Paramount Comics
was a
comic book
imprint
of
Marvel Comics
that was active for about two years beginning in 1996.
[1]
The imprint was the result of a deal between Marvel and
Paramount Pictures
to produce licensed comic book series based upon the entertainment company's franchises
Mission: Impossible
(in particular the soon-to-be-launched film series) and
Star Trek
.
[
citation needed
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The agreement resulted in
DC Comics
and
Malibu Comics
abruptly losing the rights to publish their own
Star Trek
comics series.
[
citation needed
]
The first comic published under the Paramount Comics banner was a
prequel
to the
first
Mission: Impossible
film
(and the first
M:I
comic since
Dell Comics
ended their series in the early 1970s). This was followed soon after by
a one-shot crossover between
Star Trek
and Marvel's superhero team, the
X-Men
. After that, Marvel launched a series of comics based upon all four Trek series produced to that time, including
Star Trek: Voyager
, a title Malibu had been scheduled to produce but was unable due to the change of license.
Marvel also launched an original series,
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
, as well as
Star Trek: Early Voyages
which featured the adventures of
Captain Christopher Pike
and his crew.
[2]
The agreement between Paramount and Marvel hit some major snags after about a year,
[
citation needed
]
resulting in Paramount withdrawing support for non-series based characters and storylines. As a result, both
Early Voyages
and
Starfleet Academy
were abruptly cancelled in the midst of their respective
story arcs
. Marvel phased out the Paramount Comics banner and their remaining
Star Trek
titles lasted for about another year before ending in 1998. The
Star Trek
license was subsequently picked up by DC's
WildStorm Productions
imprint. The Paramount Comics logo continued to be used in Wildstorm's
Star Trek
comics, although it was only featured on the interior title page, not on the cover as it was with Marvel.
Besides Trek,
Mission: Impossible
and a one-shot starring
Snake Plissken
, Paramount Comics published
The Mighty Heroes
, a one-shot based on the animated series. An ongoing
Mission: Impossible
series had been announced,
[
citation needed
]
but only the one-shot was ever published.
Years after the demise of Paramount Comics, Marvel again made a deal with the studio; this time, Paramount would be the distributor for a number of the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
's
feature films
produced by Marvel's film production unit,
Marvel Studios
, until
The Walt Disney Company
took over from Paramount, following the acquisition of Marvel by Disney.
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