Dynamite Entertainment


Dynamite Entertainment is an American comic book publisher founded in 2004 by Nick Barrucci in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, known for publishing comic book adaptations of licensed feature film properties, such as Army of Darkness, Terminator, and RoboCop; licensed or public domain literary properties such as Zorro, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Alice in Wonderland, Red Sonja, Tarzan, and John Carter of Mars; and superhero books including Project Superpowers, which revived classic public domain characters, and original creator-owned comics like The Boys.
Creators who have produced Dynamite's books include Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Matt Wagner, Garth Ennis, Howard Chaykin and Frank Miller. Dynamic Forces, a distribution of Dynamite's comics and books, announced a partnership with Diamond Distribution in 2008, when Diamond had the rights to publishing the international versions of books made by Dynamite Entertainment.Dynamite would later leave Diamond after the Diamond bankruptcy and go to Lunar Distribution.Dynamite would also sign a deal with Simon & Schuster which distribution their graphic novels and other items to wider market.
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History

Dynamite Entertainment was founded by Nick Barrucci in 2004, initially publishing one comic: Army of Darkness, a miniseries it published through Devil's Due Publishing until it began self-publishing its own titles later that year. After devoting itself to publishing only Army of Darkness, which included a second miniseries, Dynamite published Red Sonja, starting with a 25-cent issue #0. It sold 240,000 copies. Issue #1 of Red Sonja, the first to sell at the full cover price of $2.99, sold 100,000 in initial orders, securing a stable position in the American comic book industry. By 2009, Dynamite was publishing 14–20 comic books and 2–10 collections per month.
Dynamite focuses primarily on comic book adaptations of licensed properties, such as Sherlock Holmes, The Lone Ranger, and Red Sonja. The company also publishes original titles like Project Superpowers, and creator-owned comics like The Boys.
Among its adaptations are those based on classic literature such as Alice in Wonderland, Dracula, and Zorro; television series such as Xena: Warrior Princess ''Battlestar Galactica, and Buck Rogers, and films such as Darkman, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, RoboCop, Highlander, and the Terminator franchise.
Its film adaptations also include those of classic monsters such as Dracula, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Wolfman.
The company gradually built its graphic novel program with titles like Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!, reprints of Marvel Comics' Red Sonja series, and material by creators like Jim Starlin and Jae Lee.
In addition to publishing crossover storylines in which characters from these various properties meet, such as Terminator/RoboCop, and Vampirella/Dracula: Unholy!, Dynamite has also produced intercompany crossover books with other publishers. One, titled "Monster War", was released through Image Comics in 2005, and consisted of several titles that pitted the classic monsters against Top Cow published characters Witchblade, the Darkness, Magdalena, and Tomb Raider. The other was a 2006 crossover with DC Comics' Red Sonja/Claw The Unconquered: Devil's Hands.
In February 2007, Dynamite Entertainment acquired the publishing rights to Garth Ennis' creator-owned series The Boys after the book was cancelled six months into its run by DC Comics' WildStorm imprint.
In 2009 Dynamite announced it would publish new comics featuring Lee Falk's The Phantom.
In 2010, Dynamite began publishing comic books based on The Green Hornet, beginning with a miniseries written by Kevin Smith and followed by Green Hornet: Year One, which was written by Matt Wagner, and another written by Brett Matthews.
In May 2010, Dynamite Entertainment acquired Chaos! Comics' library, which included almost all of that publisher's associated assets, with the exception of Lady Death. Among these properties were the publishing labels Black Label Graphics, Infinity Comics, and the properties Evil Ernie, Smiley The Psychotic Button, Chastity, Purgatori, Jade, Omen, Bad Kitty, Cremator, Lady Demon.
In October 2013, Dynamite announced it would launch a line of comics based on titles originally published by Gold Key Comics, the first of which would be Magnus: Robot Fighter, The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor, Solar: Man of the Atom, and Turok.
In July 2016, author Andy Mangels stated in a New York Times interview that he was writing a new intercompany crossover mini-series for the company, in conjunction with DC Comics, Wonder Woman '77 Meets the Bionic Woman, which brought together the Lynda Carter television version of the Amazon superhero with Jaime Sommers, the cyborg super-heroine played by Lindsay Wagner in the 1970s TV series, The Bionic Woman. The series was released that December.
In July 2019, Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios premiered an adapted television series of The Boys for Amazon Prime Video after a brand licensing agreement was granted by Dynamite.
In 2022, Dynamite announced a deal with Disney to create a new line of comics based on various properties, including [Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles (TV series)] with spin-offs including a Halloween Special, Dark Ages mini series, and Quest mini series, and Darkwing Duck with spin-offs including Negaduck and Justice Ducks, as well as Disney Villains characters including Maleficent, Scar, Hades and Cruella De Vil. They also have the first comic book series on Lilo & Stitch and will be the first American publisher of The Nightmare Before Christmas comics
In October 2023, Dynamite announced a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to create a new line of comics based on various properties, including Thundercats, Space Ghost, Jonny Quest, The Powerpuff Girls, The Wizard of Oz, The Flintstones, and We Bare Bears.
Thundercats'' #1 sold over 170,000 copies.

List of Dynamite Entertainment titles

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007 #1–6 007: For King and Country #1–6

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Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters #1–4 After Earth: Innocence Agent 47: Birth of the Hitman #1–6 Alice Cooper #1–6 Alice Cooper vs. Chaos #1–6 Aliens/Vampirella #1–6 Alpha and Omega: Cry Wolf #1–8 Altered Carbon: Download Blues Altered Carbon: One Life One Death Altered States: Doc Savage Altered States: Red Sonja Altered States: The Shadow Altered States: Vampirella Animal Jam #1–3 Ani-Max Army of Darkness #5–13
  • * Army of Darkness vol. 2, #1–27
  • * Army of Darkness vol. 3, #1–13, #1992.1
  • * Army of Darkness vol. 4, #1–5 Army of Darkness: Ash for President Army of Darkness: Ash Gets Hitched #1–4 Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama #1–4 Army of Darkness: Ash's Christmas Horror Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes #1–4 Army of Darkness: Convention Invasion Army of Darkness: Furious Road #1–6 Army of Darkness: Shop Till You Drop Dead #1–5 Army of Darkness/Bubba Ho-Tep #1–4 Army of Darkness/Xena: Why Not? #1–4 Army of Darkness/Xena: Forever... and a Day #1–6 The Army of Darkness 1979 #1–5 Army of Darkness Forever #1–13 The Army of Darkness versus Reanimator: Necronomicon Rising #1–5 Army of Darkness vs. Hack/Slash #1–6 Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator #1–4 Ash and the Army of Darkness #1–8, Annual Ash vs. the Army of Darkness #0–5 Army of Darkness/Reanimator Athena #1–4 The Avenger #1–6 The Avenger: Faces of Justice #1–4
  • ''The Avenger: The Television Killers''

B

Bad Ass #1–4 Bad Kitty Barbarella #1–12

C

Cage Hero #1–4 Captain Action Cat #1–4 Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #1–6 Cat-Man and Kitten #1 Centipede #1–5 Chaos #1–6, Holiday Special Charlie's Angels #1–5 Charlie's Angels vs. the Bionic Woman #1–4 Charmed #1–5 Chastity #1–6

D

The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood #1–5 Damsels #1–13 Damsels: Giant Killer #0 Damsels: Mermaids #1–5 Danger Girl and the Army of Darkness #1–6 Dark Shadows #1–23 Dark Shadows: Year One #1–6 Dark Shadows/Vampirella #1–5 Darkman vs. Army of Darkness #1–4 The Darkness/Eva #1–4 Darkwing Duck #1–9 Darkwing Duck #1–10

E

Elvira in Horrorland #1–5 Elvira in Monsterland #1–5 Elvira Meets H.P. Lovecraft #1–5 Elvira Meets Vincent Price #1–5 Elvira, Mistress of the Dark #1–12, Spring Special Eternity Kill Eva: Daughter of the Dragon Evil Ernie #1–6
  • * Evil Ernie vol. 2, #1–6
  • * Evil Ernie vol. 3, #1–5 Evil Ernie: Godeater #1–6 Ex-Con #1–5 The Expendables #1–4

F

Fathom Prelude #1 Fear Nothing Fire and Ice #1–present Fire and Ice: Nekron Fire and Ice: Teegra First Family Flash Gordon #1–8, Annual, Holiday Special

G

Galactica 1980 #1–4 A Game of Thrones #1–24 Garbage Pail Kids: Origins #1–3 Gargoyles #1–12 Gargoyles: Dark Ages #1–6 Gargoyles: Demona #0 FCDB Gargoyles: Quest #1–6 Gargoyles Halloween Special #1 Gargoyles Winter Special #1 G.I. Joe vs. The Six Million Dollar Man #1–4 Gold Key: Alliance #1–5 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly #1–8 Grand Passion #1–5 Grave Sight Vols. 1–3 Grave Surprise The Great Divide #1–6 The Greatest Adventure #1–9 Green Hornet (comics)|Green Hornet] #1–35, Annual #1–2
  • * The Green Hornet vol. 2, #1-13
  • * The Green Hornet vol. 3, #1–5
  • * The Green Hornet vol. 4, #1–5 The Green Hornet '66 Meets the Spirit #1–5 The Green Hornet Strikes! #1–10 The Green Hornet: Aftermath #1–4 Green Hornet: Blood Ties #1–4 The Green Hornet: Golden Age Remastered #1–8 Green Hornet: Legacy #35–42 Green Hornet: One Night in Bangkok The Green Hornet: Parallel Lives #1–5 The Green Hornet: Reign of the Demon #1–4 The Green Hornet: Year One #1–12, Special #1 Green Lantern/Miss Fury #1–5 Grimm #1–12
  • * Grimm vol. 2, #1–5 Grimm: The Warlock #1–4 Grumpy Cat , Halloween ComicFest Grumpy Cat/Garfield #1–3 Gwar: Orgasmageddon #1–4

H

H2O Hack/Slash vs. Chaos! #1–5 Hack/Slash vs. Vampirella #1–5 Hack/Slash/Eva: Monster's Ball #1–4 Hell Sonja #1–5 Hercules #1–6 Herogasm #1–6 Highland Laddie #1–6 Highlander #0–12 Highlander: Way of the Sword #1β€”4 Highlander Origins: Kurgan #1–2 The Hollows: A Hollowland Graphic Novel Homies #1–4

I

Immortal Red Sonja #1–10 Intertwined The Invincible Red Sonja #1–10

J

James Bond 007 #1–12 James Bond 007: Felix Leiter #1–6 James Bond 007: Hammerhead #1–6 James Bond 007: M James Bond 007: Moneypenny James Bond 007: Origin James Bond 007: Service Jeepers Creepers #1–5 Jennifer Blood #1–36, Annual #1
  • * Jennifer Blood vol. 2, #1–10 Jennifer Blood: Battle Diary #1–5 Jennifer Blood: Born Again #1–5 Jennifer Blood: First Blood #1–6 Jennifer Blood Presents: Giulietta Romeo Hitwoman John Carter: The End #1–5 John Carter of Mars #1–5 John Carter, Warlord of Mars #1–14 John Wick #1–5 Jonny Quest #1–5 Jungle Girl #0–5 Jungle Girl Season 2 #1–5 Jungle Girl Season 3 #1–4 Jungle Jim #1–4 Justice, Inc. #1–6

K

Karma Kato #1–14, Annual #1 Killer Instinct #1–6 Killing Red Sonja #1–5 King Kong: The Great War #1–4 Kings Quest #1–5 Kings Watch #1–5 Kirby: Genesis #0–8 Kirby: Genesis – Captain Victory #1–6 Kirby: Genesis – Dragonsbane #1–6 Kirby: Genesis – Silver Star #1–6 Kiss #1–10 Kiss Zombies #1–5 Kiss: Blood and Stardust #1–5 Kiss: Forever Kiss: Phantom Obsession #1–4 Kiss: The Demon #1–4 Kiss: The End #1–5 Kiss/Army of Darkness #1–5 Kiss/Vampirella #1–5

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Lady Demon #1–4 Lady Hel #1–4 Lady Rawhide #1–5 Lady Rawhide/Lady Zorro #1–4 Lady Zorro #1–4 The Last Phantom #1–12, Annual #1 Legendary Talespinners #1–3 Legenderry: A Steampunk Adventure #1–7 Legenderry: Green Hornet #1–5 Legenderry: Red Sonja #1–5
  • * Legenderry: Red Sonja vol. 2, #1–5 Legenderry: Vampirella #1–5 Legends of Red Sonja #1–5 The Librarians #1–4 Li'l Battlestar Galactica Li'l Bionic Kids Li'l Ernie Li'l Sonja Li'l Vampi, Holiday Special The Living Corpse Exhumed #1–6 The Living Corpse Haunted The Lone Ranger #1–25
  • * The Lone Ranger vol. 2, #1–25, Annual
  • * The Lone Ranger vol. 3, #1–5 The Lone Ranger & Tonto #1–4 The Lone Ranger: Snake of Iron #1–4 The Lone Ranger: The Death of Zorro #1–5 The Lone Ranger: Vindicated #1–4 The Lone Ranger/Green Hornet #1–5 Looking for Group #1–12 Lord of the Jungle #1–15, Annual #1
  • * Lord of the Jungle vol. 2, #1–6 Lords of Mars #1–6 Lords of the Jungle #1–6

M

Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids #1–4 Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids: Time Again, Slime Again #1–4 Magnus #1–5 Magnus, Robot Fighter #1–12, #0 The Man with No Name #1–11 Mandrake the Magician #1–4) Mars Attacks #1–5 Mars Attacks Red Sonja #1–5 Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness #1–5 Masks #1–8 Masks 2 #1–8 Masquerade #1–4 Meet the Bad Guys

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Nancy Drew #1–5 Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie #1–6 Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Death of Nancy Drew #1–6 Nevermore #1–5 The Ninjettes #1–6

O

Obey Me #0–5 The Owl #1–4

P

Painkiller Jane #1–3) March–August 2006)

Q

Queen Sonja #1–35

R

Rainbow Brite #1–5 Raise the Dead #1–4 Raise the Dead 2 #1–4 Re-Animator #0 Reanimator #1–4 Red Rising: Sons of Ares #1–6 Red Sonja #0–80, Annual #1–4
  • * Red Sonja vol. 2, #0–18, #100
  • * Red Sonja vol. 3, #1–6
  • * Red Sonja vol. 4, #0–25
  • * Red Sonja vol. 6, #1–28, Valentine's Day Special
  • * Red Sonja vol. 7, #1–12, Valentine's Day Special 2022
  • * Red Sonja vol. 8, #1–3 Red Sonja 1982 Red Sonja and Cub Red Sonja and Vampirella Meet Betty and Veronica #1–12 Red Sonja Attacks Mars #1–4 Red Sonja Halloween Special Red Sonja Unchained #1–4 Red Sonja vs. the Army of Darkness #1–5 Red Sonja vs. Thulsa Doom #1–4 Red Sonja: Age of Chaos #1–6 Red Sonja: Atlantis Rises #1–4 Red Sonja: Berserker Red Sonja: Birth of the She-Devil #1–4 Red Sonja: Black White Red #1–8 Red Sonja: Blue Red Sonja: Break the Skin Red Sonja: Death and the Devil #1–4 Red Sonja: Deluge Red Sonja: Empire of the Damned #1–5 Red Sonja: Fairy Tales Red Sonja: Lord of Fools Red Sonja: Monster Isle Red Sonja: One More Day Red Sonja: Raven Red Sonja: Red Sitha #1–4 Red Sonja: Revenge of the Gods #1–5 Red Sonja: Sanctuary Red Sonja: Sonja Goes East Red Sonja: The Black Tower #1–4 Red Sonja: The Long Walk to Oblivion Red Sonja: The Price of Blood #1–3 Red Sonja: Vacant Shell Red Sonja: Vulture's Circle #1–5 Red Sonja: Wrath of the Gods #1–5 Red Sonja/Conan #1–4 Red Sonja/Hell Sonja #1–4 Red Sonja/Tarzan #1–6 Red Sonja/The Superpowers #1–5 Red Team #1–7 Red Team: Double Tap, Center Mass #1–9 Repairman Jack: Scar-Lip Redux RoboCop #1–6 RoboCop: Road Trip #1–4 Robotech/Voltron #1–4 Robots Versus Princesses #1–4
  • ''Rocketman & Rocketgirl''

S

Sacred Six #1–12 Samurai Sonja #1–5 Savage Red Sonja #1–5 Savage Red Sonja: Queen of the Frozen Wastes #1–4 Savage Tales #1–10

T

Tales of Army of Darkness Terminal Hero #1–6 Terminator: Infinity #1–7 Terminator: Revolution #1–6 Terminator/RoboCop: Kill Human #1–4 A Thousand Arts Thulsa Doom #1–4 Thunda #1–5 ThunderCats #1–22 ThunderCats: Apex ThunderCats: Cheetara #1–5 ThunderCats: Cheetara - Worldbreaker Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Echoes #1–4 Total Recall #1–4 A Train Called Love #1–10 Turok #1–5
  • * Turok vol. 2, #1–5 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #1–12 The Twilight Zone #1–12, Annual The Twilight Zone: 1959 The Twilight Zone: Lost Tales The Twilight Zone: Shadow & Substance #1–4 The Twilight Zone/The Shadow #1–4

U

Unbreakable Red Sonja #1–5 Uncanny #1–6 Uncanny: Season Two #1–5

V

Vampire Huntress: The Hidden Darkness #1–4 Vampirella #1–38, Annual #1–2, Annual, #666–675
  • * Vampirella vol. 2, #1–13, #100, Annual
  • * Vampirella vol. 3, #1–6
  • * Vampirella vol. 4, #1–11
  • * Vampirella vol. 5, #1–25
  • * Vampirella vol. 6, #1–10 Vampirella Valentine's Day Special Vampirella Halloween Special Vampirella Helliday Special Vampirella Holiday Special Vampirella: Dark Reflections #1–5 Vampirella: Dead Flowers #1–4 Vampirella: Fairy Tales Vampirella: Feary Tales #1–5 Vampirella: Mindwarp #1–5 Vampirella: Nublood Vampirella: Prelude to Shadows Vampirella: Roses for the Dead #1–4 Vampirella: Southern Gothic #1–5 Vampirella: The Dark Powers #1–5 Vampirella: The Red Room #1–4 Vampirella: Trial of the Soul Vampirella: Year One #1–6 Vampirella 1969 Vampirella and the Scarlet Legion #1–5 Vampirella Strikes #1–6
  • * Vampirella Strikes vol. 2, #1–13 Vampirella vs. Dracula #1–6 Vampirella vs. Fluffy the Vampire Killer Vampirella vs. Purgatori #1–5 Vampirella vs. Reanimator #1–5 Vampirella versus Red Sonja #1–5 Vampirella versus The Superpowers #1–5 Vampirella/Army of Darkness #1–4 Vampirella/Dejah Thoris #1–4 Vampirella/Dracula: Rage #1–6 Vampirella/Dracula: Unholy #1–6 Vampirella/Red Sonja #1–12 Vampiverse #1–6 Vampiverse Presents: The Vamp Vengeance of Vampirella #1–25 Victory #1–5 Voltron #1–12 Voltron: From the Ashes #1–12 Voltron: Year One #1–12

W

Warehouse 13 #1–5 Warlord of Mars #1–35, Annual #1, #100, #0 Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #1–37 Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom #1–5 Warlord of Mars Attacks #1–5 Warriors of Mars #1–5 The Warriors: Official Movie Adaptation #3–5 The Wheel of Time #1–35 The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt #1–6 Widow Warriors #1–4 Witchblade: Demon Reborn #1–4 Witchblade/Red Sonja #1–5 WolfCop #1–3 Wonder Woman '77 Meets the Bionic Woman #1–6

X

Xena: Warrior Princess #1–4, Annual #1
  • * Xena: Warrior Princess vol. 2, #1–4
  • * Xena: Warrior Princess vol. 3, #1–6
  • * Xena: Warrior Princess vol. 4, #1–10
  • * Xena: Warrior Princess vol. 5, #1–6 Xena/Army of Darkness: What... Again?! #1-4

Y

Z

Z Nation #1–6 Zorro #1–20 Zorro: Matanzas #1–4 Zorro Rides Again #1–12

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