Blackthorne Publishing
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Blackthorne Publishing, Inc. was a comic book
publisher that flourished from 1986
-1989
. They were notable for the Blackthorne 3-D Series, their reprint titles of classic comic strip
s like Dick Tracy
, and their licensed products. Blackthorne achieved its greatest sales and financial success with their licensed 3-D
comics adaptations of the California Raisins, but was done in by the failure of their 3-D adaptation of the Michael Jackson film Moonwalker
.
(which had gone out of business in 1984
). Schanes and Fera raised $16,000 to start Blackthorne (naming the company after the street on which they lived), mostly using their credit cards.
Blackthorne's first title was Jerry Iger
's Classic Sheena, with a cover date of April 1985, featuring Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
reprints and a new Dave Stevens
cover. (The book had originally been slated as a Pacific Comics release.) Things started off well for the company, with its books being sold in 7-Eleven
s nationwide (in addition to comic book specialty stores), and earning praise from critics and hobbyists alike for its reprints of classic newspaper comic strips.
In 1987, however, with the company losing money on its color line, it cancelled those titles to focus on their 3-D books and black-and-white licensed products. Blackthorne also suffered from the contemporaneous financial troubles of the Los Angeles-based distributor Sunrise Distributors. Sunrise went bankrupt in 1988, and although Blackthorne (along with fellow West Coast publisher Fantagraphics) sued the distributor, they were never able to recoup their losses. This in turn led to Blackthorne being audited by the federal government in 1988.
In early 1989, the company was still the fifth-largest U.S. comics publisher, bringing in about $1 million in sales and boasting a staff of eight full-time editorial and production employees. They published about 240 different titles a year, with an average print run of about 10,000 copies each. The company made a fatal error, however, when they signed on to adapt the Michael Jackson
film Moonwalker
to a 3-D comic book. Blackthorne had paid enormous licensing fees for the property, and when the Moonwalker comic flopped later that year, it hit the company hard.
By mid-1989 the company was outsourcing its operations, and in November the company laid off eight of its nine employees, including editor-in-chief John Stephenson. $180,000 in debt, Blackthorne limped into 1990 before it finally folded.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
publisher that flourished from 1986
1986 in comics
-Year overall:* Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, a four-issue limited series written and drawn by Frank Miller and published by DC Comics, debuts...
-1989
1989 in comics
-Year overall:* "Inferno" company-wide Marvel Comics crossover continues, involving the mutant titles The Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, The New Mutants, and Excalibur, as well as the X-Terminators limited series and various other Marvel titles...
. They were notable for the Blackthorne 3-D Series, their reprint titles of classic comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
s like Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy is a comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective. Created by Chester Gould, the strip made its debut on October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate...
, and their licensed products. Blackthorne achieved its greatest sales and financial success with their licensed 3-D
Three-dimensional space
Three-dimensional space is a geometric 3-parameters model of the physical universe in which we live. These three dimensions are commonly called length, width, and depth , although any three directions can be chosen, provided that they do not lie in the same plane.In physics and mathematics, a...
comics adaptations of the California Raisins, but was done in by the failure of their 3-D adaptation of the Michael Jackson film Moonwalker
Moonwalker
Moonwalker, also known as Michael Jackson: Moonwalker, is an American anthology film released in 1988 by singer Michael Jackson....
.
History
Blackthorne was established in 1985 by husband-and-wife team Steve Schanes and Ann Fera, formerly associated with Pacific ComicsPacific Comics
Pacific Comics was an independent comic book publisher that flourished from 1981-1984. It was also a chain of comics shops and a distributor. It began out of a San Diego, California, comic book shop owned by brothers Bill and Steve Schanes...
(which had gone out of business in 1984
1984 in comics
-Year overall:* The independent publishing boom continues, as Antarctic Press, Continuity Comics, Deluxe Comics, Matrix Graphic Series, and Renegade Press all enter the arena...
). Schanes and Fera raised $16,000 to start Blackthorne (naming the company after the street on which they lived), mostly using their credit cards.
Blackthorne's first title was Jerry Iger
Jerry Iger
Samuel Maxwell "Jerry" Iger was an American cartoonist. With business partner Will Eisner he co-founder of Eisner & Iger, a comic book packager that produced comics on demand for new publishers during the late-1930s and 1940s period known to fans and historians as the Golden Age of Comic...
's Classic Sheena, with a cover date of April 1985, featuring Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle is a fictional, American comic book jungle girl heroine, published originally by Fiction House. The female counterpart to Tarzan, Sheena had two things in common with Edgar Rice Burrough's Jungle Lord: Both possessed the ability to communicate with wild animals and were...
reprints and a new Dave Stevens
Dave Stevens
Dave Stevens was an American illustrator and comics artist. He is most famous for creating The Rocketeer comic book and film character, and for his pin-up style "glamour art" illustrations, especially of model Bettie Page...
cover. (The book had originally been slated as a Pacific Comics release.) Things started off well for the company, with its books being sold in 7-Eleven
7-Eleven
7-Eleven is part of an international chain of convenience stores, operating under Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd, which in turn is owned by Seven & I Holdings Co...
s nationwide (in addition to comic book specialty stores), and earning praise from critics and hobbyists alike for its reprints of classic newspaper comic strips.
In 1987, however, with the company losing money on its color line, it cancelled those titles to focus on their 3-D books and black-and-white licensed products. Blackthorne also suffered from the contemporaneous financial troubles of the Los Angeles-based distributor Sunrise Distributors. Sunrise went bankrupt in 1988, and although Blackthorne (along with fellow West Coast publisher Fantagraphics) sued the distributor, they were never able to recoup their losses. This in turn led to Blackthorne being audited by the federal government in 1988.
In early 1989, the company was still the fifth-largest U.S. comics publisher, bringing in about $1 million in sales and boasting a staff of eight full-time editorial and production employees. They published about 240 different titles a year, with an average print run of about 10,000 copies each. The company made a fatal error, however, when they signed on to adapt the Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
film Moonwalker
Moonwalker
Moonwalker, also known as Michael Jackson: Moonwalker, is an American anthology film released in 1988 by singer Michael Jackson....
to a 3-D comic book. Blackthorne had paid enormous licensing fees for the property, and when the Moonwalker comic flopped later that year, it hit the company hard.
By mid-1989 the company was outsourcing its operations, and in November the company laid off eight of its nine employees, including editor-in-chief John Stephenson. $180,000 in debt, Blackthorne limped into 1990 before it finally folded.
Original series
- Adventures in the Mystwood, 1 issue
- Alien Ducklings, 4 issues
- Alien WorldsAlien WorldsAlien Worlds was a science fiction anthology comic book published by Pacific Comics and, later, Eclipse Comics, in the early 1980s. The title was edited by Bruce Jones and April Campbell.-Publication history:...
graphic novel - Atomic Man Comics, 3 issues
- Blackthorne's 3-in-1, 2 issues
- Brik Hauss, 1 issue
- Cold Blooded Chameleon Commandos, 5 issues — Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
parody - Crow of the Bear Clan, 6 issues
- Danse, 1 issue
- Dogaroo, 1 issue
- Duckbots, 2 issues
- Enchanted Valley, 2 issues
- Failed Universe, 1 issue
- Figments, 3 issues
- Fragments (Black), 2 issues
- Freak-Out on Infant Earths, 2 issues — Crisis on Infinite EarthsCrisis on Infinite EarthsCrisis on Infinite Earths is a 12-issue American comic book limited series and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 to simplify its then 50-year-old continuity...
parody - The Gift, 1 issue
- Ground Pound! Comix , 1 issue
- Hamster ViceHamster ViceHamster Vice is an American comic book series by Dwayne Ferguson. The first issue, of fourteen, was published in 1986, when Dwayne Ferguson was aged 19 and a "Rutgers University sophomore".-Publication history:right|thumb|Hamster Vice Comics...
, 6 issues — Miami ViceMiami ViceMiami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...
parody - Jack Hunter (Vol. 1, color), 1 issue
- Jack Hunter (Vol. 11, Prestige format B&W), 3 issues
- Jax and the HellhoundJax and the HellhoundJax and the Hellhound is a limited series comic book by Dennis Morales Francis and published by Blackthorne Publishing.The series was about a young man who traveled around the world helping the U.S. Government fight the bad guys and helping a canine demon keep the really bad creatures from entering...
, 3 issues - Labor Force, 8 issues
- Lann graphic novel
- Laffin' Gas, 12 issues
- Legion Of Stupid Heroes, 1 issue — Legion of Super-HeroesLegion of Super-HeroesThe Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team in the 30th and 31st centuries of the . The team first appears in Adventure Comics #247 , and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino....
parody - Mad Dog Magazine, 3 issues
- The Man of Rust, 1 issue
- Midnite, 3 issues
- Mr. Cream Puff, 1 issue
- Nervous Rex, 10 issues
- Of Myths and Men, 2 issues
- Omega Elite, 1 issue
- Omni Men, 1 issue
- Operative: Scorpio graphic novel
- Outposts, 1 issue
- Pajama Chronicles, 1 issue
- Planet Comics, 3 issues
- Possibleman, 2 issues
- Pre-Teen Dirty-Gene Kung Fu Kangaroos, 3 issues — Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
parody - Red Heat, 2 issues
- Revolving Doors, 3 issues
- RoachmillRoachmillRoachmill was an American Comic book created by Rich Hedden and Tom McWeeney, published first by Blackthorne Publishing and then Dark Horse Comics.-Publication history:...
, 6 issues - Rivit, 1 issue
- Serius Bounty Hunter, 3 issues
- Shuriken graphic novel
- Starlight Squadron, 1 issue
- Street Poet Ray, 2 issues
- Street Wolf, 3 issues
- To Die For, 1 issue
- Timeline Color Comics, 1 issue (?)
- Tracker, 2 issues
- Twisted Tantrums of the Purple Snit, 2 issues
- Wings Comics graphic novel
- Wolph, 1 issue
- Xeno-Men, 1 issue
- X-L, graphic novel
Blackthorne 3-D Series
80 issues- 3-D BullwinkleBullwinkle J. MooseBullwinkle J. Moose is a fictional character in the 1959–1964 animated television series Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show, often collectively referred to as Rocky and Bullwinkle, produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott...
& Rocky, 1 issue - 3-D Bullwinkle For President In 3-D, 1 issue
- 3-D Heroes, 1 issue
- 3-D Sports Hall of Shame, 1 issue
- Adventures of Capt. Holo 3-D, 1 issue
- Baby HueyBaby HueyBaby Huey is a gigantic and naïve duckling cartoon character. He was created by Martin Taras for Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios, and became a Paramount cartoon star during the 1950s. Although created by Famous for its animated cartoons, Huey first appeared in comic-book form in an original...
3-D, 1 issue - BattleTechBattleTechBattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2000, and owned since 2003 by Topps. The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech by Jordan Weisman and L...
3-D, 1 issue - Betty BoopBetty BoopBetty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured in...
3-D, 1 issue - Bizarre 3-D Zone, 1 issue
- Bozo the ClownBozo the ClownBozo the Clown is a clown character very popular in the United States, peaking in the 1960s as a result of widespread franchising in early television.Originally created by Alan W...
in 3-D, 3 issues - BravestarrBravestarrBraveStarr is an American space Western animated television series. The original episodes aired from September 1987 to February 1988 in syndication. It was created simultaneously with a collection of action figures. BraveStarr was the last animated series produced by Filmation and Group W...
in 3-D, 2 issues - California Raisins in 3-D, 6 issues
- California Raisins: The Ultimate Collection trade paperback
- CasperCasper the Friendly GhostCasper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. As his name indicates, he is a ghost, but is quite personable...
in 3-D, 1 issue - Classic Jungle Comics, 1 issue
- Dick TracyDick TracyDick Tracy is a comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective. Created by Chester Gould, the strip made its debut on October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate...
in 3-D, 1 issue - Flintstones in 3-D, 4 issues
- G.I. JoeG.I. JoeG.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier , Action Sailor , Action Pilot , Action Marine and later on, the Action Nurse...
in 3-D, 6 issues - G.I. Joe in 3-D Annual, 1 issue
- Goldyn in 3-D, 1 issue
- GumbyGumbyGumby is a green clay humanoid character created and modeled by Art Clokey, who also created Davey and Goliath. Gumby has been the subject of a 233-episode series of American television as well as a feature-length film and other media...
3-D, 7 issues - Hamster ViceHamster ViceHamster Vice is an American comic book series by Dwayne Ferguson. The first issue, of fourteen, was published in 1986, when Dwayne Ferguson was aged 19 and a "Rutgers University sophomore".-Publication history:right|thumb|Hamster Vice Comics...
in 3-D, 2 issues - Kull 3-D, 2 issues
- Lars of Mars in 3-D, 1 issue
- Laurel & Hardy in 3-D, 2 issues
- Little DotLittle DotLittle Dot was a comic book character published by Harvey Comics between 1949 and 1982, and then sporadically until 1994. A little girl obsessed with dots, spots, and round, colorful objects, she first appeared in 1949 as a supporting feature in Sad Sack and by 1953 was given her own series,...
3-D, 1 issue - Little Nemo in Slumberland 3-D, 1 issue
- MerlinRealm in 3-D, 1 issue
- MoonwalkerMoonwalkerMoonwalker, also known as Michael Jackson: Moonwalker, is an American anthology film released in 1988 by singer Michael Jackson....
in 3-D, 1 issue - The Noid in 3-D, 2 issues
- Playful Little Audrey in 3-D, 1 issue
- Rambo IIIRambo IIIRambo III is an American Action film released on May 25, 1988. It is the third film in the Rambo series following First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II...
3-D, 1 issue - Red SonjaRed SonjaRed Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, is a fictional character, a high fantasy sword and sorcery heroine created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith, and loosely based on Red Sonya of Rogatino in Robert E. Howard's 1934 short story "The Shadow of the Vulture"...
3-D, 1 issue - Richie Rich and Casper 3-D, 1 issue
- Sad SackSad SackThe Sad Sack is an American fictional comic strip and comic book character created by Sgt. George Baker during World War II. Set in the United States Army, Sad Sack depicted an otherwise unnamed, lowly private experiencing some of the absurdities and humiliations of military life. The title was a...
3-D, 1 issue - Salimba 3-D, 2 issues
- SheenaSheena, Queen of the JungleSheena, Queen of the Jungle is a fictional, American comic book jungle girl heroine, published originally by Fiction House. The female counterpart to Tarzan, Sheena had two things in common with Edgar Rice Burrough's Jungle Lord: Both possessed the ability to communicate with wild animals and were...
3-D Special, 1 issue - Solomon KaneSolomon KaneSolomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A late 16th / early 17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a sombre-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms...
3-D, 1 issue - Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
3-D, 3 issues - Transformers in 3-D, 3 issues
- To Die For 3-D, 1 issue
- Twisted TalesTwisted TalesTwisted Tales was a horror comics anthology published by Pacific Comics and, later, Eclipse Comics, in the early 1980s. The title was edited by Bruce Jones and April Campbell.-Publication history:...
3-D, 1 issue - Underdog 3-D, 1 issue
- WaxworkWaxwork (1988 film)Waxwork is a 1988 horror comedy film starring Zach Galligan and Deborah Foreman.-Plot:In a small suburban town a wax museum appears, seemingly overnight. The owner invites two college students, Sarah and China, to attend that night with four more guests of their choice...
3-D, 1 issue - WendyWendy the Good Little WitchWendy the Good Little Witch is a fictional comic book character from Harvey Comics. Wendy was introduced as a back-up feature as well as a companion for Casper in Casper the Friendly Ghost #20, May 1954. Soon, she was trialed in Harvey Hits, starting with #7. After a total of six appearances, she...
in 3-D, 1 issue - WerewolfWerewolf (TV series)Werewolf is an American horror series, and one of the original shows in the Fox network's broadcast line-up during its inaugural season of 1987–1988.The show follows the adventures of Eric Cord Werewolf is an American horror series, and one of the original shows in the Fox network's broadcast...
3-D, 1 issue
Licensed and reprint titles
- Battle BeastsBattle Beastsis a line of small 2" tall action figure toys, in the form of an anthropomorphised animal with body armor and a unique weapon. Several figures have their left hand replaced by a weapon of some kind...
, 4 Issues - Battle Force, 2 issues
- BattleTechBattleTechBattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2000, and owned since 2003 by Topps. The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech by Jordan Weisman and L...
, 6 issues - BattleTech Annual
- Beyond MarsBeyond MarsBeyond Mars was a science fiction comic strip written by Jack Williamson and drawn by Lee Elias. The Sunday strip ran in New York's Daily News from February 17, 1952 to May 13, 1955, initially as a full tabloid page and, near the end, as a half tab...
, 5 issues (later released as two-part trade paperback) - Comic Strip Preserves series
- Boner's ArkBoner's ArkBoner's Ark was an American comic strip created by Mort Walker, also the creator of Beetle Bailey. Walker debuted the strip under the pseudonym "Addison" on March 11, 1968. The title is a reference to Noah's Ark of Abrahamic religions....
, 1 issue - Brenda StarrBrenda StarrBrenda Starr may refer to:* Brenda Starr, Reporter, a comic strip about a female reporter* Brenda Starr, a 1989 film based on the comic strip* Brenda Starr, Reporter, a 1945 film serial based on the comic strip...
Reporter, 2 issues - Smokey StoverSmokey StoverSmokey Stover is an American comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Bill Holman, from 1935 until he retired in 1973. Distributed through the Chicago Tribune, it features the wacky misadventures of the titular fireman, and had the longest run of any comic strip in the "screwball comics"...
, 1 issue - Steve Roper and the WahooSteve Roper and Mike NomadSteve Roper and Mike Nomad was an American adventure comic strip that ran under various earlier titles from November 1936 to December 26, 2004...
, 2 issues - Tales of the Green BeretTales of the Green BeretTales of the Green Beret is a comic strip created by Robin Moore and Joe Kubert. It began as a daily strip, running for 72 numbered strips starting 20 September 1965. The following year it returned daily and Sunday, beginning 4 April, with scripts by Howard Liss...
, 3 issues
- Boner's Ark
- Dick TracyDick TracyDick Tracy is a comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective. Created by Chester Gould, the strip made its debut on October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate...
series- Dick TracyDick TracyDick Tracy is a comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective. Created by Chester Gould, the strip made its debut on October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate...
Book, 21 issues - Dick TracyDick TracyDick Tracy is a comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective. Created by Chester Gould, the strip made its debut on October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate...
(Reuben series), 24 issues - Dick Tracy Monthly/Weekly, 99 issues
- Dick Tracy Special, 3 issues
- Dick Tracy: The Early Years, 4 issues
- Dick Tracy: The Unprinted Stories, 4 issues
- Dick Tracy trade paperback
- Dick Tracy
- The Iger Comics Kingdom trade paperback
- Jerry Iger's Classic Jumbo Comics, 1 issue
- Jerry Iger's Golden Features, 7 issues
- Jerry Iger's National Comics trade paperback
- Jungle Comics, 4 issues
- Kerry DrakeKerry DrakeKerry Drake is the title of a comic strip created for Publishers Syndicate by Alfred Andriola as artist and Allen Saunders as uncredited writer...
, 5 issues - Kirby: King of the Serials, 1 issue
- Little Nemo in Slumberland, 2 issues
- Li'l AbnerLi'l AbnerLi'l Abner is a satirical American comic strip that appeared in many newspapers in the United States, Canada and Europe, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished town of Dogpatch, Kentucky. Written and drawn by Al Capp , the strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through...
(Reuben Series) trade paperback - Official How to Draw series
- Official How to Draw G.I. JoeG.I. JoeG.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier , Action Sailor , Action Pilot , Action Marine and later on, the Action Nurse...
, 3 issues - Official How to Draw RobotechRobotechRobotech is an 85-episode science fiction anime adaptation produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. and first released in the United States in 1985...
, 14 issues - Official How to Draw Transformers, 6 issues
- Official How to Draw G.I. Joe
- On Stage by Leonard StarrMary Perkins, On StageMary Perkins, On Stage is an American newspaper comic strip by Leonard Starr for the Chicago-Tribune-New York News Syndicate. It ran from February, 1957 to September 9, 1979, with the switch to the longer title in 1961...
trade paperback - Prince ValiantPrince ValiantPrince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, or simply Prince Valiant, is a long-run comic strip created by Hal Foster in 1937. It is an epic adventure that has told a continuous story during its entire history, and the full stretch of that story now totals more than 3700 Sunday strips...
graphic novel - Rambo, 1 issue
- Rambo IIIRambo IIIRambo III is an American Action film released on May 25, 1988. It is the third film in the Rambo series following First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II...
, 1 issue - Rover from Gasoline AlleyGasoline AlleyGasoline Alley is a comic strip created by Frank King and currently distributed by Tribune Media Services. First published November 24, 1918, it is the second longest running comic strip in the US and has received critical accolades for its influential innovations...
, 1 issue - Salimba graphic novel
- Star HawksStar HawksStar Hawks is a comic strip written first by Ron Goulart and later by Archie Goodwin, with artwork by Gil Kane. It began on October 3, 1977 and ran through 1981....
, 4 issues - Stories of the West, 2 issues
- Tales of the Jackalope, 7 issues
- TarzanTarzanTarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
, 1 issue - WaxworkWaxwork (1988 film)Waxwork is a 1988 horror comedy film starring Zach Galligan and Deborah Foreman.-Plot:In a small suburban town a wax museum appears, seemingly overnight. The owner invites two college students, Sarah and China, to attend that night with four more guests of their choice...
, 1 issue - WerewolfWerewolf (TV series)Werewolf is an American horror series, and one of the original shows in the Fox network's broadcast line-up during its inaugural season of 1987–1988.The show follows the adventures of Eric Cord Werewolf is an American horror series, and one of the original shows in the Fox network's broadcast...
, 5 issues