Dark Horse
Dark Horse Publishing is an American publishing company, and one of the largest independent American comic book publishers, behind Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
Dark Horse was the main publisher of Godzilla comics throughout the late 1980s and the 1990s, including the 17-issue Godzilla, King of the Monsters series. Dark Horse also published a short-lived miniseries of Gamera comics titled Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe. Dark Horse has also published books besides comics, such as the 2005 novel Kong: King of Skull Island. It has also produced merchandise based on its comics, such as figures of King Kong.
Some of Dark Horse's kaiju comics, namely Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe and Godzilla, King of the Monsters, have been translated into Japanese and published in Japan by PHASE6, over two decades following their original publication.
Selected works
Series
- Godzilla (1988-1989) [6 issues]
- The Godzilla Portfolio (1988) [2 issues]
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1995-1996) [17 issues]
- Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe (1996) [4 issues]
- Terror of Godzilla (1998-1999) [6 issues, color reprint of Godzilla]
One-shot issues
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters Special (1987)
- Godzilla Color Special (1992)
- Godzilla vs. Barkley (1993)
- Godzilla versus Hero Zero (1995)
- King Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World (2005)
Comic anthologies
- Insane #1 (1988)
- Dark Horse Comics #10 (1993)
- Urban Legends #1 (1993)
- Dark Horse Comics #11 (1993)
- Dark Horse Presents #106 (1996)
- A Decade of Dark Horse #4 (1996)
Books
- Kong: King of Skull Island (2005)
Toys
- King Kong soft vinyl kit
- King Kong cold-cast porcelain kit
- Weta Workshop Collectibles
Trivia
- Dark Horse held the comic rights to Godzilla for a period of 12 years between 1987 and 1999, longer than any other American publisher.
See also
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