My Favorite Dark Horse Comics from the 1990s
The title pretty much says it all. I was 16 in 1990, and so through my late adolescence and early 20s, these were the comics that secured a place for Dark Horse in my heart. Enjoy.
The title pretty much says it all. I was 16 in 1990, and so through my late adolescence and early 20s, these were the comics that secured a place for Dark Horse in my heart. Enjoy.
The cover of the first issue had me with Aliens vs. ninjas, but the story therein proved to be just as compelling as the cover concept.
The John Bolton covers initially attracted me to this series, and I was further intrigued seeing that Chris Claremont (X-Men) wrote it. Jackson Guice's interiors are also fantastic.
To my recollection, this four-issue limited series was Dark Horse's first use of Badger outside of crossovers. I love this character, and hope some exciting creative team picks him up in the near future.
Reprints of Al Williamson's Star Wars comic strips, with gorgeous covers, I'm ill-prepared to recall more beautifully illustrated Star Wars art.
A one-shot written and illustrated by John Byrne. Hey, kids! Nudity! Ahem! Anyway, this story was excellent science fiction, and a nice distraction from the Next Men and some of his other Dark Horse projects that I really didn't care for.
I'll admit that my interest wandered a bit after Adam Hughes stopped doing the interiors for this series, but Ghost was one of the more compelling super-hero books to come out of Dark Horse, and I am glad that she is being revisited today.
Art Adams + Godzilla= F*** yeah!
This two-issue limited series and its four-issue sequel, Devil's Choices, were the comics that convinced teenaged-me that Dark Horse was just as adept--perhaps better--at presenting good stories as Marvel or DC.
I haven't read Warchild yet, but this three-issue limited sold me on Sarah. Also, the cityscape is as effective at creating a window for this storyworld as the characters do.
Herein lie more characters I think have been underused in comicdom. Sadly, I couldn't even name other books either writer Paul Guinan or artist Anina Bennett have worked on, and this is sad because both show a lot of talent in this continuation of a Dark Horse Presents story.
What a gateway to other weirdo interests of mine this proved to be. I think Mike Mignola and I should have long conversations over a warm pint sitting in a quiet pub. Yes. That needs to happen someday...
I think I picked this up after reading an article about it in the late and unlamented Wizard: The Guide to Comics, but Mike Allred's art and the story was so zany and fun, I couldn't stop raving about the book to my friends.
MORE. Please?
Pretty please??
With respect to DC, Dynamite, and Marvel, this is how a Tarzan comic should be done.
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