Legendary Comics
{{Short description|American comic book publisher}}
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| country = United States
| headquarters = Burbank, California
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Legendary Comics is an American comic book publisher founded in 2010. The company is owned by Legendary Entertainment, a media company located in Burbank, California. The company publishes both original works and licensed ones based on films produced by Legendary Pictures.
History
Legendary Entertainment first announced the launch of its comic book division, Legendary Comics, in 2010 with the appointment of editor-in-chief Bob Schreck{{Cite news |first=Claudia |last=Eller |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/11/legendary-films-launches-comic-book-unit.html |title=Legendary Pictures forges into comic books |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2010-11-03 |access-date=2011-07-05}} and editor Greg Tumbarello. The first graphic novel published by the company was Holy Terror by Frank Miller, which was released in 2011{{Cite news |first=Geoff |last=Boucher |url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/06/30/frank-miller-brings-holy-terror-to-911-anniversary-i-hope-it-shakes-people-up/ |title=Frank Miller brings 'Holy Terror' to 9/11 anniversary: 'I hope it shakes people up' |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2011-06-30 |access-date=2011-07-05}} as the #1 graphic novel and immediately launched the division as a top ten comics publisher. Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero was a #1 New York Times Best Seller, Godzilla: Awakening was a New York Times Best Seller, and Annihilator by Grant Morrison & Frazer Irving was nominated for an Eisner Award. In 2020, the company published an adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 Dracula novel, which used the likeness of Bela Lugosi, the lead actor in the 1931 film from Universal Pictures.{{cite web|url= https://www.slashfilm.com/dracula-comic/|title= Bela Lugosi is Dracula Again in New Comic Arriving This October|first= Chris|last= Evangelista|date= August 13, 2020|website= /Film|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201225214936/https://www.slashfilm.com/dracula-comic/|archive-date= December 25, 2020 |url-status= live|df= mdy-all|quote= Legendary Comics will release a new comic adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula with the Count drawn to resemble Lugosi exactly, with cooperation from the Lugosi family. The adaptation of Stoker’s novel comes from Robert Napton, with art by El Garing and Kerry Gammill serving as art director.}}
Bibliography
= Graphic novels and collections =
Legendary Comics has published several original graphic novels and collections of serialized works.
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Name
! Release date ! Type ! class="unsortable" | Credits ! ISBN |
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Holy Terror
| {{Dts|September 28, 2011}} | Graphic novel (HC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{Nowrap|{{ISBN|978-1937278007}}}} |
Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero
| {{Dts|June 18, 2013}} | Graphic novel (HC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-0785153948}} |
{{Sort|Tower Chronicles 01|The Tower Chronicles Book One: GeistHawk}}
| {{Dts|August 13, 2013}} | Collection (HC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-0785185277}} |
Shadow Walk
| {{Dts|December 17, 2013}} | Graphic novel (HC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-0785153979}} |
rowspan="2" | Godzilla: Awakening
| {{Dts|May 13, 2014}} | Graphic novel (HC) | rowspan="2" | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1401250355}} |
{{Dts|September 16, 2014}}
| Graphic novel (SC) | {{ISBN|978-1401252526}} |
{{Sort|Tower Chronicles 02.1|The Tower Chronicles: DreadStalker Volume One}}
| {{Dts|February 17, 2015}} | Collection (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1937278366}} |
A Town Called Dragon
| {{Dts|April 21, 2015}} | Collection (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1937278403}} |
Epochalypse
| {{Dts|July 7, 2015}} | Collection (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1937278496}} |
rowspan="2" | Annihilator
| {{Dts|August 18, 2015}} | Collection (HC) | rowspan="2" | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1937278441}} |
{{Dts|November 17, 2020}}
| Collection (SC) | {{ISBN|978-1681160702}} |
{{Sort|Tower Chronicles 02.2|The Tower Chronicles: DreadStalker Volume Two}}
| {{Dts|August 18, 2015}} | Collection (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1937278540}} |
rowspan="2" | Trick 'r Treat
| {{Dts|October 6, 2015}} | Graphic novel (SC) | rowspan="2" | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1937278854}} |
{{Dts|September 22, 2020}}
| Graphic novel (HC) | {{ISBN|978-1681160436}} |
Krampus: Shadow of Saint Nicholas
| {{Dts|November 24, 2015}} | Graphic novel (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1937278847}} |
{{Sort|Infinite Adventures of Jonas Quantum|The Infinite Adventures of Jonas Quantum}}
| {{Dts|May 10, 2016}} | Collection (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160146}} |
Warcraft: Bonds of Brotherhood
| {{Dts|June 7, 2016}} | Graphic novel (HC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160139}} |
Black Bag
| {{Dts|July 5, 2016}} | Collection (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160276}} |
Cops for Criminals
| {{Dts|July 5, 2016}} | Collection (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160290}} |
{{Sort|Pacific Rim: Tales from Drift|Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift}}
| {{Dts|July 5, 2016}} | Collection (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160085}} |
The Rise and Fall of Axiom
| {{Dts|August 23, 2016}} | Graphic novel (SC) | {{Columns-list| }} | {{ISBN|978-1937278731}} |
{{Sort|Great Wall Last Survivor|The Great Wall: Last Survivor}}
| {{Dts|January 24, 2017}} | Graphic novel (HC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160337}} |
Spectral: Ghosts of War
| {{Dts|February 1, 2017}} | Graphic novel (e-book) | {{Columns-list|
}} | — |
Skull Island: The Birth of Kong
| {{Dts|December 12, 2017}} | Collection (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160351}} |
Pacific Rim: Aftermath
| {{Dts|November 20, 2018}} | Collection (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160450}} |
Lost in Space: Countdown to Danger Volume 1
| {{Dts|December 18, 2018}} | Graphic novel (HC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160474}} |
rowspan="2" | Godzilla: Aftershock
| rowspan="2" | {{Dts|May 21, 2019}} | rowspan="2" | Graphic novel (HC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160535}} |
{{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160573}} |
Firebrand: The Initiation of Natali Presano
| {{Dts|June 11, 2019}} | Collection (SC) | {{Columns-list|
| {{ISBN|978-1681160559}} |
Lost in Space: Countdown to Danger Volume 2
| {{Dts|June 11, 2019}} | Graphic novel (HC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160511}} |
Carnival Row: From the Dark
| {{Dts|August 28, 2019}} | Graphic novel (e-book) | {{Columns-list|
}} | — |
Carnival Row: Sparrowhawk
| {{Dts|August 28, 2019}} | Graphic novel (e-book) | {{Columns-list|
}} | — |
Pacific Rim: Amara
| {{Dts|December 3, 2019}} | Collection (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160603}} |
Lost in Space: Countdown to Danger Volume 3
| {{Dts|December 10, 2019}} | Graphic novel (HC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160627}} |
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
| {{Dts|March 10, 2020}} | Graphic novel (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160580}} |
Bram Stoker's Dracula
| {{Dts|November 3, 2020}} | Graphic novel (HC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160641}} |
Acursian
| {{Dts|December 1, 2020}} | Graphic novel (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160726}} |
Godzilla Dominion
| {{Dts|April 6, 2021}} | Graphic novel (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160788}} |
Kingdom Kong
| {{Dts|April 6, 2021}} | Graphic novel (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160801}} |
Championess
| {{Dts|April 14, 2021}} | Graphic novel (SC) | {{Columns-list|
}} | {{ISBN|978-1681160764}} |
= Uncollected series =
- The Harvester (February 2015 – October 2015, #1–9, story by Brandon Seifert, art by Eric Battle, colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Sean Konot, cover colors by Dominic Regan)
- The Tower Chronicles: Fellquest (October 2015 – February 2017, #1–12, story by Matt Wagner, pencils by Simon Bisley, colors by Ryan Brown)
References
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