Concepts
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Non-Canon
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Universal Century
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Minotaur Press
Minotaur Press is a sub-division of Top Cow imprint under Image Comics.
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Homage Comics
A former WildStorm imprint starting in 1995, first under Image and then under DC Comics when Wildstorm was acquired in 1998. It ended in 2004 when merged with Cliffhanger imprint to form "Wildstorm Signature Series".
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KBooks
Imprint of Delcourt for Korean books.
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Cliffhanger
An imprint for Wildstorm that was created while the studio was published by Image, ultimately most of its issues were published by DC after the sale of Wildstorm.
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Neo-Noir
The neo-noir subgenre refers to crime dramas and mysteries produced from the mid-1960s to the present that, while they are generally shot in color and do not always emulate the visual style of classic film noir, often borrow the themes, archetypes, and plots made famous by the film noir genre.
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America's Best Comics
A comic imprint of WildStorm (intended for its time under Image but ultimately only existed under DC), the Imprint would find life in 1999. Activity grew to a halt with the departure of Alan Moore in 2007 or in 2006 with Alan Moore having Tom Strong finish with a tie-in to Promethea's apocalypses. Briefly reactivated in 2010 with a new Tom Strong story by Hogan but fully abandoned in 2011 and absorbed into DC through various other forms.
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Humanoids / DC Comics
A short-lived partnership where DC published for Humanoids from 2004-2005, before and after this Humanoids published in the American market on their own.
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Marvel / Soleil
Collaboration between the French publisher Soleil and Marvel.
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Epic
A Marvel imprint initially formed in 1982 that went defunct in the mid-1990s, but saw a mild resurgence a decade later. The Epic imprint catered to mature audiences and published mostly creator owned work.
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Bootlegging
Illegal manufacture, transport, distribution, or sale of alcoholic beverages
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Statix Press
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Icon Comics
Icon Comics is an imprint of Marvel Comics for creator-owned titles.
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Blaze Program
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Unreliable Narrator
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Max Comics
Marvel imprint featuring explicit, uncensored content such as sex, language, and violence.
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Zuda Comics
A DC Comics digital division, closed down in July 2010.
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Magicpunk
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Art Deco
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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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