Comics#Imprints and titles (selected)|Celebrity Comics]]''| country= US| found= 1992| defunct= 1993| note= Imprint of '''[[Personality Comics]]'''<ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/2758/ Celebrity Comics] at [[The Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Centaur Publications]] |country=US|found= 1938 |defunct= 1942 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Chaos! Comics]] |country=US|found= 1992 |defunct= 2002<ref>[http://home.hiwaay.net/~tfharris/pulpculture/columns/020822.shtml/ ''Chaos! Comics to close doors after nearly 10 years''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804083342/http://home.hiwaay.net/~tfharris/pulpculture/columns/020822.shtml |date=2015-08-04 }} at Pulp Culture, Franklin Harris, 22 August 2002 Retrieved 13 August 2013</ref> |note=First publishing in 1993.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/764/ ''Chaos! Comics''] at the [[Grand Comics Database]] Retrieved 13 August 2013</ref> All characters except ''Lady Death'' were first bought by comic retailer ''Tales of Wonder'', then sold to '''[[Devil's Due Publishing]]''', and after the demise of Devil's Due Publishing finally went to '''[[Dynamite Entertainment]]'''. Rights to ''Lady Death'' were first sold to [[CrossGen|CrossGen Entertainment]], and went, after Crossgen's demise, to Chaos! Comics founder [[Brian Pulido]] and '''[[Avatar Press]]''' under its own imprint '''''Boundless Comics'''''<ref>[http://www.comicvine.com/chaos-comics/4010-1864/ ''Ownership Rights of Chaos! Comics Characters''] at comicvine.com Retrieved 13 August 2013</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Charlton Comics]] |country=US|found= 1946 |defunct= 1986 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Cinebook]] |country=UK |found= ?|defunct=N|note={{citation needed|date=March 2018}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Class Comics]] |country=Canada<ref>[http://www.classcomics.com/ Homepage of Class Comics] Retrieved 19 June 2013</ref> |found=1995<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.classcomics.com/ccn/2012/02/class-comics-publishing-chronology/|title = Class Comics Publishing Chronology – Class Comics}}</ref> |defunct=|note=Publishes erotic gay comics. }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Classical Comics]] |country=UK |found=2007 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Claypool Comics]] |country=US|found= 1993 |defunct= 2006 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Cliffhanger (comics)|Cliffhanger]]''|country=US |found=1998 |defunct=2004|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Absorbed first into '''''[[Homage Comics|Homage]]''''', itself then absorbed '''''[[Wildstorm]] Signature Series'''''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[CMX (comics)|CMX]] |country=US |found=2004 |defunct=2010|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Coamix]] |country= Japan|found= 2000|defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Coconino Press]] |country=Italy|found=2000 |defunct=N |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Columbia Comics]] |country=US|found= 1940 |defunct= 1949 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Comely Comix]] |country=Canada|found= 1975 |defunct= 2005 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Known for ''[[Captain Canuck]]''}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Personality Comics#Imprints and titles (selected)|Comic Chronicles]]''| country= US| found= | defunct= 1993| note= Imprint of '''[[Personality Comics]]'''<ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/2758/ Comic Chronicles] at The [[Grand Comics Database]]. Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Comic Media]] |country=US|found= 1952 |defunct= 1954 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Comico: The Comic Company|Comico Comics]] |country=US|found= 1982 |defunct= 1997 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Titles: ''[[Elementals (Comico Comics)|Elementals]]'', ''[[Evangeline (comics)|Evangeline]]'', ''[[Grendel (comics)|Grendel]]'', ''[[Mage (comics)|Mage]]''<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.comics.org/publisher/459/|title=Grand Comics Database – Comico|date=2009-10-23|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-25|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231210173842/https://www.comics.org/publisher/459/|archive-date=2023-12-10}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Comics' Greatest World]]'' |country=US<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/g/greatest.htm|title=Dark Horse's Comic's Greatest World|website=International Superheroes|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicvine.com/comics-greatest-world/12-55910/|title=Comics' Greatest World (Concept) - Comic Vine|website=Comic Vine|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>|found= 1993 |defunct= 2000 |note='''[[Dark Horse Comics]]''' superhero imprint. Changed name to '''''Dark Horse Heroes''''' in 1995}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Comics Interview|Comics Interview Group]]'' |country=US|found= 1985 |defunct= 1989 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Imprint of '''Fictioneer Books'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[ComicsOne]] |country=US<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20001027221647/http://www.comicsone.com/aboutUs/contact.html/ Homepage of ComicsOne (abandoned).] Retrieved 7 December 2012</ref>|found= 1999 |defunct= 2005<ref>[http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6632.html/ "ComicsOne Titles Back from DrMaster"] from icv2.com. Retrieved 7 December 2012</ref> |note= Some titles were taken over by '''[[DrMaster]]'''<ref>[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-01-04/comicone-transition-to-dr.master/ "ComicOne Transition to Dr.Master"] at animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 7 December 2012</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Com.x]] |country=UK |found=2000 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name =[[Conrad Editora|Conrad]] |country =Brazil<ref name="1001Comics906"/> |found =1993 |defunct =Y |note = {{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Continuity Comics]] |country=US|found= 1984 |defunct= 1994 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Also known as '''Continuity Publishing'''; still exists as '''Neal Adams Studios''', no longer publishing comics. Titles: ''Armor'', ''[[Bucky O'Hare]]'', ''[[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (comics)|Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]'', ''Crazyman'', ''Cyberrad'', ''[[Echo of Futurepast]]'', ''Hybrids'', ''Hybrids: The Origin'', ''[[Megalith (comics)|Megalith]]'', ''[[Ms. Mystic]]'', ''The Revengers Featuring Megalith'', ''Samuree'', ''Shaman'', ''Toyboy'', ''[[Urth 4]]'', ''Valeria, She-Bat'', ''[[Zero Patrol]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/475/|title=Grand Comics Database – Continuity Comics|date=2009-10-21|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202190001/https://www.comics.org/publisher/475/|archive-date=2023-12-02}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Continüm Comics]] |country=US|found= 1989 |defunct= 1994 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Core Magazine]]|country=Japan |found=1985|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Crestwood Publications]] |country=US|found= 1943 |defunct= 1963 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Later known as '''Prize Comics'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[CrossGen]] |country=US|found= 1998 |defunct= 2004<ref>[https://archive.today/20130110183540/http://www.comics-db.com/CrossGen_Comics/ CrossGen at the Big Comicbook Database.] Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref> |note=Former imprint: '''''Code 6'''''. Bought by '''[[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney]]''' in 2004.<ref>"Newswatch: CrossGen Assets Sold", ''The Comics Journal'' #264 (Nov./Dec. 2004), pp. 44-45.</ref> Became an Imprint of '''[[Marvel Comics]]''' in 2010, first publishing under Marvel Comics in 2011<ref>[http://marvel.com/news/story/14857/marvel_announces_a_new_imprint/ Marvel Announces a New Imprint.] From Marvel.com Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref> Titles: ''[[Abadazad]]'', ''[[Sigil (comics)|Sigil]]'', ''[[Sojourn (comics)|Sojourn]]'', ''[[Ruse (comics)|Ruse]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/1797/|title=Grand Comics Database - CrossGen|date=2009-10-17|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-12|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240509140101/https://www.comics.org/publisher/1797/|archive-date=2024-05-09}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Crusade Comics]] |country=US|found= 1994 |defunct= 2002 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Curtis Magazines]] |country=US|found= 1971 |defunct= 1980 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} '''[[Marvel Comics]]''' imprint. Published black-and-white comics magazines}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Curtis Publishing Company]] |country= US|found= 1891 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=March 2013}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Dabel Brothers Productions]] |country=US|found= 2001<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?id=23926&page=article/ Dabel Brothers Productions] at [[Comic Book Resources]]. Retrieved 7 December 2012</ref> |defunct= 2009<ref>[http://www.comics.org/publisher/3009/ Dabel Brothers Productions] at The [[Grand Comics Database]]. Retrieved 7 December 2012</ref> |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Dargaud]] |country= France|found=1943 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Dark Horse Comics]] |country= US<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/ Homepage of Dark Horse Comics.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212003842/https://www.darkhorse.com/ |date=2020-12-12 }} Retrieved 7 December 2012</ref>|found= 1986|defunct=N|note=Active imprints: '''''[[Dark Horse Manga]]''''', '''''M Press''''' ("diverse literary fiction and non-fiction prose for authors with a unique voice").,<ref name="mpress">{{cite web|url=http://www.mpressbooks.com/|title=M PRESS Books|website=www.mpressbooks.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> '''''Sequential Pulp Comics'''''. Discontinued imprints: '''''[[Comics' Greatest World]]''''' later renamed '''''Dark Horse Heroes''''' (DH's shared superheroes universe), '''''[[Dark Horse Comics#Legend|Legend]]''''' (creator-owned projects, originally by [[Frank Miller|Miller]] and [[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne]]),<ref name="db5">{{cite web|url=http://comicbookdb.com/imprint.php?ID=5|title=Legend (Dark Horse Comics) - Comic Book DB|website=comicbookdb.com|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-date=7 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707182419/http://comicbookdb.com/imprint.php?ID=5|url-status=dead}}</ref> and '''''[[Maverick (Dark Horse)|Maverick]]''''' (creator-owned projects, follow-up to ''Legend'')<ref name="db13">{{cite web|url=http://comicbookdb.com/imprint.php?ID=13|title=Maverick (Dark Horse Comics) - Comic Book DB|website=comicbookdb.com|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195204/http://comicbookdb.com/imprint.php?ID=13|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Dark Horse Comics#Dark Horse Manga|Dark Horse Manga]]'' |country= US|found=1992 |defunct=N|note='''[[Dark Horse Comics]]''' manga-imprint }}
{{ComPub|name= [[David McKay Publications]] (''also:'' David McKay Company) |country= US<ref name="comics.org">http://www.comics.org/publisher/60/ David McKay Publications at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved 11 October 2012</ref>|found= 1882 |defunct= 1986 |note= Published comics from 1931<ref>http://www.lambiek.net/comics/disneyartists.htm/ David McKay Company's ''Mickey Mouse Series # 1'' from 1931 pictured. Retrieved 11 October 2012</ref> to 1950;<ref name="comics.org"/> bought out by [[Random House]] in 1986 }}
{{ComPub|name= [[DC Comics]] |country= US|found=1934 |defunct=N|note= Founded as '''[[National Comics Publications|National Allied Publications]]'''. Titles: ''[[Aquaman]]'', ''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'', ''[[The Flash (comic book)|The Flash]]'', ''[[Green Arrow]]'', ''[[Green Lantern (comic book)|Green Lantern]]'', ''[[Justice League]]'', ''[[Martian Manhunter]]'', ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'', ''[[Teen Titans]]'', ''[[Wonder Woman (comic book)|Wonder Woman]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/54/|title=Grand Comics Database – DC Comics|date=2009-10-09|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-22|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240519170040/https://www.comics.org/publisher/54/|archive-date=2024-05-19}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd]]|country=UK |found=1905 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Publishers of ''[[The Beano]]'' and ''[[The Dandy]]''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Defiant Comics]] |country=US|found= 1992<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/> |defunct= 1995 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Imprint of [[Enlightened Entertainment Partners|Enlightened Entertainment Partners, LP]]}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Delcourt (publisher)|Delcourt]] |country=France |found=1986 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Dell Comics]] |country=US|found= 1929 |defunct= 1973 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Deluxe Comics]] |country=US|found= 1984 |defunct= 1986 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Desperado Publishing]] |country=US |found=2004 |defunct=2012|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Began as an imprint of Image Comics. Became independent in 2007. Partnered with IDW Publishing from early 2010 to 2012. Titles: ''[[The Atheist (comics)|The Atheist]]'', ''[[Cherubs!]]'' (2007), ''[[Deadworld]]'' (2007-2008, 2010), ''[[Detectives Inc.]]'' (2008), ''[[Flaming Carrot Comics]]'' (2004-2006), ''[[Monsterpocalypse#Comic|Monsterpocalypse]]'', ''[[Negative Burn]]'' (#12-#21), ''[[Sabre (comics)|Sabre]]'' (2008), ''[[Starchild (comics)|Starchild]]'' (2007), ''Untouchables'' (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/4039/|title=Grand Comics Database – Desperado Publishing|date=2010-08-04|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205192040/https://www.comics.org/publisher/4039/|archive-date=2021-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/11367/|title=Grand Comics Database – Image Comics; Desperado Publishing|date=2006-08-04|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130155918/https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/11367/|archive-date=2024-11-30}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Devil's Due Publishing]]|country=US |found=1999 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Titles: ''[[Barack the Barbarian]]'', ''[[Breakdown (comics)|Breakdown]]'', ''[[Cannon Busters]]'', ''[[Drafted (comics)|Drafted]]'', ''[[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Devil's Due Publishing)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'', ''[[Hack/Slash]]'', ''[[Micronauts (comics)|Micronauts]]'' (2004), ''[[Sheena, Queen of the Jungle]]'' (2007-2008), ''[[Xombie: Reanimated]]'', ''Yumiko: Curse of the Merch Girl''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/2066/|title=Grand Comics Database – Devil's Due Publishing|date=2009-10-17|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618093925/https://www.comics.org/publisher/2066/|archive-date=2024-06-18}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Dhaka Comics]]|country=Bangladesh|found=2013|defunct=N|note=}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Disney Comics (publishing)|Disney Comics]] |country=US|found= 1990 |defunct= 1993 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Dragon Lady Press]] |country=Canada|found= 1985 |defunct= 1988 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Drawn & Quarterly]]|country= Canada<ref name="BeyondTheFunnies1989-2001" />|found=1990<ref name="BeyondTheFunnies1989-2001" /> |defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Dreamwave Productions]] |country=Canada<ref name="CBRDreamwave" />|found= 1996<ref name="CBRDreamwave" /> |defunct= 2005<ref name="CBRDreamwave" /> |note= Titles: ''Arkanium'', ''Dark Minds'', ''Echo'', ''Fate of the Blade'', ''Limbo City'', ''NecroWar'', ''Neon Cyber'', ''Sandscape'', ''Shidima'', ''[[Transformers (comics)#Dreamwave Productions|Transformers]]'', ''[[Warlands]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/1810/|title=Grand Comics Database – Dreamwave Productions|date=2009-10-24|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203150555/https://www.comics.org/publisher/1810/|archive-date=2020-12-03}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[DrMaster]]|country=US<ref>[http://www.drmasterbooks.com/index.html/ Homepage of DrMaster.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828015054/http://www.drmasterbooks.com/index.html |date=2012-08-28}} Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref> |found= 2004<ref>[http://www.drmasterbooks.com/aboutus.html/ "About us" at Homepage of DrMaster.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717055704/http://www.drmasterbooks.com/aboutus.html |date=2012-07-17}} Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref> |defunct=2008<ref>[http://www.drmasterbooks.com/release.html/ Homepage of DrMaster/Last Releases.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717055605/http://www.drmasterbooks.com/release.html |date=2012-07-17 }} Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref>|note= Published some titles from '''[[ComicsOne]]''' when they went out of business<ref>[http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6632.html/ "ComicsOne Titles Back from DrMaster"] at icv2.com. Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref> }} 
{{ComPub|name= [[DSTLRY]]|country=US|found=2023|defunct=N}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Dupuis]] |country= Belgium|found= 1922|defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Dynamite Entertainment]] |country=US |found= 2005|defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Eastern Color Printing]] |country=US|found= 1933 |defunct= 1955 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Continued as a printer until 2002}}
{{ComPub|name= [[EC Comics]] |country=US|found= 1944 |defunct= 1956 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Continued to publish ''Mad'' magazine}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Eclipse Comics]] |country=US|found= 1978 |defunct= 1993 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Imprint: '''''Independent Comics Group''''' }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Eerie Publications]] |country=US|found= 1966 |defunct= 1981 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} [[Myron Fass]] black-and-white [[horror comics]] magazine imprint}}
{{ComPub|name= [[eigoMANGA]] |country=US |found= 2000|defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Farrell Publications|Elliot Publishing]]| country=US<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comics.org/publisher/3402/|title=GCD :: Publisher :: Elliot|website=www.comics.org|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>| found=1940| defunct=1945| note=Published comics from 1944 - 1945; imprint: '''''[[Gilberton (publisher)|Gilberton]]''''' (until 1942)}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Elvifrance]] |country=France|found= 1970 |defunct= 1992 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Epic Comics]]'' (''also:'' Epic Comics Group)|country=US|found=1982<br />1995<br />2003|defunct=1994<br />1996<br />2011|note=<ref>[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/e/epic.htm/ Early History of Epic Comics at Internationalhero.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040914141605/http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/e/epic.htm |date=2004-09-14}} Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&old=1&id=2065/ Marvel to Tell 'Epic' Stories Once Again: Long-Awaited Imprint Relaunched.] At [[Comic Book Resources]]. Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref><ref>[http://comicbookdb.com/imprint.php?ID=10/ Epic Comics at the Comic Book Database.]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref> Imprint of [[Marvel Comics]], defunct. Titles: ''[[Alien Legion]]'', ''[[Atomic Age (comics)|Atomic Age]]'', ''[[The Black Dragon (comic book)|The Black Dragon]]'', ''[[Dreadstar]]'' (#1 – #26), ''[[Sisterhood of Steel]]'', ''[[Swords of the Swashbucklers]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/54/?page=1|title=Grand Comics Database - Epic Comics; Marvel|date=2009-10-15|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121175616/https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/54/?page=1|archive-date=2024-11-21}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Eternity Comics]] |country=US|found= 1986 |defunct= 1994 |note=Originally spearheaded by [[Brian Marshall (comics)|Brian Marshall]]; one of five publishers set up by [[Scott Mitchell Rosenberg]]/[[Sunrise Distribution]]; became a [[Malibu Comics]] imprint in 1988<ref name=Mason /> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Event Comics]] |country=US<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicbookdb.com/publisher.php?ID=175|title=Event Comics - Comic Book DB|website=comicbookdb.com|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808125157/http://comicbookdb.com/publisher.php?ID=175|url-status=dead}}</ref>|found= 1994 |defunct= 1999<ref>''Ash: Fire and Crossfire # 1'' (Jan. 1999)</ref>|note=Became '''''Marvel Knights''''' and was closed in 1998, last publishing in 1999<ref>''Ash: Fire and Crossfire # 2'' (May 1999)</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Evil Ink Comics]] |country=US |found=2004 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Extreme Studios]] |country=US|found= 1997 |defunct= 2000 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Titles: ''[[Bloodstrike (Image Comics)|Bloodstrike]]'' (#3-#7), ''[[Brigade (comics)|Brigade]]'' (#0, #3-#7), ''[[Prophet (character)|Prophet]]'' (1993 series, #1-#3), ''[[Supreme (character)|Supreme]]'' (#6-#12), ''[[Troll (Youngblood)|Troll]]'' (December 1993), ''Violator vs. Badrock'', ''[[Youngblood (comics)|Youngblood]]'' (1996 series), ''Youngblood: Strikefile'' (#4)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_group/2079/|title=Grand Comics Database – Extreme Studios|date=2009-10-24|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129004518/https://www.comics.org/brand_group/2079/|archive-date=2024-11-29}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[FAKKU]]|country=US|found=2006 |defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Fangoria Comics]] |country=US|found= 2007 |defunct= 2007 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} [[Fangoria|Fangoria Entertainment]] imprint}}
{{ComPub|name= [[FantaCo Enterprises]] |country=US|found= 1980 |defunct= 1998 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Fantagor Press]] |country=US|found= 1986 |defunct= 1994 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Imprint of cartoonist [[Richard Corben]]}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Fantagraphics]]|country=US<ref name="1001Comics706"/> |found=1976 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Fantasy Flight Publications]] |country=|found= 1995 |defunct= 1996 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Published translated European comics; still in business as games publisher [[Fantasy Flight Games]]}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Farrell Publications#Farrell Comic Group|Farrell Comic Group]]| country=US| found=1951| defunct=1958| note={{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} Imprints: '''''America's Best''''', '''''Ajax Publications''''', '''''Ajax-Farrell''''',<ref name="db380">{{cite web|url=http://comicbookdb.com/imprint.php?ID=380|title=Ajax-Farrell (Excellent Publications) - Comic Book DB|website=comicbookdb.com|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-date=11 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111014544/http://comicbookdb.com/imprint.php?ID=380|url-status=dead}}</ref> '''''Decker Publications''''', '''''Red Top Comics''''', '''''Steinway Comics''''' and '''''World Famous'''''; successor to '''Farrell Publications'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Farrell Publications]] |country=US|found= 1940 |defunct= 1948 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Imprints: '''''American Feature Syndicate''''', '''''Four Star Publications''''' and '''''Kiddie Kapers Company'''''. Was followed by '''Farrell Comic Group'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Fawcett Comics]] |country=US|found= 1939<br />1969 |defunct= 1953<br />1980 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Fiction House]] |country=US|found= 1938 |defunct= 1954 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Finix Comics]]| country=Germany<ref>[http://www.finix-comics.de/willkommen-im-club.html/ Homepage of Finix Comics (in German).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102092108/http://www.finix-comics.de/willkommen-im-club.html |date=2012-11-02 }} Retrieved 7 December 2012</ref>| found=2007| defunct=N| note= Registered club open to any comic-fan<ref>[http://www.finix-comics.de/die-satzung.html/ Statutes at Homepage of Finix Comics (in German).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102103204/http://www.finix-comics.de/die-satzung.html |date=2012-11-02 }} Retrieved 7 December 2012</ref> with the goal to continue prematurly cancelled comic-series. First publishing in 2008. Imprint: '''''Edition Solitaire'''''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[First Comics]] |country=US|found= 1982<ref>{{cite book |date=November 1982 |title=Starlog Presents Comics Scene |volume=1 |issue=6 |page=9 |issn=0732-5622}}</ref>|defunct=N |note=Relaunched in 2011; a/k/a and see '''[[1First Comics]]'''.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33275/''"Levin on Relaunching First Comics"'' at comicbookresources.com]</ref> Titles: ''[[American Flagg!]]'', ''Badger'' (#5 – #70), ''Dreadstar'' (#27 – #64), ''[[Dynamo Joe]]'', ''[[Grimjack]]'', ''[[Jon Sable|Jon Sable, Freelance]]'', ''Nexus'' (#7 – #80), ''[[Sensei (First Comics)|Sensei]]'', ''[[Shatter (digital comic)|Shatter]]'', ''Whisper'' (June 1986 – June 1990)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.comics.org/publisher/463/|title=Grand Comics Database – First Comics|date=2009-10-12|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-25|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240419183035/https://www.comics.org/publisher/463/|archive-date=2024-04-19}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Fox Atomic Comics]] |country=US|found= 2006 |defunct= 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/fox-atomics-marketing-operations-fold/|title=Fox Atomic's Marketing Operations Fold|first=Nikki|last=Finke|date=12 January 2008|website=deadlinehollywooddaily.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> |note=Comics publishing imprint of [[Fox Atomic]], itself an imprint of [[20th Century Fox]]}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Fox Feature Syndicate]] |country=US|found= 1939 |defunct= 1951 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Frémok]]|country= France<br />Belgium|found=2002 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Futabasha]]|country=Japan |found=1948|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Future Comics]] |country=US|found= 2002 |defunct= 2004 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Gangan Comics]]|country=Japan |found=1991|defunct=N|note= Imprint of [[Enix]] until its merger into [[Square Enix]] in 2003.}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Gentosha]]|country=Japan |found=1993|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Gestalt Publishing]] |country=Australia<ref name="AusNewsGestalt" /> |found=2005 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name=[[Ghost Machine (company)|Ghost Machine]] |country=US |found=2023 |defunct=N |note=Imprint of Image Comics. Titles: ''Geiger'', ''Hornsby & Halo'', ''Hyde Street'', ''It Happened on Hyde Street: Devour'', ''Redcoat'', ''The Rocketfellers'', ''Rook: Exodus''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_group/8831/|title=Grand Comics Database – Ghost Machine|date=2024-11-29|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129203648/https://www.comics.org/brand_group/8831/|archive-date=2024-11-29}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name=[[Giant Generator]] |country=US |found=2017 |defunct=N |note=Imprint of Image Comics. Titles: ''Grommets'', ''The Holy Roller'', ''Napalm Lullaby'', ''The Sacrificers'', ''The Tin Can Society'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/10858/|title=Grand Comics Database – Giant Generator|date=2024-11-29|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129201127/https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/10858/|archive-date=2024-11-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://www.cbr.com/interview-rick-remender-giant-generator-image-comics |title= INTERVIEW: Remender Talks New Studio, Comic Work Update |publisher=[[CBR.com]] |date=March 1, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307034758/http://www.cbr.com/interview-rick-remender-giant-generator-image-comics |archivedate=March 7, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Gladstone Publishing|Gladstone Comics]] |country=US|found=1986 |defunct=1999<ref>{{cite journal |date=February 2000|title= Newswatch|journal= The Comics Journal|issue= 220|pages=5–6 |location= Seattle, Washington|publisher= Fantagraphic Books|editor1-first= Gary|editor1-last= Groth|issn= 0194-7869}}</ref> |note=}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Glénat (publisher)|Glénat]] |country= France|found= 1972|defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Gold Key Comics]] |country=US|found= 1962 |defunct= 1984 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Also known as '''Whitman Comics'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Gorilla Comics]] |country=US |found=1999 |defunct=2000 |note=Short-lived imprint of Image Comics. Titles: ''Crimson Plague'', ''[[Empire (comics)|Empire]]'' (#1-#2), ''[[Section Zero]]'', ''ShockRockets'', ''Superstar: As Seen on TV'', ''[[Tellos]]'' (#8-#10) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/75/|title=Grand Comics Database – Gorilla Comics|date=2009-10-24|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129020317/https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/75/|archive-date=2024-11-29}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Hakusensha]]|country=Japan |found=1973|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Hall of Heroes]] |country=US|found= 1993 |defunct= 1999 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Harrier Comics]] |country=UK|found= 1984 |defunct= 1989 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Harris Publications#Harris Comics|Harris Comics]] |country=US|found= 1985 |defunct= 2008 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Published ''[[Vampirella]]''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Harvey Comics]] |country=US|found= 1941 |defunct= 1986 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Air Pirates|Hell Comics]] |country=US|found= 1971 |defunct= 1972 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Published ''[[Air Pirates Funnies]]''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Hexagon Comics]]|country=France |found=1950 |defunct=N||note= Successor to Editions Lug, which was succeeded by Semic S.A. which folded in 2003. Titles: ''Strangers'', ''Hexagon Classics'' }}
{{ComPub|name=[[Highbrow Entertainment]] |country=US |found=1994 |defunct=N |note=Imprint of Image Comics. Titles: ''[[Dart (comics)|Dart]]'', ''[[Freak Force]]'', ''[[Savage Dragon]]'', ''[[SuperPatriot]]'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1996-1999), ''[[Vanguard (Image Comics)|Vanguard]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/issue/796490/|title=Grand Comics Database – Highbrow Entertainment|date=1994-08-15|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129210307/https://www.comics.org/issue/796490/|archive-date=2024-11-29}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Highwater Books]] |country=US|found= 1997 |defunct= 2004<ref name="Highwater Appreciation" /> |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Hillborough Studios]] |country=Canada<ref name="Invaders47" /> |found=1941<ref name="Invaders47" /> |defunct=1942<ref name="Invaders48" /> |note=Most of the staff moved to '''[[Bell Features]]'''<ref name="Invaders47" /> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Hillman Periodicals]] |country=US|found= 1948 |defunct= 1953 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Holyoke Publishing]] |country=US|found= 1940 |defunct= 1946 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Imprints: '''''Bilbara Publishing''''', '''''Continental Publishing''''', '''''Narrative Publishers'''''}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Homage Comics|Homage]]'' |country=US|found= 1995 |defunct= 2004 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} '''''[[WildStorm Productions]]''''' imprint, acquired by '''[[DC Comics]]''' in 1998, absorbed into '''''Wildstorm Signature Series''''' in 2004}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Houbunsha]]|country= Japan|found= 1950|defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Les Humanoïdes Associés#The North American market|Humanoids Publishing]]|country=US |found=1999 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Personality Comics#Imprints and titles (selected)|Humor Comics]]''| country= US| found= 1992| defunct= 1993| note= Imprint of '''[[Personality Comics]]'''<ref>[http://www.bailsprojects.com/WhosWho.aspx?Page=2&rnd=0.579809538358734/ Humor Comics at bailsprojects.com/whoiswho.] Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Ace Comics (publishers)|Humor Publications/<br />Current Books]] |country=US|found= 1944 |defunct= 1948 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} '''[[Ace Magazines]]''' imprint.}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Icon Comics|Icon]]|country=US |found=2004 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Idaho Comics Group]] |country=US|found= 2014 |defunct= N|note= Publishes '''Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho''' and '''Idaho Comics'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[IDW Publishing]]|country=US |found= 1999 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Titles: ''[[30 Days of Night]]'', ''[[Archangel (Gibson comic)|Archangel]]'', ''[[Big Hero 6: The Series#Comic book series|Big Hero 6: The Series]]'', ''[[Chiaroscuro (IDW Publishing)|Chiaroscuro]]'', ''[[Dungeons & Dragons (IDW Publishing)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'', ''[[FX (comics)|FX]]'', ''[[G.I. Joe (IDW Publishing)|G.I. Joe]]'', ''[[Judge Dredd (IDW Publishing)|Judge Dredd]]'', ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW Publishing)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', ''[[The Transformers (IDW Publishing)|Transformers]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_group/2610/|title=Grand Comics Database – IDW Publishing|date=2021-05-13|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-26|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231001090032/https://www.comics.org/brand_group/2610/|archive-date=2023-10-01}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[I. W. Publications]] |country=US|found= 1958 |defunct= 1964 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Also known as '''Super Comics'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Byron Preiss|iBooks]] |country=US|found= 2003 |defunct= 2005 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Published by [[Byron Preiss]]}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Image Comics]]|country= US<ref name="1001Comics686"/>|found=1992<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/> |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Titles: ''[[Allegra (comics)|Allegra]]'', ''[[Bone (comics)|Bone]]'' (#21-#27), ''[[Little Red Hot]]'', ''[[The Maxx]]'', ''[[Monstress (comics)|Monstress]]'', ''[[Radiant Black]]'', ''[[Saga (comics)|Saga]]'', ''[[Stray Dogs (comic)|Stray Dogs]]'', ''[[Violent Messiahs]]'', ''[[Wayward (comics)|Wayward]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/709/|title=Grand Comics Database – Image Comics|date=2009-10-12|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418103736/https://www.comics.org/publisher/709/|archive-date=2024-04-18}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Imperial Comics]] |country=US|found= 1986 |defunct= 1987 |note=Spearheaded by [[Brian Marshall (comics)|Brian Marshall]]; one of five publishers established by [[Scott Mitchell Rosenberg]]/[[Sunrise Distribution]] (and later absorbed by Malibu/Eternity).<ref name=Mason />}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Imperium Comics]]|country=US |found= |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Innovation Comics]] |country=US|found= 1988 |defunct= 1993<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/> |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Insomnia Publications]] |country=UK|found= 2006 |defunct= 2010 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Editora JBC|JBC]]|country= Japan<br />Brazil|found=1992 |defunct=N |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[JC Comics]] |country=US|found= 1981 |defunct=N |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Also known as '''JC Productions'''; still in existence, just not publishing since 1984}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha]]|country=Japan |found=1897|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Johnny DC]]'' |country=US |found= 2004|defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} All-ages imprint of '''[[DC Comics]]'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Kadokawa Shoten]]|country=Japan |found=1945|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Kami (publisher)|Kami]]|country= France|found= |defunct=2010|note=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animeland.com/critiques/voir/9873/Princess-Princess-Vol1 |title=Princess Princess Vol.1 |author=Carla Cino |date=2008-09-05 |access-date=2012-02-11 |work=Animeland.com |language=fr |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728230456/http://www.animeland.com/critiques/voir/9873/Princess-Princess-Vol1 |archive-date=2012-07-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Kana (publisher)|Kana]]|country= France|found= 1996|defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Kazé]] |country= France|found= 1994 |defunct=2022 |note= Parent company was [[Viz Media Europe]] until 2022 when it was acquired and merged with Crunchyroll }}
{{ComPub|name= [[King Comics]] |country=US|found= 1966 |defunct= 1967 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Connected with [[King Features Syndicate]]; most titles were picked up from '''[[Gold Key Comics]]''' and later acquired by '''[[Charlton Comics]]'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Ki-oon]]|country= France|found= 2003|defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Kitchen Sink Press]] |country=US|found= 1970 |defunct= 1999<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/><ref>{{cite journal |date=February 2000|title= Newswatch|journal= The Comics Journal|issue= 220|pages=5–7 |location= Seattle, Washington|publisher= Fantagraphic Books|editor1-first= Gary|editor1-last= Groth|issn= 0194-7869}}</ref> |note=Bought by Ocean Capital Corp. on May 24, 1994<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/>{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Kobunsha]]|country=Japan |found=1945|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name =[[Kodansha]] |country = Japan<ref name="1001Comics910"/>|found = 1909 |defunct = N|note = {{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Koyama Press]] |country=Canada<ref name="JSA2011" />|found=2007<ref name="JSA2011" />|defunct=|note=}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Laizen Comics]] |country= US|found=2009|defunct=N|note=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookdb.com/publisher.php?ID=4716|title=Laizen Comics - Comic Book DB|website=www.comicbookdb.com|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-date=5 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405232604/http://comicbookdb.com/publisher.php?ID=4716|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://laizen.com|title=Laizen.com: The Official Website of Laizen Comics - The Headquarter of 'The Dreamhoppers'|website=laizen.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comics.org/publisher/7843/|title=GCD :: Publisher :: Laizen Comics|website=www.comics.org|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[La Pastèque]]|country=Canada<ref name="JSA2010LaPasteque" /> |found=1998<ref name="JSA2010LaPasteque" /> |defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Last Gasp (publisher)|Last Gasp<br /> Comix & Stories]] |country=US |found=1970 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Dark Horse Comics#Legend|Legend]]''| country=US<ref name="db5"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Company/History|title=Overview :: Company :: Dark Horse Comics|website=www.darkhorse.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>| found=1994<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/>| defunct=1998 |note=Defunct '''[[Dark Horse Comics]]''' imprint for creator-owned materials; followed by '''''[[Maverick (Dark Horse)|Maverick]]''''' }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Le Lombard]]|country=Belgium |found=1946 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Les 400 coups]]|country=Canada |found=1994 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Les Humanoïdes Associés]]|country=France |found=1974 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Lev Gleason Publications]] |country=US|found= 1939 |defunct= 1955 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Also known as '''Comic House Publications'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Lightning Comics (1967)|Lightning Comics]] |country=US|found= 1967 |defunct= 1967 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Lightning Comics (1990s)|Lightning Comics]] |country=US|found= 1993 |defunct= 1997 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Virgin Comics|Liquid Comics]]|country=India<ref name="Homepage of Liquid Comics">[http://www.liquidcomics.com/ Homepage of Liquid Comics] Retrieved 18 June 2013</ref> |found=2008<ref name="About US" /> |defunct=N|note=Former '''[[Virgin Comics]]'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[L. Miller & Son, Ltd.]] |country=UK|found= 1943 |defunct= 1966 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Lodestone Comics]] |country=|found= 1985 |defunct= 1986 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Los Angeles Comic Book Company]] |country=US|found= 1971 |defunct= 1974|note={{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Lucha Comics]]|country=Canada<ref name="Lucha Comics Website">[https://www.luchacomics.com/ Lucha Comics Website] Retrieved 5 April 2024</ref> |found=2013 |defunct=N|note=An imprint of The Shooting Star Press.}}

{{ComPub|name= [[Ludovico Technique LLC]]|country=US<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ludovicotechnique.com/|title=Ludovico Technique|website=Ludovico Technique|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> |found= |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Magazine Enterprises]] |country=US|found= 1943 |defunct= 1958 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Mad Cave Studios]]|country=United States |found=2014|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Mag Garden]]|country=Japan |found=2001|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Mainline Publications]] |country=US|found= 1953 |defunct= 1956 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Malibu Comics]] |country=US|found= 1986 |defunct= 1994 |note=One of five publishers set up by [[Scott Mitchell Rosenberg]]/[[Sunrise Distribution]].<ref name=Mason /> Bought by '''[[Marvel Comics]]''',<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/> currently dormant. Imprints: '''''[[Adventure Comics]]''''', '''''[[Aircel Comics]]''''', '''''[[Bravura]]''''', '''''[[Eternity Comics]]''''', '''''Genesis''''', '''''Protectors Universe''''', '''''[[Ultraverse]]''''' (moved to Marvel) }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Mam Tor Publishing]]|country=UK |found=2004 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} |logo=}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Maple Leaf Publishing]] |country=Canada<ref name="BTFGoldenAge" /> |found=1941<ref name="BTFGoldenAge" /> |defunct=Y |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Markosia]]|country=UK |found=2005 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}

{{ComPub|name= [[Marvel Comics]] | country=US |found=1939 |defunct=n|{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} |note= Founded as '''[[Timely Comics]]''', later '''[[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas Comics]]'''. Titles: ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'', ''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'', ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'', ''[[Deadpool (comic book)|Deadpool]]'', ''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk (comic book)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', ''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'', ''[[Spider-Man]]'', ''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]'', ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/78/|title=Grand Comics Database – Marvel Comics|date=2009-10-09|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830092907/https://www.comics.org/publisher/78/|archive-date=2024-08-30}}</ref>}}

{{ComPub|name= [[Marvel Adventures]] | country= US| found= 2005<ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.comics.org/brand/2773/ Marvel Adventures at Grand Comics Database.] Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref>| defunct= 2012<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35998/ Marvel Ends Current Kids Line of Comics.] From [[Comic Book Resources]], retrieved 15 October 2012</ref>| note= former '''''Marvel Age''''';<ref name="ReferenceB">[http://www.comics.org/brand/2773/ Marvel Adventures at Comics Book Resources.] Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref> all-ages imprint of '''[[Marvel Comics]]''' ("Marvel Kids")<ref name="Marvel Adventures at Marvelkids">[http://marvelkids.marvel.com/comics/ Marvel Adventures at Marvelkids.] Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Marvel Age]]''|country=US |found=2003 |defunct=2005|note=All-ages imprint of '''[[Marvel Comics]]''' ("Marvel Kids"), picked up titles from '''''Tsunami'''''; became '''''Marvel Adventures'''''<ref name="ReferenceC">[http://www.comics.org/brand/55/ Marvel Age at Grand Comics Database.] Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Maverick (Dark Horse)|Maverick]]'' |country=US<ref name="db13"/>|found= 1999 |defunct= 2002 |note='''[[Dark Horse Comics]]''' imprint for creator-owned materials, follow-up to '''''[[Dark Horse Comics#Legend|Legend]]'''''}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[MAX (comics)|Max Comics (MAX)]]''|country=US |found=2001<ref name="History of Marvel MAX">[http://ifanboy.com/articles/maxing-out-marvels-max-line/ History of Marvel MAX] at iFanboy. Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref> |defunct=N|note=<ref name="MAX at the Comic Book Database">[http://comicbookdb.com/imprint.php?ID=4/ MAX at the Comic Book Database.]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref> Mature-reader imprint of '''[[Marvel Comics]]'''<ref name="comicbookresources.com">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24/ Marvel's New Ratings System...explained!] at [[Comic Book Resources]]. Retrieved 15 October 2012</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Media Factory]]|country=Japan |found=1986|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Mighty Comics]] |country=US|found= 1965 |defunct= 1967 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} '''[[Archie Comics]]''' named Mighty Comics Group for housing the Super-hero imprint '''''Radio Comics'''''. See: '''''Radio Comics'''''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Milestone Media]] |country=US |found= 1993|defunct=1997<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout">{{cite journal |date=February 2000|title= Comics in the '90s: a comics journal fold-out timeline|journal= The Comics Journal|issue= 220|at=fold out between pages 56 and 61 |location= Seattle, Washington|publisher= Fantagraphic Books|editor1-first= Gary|editor1-last= Groth|issn= 0194-7869}}</ref>|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Merged with main '''[[DC Comics|DC]]''' line.}}
{{ComPub|name=[[Millarworld]] |country=US |found=2010 |defunct=N |note= Former imprint of Image Comics. Titles: ''Big Game'', ''Empress'', ''Jupiter's Legacy'', ''Kick-Ass'', ''Nemesis'', ''Prodigy'', ''Superior'', ''The Magic Order'', ''Wanted'', ''War Heroes''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/2635/|title=Grand Comics Database – Millarworld|date=2009-10-24|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-29}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Éditions Mille-Îles|Mille-Îles]] |country=Canada<ref name="BTF-QC-PublishingComics" />|found=1989<ref name="BTF-QC-PublishingComics" /> |defunct=N |note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Millennium Publications]] |country=US|found= 1990 |defunct= 1998 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Imprint: '''''Modern Comics''''' (1997–2000)}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Mirage Studios]]|country=US |found= 1983 |defunct= 2021|note=Titles: ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[M. F. Enterprises]] |country=US|found= 1966 |defunct= 1967 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Archie Comics|MLJ Magazines]]| country=US| found=1939| defunct=1951| note=Became '''[[Archie Comics|Archie Comic Publications]]''' in 1951}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Mojo Press]] |country=US|found= 1994 |defunct= 1999 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Titles: ''Weird Business''; ''Red Range''; ''Atomic Chili''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Moonstone Books]]|country=US |found=1995 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Dark Horse Comics#M Press|M Press]]''| country=US<ref name="mpress"/>| found=2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Company/History/|title=Overview :: Company :: Dark Horse Comics|website=www.darkhorse.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>| defunct=N| note='''[[Dark Horse Comics]]''' imprint for "diverse literary fiction and non-fiction prose for authors with a unique voice"}}
{{ComPub|name= [[MU Press]] |country=US|found= 1990 |defunct= 2006 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Imprint: '''''AEON Publishing'''''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[NBM Publishing]]|country=US |found=1976 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Standard Comics]] |country=US|found= 1939 |defunct= 1956 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Also known as '''Nedor''', '''Pines''', '''Better''', and '''Thrilling'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[New England Comics]]|country=US |found= |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[New Sirius Productions]] |country=|found= 1986 |defunct= 1986 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Comics line called '''Prelude Graphics'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Nihon Bungeisha]]|country=Japan |found=1959|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Noble Comics]] |country=|found= 1981 |defunct= 1983 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Novelty Press]] |country=US|found= 1940 |defunct= 1949 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[NOW Comics]] |country=US<ref name="KatzNOW" />|found= 1985 |defunct= 2005 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Ohzora Publishing]]|country=Japan |found=1990|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Bart Sears|Ominous Press]] |country=US |found= 1994 |defunct= 1994<ref name="Ominous Press">[http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/LiveData/CoverTitle.aspx?id=820f121a-856f-45a1-b320-cf8066b04380/ Ominous Press] at Comic Collector Live. Retrieved 18 June 2013</ref> |note=[[Bart Sears]]'s short lived self-publishing line}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Oni Press]]|country=US<ref name="1001Comics822"/> |found=1997<ref name="OfComicsAndMen106" /> |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Oog & Blik]]|country=Netherlands |found=1985 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} |}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Orbit Publications]] |country=US|found= 1945 |defunct= 1953 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Also known as '''Orbit Comics'''}}
{{ComPub|name= O.W. Comics |country=US |found=1945 |defunct=1946 |note=Also known as Oxton & Woolfolk Comics Corp. Publisher of Mad Hatter No. 1 and No. 2 (1946). The Mad Hatter was an attorney who craved adventure. With his superb, athletic ability and his signal hat, he took on crime bosses. Grant Richmond was a little-respected junior partner at the law firm of Fuddy and Bustle who felt that the legal system made as much sense as the work of Lewis Carroll. So by night, he put on a costume and became the Mad Hatter. He can shine his top hat insignia against walls to strike fear into criminals, and he also speaks in rhyme.

Victims of the acute paper rationing of 1945-1949 which bankrupt many U.S. Publishing Companies during WWII, O.W. Comics, Inc., was a short-lived house consisting of two comic veterans, William "Bill" Woolfolk, who had worked for MLJ and Facett, and John Gerard "Jack" Oxton, Sr., a film editor with Paramount in NYC. They co-created the Mad Hatter #1 and #2, and co-founded their Comic Book Co., O.W. Comics, which stood for Oxton & Woolkfolk. Woolfolk, the Editor and Oxton, President, operated their publishing company, O.W. Comics, Inc., at 150 Nassau Street, New York City, New York in the mid-1940's.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Therrian |first=Kari |title=Mad Hatter Comic Collection: 2 Issue Collection Featuring Golden Age Superhero Comics Mad Hatter #1 & #2 |publisher=Golden Age Reprints |date=May 24, 2017 |isbn=9781546897590 |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Steranko |first=James |title=The Steranko History of Comics 1 & 2 |publisher=Supergraphics |date=1970–1972 |isbn=9780517501887 |location=USA |pages=60–62}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2023 |title=Classic history of comics by Jim Steranko, in two volumes at InternetArchive.org |url=https://archive.org/stream/historycomics11/History_comics_2_djvu.txt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/historycomics11/History_comics_1_%281%29/ |archive-date=16 Dec 2019 |access-date=16 Oct 2023 |website=The Internet Archive}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Pacific Comics]] |country=US<ref name="SDRPacific1" />|found= 1981<ref name="SDRPacific1" /> |defunct= 1984<ref name="SDRPacific6" /> |note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Panaramic Entertainment]] |country=Nigeria |found=2007|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Paradox Press]] |country=US |found=1993 |defunct=2001|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Formerly [[Piranha Press]] }}
{{ComPub|name= [[AC Comics|Paragon Publications]]| country=US| found=1969| defunct=1982| note=Founded 1969 (first release in 1970); becomes '''Americomics''' in 1982<ref name="achistory2">http://www.iwcomics.com/history/{{Dead link|date=January 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Personality Comics]] |country=US|found= 1991 |defunct= 1993<ref name="Personality Comics">[http://www.comics.org/publisher/2758/brands/ Personality Comics] at The [[Grand Comics Database]]. Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref> |note= Imprints: '''''Adult Comics''''', '''''Celebrity Comics''''', '''''Comic Chronicles''''', '''''Cutting Edge Productions''''', '''''Friendly Comics''''', '''''Humor Comics''''', '''''Real Life Comics''''', '''''Spoof Comics''''', '''''Sports Comics'''''<ref name="Personality Comics' Imprints">[http://www.bailsprojects.com/WhosWho.aspx?Page=2&rnd=0.579809538358734/ Personality Comics' Imprints] at bailsproject.com/whoiswho. Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Pied Piper Comics]] |country=US|found= 1986 |defunct= 1988 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} De facto successor to '''Wonder Comics'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Pika Édition]]|country= France|found= 1999|defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Standard Comics#Pines Comics|Pines Comics]] |country=US |found= 1956 |defunct= 1959 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Successor to [[Nedor Comics]]}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Piranha Press]] |country=US |found=1989 |defunct=1994|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} A DC Comics imprint. Later became [[Paradox Press]] }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Print Mint]] |country=US|found= 1968 |defunct= 1978 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Prism Comics]]|country=US |found=2003 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Quality Comics]] |country=US<ref name="EoCBaGN493" />|found= 1939<ref name="EoCBaGN493" /> |defunct= 1956<ref name="EoCBaGN493" /> |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Radical Comics]]|country=US<ref name="radicalpublishing.com">{{cite web|url=http://radicalpublishing.com/|title=Home - Radical Studios, Inc.Radical Studios, Inc. - Radical Publishing|website=radicalpublishing.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> |found=2007 |defunct=|note=}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Mighty Comics|Radio Comics]]''| country=US| found=1965| defunct=1967| note={{Citation needed|date=March 2012}}Superhero imprint of '''Archie Comics''' (labelled as imprint of '''Mighty Comics Group'''). See: '''Mighty Comics'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Radio Comix]] |country=US |found= 1996|defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Raj Comics]] |country=India |found=1985 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Personality Comics#Imprints and titles (selected)|Real Life Comics]]''| country= US| found= | defunct= 1993| note= Imprint of '''[[Personality Comics]]'''<ref name="Real Life Comics">[http://www.comics.org/publisher/2758/ Real Life Comics] at The [[Grand Comics Database]]. Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Reasonably Priced Comics]] |country=US<ref name="reasonablypricedcomics.com2">http://www.reasonablypricedcomics.com/1/post/2012/03/convention-appearances-and-reasonably-priced-comics-5-cover.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627084616/http://www.reasonablypricedcomics.com/1/post/2012/03/convention-appearances-and-reasonably-priced-comics-5-cover.html |date=2013-06-27}} News update: Conventions in local area. Retrieved  22 March 2012</ref> |found=2009 |defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Rebellion Developments]]|country=UK |found=1991 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Started publishing comics in 2000 when they purchased ''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]''. Now also owns the former back catalogue of [[Fleetway]].}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Red 5 Comics]]|country=Canada |found=2007 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Red Circle Comics]]'' |country=US|found= 1973 |defunct= 1985 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} '''[[Archie Comics]]''' superhero-imprint}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Red Giant Entertainment]] |country=US|found= 2005 |defunct = N |note=Publishes comics and graphic novels. Some titles include: ''Banzai Girl'', ''Duel Identity'', ''Exposure'', ''Jade Warriors'', ''Journey To Magika'', ''Last Blood'', ''Medusa's Daughter'', ''Monster Isle by Larry Hama'', ''Pandora's Blogs'', ''Sore Thumbs'', ''Tesla'', ''Wayward Sons'', ''Wayward Sons: Legends''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Renegade Press]] |country=US<ref name="RenegadeShutsDown" />|found= 1985<ref name="RenegadeShutsDown" /> |defunct= 1989<ref name="RenegadeShutsDown" /> |note=Started with [[Aardvark-Vanaheim]] titles, except for ''[[Cerebus the Aardvark|Cerebus]]''<ref name="RenegadeShutsDown" /> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Re-Visionary Press]] |country=|found= 1994 |defunct= 2000 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Imprint: '''''[[Carnal Comics]]''''' (acquired from '''[[Revolutionary Comics]]''')}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Revolutionary Comics]] |country=US|found= 1989 |defunct= 1994 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Imprint: '''''[[Carnal Comics]]''''' (later acquired by '''[[Re-Visionary Press]]''' and then '''[[Opus Graphics]]''')}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Rip Off Press]]|country=US |found=1969 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Robot Comics]]|country=Spain |found=2009 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Rolf Kauka Comics]] |country=Germany<ref name="Dec 2000, p. 27-40">''Die Sprechblase # 176'' (Dec. 2000, p. 27-40)</ref><ref name="kaukapedia.com">http://www.kaukapedia.com/index.php?title=Hauptseite/{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Kaukapedia</ref>  |found= 1951 |defunct=N| note= Sold to IPC Media and VNU in 1973; bought back by founder in 1979; became '''Promedia, Inc.''' in 1982; became '''Kauka Promedia''' in 2002; became '''Rolf Kauka Comics''' in 2008<ref name="kaukamedia.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kaukamedia.com/ |title=Kauka Komikosmos |access-date=2012-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322214917/http://www.kaukamedia.com/ |archive-date=2012-03-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Rough Cut Comics]] |country= Scotland<ref name="Homepage of Rough Cut Comics">[http://www.roughcut-comics.com/ Homepage of Rough Cut Comics]. Retrieved 13 August 2013</ref>|found= 1999<ref name="crispcomics.com">[http://crispcomics.com/rough-cut-comics-press-release/ ''GLASGOW-based Rough Cut Comics celebrates its first ten years in business in 2011 ...''] [https://archive.today/20130813112103/http://crispcomics.com/rough-cut-comics-press-release/ Archived] 2013-08-13 at [[archive.today]]
at crispcomics.com, 20 November 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2013</ref> |defunct= N |note=First publishing in 2001. Titles: ''[[Freedom Collective]]'', ''[[Society (film)|Society]]'', ''The Surgeon''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Rural Home]] |country=US |found= 1945 |defunct= 1945 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Owned by '''Enwil'''. Also published under '''Rural Home Publishing Co.''' and '''Rural Home Publications'''.<ref name="Rural Home">[http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?cid=795/ ''Rural Home''] at digitalmuseum.com. Retrieved 13 August 2013</ref> Titles: ''Cannonball Comics'', ''Eagle Comics'', ''Red Circle Comics''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Scattered Comics]]|country=US<ref>[https://www.scatteredcomics.com/ Homepage of Scattered Comics] Retrieved 29 July 2024</ref> |found=1991 |defunct=N|.<ref>[https://www.scatteredcomics.com/about] at scatteredcomics.com Retrieved 29 July 2024</ref> |note=Titles: "Blank" , "Blinth" , "Blonde Assassin" , "Caffeine Poisoned" , "Comics Vs. Manga" , "Damage Inc." , "Dr. Dream" , "Forgotten Tales" , "Genisis" , "Inky and his Magic Eraser" , "Lylith & Mara" , "Movie Massacre Magazine" , "Panda Days" , "Scattered" , "Shadow Hunters" }}
{{ComPub|name =Seoulmunhwasa |country =South Korea<ref name="1001Comics647"/> |found = |defunct = |note = {{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= ''Sequential Pulp Comics'' |country= |found=2011 |defunct=N|note='''[[Dark Horse Comics]]''' imprint<ref name="darkhorse.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/.../sequential-pulp-comics-launch-september|title=Dark Horse Announces Launch of Sequential Pulp Comics imprint line}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Seven Seas Entertainment]]|country=US |found=2004 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[ShadowLine]]|country=US |found=1993 |defunct=N |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} An imprint of Image Comics. Titles: ''[[After the Cape]]'', ''[[Bomb Queen]]'', ''[[Cowboy Ninja Viking]]'', ''[[Intimidators (comics)|Intimidators]]'', ''[[Lazarus (comics)|Lazarus]]'', ''[[Morning Glories]]'', ''[[The Pact (comics)]]'', ''[[Rat Queens]]'', ''[[Sam Noir]]'', ''[[Ward of the State (comics)|Ward of the State]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_group/4054/|title=Grand Comics Database – Shadowline|date=2005-09-22|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130015325/https://www.comics.org/brand_group/4054/|archive-date=2024-11-30}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Shanda Fantasy Arts]]|country= |found= |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Shinshokan]]|country= Japan |found= 1961 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Shinchosha]]|country=Japan |found=1896|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Shodensha]]|country= Japan |found= 1970 |defunct= N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Shogakukan]]|country= Japan |found= 1922 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Shōnen Gahōsha]]|country= Japan |found= 1945 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Shueisha]]|country= Japan |found= 1925 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Sirius Comics]] |country=US|found= 1985 |defunct= 1986 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Sirius Entertainment]] |country= US|found= 1994 |defunct= 2005 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name=[[Skybound Entertainment]] |country=US |found=2010 |defunct=N |note=An imprint of Image Comics. Titles: ''[[Birthright (comic book)|Birthright]]'', ''[[Fire Power (comic book)|Fire Power]]'', ''[[Ghosted (comics)|Ghosted]]'', ''[[Invincible (comics)|Invincible]]'', ''[[Manifest Destiny]]'', ''[[Oblivion Song]]'', ''[[Outcast by Kirkman and Azaceta]]'', ''[[Super Dinosaur]]'', ''[[Thief of Thieves]]'', ''[[The Walking Dead (comic book)|The Walking Dead]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/2605/|title=Grand Comics Database – Skybound Entertainment|date=2020-09-22|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202090526/https://www.comics.org/brand_emblem/2605/|archive-date=2023-12-02}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Skywald Publications]] |country= US|found= 1970 |defunct= 1975 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Slave Labor Graphics]] |country= US<ref name="1001Comics921"/>|found= 1986|defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Soleil Productions]]|country= France |found= 1989<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.editions-soleil.fr/les-editions-soleil | title = Les Éditions Soleil | language = fr | website = editions-soleil.fr | access-date = 1 May 2024}}</ref> |defunct= N |note=Founded as '''Librairie Bédulle'''{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Solson Publications]] |country= US|found= 1986 |defunct= 1987 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Spark Publications]] |country= US|found= 1944 |defunct= 1946 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= Spectrum Comics |country= US|found= 1983 |defunct= 1984 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Archie Comics|Spectrum Comics]]''| country=US| found=| defunct=| note={{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} Imprint of '''Archie Comics'''; defunct}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Spilt Ink]] |country=Canada<ref name="spiltink.org">[http://www.spiltink.org/ spiltink.org]. Retrieved 24 July 2016</ref>|found=2004|defunct=N|note=The butique digital and print ready inprint of comics creator and artist [[Salgood Sam]].<ref name="brokenfrontier.com">[http://www.brokenfrontier.com/salgood-sam-dream-life-revolver-quarterly-dracula-son-of-the-dragon-broken-frontier-anthology/ "Something that Touches on Consciousness-Expanding Experiences": Salgood Sam on his Art and the Power of Anthologies] at [[Broken Frontier]]. Retrieved 24 July 2016</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Spire Christian Comics]] |country=US|found= 1972 |defunct= 1988<ref name="Spire/Barbour comics">{{Cite web|url=http://www.christiancomicsinternational.org/series_spire.html|title=Spire/Barbour Christian comics|website=www.christiancomicsinternational.org}}</ref> |note= Published original comics from 1972–1988}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Personality Comics#Imprints and titles (selected)|Spoof Comics]]'' |country=US |found=1992<ref name="Spoof Comics">[http://www.comics.org/publisher/2758/brands/ Spoof Comics] at The [[Grand Comics Database]]. Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref> |defunct=1993 |note= Imprint of '''[[Personality Comics]]'''}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Personality Comics#Imprints and titles (selected)|Sports Comics]]''| country= US| found= | defunct= 1993| note= Imprint of '''[[Personality Comics]]'''<ref name="Sports Comics">[http://www.comics.org/publisher/2758/ Sports Comics] at The [[Grand Comics Database]]. Retrieved 6 December 2012</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Spotlight Comics]] |country= US|found= 1986 |defunct= 1987 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Published ''[[Mighty Mouse]]'' and ''[[Underdog (TV series)|Underdog]]'' comics; declared bankruptcy in 1989<ref name="Newswatch 1989 p. 26">"Newswatch: Spotlight Declares Bankruptcy", ''The Comics Journal'' #126 (January 1989), p. 26.</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[St. John Publications]] |country=US|found= 1947 |defunct= 1958 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Stanley Publications]] |country=|found= 1966 |defunct= 1971 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Black-and-white [[Horror comics|horror]] magazine publisher. Titles: ''Chilling Tales of Horror''; ''Ghoul Tales''; ''Stark Terror''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Star Publications]] |country=US<ref name="MarksteinStar" />|found= 1949<ref name="MarksteinStar" /> |defunct= 1954 |note=Founded after [[L.B. Cole]] acquired assets of [[Novelty Press]]<ref name="MarksteinStar" />}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Starblaze Graphics]] |country= US|found= 1978 |defunct= 1989 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Imprint of [[The Donning Company]]; mainly published trade paperback collections and original graphic novels. Titles: ''[[MythAdventures]]''; ''[[Elfquest]]''; ''[[A Distant Soil]]''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Star*Reach (publisher)|Star*Reach]] |country=US|found= 1974 |defunct= 1991 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} [[Mike Friedrich]]'s imprint}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Strawberry Jam Comics]] |country=Canada|found= 1985 |defunct= 1992 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Street & Smith Comics]] |country=US|found= 1940 |defunct= 1949 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Studio Ironcat]] |country=US|found= 1997 |defunct= 2006 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Also known as '''I.C. Entertainment'''|logo=}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Sumerian Comics]]|country=US<ref>[http://behemothcomics.us Homepage of Behemoth] Retrieved 20 May 2020</ref> |found=2020|defunct=N|note=Currently publishes American Psycho, The Crow, Basic Instinct, and more.}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Superior Publishers Limited]] |country=Canada|found= 1945 |defunct= 1956 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Reprinted American comics}}
{{ComPub|name=[[Syzygy Publishing]] |country=US |found=2022 |defunct=N |note=Imprint of Image Comics. Titles: ''7174 A.D.'', ''7174 Annual'', ''All Against All'' (#4-#5), ''The Cabinet'' (#1), ''The Feeding'', ''A Haunted Girl'', ''Hitomi'' (#4-#5), ''Joe Hill's Rain'' (#1), ''Lore Remastered'', ''Les Mort 13 Giant Syze Special'', ''Saucer Country: The Finale'', ''Self Help'', ''Tales of Syzpense''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_group/8113/|title=Grand Comics Database – Syzygy Publishing|date=2022-09-22|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130030910/https://www.comics.org/brand_group/8113/|archive-date=2024-11-30}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Takeshobo]]|country= Japan|found=1972 |defunct= N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Tekno Comix]] |country=US|found= 1995 |defunct= 1997 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Teshkeel Comics]]|country=Kuwait |found=2005 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Known for ''[[The 99]]''}}
{{ComPub|name= Texas Comics |country=US|found= 1983 |defunct= 1983 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Thoughts & Images]] |country=|found= 1983 |defunct= 1988 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Timely Comics]] |country=US|found= 1939 |defunct= 1950 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Later became [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas]], then [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[The Library of American Comics]]'' |country=US|found=2007|defunct=N|note={{citation needed|date=March 2018}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Titan Books]]|country=UK |found=1981 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[TKO Studios]]|country=US |found=2018 |defunct=N|note=<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gene Gustines |first1=George |title=A New Comics Publisher Aims to Shake Things Up |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/arts/tko-studios-comics-publisher.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 19, 2018}}</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Toby Press]] |country=US|found= 1949 |defunct= 1955 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Also known as '''Toby Comics'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Todd McFarlane Productions]]|country=US<ref name="spawn.com">{{Cite web|url=https://mcfarlane.com/|title=McFarlane Toys -|website=McFarlane Toys}}</ref> |found=1992 |defunct=N|note=Titles: ''[[Crow (comics)|The Crow]]'' (1999), ''[[Curse of the Spawn]]'' (#9), ''Hellspawn: The Ashley Wood Collection'', ''[[Sam & Twitch]]'', ''[[Spawn (character)|Spawn]]'' (#4-#12, #189, #193, #195-#197, #199), ''Spawn Collection'', ''[[Spawn: Godslayer]]'', ''Spawn Origins Collection'' (#1-#9, #18-#19), ''Spawn: Endgame Collection'', ''[[Violator (comics)|Violator]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/brand_group/4366/|title=Grand Comics Database – Todd McFarlane Productions|date=1992-09-22|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130000014/https://www.comics.org/brand_group/4366/|archive-date=2024-11-30}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= Toho Comics|country=US |found=2013|defunct=N|note= A Future is comics with [[Godzilla (comics)|Godzilla comics series]] in [[Warner Bros.]]/[[DC Comics]] }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Tokuma Shoten]]|country=Japan |found=1954|defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Tokyopop]] |country=US|found= 1997 |defunct=N|note=}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Tokyopop]] |country=Germany|found= 2004 |defunct=N|note= }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Top Cow Productions]] |country=US |found=1992<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/> |defunct=N|note=Titles: ''[[Angelus (comics)|Angelus]]'', ''[[Aphrodite IX]]'', ''[[Cyber Force (comics)|Cyber Force]]'', ''[[Cyblade]]'', ''[[The Darkness (comics)|The Darkness]]'', ''[[Hunter-Killer (comics)|Hunter-Killer]]'', ''[[The Magdalena]]'', ''[[Think Tank (comics)|Think Tank]]'', ''[[Wanted (comics)|Wanted]]'', ''[[Witchblade]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/983/|title=Grand Comics Database - Top Cow Productions|date=2010-02-11|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325214028/https://www.comics.org/publisher/983/|archive-date=2017-03-25}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Topps Comics]] |country=US|found= 1993 |defunct= 1998 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Top Shelf Comics]]|country= US<ref name="1001Comics796"/>|found=1997<ref name="OfComicsAndMen107" /> |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= Totenkopf Verlag| country=Germany| found=1991| defunct=1996<ref name="comicguide.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.comicguide.de/php/suche_v.php?search=Totenkopf+Verlag|title=Comic Guide|website=www.comicguide.de|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-date=18 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418031844/http://www.comicguide.de/php/suche_v.php?search=Totenkopf%20Verlag|url-status=dead}}</ref>| note)}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Tower Comics]] |country=US|found= 1965 |defunct= 1969 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Trident Comics]] |country=UK|found= 1989 |defunct= 1992 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Trojan Magazines]] |country=|found= 1950 |defunct= 1955 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Triumphant Comics]] |country=US |found= 1993 |defunct= 1994 |note=<ref name=TCJ172>{{cite news|first=Eric|last=Reynolds|title=Newswatch: Comics Publishers Suffer Tough Summer: Body Count Rises in Market Shakedown: The List Goes On|pages=18|work=The Comics Journal|number=172|date=November 1994}}</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Tundra Publishing]] |country= US<ref name ="formsblackball">{{cite journal |date=January 1994|title= Newswatch:Dave Elliott Forms Blackball Comics|journal= The Comics Journal|issue= 165|page= 14|issn= 0194-7869}}</ref>|found= 1990<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/> |defunct=1993 |note=Bought by '''[[Kitchen Sink Press]]''' in March of 1993<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/> ('''[[Tundra Publishing#Tundra UK|Tundra UK]]''' was not part of this sale and folded<ref name="formsblackball"/>) {{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[UDON]]|country=Canada |found=2000 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Left '''Devil's Due Publishing''' to form its own publishing company}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Ultimate Marvel]]''|country=US |found=2000 |defunct=N|note=Imprint of '''Marvel Comics'''{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name=UPN-Volksverlag|country=Germany|found=1969|defunct=Y|note=Becomes [[Volksverlag]]}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Valiant Comics]] |country=US|found= 1990<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/><br />2012 |defunct=N |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Published by Voyager Communications. Became '''[[Valiant Comics#Acclaim Comics|Acclaim Comics]]'''. Imprints: '''''[[Armada (comics)|Armada]]''''', '''''[[Windjammer (comics)|Windjammer]]''''' (creator-owned line). Relaunched in 2012.<ref name="ign.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/12/08/your-first-look-at-the-new-valiant-comics|title=Your First Look at the New Valiant Comics|first=Joey|last=Esposito|date=7 December 2011|website=ign.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> Titles: ''[[Archer & Armstrong]]'', ''[[Bloodshot (comics)|Bloodshot]]'', ''[[Eternal Warrior]]'', ''[[Harbinger (comic book)|Harbinger]]'', ''[[H.A.R.D. Corps]]'', ''[[Ninjak]]'', ''[[Rai (comics)|Rai]]'', ''[[The Second Life of Doctor Mirage]]'', ''[[Shadowman (comics)|Shadowman]]'', ''[[X-O Manowar]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/4052/|title=Grand Comics Database - Valiant Comics|date=2009-12-09|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415222434/https://www.comics.org/publisher/4052/|archive-date=2024-04-15}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub |name=[[Vault Comics]] |country=US |found=2016 |defunct=N |note=<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Cory |title=From Vault to the screen: Missoula-based comics publisher gets titles under development |url=https://missoulian.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/from-vault-to-the-screen-missoula-based-comics-publisher-gets-titles-under-development/article_7f49d331-edf1-5ba6-a0af-c378b780182e.html |work=[[Missoulian]] |date=August 16, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Verotik]] |country=US<ref name="danzig-verotik.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.danzig-verotik.com/verotik/|title=verotik Morella intro page|website=www.danzig-verotik.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> |found=1994<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/> |defunct=N|note=}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Vertigo Comics]] |country=US |found=1992<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/> |defunct=2020
|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Vimanika Comics]] |country=India<ref name="Homepage of Vimanika Comics">[http://www.vimanikacomics.com/ Homepage of Vimanika Comics]. Retrieved 17 June 2013</ref> |found= 2011 |defunct=N |note=Imprint: '''''Vimanika Comics UK'''''}}
{{ComPub|name= ''Vimanika Comics UK''|country=UK<ref name="Homepage of Vimanika Comics UK">[http://vimanika.co.uk/ Homepage of Vimanika Comics UK] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516091318/http://vimanika.co.uk/ |date=2013-05-16}}. Retrieved 17 June 2013</ref> |found=2012 |defunct=N |note=UK-based imprint of '''[[Vimanika Comics]]'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Viper Comics]]|country=US |found=2003 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Virgin Comics]] |country=India,<ref name =Jan2009Journal>{{cite journal |last= Millikin |first=Eric|author2=staff |date=January 2009|title= Journal Datebook: August, 2008-October, 2008|journal= The Comics Journal|issue= 295|page= 22|location= Seattle, Washington|publisher= Fantagraphic Books|editor1-first= Gary|editor1-last= Groth|isbn= 9781560979852}}</ref> US|found= 2005<ref name =Jan2009Journal /> |defunct= 2008 |note=Renamed [[Liquid Comics]] on 25 September 2008<ref name="About US">[http://www.liquidcomics.com/about_us.html/ About US] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130529081955/http://www.liquidcomics.com/about_us.html Archived] 2013-05-29 at the [[Wayback Machine]]
at Liquid Comics Homepage. Retrieved 18 June 2013</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[VIZ Media]] |country= US|found= 1986 |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} A.k.a. ''Viz Comics'', ''Viz Communications'', ''Viz LLC''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Volksverlag]] |country=Germany<ref name="Volksverlag at comicguide.de">[http://www.comicguide.de/php/suche_v.php?search=Volksverlag/ Volksverlag at comicguide.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615185529/http://www.comicguide.de/php/suche_v.php?search=Volksverlag/ |date=2015-06-15 }}. Retrieved 12 June 2015</ref> |found= 1969 |defunct=1984| note= Formerly '''UPN-Volksverlag'''; some titles moved to [[Alpha Comic Verlag]]}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Vortex Comics]] |country=Canada<ref name="Invaders126" />|found= 1982<ref name="Invaders126" /> |defunct= 1993 |note= }}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[Ace Comics (1980s)|Wandering Star Press]]'' |country= US |found= |defunct= 1987| note= Imprint of '''ACE Comics'''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Warp Graphics]]|country=US|found=1977<ref name="About Warp Graphics">[http://www.elfquest.com/about/AboutWarp.html/ About Warp Graphics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527135746/http://www.elfquest.com/about/AboutWarp.html |date=2013-05-27 }} at Elfquest.com. Retrieved 17 June 2013</ref> |defunct=N |note=Formerly WaRP Graphics. Former imprint '''[[Apple Comics]]''', also known as '''Apple Press'''; became independent.}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Warren Publishing]] |country=US|found= 1957 |defunct= 1983 |Almost exclusively black and white magazines rather than traditional comic books note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}}}
{{ComPub|name= ''[[WildStorm]]'' |country=US |found= 1992|defunct=1999|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} A former imprint of Image Comics. Became part of '''[[DC Comics]]''' on 06. October 1998; Imprint: '''''America's Best Comics'''''<ref name ="comicsjournalfoldout"/> Titles: ''[[Crimson (comic book)|Crimson]]'', ''[[Danger Girl]]'' (1998 series), ''[[The Mask (comics)#Grifter and the Mask|Grifter and the Mask]]'', ''[[Team One]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/indicia_publisher/19/|title=Grand Comics Database – WildStorm|date=2010-09-14|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929062320/https://www.comics.org/indicia_publisher/19/|archive-date=2023-09-29}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Wonder Color]] |country=US|found= 1987 |defunct= 1987 |note=Also known as '''Wonder Comics'''. Spearheaded by [[David Campiti]]; one of five publishers set up by [[Scott Mitchell Rosenberg]]/[[Sunrise Distribution]].<ref name=Mason /> Most titles acquired by [[Pied Piper Comics]]}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Yaoi Press]]|country=US |found=2004 |defunct=|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} }}
{{ComPub|name= [[Youthful (publisher)|Youthful]] |country=US|found= 1949 |defunct= 1954 |note={{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Imprint: '''''Youthful Magazines/Stamp Comics'''''}}
{{ComPub|name= [[Zenescope Entertainment]]|country=US |found=2005<ref>{{cite web|last=Murray|first=Jocelyn|title=Home Made|url=http://www.suburbanlifemagazine.com/articles/?articleid=781|work=Suburban Life|access-date=20 June 2013}}</ref>  |defunct=N|note={{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} Titles: ''[[Grimm Fairy Tales (comics)|Grimm Fairy Tales]]'', ''Man Goat and the Bunnyman''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/3197/|title=Grand Comics Database - Zenescope Entertainment|date=2009-11-05|publisher=Grand Comics Database|access-date=2024-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518210519/https://www.comics.org/publisher/3197/ |archive-date=2024-05-18}}</ref>}}
{{ComPub|name= Zoolook|country=US |found=1996|defunct=N|note= Publisher of the black [[comic book]] series ''[[Dread & Alive]]'' }}
{{ComPub|name =''Zuda'' |country =US<ref name="1001Comics911"/> |found =2007 |defunct =2010 |note =Online imprint of '''[[DC Comics]]'''; also printing popular comics (''Bayou''; ''[[High Moon]]''; ''[[The Night Owls (webcomic)|The Night Owls]]''; ''[[Celadore]]'')<ref name="1001Comics911"/>}}
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==See also==
{{Portal|Comics}}
* [[List of Golden Age comics publishers]]
* [[List of manga publishers]]

==References==
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<ref name="1001Comics910">''1001 Comics'', p. 910</ref>
<ref name="1001Comics906">''1001 Comics'', p. 906</ref>
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===Works cited===
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* [[John Bell (historian)|Bell, John]]. ''[[Invaders from the North]]''. [[Dundurn Press]], 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-55002-659-7}}
* Sanford, Jay Allen. [http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2004/aug/19/two-men-and-their-comic-books/ "Two Men and their Comic Books]", ''[[San Diego Reader]]'' (19. August 2004)
* Booker, M. Keith. ''Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels''. ABC-CLIO, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-313-35748-0}}
* Gabilliet, Jean-Paul. ''Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books''. translated by Beaty, Bart; and Nguyen, Nick. [[University Press of Mississippi]], 2010. {{ISBN|978-1-60473-267-2}}
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