Changes: Dark Horse Comics

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Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book publisher which held the publishing license for Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998–2018), and Angel comics (1999–2002, 2011–2018).

Dark Horse has also held the publishing license for other Joss Whedon works like Firefly, Dollhouse, and Dr. Horrible, as well as works by Jane Espenson (Husbands) and Felicia Day (The Guild).

In August 2018, it was announced that 20th Century Fox was taking the license back, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer would have its last publication at Dark Horse, twenty years after the title's debut in comics.^[1]

Cameos

Some notable references to the publishing's titles in the Buffyverse comics are:

Cameos of Hellboy's title character in Spike and Dru: The Queen of Hearts, City of Despair, The Blood of Carthage, Part Three, Past Lives, Part Two, Desperate Measures.
Xander wearing a B.P.R.D. patch (The Core, Part One–Old Demons, Part Three), the logo also as a tattoo in Harmonic Divergence.
The insertion of the Alien's Xenomorph into the canon lore in story "In Space No One Can Hear You Slay".
Various covers included in the comic shop of story "No Need to Fear, the Slayer's Here".
The Dark Horse logo itself appears in stories On Your Own, Part One and Future Shock, and covers for No Future for You, Part Three and Wolves at the Gate, Part Three.

Selected bibliography

Below is a non-exhaustive sample of Buffyverse titles published by Dark Horse Comics:

External links

Official website
Dark Horse Comics on Wikipedia

References

↑ Kiel Phegley, “INTERVIEW: Joss Whedon Teases Buffy's Surprising End & Dr. Horrible's Return”. Comic Book Resources, August 15, 2018.

[1] Kiel Phegley, “INTERVIEW: Joss Whedon Teases Buffy's Surprising End & Dr. Horrible's Return”. Comic Book Resources, August 15, 2018.

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-<p abp="407">'''Dark Horse Comics''' is an American publisher of comic books (fourth or fifth in market share). Dark Horse held the publishing license for ''Buffy'' since 1998 and held the publishing license for ''Angel'' from 1999 to 2002 and since 2011.</p>
+'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an American comic book publisher which held the publishing license for [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'']] ([[1998]]<nowiki/>–[[2018]]), and [[Angel comics|''Angel'']] comics ([[1999]]<nowiki/>–[[2002]], [[2011]]<nowiki/>–[[2018]]).
-<p abp="411">Dark Horse Comics has also held the publishing license for other Whedon works like ''Firefly'', ''Dollhouse'', and ''Dr. Horrible'' as well as works by frequent Whedon-collaborators such as [[Jane Espenson]]'s ''Husbands'' and [[Felicia Day]]'s ''The Guild''.</p>
+Dark Horse has also held the publishing license for other [[Joss Whedon]] works like ''Firefly'', ''Dollhouse'', and ''Dr. Horrible'', as well as works by [[Jane Espenson]] (''Husbands'') and [[Felicia Day]] (''The Guild'').
-<p abp="411">Due to other properties Dark Horse comics held the rights to, Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic have had some incidental crossovers with other popular sci-fi/horror franchises, notably the Alien franchise, from which, a Xenomorph was incorporated into the Buffyverse.</p>
+In August 2018, it was announced that [[20th Century Fox]] was taking the license back, and ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' would have its last publication at Dark Horse, twenty years after the title's debut in comics.<ref>Kiel Phegley, [https://www.cbr.com/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-finale-joss-whedon-interview/ “INTERVIEW: Joss Whedon Teases Buffy's Surprising End & Dr. Horrible's Return”]. ''Comic Book Resources'', August 15, 2018.</ref>
+==Cameos==
+Some notable references to the publishing's titles in the [[Buffyverse]] comics are:
+*Cameos of ''Hellboy''<nowiki/>'s title character in ''[[Spike and Dru: The Queen of Hearts]]'', ''[[City of Despair]]'', ''[[The Blood of Carthage, Part Three]]'', ''[[Past Lives, Part Two]]'', ''[[Desperate Measures]]''.
+*[[Alexander Harris|Xander]] wearing a B.P.R.D. patch (''[[The Core, Part One]]''–''[[Old Demons, Part Three]]''), the logo also as a tattoo in ''[[Harmonic Divergence]]''.
+*The insertion of the ''Alien''<nowiki/>'s Xenomorph into the [[canon]] lore in story "[[In Space No One Can Hear You Slay]]".
+*Various covers included in the comic shop of story "[[No Need to Fear, the Slayer's Here]]".
+*The Dark Horse logo itself appears in stories ''[[On Your Own, Part One]]'' and ''[[Future Shock]]'', and covers for ''[[No Future for You, Part Three]]'' and ''[[Wolves at the Gate, Part Three]]''.
 ==Selected bibliography==
-<p abp="420">Below is a non-exhaustive sample of comic titles by Dark Horse Comics.</p>
+Below is a non-exhaustive sample of Buffyverse titles published by {{PAGENAME}}:
 *''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic]]''
-*''[[Angel (Dark Horse series)|Angel Classic]]''
+*''[[Angel (Dark Horse series)|Angel]]''
-*''[[Spike & Dru]]''
+*''[[Creatures of Habit]]''
-*''[[Willow & Tara]]''
 *''[[Fray (series)|Fray]]''
-*''[[Tales of the Slayers]]''
+*''[[Tales]]''
-*''[[Tales of the Vampires]]''
 *''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight]]''
 *''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine]]''
 *''[[Angel & Faith]]''
+*''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten]]''
+*''[[Angel & Faith Season Ten]]''
+*''[[Buffy: The High School Years]]''
+*''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Adult Coloring Book]]''
+*''[[Big Bads & Monsters Adult Coloring Book]]''
+*''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eleven]]''
+*''[[Angel Season Eleven]]''
+*''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve]]''
+==External links==
+*[http://www.darkhorse.com/ Official website]
+*{{Wikipedia}}
+==References==
+{{References}}
+[[fr:Dark Horse Comics]]
-==External Links==
+[[es:Dark Horse Comics]]
-*[http://www.darkhorse.com/ Official site]
+[[nl:Dark Horse Comics]]
-*[http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Horse_Comics Wikipedia entry]
-== References ==
-<p abp="459"><small abp="460"><references/></small></p>
 [[Category:Publishers]]