Comic book imprint of WildStorm
Cliffhanger
was an
imprint
of
Wildstorm
,
[1]
publishing
creator-owned
comic books
. It was founded in 1998 by
Joe Madureira
,
J. Scott Campbell
and
Humberto Ramos
,
[2]
when Wildstorm was still part of
Image Comics
(the studio has since been sold to
DC Comics
).
[3]
The imprint ended in summer of 2004 when it was merged with the
Homage Comics
line to form the Wildstorm Signature Series.
History
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The imprint's first release was Campbell's spy series
Danger Girl
in March 1998, followed by the first issue of Madureira's fantasy series
Battle Chasers
a month later and Ramos' teen-vampire series
Crimson
in May.
On the other hand, the third Cliffhanger title, Ramos'
Crimson
, became the longest running series of the line, going on for 24 issues before its conclusion in February 2001.
In spring 2000,
Chris Bachalo
and author
Joe Kelly
created the imprint's fourth title,
Steampunk
. It was followed by Ramos' second Cliffhanger title,
Out There
, in May 2001.
While there were several new miniseries published by the line through 2002 and 2003, like
High Roads
by writer
Scott Lobdell
and artist
Leinil Francis Yu
,
Arrowsmith
by
Kurt Busiek
and
Carlos Pacheco
,
The Possessed
by
Geoff Johns
and
Kris Grimminger
with art by
Liam Sharp
and
Kamikaze
, written by Olallo Rubio with art by
Francisco Herrera
, the imprint had lost most of its initial charm and star-power when the original founders stopped their titles.
In late 2003, the imprint was also used to publish
Epicurus the Sage
and
The Maxx
trade paperbacks with material that was previously published by Image Comics, before it was finally merged with Homage Comics in 2004 to form the Wildstorm Signature Series.
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