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Malibu Comics was a comic book publisher in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. The Ultraverse was a shared universe much like the real world, but in which a variety of characters - known within the comics as "Ultras" - acquired super-human abilities. The company's headquarters was in Calabasas, California. Malibu also owned a small software development company that designed video games in the early to mid-90's called Malibu Interactive. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...
Malibu Comics was a comic book publisher in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. ...
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History
The company was founded in 1986 by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and made a name for itself publishing a combination of new series and licensed properties such as the classic characters Tarzan and Sherlock Holmes, and popular TV/movie/video-game tie-ins. They served as publishers-of-record for the first comics from Image Comics in 1992, giving the upstart creator-run publisher access to the distribution channels. The Bravura line consisted of creator-owned titles was soon started. In 1992, heroes from Centaur Publications from the 1940s that were in the public domain were revived in the form of the Protectors, Airman, Amazing Man, Aura, Arc, Arrow, Ferret, Man of War, and Mighty Man, among others. Several of these characters had short-lived spin off titles of their own. Scott Mitchell Rosenberg (not to be confused with screenwriter Scott Rosenberg) is chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls the worlds largest independent library of comic book characters and adapts them for film, television and all other media. ...
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Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist, Sidney Edward Paget, in The Strand magazine. ...
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The Ultraverse line was launched during the "boom" of the early 1990's, roughly concurrent with the debut of publishers such as Image and Valiant, and new superhero lines from DC and Dark Horse (Milestone and Comics Greatest World, respectively). (The line was in part intended to fill the gap left by Image's independence.) They boasted improved production values over traditional comics (especially digital coloring and higher-quality paper), and a roster of respected and/or talented new writers and artists. Emphasizing the tight continuity between the various series in the Ultraverse line, Malibu made extensive use of crossovers, in which a story that began in one series would be continued in the next-shipping issue of another series. Various promotions for special editions or limited-print stories also encouraged readers to sample issues of the entire line. Many fans loved the scope of storytelling this approach allowed; others complained of the effort and cost of buying the issues necessary to keep track of it all. Regardless, the Ultraverse line came to dominate Malibu's catalog. Image Comics is the third or fourth largest comic book publisher in the United States. ...
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As sales declined industry-wide in the mid-1990s, Malibu cancelled lower-selling series. The company was purchased by Marvel Comics in 1994. Reportedly Marvel made the purchase to acquire Malibu's then-groundbreaking in-house coloring studio, and/or its catalog of movie-licensable properties. Others believe that Marvel simply wanted to put a significant competitor out of business. Marvel cancelled the entire Ultraverse line, but re-launched a handful of the more popular titles as well as a number of crossovers with Marvel characters. The "volume 2" series each started with "#∞ (infinity)" issues and were cancelled a short time later. It has been suggested that Felicia (pseudonym) be merged into this article or section. ...
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Ultraverse revival In June 2005, Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada told an online interviewer that he had once hoped to revive the Ultraverse, but that the "initial structure" of Malibu's contracts with the Ultraverse creators entitled them to share of profits made with these characters, making any revival "next to impossible". 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Some creators have gone on to explain that while the contracts do entitle them to a small percentage of profits, their characters were created as 'work-for-hire' and Marvel's ownership is in the clear. As such, many have suggested that Marvel should have no problem reviving the Ultraverse.
Titles Some of Malibu's titles included:
Ultraverse The Exiles are a group of fictional comic book superheroes created by writer Judd Winick and artist Mike McKone. ...
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Firearm was a comic book series written by James Dale Robinson for Malibu Comics Ultraverse imprint, which lasted 18 issues, with an additional 0 issue. ...
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Hardcase is a comic book series written by James Hudnall for Malibu Comics’ Ultraverse imprint, which lasted 26 issues. ...
Mantra was a comic book series published by Malibu Comics in the mid 1990s until it was purchased by Marvel Comics, leading to the cancellation of the title after 24 issues. ...
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Prime is a superhero created by Bob Jacob, Gerard Jones and Len Strazewski, he debuted in Prime #1 under Malibus Ultraverse imprint and was one of its flagship characters next to Mantra and Hardcase. ...
The Ultraforce is a fictional superhero group in Malibu Comics. ...
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The Phoenix entity. ...
non-Ultraverse Alien Nation the 1988 motion picture Alien Nation the 1989-1990 television series. ...
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James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ...
Protectors (Centaur) - Airman (1 issue)
- Arrow (1 issue)
- Ferret (11 issues)
- Gravestone (7 issues)
- Man of War (8 issues)
- Protectors (20 issues)
- Protectors Handbook (1 shot)
Bravura line Breed is the title of two mini-series of comic books published by Malibu Comics under its Bravura line. ...
James P. Jim Starlin (October 9, 1949 - ) is a veteran comic book writer and artist, who has worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics and others since the early 1970s. ...
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Steven Grant is a writer of comics who has worked for both Marvel and DC, as well as various independent companies. ...
Eli Katz (April 6, 1926–January 31, 2000), who worked under the name Gil Kane and in a few instances Scott Edwards, was a comic book illustrator whose career spanned the 1940s to 1990s. ...
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External links - Ryan McLelland on the history of the Ultraverse
- Joe Quesada on Ultraverse revivals
- Rich Johnston's Lying in the Gutters, speaking with creators on an Ultraverse revival
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