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Encyclopedia > Marvel Knights
Cover art from Inhumans #1 (Nov 1998) by Jae Lee.

Marvel Knights is an imprint of Marvel Comics. Dealing with more mature themes than the regular imprint, it is not intended for children. However, it does not deal with the adult themes touched on by the MAX imprint. The imprint originated in 1998 when Marvel outsourced four titles (Black Panther, Daredevil, The Punisher and The Inhumans) to Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti's company Event Comics; Event hired the creative teams for the Knights line while Marvel published them. The imprint has since been folded back into Marvel's standard methods of publication and is used to single out Marvel's "edgier" titles. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (550x795, 601 KB)Cover to Inhumans TPB, by Jae Lee. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (550x795, 601 KB)Cover to Inhumans TPB, by Jae Lee. ... The Inhumans are a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics Universe, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. ... Jae Lee is a comic book artist known for his work for Marvel Comics on Namor the Sub-Mariner, the Inhumans and The Sentry series. ... This article is about imprints in publishing. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... For other uses, see Child (disambiguation). ... MAX is an imprint of Marvel Comics for adult audiences, launched in 2001 after Marvel broke with the Comics Code Authority and established its own rating system. ... The Black Panther (TChalla) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe who is the first modern Black superhero. ... For other uses, see Daredevil (comics). ... This article is about the Marvel Comics character. ... The Inhumans are a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics Universe, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. ... Joseph Joe Quesada (born December 1, 1962), colloquially known as Joe Q, is the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and a comic book writer and artist. ... James Jimmy Palmiotti is an Italian American writer of various comics, games and film. ...

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Production

In early 2006, Quesada, who had since become Marvel's editor-in-chief, announced that all ongoing titles under the Marvel Knights banner would move to the Marvel Universe imprint and that Marvel Knights would now contain high profile limited series that are set outside of Marvel continuity.[citation needed] However, some series do in fact take place in the Earth-616 plots, i.e. "Moon Knight" thereby making this claim suspect. These supposed out of "con" issues began with Daredevil #82, along with Black Panther #14, Moon Knight #1, Squadron Supreme #1 and Wolverine #42. Marvel Knights Spider-Man became The Sensational Spider-Man with issue #23 and Marvel Knights 4 simply became 4 with issue #28. In fiction, continuity is consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer. ... In the fictional Marvel Universe, Earth-616 or Earth 616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place. ... For other uses, see Daredevil (comics). ... The Black Panther (TChalla) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe who is the first modern Black superhero. ... Moon Knight (Marc Spector) is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. ... The Squadron Supreme is a team of comic book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe, a thinly disguised version of DC Comics Justice League of America. ... For other uses, see Wolverine (disambiguation). ... For the original series, see The Sensational Spider-Man. ...


Fury: Peacemaker by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson was the initial limited series to launch from the redefined imprint in February 2006. Three other projects that are currently scheduled to be released under the Marvel Knights imprint in the coming months include: Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the DC/Vertigo series Preacher, co-created with artist Steve Dillon. ... Cover of Transmetropolitan: Lust for Life Darick W. Robertson is an artist from San Mateo, California, United States. ...

“These stand alone stories won’t just challenge readers to re-think their favorite Marvel legends," said Marvel Knights editor Axel Alonso. "Oftentimes, we’ll focus on characters that are off the beaten path—boiling these archetypes down to their cores. We want to build on the tradition of limited series like Ennis and Crain’s Ghost Rider, Frank Cho’s Shanna, the She-Devil and Robert Rodi and Ribic’s Loki -- each of which offered very distinct visions for Marvel characters, and each of which -- judging by sales numbers -- were embraced by fandom.” Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) is an award-winning American writer/producer of television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. ... Kaare Andrews is a comic book writer and artist born in Canada. ... Clayton Crain is a comic book artist, who primarily uses digital painting techniques in his art. ...


Joe Quesada: “Marvel Knights is the showcase for ‘evergreen events’ -- self-contained limited series that think outside the box, that challenge readers to re-think their favorite Marvel characters and re-evaluate the legends that surround them. In other words, Marvel Knights will be a place for top talent to work without constraints, and deliver the kind of product fans deserve!”[citation needed]


Current series

  • Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears
  • Captain America: The Chosen

Finished series

On-going Series

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Limited Series

  • Spider-Man: Reign
  • Black Widow (limited series)
  • Daredevil: Father (2004 limited series)
  • Daredevil: Yellow (2001 limited series)
  • Doctor Strange (1998 limited series)
  • Fantastic Four: 1234 (limited series)
  • Ghost Rider (2001 limited series)
  • Hulk Gray (2003 limited series)
  • Hulk Smash (2001 limited series)
  • Marvel Boy (limited series)
  • Marvel Knights (two short-lived series)
  • The Inhumans (limited series)
  • Spider-Man: Blue (limited series)
  • Spider-Man/Wolverine (limited series)
  • Daredevil/Spider-Man (limited series)
  • MadroX (mini-series)
  • The Punisher (12 issue limited series)
  • The Sentry (limited series and several one-shots)
  • Shanna the She Devil (2005 7 issue limited series)
  • X-Statix Final 6 issues only
  • Daredevil: The Target (started in 2003 but only the first issue has been published as of April 2007)
  • Claws (2006, 3 issue limited series)
  • Silver Surfer: Requiem (2007, 4 issue limited series)

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Marvel Knights as a team

The Marvel Knights moniker was used as a nickname for Daredevil's Unnamed Super-Hero Team. The team initially formed to combat the Asgardian Rock Troll Ulik, who had caused a massacre while searching for the mystical Ragnahorn. Ulik is a fictional character that appears in the Marvel Universe. ...


Membership

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Alternate Versions

Marvel Knights 2099

Cover to Marvel Knights 2099 Daredevil
Cover to Marvel Knights 2099 Daredevil

In 2004, Marvel Comics held a fifth-week event called Marvel Knights 2099 which took place in the future on an alternate world (Earth-2992) that was not identical to the alternate Marvel Universe on Earth 928 featured in the 1990s Marvel 2099 books. Image File history File links Marvel_knights_2099. ... Image File history File links Marvel_knights_2099. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A fifth week event is a novelty comic book promotion. ... Marvel 2099 is a Marvel Comics imprint, begun in 1993, that explores one possible future of the Marvel Universe. ...

  • Marvel Knights 2099: Daredevil #1.
  • Marvel Knights 2099: Black Panther #1.
  • Marvel Knights 2099: The Inhumans #1.
  • Marvel Knights 2099: The Punisher #1.
  • Marvel Knights 2099: Mutant #1.

The Black Panther (TChalla) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe who is the first modern Black superhero. ... The Punisher 2099 is a comic book series following the account of Jake Gallows a. ... Mutant is a new character in the Marvel Knights 2099 universe created by Robert Kirkman. ...

Ultimate Knights

The Ultimate version of Marvel Knights makes its debut in Ultimate Spider-Man #106. After Shang-Chi makes an unsuccessful attack on the Kingpin he is recruited by Daredevil to help bring down the Kingpin for good. Later, Daredevil, as Matt Murdock, meets Spider-Man and asks him to join the group, with the plan of killing the Kingpin. Spider-Man objects to killing, and the group agrees to let Moon Knight, under the persona of Ronin join the Kingpin's employ. Ronin forcibly brings Spider-Man to the Kingpin as a captive. After revealing that he knows that Ronin is Moon Knight, Kingpin has him beaten nearly to death, and lets Spider-Man leave with the knowledge that one of the Knights is a traitor. For the video game of the same title, see Ultimate Spider-Man (video game). ... Shang-Chi (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally rising of the spirit) is a Marvel Comics character, often called the Master of Kung Fu. He was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Jim Starlin. ... Moon Knight (Marc Spector) is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. ... For other uses, see Ronin (comic). ...


After a bomb destroys the law offices of Matt Murdock, Iron Fist is revealed as the traitor, though only because Kingpin threatened his daughter. Iron Fist is sent back to Kingpin to distract him while Daredevil tries to kill his comatose wife. After a standoff between Daredevil, Kingpin, and Spider-Man, Kingpin agrees to leave the country in exchange for his wife's safety, but he secretly and furiously plots to have Daredevil killed, Dr. Strange's hands broken and Spider-Man's school blown up. Meanwhile, Moon Knight goes to the police, reveals his secret identity, and says that Kingpin tried to kill him, which gives the police enough to arrest Kingpin on attempted murder charges. At the end of the arc there are brief images of the team going about their separate ways: Shang-Chi catches a train out of town, Iron Fist returns to his daughter, Dr. Strange goes back to his sanctum and Daredevil berates himself at a church. Iron Fist (Daniel Rand) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a practitioner of martial arts. ... For other uses, see Coma (disambiguation). ...


Ultimate Knight members include Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Shang-Chi, Iron Fist and Moon Knight. For other uses, see Daredevil (comics). ... This article is about the Marvel comics superhero. ... Shang-Chi (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally rising of the spirit) is a Marvel Comics character, often called the Master of Kung Fu. He was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Jim Starlin. ... Iron Fist (Daniel Rand) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a practitioner of martial arts. ... Moon Knight (Marc Spector) is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. ...


Other Media

In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Marvel Knights is considered a team bonus if you have either Black Panther, Daredevil, Dr. Strange, Luke Cage, Spider-Man, and/or Moon Knight on your team.


See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Marvel Knights - definition of Marvel Knights in Encyclopedia (206 words)
The imprint originated when Marvel outsourced four titles (Black Panther, Daredevil, The Punisher and The Inhumans) to Joe Quesada's Event Comics company; Event hired the creative teams for the Knights line while Marvel published them.
As well, there was a series titled Marvel Knights in this imprint, featuring a loosely organized team (similar in concept to Marvel's 1970s Defenders series) whose rotating membership included the Black Widow, Dagger, Daredevil, Moon Knight, Shang-Chi and the Punisher.
In 2004, Marvel Comics created a Marvel Knights 2099 imprint, which takes place in a future continuity (in the year 2099, of course) that is not identical to the Marvel 2099 continuity.
The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (788 words)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man is the name of an ongoing comic book, starring Spider-Man that is published monthly by the Marvel Knights imprint of Marvel Comics.
The underlying difference between this title and the other Spider-Man titles is that Marvel Knights Spider-Man is done with a more mature slant (in style if not content), thus the "Marvel Knights" prefix.
Intended to replace the cancelled Spider-Man's Tangled Web series, Marvel Knights Spider-Man was originally supposed to be written by Kevin Smith, but due to scheduling problems he was replaced by Mark Millar.
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