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Comic Book Publishers & Lists of Their Comics

Much like any literature, comics are produced, manufactured and created within individual publishing houses. While it may seem at first glance that heroes like Batman and Spider-Man are cut from the same cloth, they are in fact part of different publishing lines. The same can be said for popular comics outside the superhero realm like The Walking Dead, Preacher, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (to name a few).

Each publisher has different licenses, proprietary intellectual property, or new creator-owned ideas establishing the foundation of their collective output. Below you’ll find guides to each of the top publishers in the comic book industry, from the “Big 2” of Marvel and DC to smaller more independently operated publishers such as Fantagraphics or Valiant.

Collections of comics

Marvel

DC

Star Wars (published by Marvel, but big enough for its own guide!)

Image

Dark Horse

Vertigo

Valiant

Archie Comics

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Black Mask

Dynamite

 

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  1. Dan says

    September 23, 2023 at 6:33 am

    Wheres IDW?

    Reply
  2. Chris Badiata says

    June 13, 2022 at 8:43 am

    I need someone to help me publish my comic manuscript.

    Reply
  3. Bryant says

    November 26, 2021 at 10:09 am

    I know it’s an unfinished universe but any interest/capacity to try doing the aughts comic universe of CrossGen? My favorite “third” universe growing up and seemingly every new artist they had became a superstar especially at Marvel! McNiven, Land, Cheung And more so you know it would look great at least!

    Reply
  4. Ms F says

    February 22, 2021 at 6:47 am

    I am wanting to do a unit with my middle schoolers on character development…. I’d LIKE to get a comic book for each student and have them explore the static vs dynamic characters introduced in the story… I need help finding a source that I can afford from my own pocket (100+ comics) AND has stories and characters that are school appropriate but still interesting stories for 7th grade. Any suggestions?

    Reply
    • Robert says

      March 2, 2021 at 8:14 am

      turma da monica

      Reply
    • Lucas Skoff says

      March 15, 2021 at 12:29 am

      Hello, I am sure you could reach out to Marvel to get some sort of group username and password to use for a limited time with Marvel Unlimited. The latest comics from 2018, Marvel Fresh Start are all school appropriate, in general Marvel runs PG-13.

      Thank you have a great day.

      Reply
    • Joanne W says

      February 10, 2022 at 1:42 pm

      If you’re still in the market for school appropriate comics, check out Indie publisher Scout Comics. They have a line of all-ages comic books (Scoot Imprint) that retail for just $1.99. http://www.scoutcomics.com

      Reply
  5. Fasasi Fuhad says

    December 16, 2020 at 2:05 am

    I need a publisher for my comic book
    (N.O.V.A)

    Reply
    • Paul Dale Roberts says

      February 20, 2021 at 8:18 pm

      Have Lulu Publishing do it.

      Reply
  6. Luis says

    August 22, 2020 at 8:57 pm

    I got a 3.5 million dollar movie, need a coming book company to publish the movie in comic book form.
    Info@kreativeuniverse.com

    Reply
  7. Dylan says

    May 25, 2020 at 1:27 pm

    I am thinking about drawing comics and graphic novels and writing the storylines. I am also thinking about making graphic novel book covers.

    Reply

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