Dark Horse Comics Goes Pre-Code
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DARK HORSE COMICS GOES PRE-CODE!
DARK HORSE PUBLISHES RARE & OUT-OF-PRINT ARCHIVES!
May 16, MILWAUKIE, OR—With a jaw-dropping
selection of well-known titles, accurate color restoration, uncoated off-white
paper, and an impressive roster of foreword writers, Dark Horse Archives is
hitting another peak season this year with a lineup of pre-Code collections!
This heavy-hitting year will see more volumes
in the Crime Does Not Pay Archives series, with engaging forewords
from Greg Rucka and Howard Chaykin. Adventures into the Unknown
Archives will feature a series of essays by Bruce Jones, focusing on
the long-running horror anthology and the climate that led to the Comics Code Authority.
Historian Dan Nadel will provide enlightening
introductions for Forbidden Worlds Archives—a true “grab bag” anthology
where anything strange, fantastic, or horrific can happen—and
writer/artist/historian Michael T. Gilbert will write a series of
information-packed foreword pieces for Silver Streak Archives Featuring the
Original Daredevil.
“The comics found in these collections are
incredibly hard to find, expensive, and full of freewheeling, pre-Code fun (and
sometimes viscera). It’s a joy to be able to handle these comics and work on
these collections—but a bigger joy comes from being able to bring these stories
to new readers and to finally assign credits to some creators who have been
uncredited for decades!” said Dark Horse editor Philip Simon.
The comics in these anthologies are seen as
revered and influential—but they’ve been impossible to find. Now Dark Horse is
making these gems available in affordable collections for discussion,
dissection, and inspiration!
Adventures
into the Unknown Archives Volume 1 is on sale May 30,
2012.
Silver
Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil Volume 1 is on sale June 27, 2012.
Crime
Does Not Pay Archives Volume
2 is on sale July 11, 2012.
Forbidden
Worlds Archives Volume 1 is on sale December 12,
2012.
About Dark Horse
Founded
in1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid
example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique
storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an
industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and
creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In
addition to publishing comics from top talent such as Frank Miller, Mike
Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Brian Wood, Gerard Way, Felicia Day, Guillermo
Del Toro and comics legends such as Will Eisner, Neal Adams, and Jim
Steranko, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties such
as The Mask, Ghost, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Its successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Mass Effect, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys, Serenity, and Domo.
Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher
in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of
both creator-owned content and licensed comics material.
