Chaos! Comics


Chaos! Comics is a former comic book publisher and currently a brand from Dynamite Entertainment. The original incarnation of Chaos! operated from 1993 until 2002, mostly focusing on horror comics. Titles from the publisher include Lady Death, Purgatori, Evil Ernie, Chastity, Jade, Bad Kitty, and Lady Demon. Original Chaos! creators included Brian Pulido, Steven Hughes, Al Rio, Mike Flippin, Justiniano, and Hart D. Fisher. Chaos! also published licensed comics for the World Wrestling Federation and several bands.
Following bankruptcy, the properties changed hands several time, until landing at Dynamite Entertainment, where the name was revived as an imprint for the associated characters.
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History

Chaos was founded in 1993 in Scottsdale, Arizona, and published its first title that same year. Writer Brian Pulido was the company's president.
The company dealt with a copyright infringement accusation in 1997, when horror writer Nancy A. Collins claimed that the character and storyline of Chastity were based on her character Sonja Blue.
Chaos Comics filed bankruptcy in late 2002, with all characters being sold off to comic retailer Tales of Wonder, who sold the rights to Devil's Due Publishing. After the demise of Devil's Due Publishing, the rights to the Chaos! Comics characters went to Dynamite Entertainment.
Prior to the bankruptcy, rights to Lady Death were sold to CrossGen Entertainment, and prior to CrossGen's bankruptcy, those rights were sold to Brian Pulido and Avatar Press, who founded the imprint Boundless Comics solely for Lady Death-comics.
Due to Lady Death not being part of the sale, Dynamite created Lady Hel to replace her. Lady Hel received her own comic series in 2022.

List of Chaos! Comics titles

A

Aftermath #1 Armageddon! #1–4

B

Bad Kitty #1–3 Bad Kitty: Mischief Night #1 Bad Kitty: Reloaded #1–4 Bedlam #1 Brinke of Eternity #1

C

Chaos! Bible #1 Chaos! Chronicles Chaos! Gallery #1 Chaos! Quarterly #1–3 Chastity #½ Chastity: Crazytown #1–3 Chastity: Heartbreaker #1 Chastity: Love Bites #1 Chastity: Lust for Life #1–3 Chastity: Re-Imagined #1 Chastity: Reign of Terror #1 Chastity: Rocked #1–4 Chastity: Shattered #1–3 Chastity: Special Sketchbook Edition Chastity: Theatre of Pain #1–3 Chyna #1
  • * Chyna II #1 Cremator #1–5 Cryptic Writings of Megadeth #1–4

D

Dead King #1–4 Deep Black #1 Detonator #1–2

E

Evil Ernie #1–10 ; #½ Evil Ernie: Baddest Battles #1 Evil Ernie: Depraved #1–3 Evil Ernie: Destroyer #1–9 Evil Ernie: Pieces of Me #1 Evil Ernie: Relentless #1 Evil Ernie: Revenge! #1–4 Evil Ernie: Straight to Hell #1–5 Evil Ernie: The Resurrection #1–4 Evil Ernie: Youth Gone Wild! – Director's Cut #1 Evil Ernie: Youth Gone Wild – Encore Presentation #1 Evil Ernie Returns #1 Evil Ernie vs. The Movie Monsters! #1 Evil Ernie vs. The Superheroes #1 Evil Ernie vs. The Superheroes 2 Evil Ernie: War of the Dead #1–3

H

Halloween #1
  • * Halloween II: The Blackest Eyes #1
  • * Halloween III: The Devil's Eyes #1 The Haunted #1–4 The Haunted: Gray Matters #1 Homicide: Tears of the Dead #1

I

Insane Clown Posse: Hallowicked #1 Insane Clown Posse: Halls of Illusion #1 Insane Clown Posse: Raze the Desertz of Glass #1 Insane Clown Posse: The Amazing Jeckel Brothers #1 Insane Clown Posse: The Pendulum Insane Clown Posse: The Upz & Downz of the Wicked Clownz #1

J

Jade #1–4 Jade: Redemption #1–4

L

Lady Death vol. 1, #1–3 ; #½
  • * Lady Death vol. 2, #0–16 Lady Death: Alive #1–4 Lady Death: Between Heaven and Hell #1–4 Lady Death: Dark Alliance #1–3 Lady Death: Dark Millennium #1–3 Lady Death: Dragon Wars #1 Lady Death: Goddess Returns #1–2 Lady Death: Heartbreaker #1 Lady Death: In Lingerie #1 Lady Death: Judgment War #1–3 Lady Death: Judgment War Prelude Lady Death: Last Rites #1–4 Lady Death: Love Bites #1 Lady Death: Mischief Night #1 Lady Death: Re-Imagined #1 Lady Death: Retribution #1 Lady Death: River of Fear #1 Lady Death: Sketch Cards All Stars – Surprise Edition #1 Lady Death: Swimsuit 2001 #1 Lady Death: Swimsuit Special #1 Lady Death: The Crucible #½ ; #1–6 Lady Death: The Gauntlet #1–2 Lady Death: The Odyssey #1–4 Lady Death: The Rapture #1–4 Lady Death: Tribulation #1–4 Lady Death & Jade #1 Lady Death and the Women of Chaos! Gallery #1 Lady Death/Bedlam #1 Lady Death/Chastity #1 Lady Death/Chastity/Bad Kitty: United #1 Lady Death/Medieval Witchblade #1 Lady Death vs. Purgatori #1 Lady Death vs. Vampirella #1
  • * Lady Death vs. Vampirella II #1 Lady Demon #1–3 Legend of the Sage #1–4 Lost #1–3 Lynch Mob #1–4

M

Mankind #1 Monster Matinee #1–3 The Mummy: Valley of the Gods #1

N

Nightmare Theater #1–4

O

The Omen #1–5 The Omen: Vexed #1

P

Pandemonium #1 Purgatori #1–7 ; #½ ; #0 Purgatori: Darkest Hour #1–2 Purgatori: Empire #1–3 Purgatori: God Hunter #1–2 Purgatori: God Killer #1–2 Purgatori: Goddess Rising #1–4 Purgatori: Heartbreaker #1 Purgatori: Love Bites #1 Purgatori: Mischief Night #1 Purgatori: Prelude Purgatori: Re-Imagined #1 Purgatori: The Dracula Gambit #1 Purgatori: The Hunted #1–2 Purgatori: The Vampire's Myth #1–3 Purgatori Versus Chastity Purgatori vs. Lady Death #1 Purgatori vs. Vampirella #1

R

Rack and Pain: Killers #1–4 The Rock #1

S

Smiley: The Psychotic Button #1 Smiley: The Psychotic Button Anti-Holiday Special #1 Smiley: The Psychotic Button Spring Break Special #1 Smiley: The Psychotic Button Whacky Wrestling Special #1 Static-X: Machine #1 Stone Cold Steve Austin #1–4 Suspira #1–4

T

  • ''A Tribute to Steven Hughes''

U

The Undead! #1 Undertaker #1–10 ; #0 ; #1/2 Undertaker Halloween Special #1 Untold Tales of Chastity #1 Untold Tales of Lady Death #1 Untold Tales of Purgatori #1

V

Vampirella/Lady Death #1 Vandala #1

''Doomsday''

Doomsday is a one-off thrash metal album released in 1995 by the company. The album features a trio, originally from Van Nuys, California but who, at some time between 1995 and 1997, moved to Phoenix, Arizona, playing energetic bass heavy thrash. The CD was released in limited quantity to help promote the Lady Death and Evil Ernie comic franchises. The album cover features Evil Ernie beneath the Doomsday logo. The trio played at Dragon Con '97, but had little or no commercial success beyond this. Doomsday also played at ChillerCon, NJ in 1997 with Scream Queen Tiffany Shepis appearing on stage as a maiden victim.

Track listing

  1. "Inceptive Psychosis" 1:12
  2. "Beyond Death" 5:19
  3. "Cyborg Killing Machine" 3:38
  4. "Who Am I" 4:46
  5. "Black Sorrow" 4:21
  6. "Resurrection" 4:02
  7. "Chaos! Rules" 3:40
  8. "Lost Insanity" 5:15
  9. "I Dream" 3:54
  10. "I Am Dead" 1:52
  11. "Take a Shot" 1:58
  12. "No Pickles" 0:21

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