Concepts
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Marvel Knights
Marvel Knights is an imprint of Marvel Comics containing standalone material taking place within the main Marvel continuity.
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Dark Circle Comics
Formerly known as Red Circle Comics, this imprint from Archie Comics continues the tradition of telling genre-defying superhero stories.
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Focus
DC Focus was a short-lived DC Comics imprint intended to focus on super powered characters outside of the traditional superhero genre. Four titles were published under the label, including Hard Time, Kinetic, Fraction and Touch. Poor sales resulted in the label becoming defunct, and the series Hard Time, which was popular enough for a second series, was published under the normal DC logo instead.
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CMX
Starting in 2004, CMX was DC's Manga imprint (as part of Wildstorm Productions) that reprinted Asian Manga/Manhwa for the American market. It received some criticism for censoring. The imprint ended in 2010.
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Minx
A former imprint of DC Comics that was aimed for teenage girls. Lifespan: 2007-2008
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Monster Girls
Monster Girls are usually mythological monsters in form of sexualized women.
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Tangent Comics
Tangent Comics is an imprint of DC Comics which debuted in 1997 as a five-week event. Its stories dealt with radically revised versions and concepts of well-known DC characters and places.
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Heist
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Paradox Press
A DC Comics Imprint starting in 1993 (and lasting until 2001) that was to focus on mature reader and creator owned projects in genres such as crime and alternative comics but which differed from DC's other mature readers label, Vertigo.
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Factoid Books
A sub-imprint of DC by way of Paradox Press.
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Illusions
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Homelessness
Homelessness is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing. The struggle is real for both real people and comic book characters.
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Piranha Press
Piranha Press was an imprint of DC Comics and their first attempt at a creator-owned, mature readers line of comics. Starting in 1989, the line was a response to capture the popularity of "alternative comics" at the time. The imprint lasted until 1994.
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Marvel Music
Short lived Marvel Comics imprint that focused on music-themed comics. The imprint existed in the early to mid 1990's and focused on comics for music-related characters.
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Dark Horse Maverick
Former Dark Horse imprint for creator-owned material.
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Apparat
Apparat Singles Group, or simply Apparat, is a label created by Warren Ellis and published by Avatar Comics.
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Helix
A very short-lived DC imprint known as the "science fiction imprint". Introduced in mid-'96, died in mid-'98. Two year life, their most well-known title being Transmetropolitan which is now associated with Vertigo (since Vertigo took over all Helix titles after the imprint died).
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Clone Wars
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The Unnamed
The Unnamed is the brain child of Geoff Johns, through his production company, Ghost Machine. It centers on strange heroes throughout both America's history and future, fighting The Unknown War.
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Board Games
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Pulsar
Pulsar is an imprint of Avatar Press.
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Dawn of DC
Yearlong storytelling initiative after the events of Infinite Frontier.
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Paedophile Ring
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Jazz
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Astral Projection
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Drug Trafficking
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Guy Fawkes Night
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain, involving bonfires and fireworks displays.
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Time Skip
A gap in a story to show how things have progressed.
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Illegal Arms Trade
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From the World of Black Hammer
The universe of Black Hammer created by Jeff Lemire.
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Earth-85
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Radiant
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Antisemitism
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20th Century Studios
20th Century Studios is an imprint of Marvel that focuses on established characters and franchises from the film studio of the same name.
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DC Round Robin
An annual knockout game between various DC mini-series. The winner gets a release.
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Earth-63
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Flashforward
A flash of a future, usually in a vision form.
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Outerverse
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Mad Pirate Comics Exclusive Variant Cover
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Dark Phoenix Exclusive Variant Cover
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Ideaverse
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Earth-1993
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Shoujo
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Timepoint
The Timepoint lies outside the normal space-time continuum and is the base of operations for the Epoch, Lord of Time.
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