Companies
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Jochen Enterprises
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Togetsu Shobo
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Big Bang Comics
A brand of comics featuring heroes that are homages to the heroes of the Golden and Silver ages. Many of the heroes are based on popular characters already in existence.
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Zwerchfell
German publisher.
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ASGMC
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Semic/Nordisk Forlag AS
Norwegian publisher.
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Heavy Metal
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Defiant
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Claypool Comics
Defunct American comic book publisher (1993-2007).
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Bongo
Bongo Comics Group is a comic book publisher founded by Matt Groening (and others) that publishes comics based on his properties including The Simpsons and Futurama.
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Alpha Productions
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Stuffed Rock Studio
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Egmont Lietuva
Lithuanian publisher.
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Creator-Owned
In terms of quantity, it is much more common for characters to be creator-owned (or company-licensed) than owned by their publisher. However, in comics two of the biggest publishers worldwide (DC and Marvel) traditionally own all their characters. This page is meant to help distinguish characters that are owned by the creator from those owned by the publisher in cases where it's not immediately obvious.
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Tundra UK
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Topps Comics
Topps Comics is a division of the American trading card publisher and gum/candy distributor the Topps Company, Inc. that published comic books from 1993–1998.
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Revolutionary
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Mirage
An American comic book publisher most famous of its "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Comics.
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Image
Image Comics was founded in 1992 by a group of high-profile comic book writers and artists, as a way to publish stories owned by creators rather than the company itself. They are now one of the largest comic book publishers in the United States.
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Special Studio
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Pocket Books
American book company that published books that are well, pocket sized
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Harris Comics
Comic book publishing arm of Harris Publications
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Granata Press
Italian publisher, founded in 1990 in Bologna; it closed in 1996.
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Kemura Bungando
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Cartoon Books
A company set up by cartoonist Jeff Smith in 1991 to publish his series "Bone".
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Antarctic Press
Antarctic Press is a Texas-based comic book publishing company which focuses on "American Manga" stylized comic books as well producing "how-to" and "you-can" comics, instructing readers on the many areas of comic book creation and craft.
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Metal Blade Records, Inc.
Metal music record label.
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Valiant/Acclaim
Valiant Comics began as an imprint of Voyager Communications, established in 1989 in part by former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. It was discontinued in 1996 after being bought out by Acclaim Entertainment. After Acclaim closed its doors in 2004, the publisher was revived as Valiant Entertainment and has been publishing new material since May 2012.
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Čtyřlístek S.R.O.
Czech publisher.
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Tundra
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Epix
Swedish publisher. Mostly adult comics.
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Northstar
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Mu Press
MU Press (Miscellanea Unlimited Press) was an independent comic book publisher based in Seattle, Washington, which operated 1990-2006. MU Press was one of the industry's most prolific "furry" comic publishers, while its mid-90's imprint Aeon Publications specialized in alternative fare. MU Press was founded by writer/editor Edd Vick. Notable creators associated with MU/Aeon included Donna Barr, Ed Brubaker, Matt Howarth, Milton Knight, David Lasky, Colin Upton, and Taral Wayne.
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Millennium Publications
American publisher
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King Hell
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Disney
Walt Disney's legacy.
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Brave New Words
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American Red Cross
American publisher.
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Sanyosha
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Play Press
Italian publisher, founded in 1986 by Mario Ferri. Play Press published in Italy some Marvel Comics after the end of Editoriale Corno.
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Parker Editore
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Palliard Press
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Malibu
A publisher bought out by Marvel in 1994.
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Innovation
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