George Andrew Romero Jr. was an American-Canadian film director, writer, editor and actor. His Night of the Living Dead series of films about a zombie apocalypse began with the original Night of the Living Dead (1968) and is considered a major contributor to the image of the zombie in modern culture. Other films in the series include Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985).
MAX Comics is an imprint of Marvel Comics specializing in comic book media aimed at adult-only readers. It was launched in 2001 after Marvel broke with the Comics Code Authority and established its own rating system.
Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for co-creating The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Invincible, Tech Jacket, Outcast, Oblivion Song, and Fire Power for Image Comics, in addition to writing Ultimate X-Men, Irredeemable Ant-Man and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt.
Marvel Zombies is a five-issue limited series published from December 2005 to April 2006 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Robert Kirkman with art by Sean Phillips and covers by Arthur Suydam. It was the first series in the Marvel Zombies series of related stories. The story is set in an alternate universe where the world's superhero population has been infected with a virus which turned them into zombies. The series was spun out of events of the crossover story-arc of Ultimate Fantastic Four, where the zombie Reed Richards tricked his Ultimate counterpart into opening a portal to the zombie universe only for the latter to contain the former from ever coming to his universe.
David Hine is an English comic book writer and artist, known for his work on Silent War and The Bulletproof Coffin.
Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness is a five-issue 2007 comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics in association with Dynamite Entertainment, an intercompany crossover in which Ash Williams, hero of the popular Evil Dead film and comic book, finds himself in the Marvel Zombies setting, a world of flesh-eating zombified Marvel Comics heroes.
Star Wars comics have been produced by various comic book publishers since the debut of the 1977 film Star Wars. Marvel Comics launched its original series in 1977, beginning with a six-issue comic adaptation of the film and running for 107 issues, including an adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back. Marvel also released an adaptation of Return of the Jedi and spin-offs based on Droids and Ewoks. A self-titled comic strip ran in American newspapers between 1979 and 1984. Blackthorne Publishing released a three-issue run of 3-D comics from 1987 to 1988.
Fred Van Lente from Chagrin Falls, Ohio is an American writer, primarily of comic books and graphic novels.
Marvel Zombies 3 is a four-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics beginning in October 2008. It is part of the Marvel Zombies series. The series is written by Fred Van Lente, penciled by Kev Walker, with covers by Greg Land.
Marvel Zombies is a comic book metaseries published by Marvel Comics. The series features zombie versions of Marvel Universe superheroes and supervillains who have been portrayed as both protagonists and antagonists through the different limited series within the metaseries.
Marvel Now! is a comic book branding for the relaunch of several ongoing comic books published by Marvel Comics, that debuted in October 2012 with new #1 issues. The relaunch also included some new titles, including Uncanny Avengers and All-New X-Men. Described as a shifting of the Marvel Universe following the conclusion of the "Avengers vs. X-Men" storyline, Marvel Now! entailed changes to both the publishing format and the universe to attract new readers. Publishing changes included new creative teams for each of the titles and the in-universe changes included changes to character designs and new storylines. It marked the next stage of the Marvel ReEvolution initiative, which began in March 2012. The original run went through several waves before coming to an end in May 2015 at the start of the "Secret Wars" storyline. A second Marvel Now!, Marvel Now! 2.0, debuted in 2016 following the "Civil War II" storyline. Marvel Now! 2.0 was followed in 2017 by Marvel Legacy.
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.
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - The Battle of Tull is a five-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. It is the eighth comic book miniseries based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. It is plotted by Robin Furth, scripted by Peter David, and illustrated by Michael Lark, Stefano Gaudiano, and Richard Isanove. Stephen King is the Creative and Executive Director of the project. The first issue was published on June 1, 2011.
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - The Way Station is a five-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. It is the ninth comic book miniseries based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. It is plotted by Robin Furth, scripted by Peter David, and illustrated by Laurence Campbell and Richard Isanove. Stephen King is the Creative and Executive Director of the project. The first issue was published on December 14, 2011.
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Sheemie's Tale is a two-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. It is the second non-sequential comic book limited series based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. It is plotted and scripted by Robin Furth, with illustrations by Richard Isanove. Stephen King is the Creative and Executive Director of the project. The first issue was published on January 9, 2013.
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Evil Ground is a two-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. It is the third non-sequential comic book limited series based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. It is plotted by Robin Furth, scripted by Peter David, and illustrated by Richard Isanove and Dean White. Stephen King is the Creative and Executive Director of the project. The first issue was published on April 3, 2013.
The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - Bitter Medicine is a five-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. It is the fourteenth comic book miniseries based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. It is plotted by Robin Furth, scripted by Peter David, and illustrated by Jonathan Marks and Lee Loughridge, with covers by Nimit Malavia. Stephen King is the Creative and Executive Director of the project. The first issue was published on April 20, 2016.
The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - The Sailor is a five-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. It is the fifteenth comic book miniseries based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. It is plotted by Robin Furth, scripted by Peter David, and illustrated by Juanan Ramirez with Cory Hamscher and Jesus Aburtov with Federico Blee, with covers by Jay Anacleto and Romulo Fajardo Jr. Stephen King is the Creative and Executive Director of the project. The first issue was published on October 12, 2016.
The Dark Tower: Guide to Gilead is a one-shot comic book sourcebook published by Marvel Comics. It is the fifth non-sequential companion publication released as an extension of the comic book series based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. Released one week before The Dark Tower: The Sorcerer, The Dark Tower: End-World Almanac features excerpts of series content by Robin Furth, Peter David, Jae Lee, and Richard Isanove, with additional writing by Anthony Flamini and additional interior art by David Yardin and Val Staples. The sourcebook serves to give background on the people, places, and mythology of the Dark Tower series. The issue was published on April 8, 2009.
The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three / Revenge Sampler is a free, two-sided one-shot comic book preview published by Marvel Comics. It is the sixth non-sequential companion publication released as an extension of the comic book series based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. Released five weeks in advance of the first issue of The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - The Prisoner, The Drawing of the Three / Revenge Sampler features rough/black-and-white renditions of series artwork by Piotr Kowalski as well as cover art by Julian Totino Tedesco and variant cover art by Christian Ward. The flipside of the release features a preview of the graphic novel Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne, written by Erica Schultz with interior art by Vincenzo Balzano and cover art by Dustin Nguyen. The issue was published on July 30, 2014.
