Dark Horse Comics

"Our goal was to create sequels and prequels to the films we loved, paying careful attention to quality and detail, essentially treating those films as though they were our own. Star Wars has been the crown jewel of this approach."
―Mike Richardson, on the end of Dark Horse's initial Star Wars publishing run[5]

Dark Horse Comics is a publisher of comic books that over the years has produced many licensed works, a large number of which take place in the Star Wars universe.

History

Dark Horse began publishing comics in 1986 and soon it published titles tied to film properties, such as Alien/Predator, Terminator and others. It first published for Star Wars with Star Wars: Dark Empire in 1991,[6] taking over from the earlier Marvel Star Wars comics. While Dark Horse artists took liberties and deviated from other original properties, Star Wars demanded continuity; drawn characters looked like their respective actors, and ships and droids looked like their movie models.[7]

Unlike the "rudderless days" of Marvel, with comics created without influence from Lucasfilm, Dark Horse titles were tied directly with the rest of the Expanded Universe, and developed a creative dialogue with Lucasfilm both for Star Wars and Indiana Jones.[7]

It republished and produced several compilations of works, including the aforementioned Marvel works, in a collection of trade paperbacks known as Star Wars Omnibus. The Omnibus imprint was also used for other fictional universes, such as Indiana Jones and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Dark Horse has a division called Dark Horse Digital, which allows customers to view comics online.

On January 3, 2014, Disney announced that the Star Wars comics license would move from Dark Horse back to Marvel in 2015.[8] After a six-year hiatus, it was announced on November 18, 2021, that Dark Horse would return to publishing Star Wars comics alongside Marvel in 2022. Multiple series are planned for the new program, with initial titles being part of the Star Wars: The High Republic publishing initiative[9] published in the spring of 2022. This re-launch of the Dark Horse Star Wars brand also includes one-shots, graphic novels, anthologies, and more.[10]

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Published series

Legends

Republished Marvel series

Republished Marvel collections

Republished PhotoComics

Series

Miniseries

One-shots

Published collections

Published omnibus collections

Published 30th anniversary collections

Manga

Graphic novellas

Novellas

Canon

Series

Miniseries

One-shots

Published collections

Republished IDW collections

Graphic novels

Current series

Miniseries

Forthcoming series

Miniseries

Graphic novels

Forthcoming collections

Sources

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Notes and references

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 HorselessHeadman History on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)
  2. ↑ HorselessHeadman Contact Dark Horse on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 HorselessHeadman Embracer Group Successfully Acquires Dark Horse Media on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Panel to Panel
  5. ↑ Star Wars Insider 151
  6. ↑ HorselessHeadman Timeline on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
  8. ↑ StarWars.com Disney's Lucasfilm and Marvel Entertainment Join Forces to Publish Star Wars Comics and Graphic Novels on StarWars.com (backup link)
  9. ↑ StarWars.com Dark Horse Comics Returns to the Star Wars Galaxy on StarWars.com (backup link)
  10. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: Best of 2021 on StarWars.com (backup link)

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