Viper Comics

Viper Comics is based in Texas, U.S.; according to its website it is based in Irving, an inner ring suburb of Dallas.{{Cite web|title=Contact – Viper Comics|url=http://vipercomics.com/contact/contact/|access-date=2021-04-20|language=en-US}}{{Primary source inline|date=April 2021|reason=Looking at the location given by the source through Google Maps and Google Street View, there is no sign of Viper Comics at this location. As such this source seems unreliable and should be verified by a non-primary source.}} Its president since its foundation is Jessie Garza.{{Cite web|date=2003-03-12|title=Viper Comics|url=http://www.vipercomics.com/aboutus.asp|access-date=2021-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030312014114/http://www.vipercomics.com/aboutus.asp|archive-date=2003-03-12}}{{Cite web|title=About Us – Viper Comics|url=http://vipercomics.com/contact/about-us/|access-date=2021-04-20|language=en-US}} The company was established in 2001, though its first comics were printed in 2003, launching with Dead@17 and Moon Rush.{{Cite web|last=St-Louis|first=Hervé|date=October 5, 2003|title=Introducing Viper Comics|url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/viper01.html|access-date=2021-04-19|website=www.comicbookbin.com}}{{Cite web|last=Ness|first=Alexander|date=October 18, 2003|title=Viper Comics: New Kids On The Block|url=http://www.slushfactory.com/content/EpyyuAlyZpzPnpPlqF.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031019135636/http://www.slushfactory.com/content/EpyyuAlyZpzPnpPlqF.php|archive-date=2003-10-19|access-date=|website=slushfactory.com}} Dead@17 was a "sleeper hit" for the company and received positive reviews.{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Arune|date=February 2, 2004|title=Alive and Well: Jessie Garza Previews 'Dead @17 #4'|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3218|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040614235441/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3218|archive-date=2004-06-14|website=Comic Book Resources}}

Viper Comic books have been distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors and their graphic novels are distributed through Diamond, Ingram Books, Baker & Taylor, Inc., and other distributors.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2010|title=Viper Comics, About Us|url=http://vipercomics.com/about/|publisher=|authorlink=}}{{Primary source inline|date=April 2021}}

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The following is a list of titles published by Viper Comics:{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2007|title=Comic Book DB - Viper Comics|url=http://www.comicbookdb.com/publisher.php?ID=2163|publisher=www.comicbookdb.com|authorlink=}}{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2010}}

• Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
• A Bit Haywire
• Battle Smash Vs. The Saucermen From Venus[http://www.brokenfrontier.com/reviews/p/detail/battle-smash-vs-the-saucermen-from-venus Battle Smash Vs. The Saucermen From Venus - review], Broken Frontier, May 26, 2010
• Blue Agave & Worm
• Daisy Kutter
• Dead@17 – one of Viper Comics' first two titles,{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/2DArtist_Magazine_Issue_002_February_2006|title=2DArtist Magazine Issue 002 February 2006|pages=27}} but later moved to Image Comics.{{Cite web|title=Dead@17|url=https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/dead-17|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Image Comics|language=en}}
• Dummy's Guide to Danger
• Emily Edison – recommended by The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALS) in 2007 as one of its Great Graphic Novels for Teens{{cite web|date=2007|title=2007 Great Graphic Novels for Teens|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/07ggnt.cfm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728212512/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/07ggnt.cfm|archive-date=2009-07-28|access-date=2009-11-12|publisher=YALSA|authorlink=American Library Association}}
• "The Expendable One"
• Hell House: The Awakening[http://www.morehorror.com/Hell-House-The-Awakening-Graphic-Novel Hell House: The Awakening - Synopis and Review], MoreHorror.com, October, 2010
• Inspector Gadget
• Johnny Test
• Karma Incorporated
• Kid Houdini and the Silver Dollar Misfits[http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=1475 Silver Dollar Mystery: An Inter-Review - Part 1], Broken Frontier, August 14, 2008[http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=1476 Silver Dollar Mystery: An Inter-Review - Part 2], Broken Frontier, August 15, 2008
• The Lost Books of Eve
• The Middleman – recommended by The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALS) in 2007 as one of its Great Graphic Novels for Teens
• Missing Linx
• Moon Rush – one of Viper Comics' first two titles
• Nosferatu{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/Rue_Morgue_106_Nov_2010|title=Rue Morgue 106 (Nov 2010)|pages=51}}
• Oddly Normal – first published with Viper Comics but later moved to Image Comics{{Cite web|date=August 7, 2015|title=Big News For Oddly Normal! A Conversation With Otis Frampton|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/big-news-for-oddly-normal-a-conversation-with-otis-frampton/|access-date=2021-04-20|website=bleedingcool.com}}
• Random Encounter
• Sasquatch (Sasquatch Comic Anthology)
• Stu Bear in the 25th Century
• Villains
• Vendor

• {{Official website|http://www.vipercomics.com/}}

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