Double Take Comics

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Double Take LLC
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Comic books
FoundedOctober 30, 2014;9 years ago (2014-10-30)
Founder Bill Jemas
DefunctNovember 2016 (2016-11)
Fate Dissolved
Headquarters
New York City
,
US
Key people
Bill Jemas (general manager)
Parent Take-Two Interactive

Double Take LLC, commonly referred to as Double Take Comics, was an American comic book publisher based in New York City. Founded by former Marvel Comics executive Bill Jemas as a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive in October 2014, the company served as Take-Two Interactive's pilot project in comic book publishing. The company published five issues each from ten original comic book series, and was shut down in November 2016.

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History

Double Take Comics was founded by Bill Jemas, formerly President of Marvel Comics, as a subsidiary of video game company Take-Two Interactive. [1] Jemas announced on December 20, 2013, that he was to preparing to launch a new comic book imprint with Take-Two Interactive, although a final direction had not yet been chosen. [2] Take-Two Interactive had previously filed trademarks for possible names of the label, including Codex, Carante, and Double Take. [2] Jemas settled on Double Take, and its opening was formally announced on October 30, 2014. [3] [4]

All comic book series published by Double Take were inspired by and set in an alternate reality of Night of the Living Dead . [5] [6] Jemas originally also considered creating comics on XCOM , BioShock and Civilization , three video game franchises owned by Take-Two Interactive, but could not come to terms with the respective game studios. [7] He went Night of the Living Dead instead, seeing that the intellectual property was in the public domain, and because he felt like zombies were popular at the time. [8] Jemas planned on distributing the comics digitally, through ComiXology and Madefire, and produce print versions later on. [9]

The first issues of Double Take's first ten comic book series, namely Soul, Slab, Dedication, Rise, Medic, Honor, Spring, Home, Remote and Z-Men, were announced in March 2015. [10] All ten first issues were released on September 16, 2015, [11] with the release schedule being assisted by marketing coordinator Gabe Yocum. [12] A movie adaptation of Z-Men, in cooperation with Lionsgate, was announced in October 2015. [13] [14] In February 2016, Double Take partnered with The Moth to bring more realism into their releases. [15]

In September 2016, the company gave away 10,000 printed copies of their releases to visitors of the New York Comic Con. [16] In October 2016, it was reported that Jemas was seeking US$1.2 million from private investors to purchase Double Take from Take-Two Interactive. [17] Jemas initially denied the claim, stating "not even close", however, it was announced in November 2016 that the company was to close at the end of that month. [18] [19] Four spin-off series of their works, Z-Mart, Behold, 51 and Alphabet City, which were set to be released in December 2016, were never published. [20]

Books published

ReleaseTitle
September 16, 2015Dedication #1: Dead Stock
Home #1: Lighter than Air
Medic #1: Flatline
Rise #1: Sister's Keeper
Slab #1: The Doctor Is in
Soul #1: Friendly Fire
Spring #1: Born Again
Z-Men #1: Nervous in the Service
Honor #1: Protect. Serve. Beat. Burn.
Remote #1: Dead Air
November 11, 2015Dedication #2: Midnight Snack
Home #2: Thicker than Water
Honor #2: Dead Badge of Courage
Medic #2: Undead on Arrival
Remote #2: Radio Silence
Rise #2: Last Generation
Slab #2: Fresh Flesh
Soul #2: Good Mourning
Spring #2: Undertow
Z-Men #2: All the President's Men
February 24, 2016Dedication #3: Checked Out
Home #3: Dinner Is Served
Honor #3: Blood Brigade
Medic #3: Graveyard Shift
Remote #3: Live at Five
Rise #3: You Can't Go Home Again
Slab #3: Bare Bones
Soul #3: Free Fall
Spring #3: Sink or Swim
Z-Men #3: The Thing they Carried
June 1, 2016Dedication #4: Clean Up on Aisle Z
Home #4: Flesh and Blood
Honor #4: Insurrection
Medic #4: Intensive Scare
Remote #4: Technical Difficulties
Rise #4: Born Against
Slab #4: Doctor's Orders
Soul #4: No Saint's Day
Spring #4: Level Up
Z-Men #4: Home of the Grave
August 24, 2016Dedication #5: Z-Mart
Home #5: Reunion
Honor #5: Justice
Medic #5: In Stitches
Remote #5: Play it Again
Rise #5: Fall
Slab #5: Rigor
Soul #5: Rest in Peace
Spring #5: Torrent
Z-Men #5: Rabridge

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