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Star Comics was an imprint
Imprint

In the publishing industry, an imprint can refer to two different things:* It can mean a brand name under which a work is published. One single publishing company may have multiple imprints; the different imprints are used by the publisher to marketing the work to different demographic consumer market segment....
 of Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book and related media company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Marvel counts among as its List of Marvel Comics characters such well-known properties as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk , Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many others....
 that began in 1984 and continued to publish comic books until early 1988. Several titles begun under the Star imprint continued under the Marvel brand. Titles published by the imprint were aimed at younger readers and were often adaptations of children's television animated series or toys
Toys

Toys is a 1992 in film surreal comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, and Robin Wright-Penn....
.

re the existence of the Star imprint, Marvel had previously released several mini-series based on licensed toy and cartoon properties, such as the Smurfs and the Starriors.






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Star Comics was an imprint
Imprint

In the publishing industry, an imprint can refer to two different things:* It can mean a brand name under which a work is published. One single publishing company may have multiple imprints; the different imprints are used by the publisher to marketing the work to different demographic consumer market segment....
 of Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book and related media company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Marvel counts among as its List of Marvel Comics characters such well-known properties as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk , Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many others....
 that began in 1984 and continued to publish comic books until early 1988. Several titles begun under the Star imprint continued under the Marvel brand. Titles published by the imprint were aimed at younger readers and were often adaptations of children's television animated series or toys
Toys

Toys is a 1992 in film surreal comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, and Robin Wright-Penn....
.

History

Before the existence of the Star imprint, Marvel had previously released several mini-series based on licensed toy and cartoon properties, such as the Smurfs and the Starriors. Existing ongoing series, based on other licensed toy lines, such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and Transformers, remained under the Marvel banner. Marvel eventually dissolved the Star line but continued to publish licensed properties, such as The Pirates of Dark Water
The Pirates of Dark Water

The Pirates of Dark Water is a fantasy animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Turner Entertainment in the early 1990s. The series followed a group of adventurers on a quest to collect the Thirteen Treasures of Rule, which possessed the combined power to stop an evil substance known as "Dark Water" from consuming the ali...
, under the main Marvel banner.

Fabian Nicieza
Fabian Nicieza

Fabian Nicieza is an United States comic book writer and editing who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, Cable and Deadpool, and Thunderbolts , for all of which he helped create numerous characters....
 was briefly the line's editor in the early-1990s.

Titles

  • Air Raiders (1987-1988; #1-2 under Star imprint)
  • ALF
    ALF (TV series)

    ALF is a half-hour American television sitcom that originally ran on NBC from 1986 to 1990 and was created by Paul Fusco. The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly Extraterrestrials in fiction nicknamed ALF who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle class Tanner family....
     (1987-1991)
  • Animax
    Animax

    is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, its co-founders and shareholders include Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios Sunrise , Toei Animation , TMS Entertainment, and production company NAS ....
     (1986-1987)
  • Bullwinkle and Rocky (1987-1989; #1-2 under Star imprint)
  • Care Bears
    Care Bears

    The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on greeting cards. The original artwork for the cards was painted by artist Elena Kucharik....
     (1985-1989; #1-14 under Star imprint)
  • Chuck Norris And His Karate Kommandos
    Karate Kommandos

    Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos is an United States animated television series from the 1980s. It originally aired in 1986 as a Broadcast syndication five episode mini-series....
     (1987)
  • Defenders of the Earth
    Defenders of the Earth

    Defenders of the Earth is an animated television series produced in the mid 1980s, featuring characters from three comic strips distributed by King Features Syndicate?Flash Gordon, the Phantom , and Mandrake the Magician?battling the Flash Gordon villain Ming the Merciless in the year 2015....
     (1987)
  • The Flintstone Kids
    The Flintstone Kids

    The Flintstone Kids was a 30-minute animated television series spin-off of The Flintstones which followed the adventures of Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Wilma Flintstone, and Betty Rubble as 8 to 10-year-olds with their pet Dino ....
     (1987-1989; #1-4 under Star imprint)
  • Foofur
    Foofur

    Foofur was a short-lived children's animated series created by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Freddy Monnickendam that aired on television in the 1980s....
     (1987-1988; #1-4 under Star imprint)
  • Fraggle Rock
    Fraggle Rock

    Fraggle Rock is a children's television series with a total of 4 seasons and 96 episodes that originally ran from January 10, 1983 to March 30, 1987 on HBO in the United States, CBC Television in Canada, TV2 in New Zealand and ITV in the United Kingdom....
     (volume 1:1985-1986 under Star imprint; volume 2:1988 under Marvel)
  • The Get-Along Gang
    The Get-Along Gang

    The Get Along Gang were characters created in 1984 by American Greetings' toy design and licensing division, Those Characters from Cleveland , for a series of greeting cards....
     (1985-1986)
  • Heathcliff
    Heathcliff (comic strip)

    Heathcliff is a comic strip created by George Gately in 1973 featuring an eponymous cat. Now written and drawn by Gately's nephew, Peter Gallagher, it is distributed to over 1000 newspapers by Creators Syndicate, who took over the comic from McNaught Syndicate in 1988....
     (1985-1991; #1-22 under Star imprint)
  • Heathcliff's Funhouse
    Heathcliff (comic strip)

    Heathcliff is a comic strip created by George Gately in 1973 featuring an eponymous cat. Now written and drawn by Gately's nephew, Peter Gallagher, it is distributed to over 1000 newspapers by Creators Syndicate, who took over the comic from McNaught Syndicate in 1988....
     (1987-1988; #1-5 under Star imprint)
  • Hugga Bunch
    Hugga Bunch

    The Hugga Bunch was a 1980s toy line. The backstory of the character was they were cute characters who lived in a place called "Huggaland" and loved being hugged. The line also inspired a Primetime Emmy Award winning made-for-TV movie....
     (1986-1987)
  • Inhumanoids
    Inhumanoids

    'Inhumanoids' was an animated series based on a Hasbro toy property in 1986. In the tradition of other Hasbro properties such as Transformers , G.I....
     (1987)
  • Madballs
    Madballs

    Madballs were a series of toy rubber balls with strange and disgusting faces created by AmToy, a subsidiary company of American Greetings in the mid-1980s....
     (1986-1988; #1-8 under Star imprint)
  • Masters of the Universe
    Masters of the Universe

    Masters of the Universe is a media franchise created by Mattel. Among List of Masters of the Universe characters, it features the fictional characters of He-Man and Skeletor on planet Eternia....
     (1986-1988)
  • Masters of the Universe: The Motion Picture
    Masters of the Universe (film)

    Masters of the Universe is a 1987 in film science fiction/fantasy film based on the Masters of the Universe. The movie stars Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor....
     (1987)
  • Misty by Trina Robbins
    Trina Robbins

    Trina Robbins is an United States comics artist and writer. She was an early and influential participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the few female artists in underground comix when she started....
     (six-issue limited series
    Limited series

    A limited series is a comic book series with a set number of issues. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production, and it differs from a One-shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....
     1985-1986)
  • Muppet Babies
    Muppet Babies

    Jim Henson's Muppet Babies was an United States List of animated television series that aired from September 15, 1984 to December 29, 1990 on CBS, Nickelodeon in first-run episodes, and then until 1992 in reruns....
     (1985-1989; #1-17 under Star imprint)
  • The Muppets Take Manhattan
    The Muppets Take Manhattan

    The Muppets Take Manhattan is the third of a series of live-action musical film feature films starring Jim Henson's Muppets, and the final film before Henson's death....
     (1984-1985)
  • Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985-1987)
  • Planet Terry
    Planet Terry

    Planet Terry was an United States science fiction comic book aimed at young children. Published by Star Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics, the title lasted 12 issues, from April 1985 to March 1986....
     (1985-1986)
  • Popples
    Popples

    Popples was a series of fictional characters created by Those Characters From Cleveland , a subsidiary company of American Greetings, and the plush toys were manufactured by Mattel....
     (1986-1987)
  • Royal Roy
    Royal Roy

    Royal Roy: A Prince of a Boy was a short-lived comic book title from the Marvel Comics younger readers' imprint Star Comics; it lasted six issues....
     (1985-1986)
  • Silverhawks
    Silverhawks

    Silverhawks was an animated television series developed by Rankin/Bass and distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1986. In total, 65 episodes were made....
     (1987-1988; #1-5 under Star imprint)
  • Star Comics Digest a.k.a. Star Comics Magazine (1986-1988)
  • Star Wars: Droids
    Star Wars: Droids

    Star Wars: Droids, also known as Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO, was an animated television series that featured the exploits of R2-D2 and C-3PO, the droids who have appeared in all six Star Wars films....
     (1986-1987)
  • Star Wars: Ewoks
    Star Wars: Ewoks

    Star Wars: Ewoks is an United States/Canada animated television series featuring the Ewok characters introduced in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi....
     (1985-1987)
  • Strawberry Shortcake
    Strawberry Shortcake

    Strawberry Shortcake is a Licensing#Artwork and character licensing owned by American Greetings, originally used in greeting cards and expanded to include dolls, posters, and other products....
     (1985-1986)
  • ThunderCats
    ThunderCats (comics)

    The ThunderCats comic book series was based on a television series ThunderCats. It was originally published by Marvel Comics through its Star Comics imprint....
     (1985-1988; #1-24 under Star imprint)
  • Top Dog (1985-1987)
  • Visionaries (1987; #1-2 under Star imprint)
  • Wally the Wizard (1985-1986)


Additionally, three Star Comics series were planned yet never published:
  • Christy
  • Little Wizards
  • Young Astronauts