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Dabel Brothers Productions (also known as DB Pro, DBPro, Dabel Brothers Publishing and sometimes Dabel Brothers Production) is a U.S.

United States

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publishing company of comic book

Comic book

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s and graphic novel

Graphic novel

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s. It was founded in 2001 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

. It is best known for its comic book and graphic novel adaptations of fantasy novels by major authors like Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the...

, Raymond E. Feist

Raymond E. Feist

Raymond Elias Feist is an American author who primarily writes fantasy fiction. He is best known for The Riftwar Cycle series of novels and short stories. His books have been translated into multiple languages and have sold over 15 million copies.- Biography :Raymond E...

, Laurell K. Hamilton

Laurell K. Hamilton

Laurell Kaye Hamilton is an American fantasy and romance writer. She is the author of two series of stories. Hamilton is known for her New York Times-bestselling Anita Blake series, featuring a professional zombie raiser/supernatural consultant for the police as the protagonist in a world where...

, Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. , under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Reagan O'Neal and Jackson O'Reilly.-Biography:Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina...

, George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin

George Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...

, R.A. Salvatore, Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...

, Tad Williams

Tad Williams

Robert Paul "Tad" Williams, born in San Jose, California, is the author of several fantasy and science fiction novels, including Tailchaser's Song, the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, the Otherland series, and The War of the Flowers....

, Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher is a New York Times Best Selling author most known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files. He also wrote the Codex Alera series. Butcher grew up as the only son of his parents, and has two older sisters. He currently lives in Independence with his wife, Shannon K...

, Patricia Briggs

Patricia Briggs

Patricia Briggs is an American author, well-known for the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series. Briggs was born in Butte, Montana, and lived in various cities in the Pacific Northwest...

, C.E. Murphy, Sherrilyn Kenyon

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Sherrilyn Kenyon is a bestselling US writer. Under her own name she writes Urban Fantasy, but is best known for her Dark-Hunter vampire series. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor she wrote historicals also with paranormal elements...

, and Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz

Dean Ray Koontz is a prolific American author best known for his novels which could be described broadly as suspense thrillers. He also frequently incorporates elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and satire. A number of his books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, with...

.

During the September 2006 Diamond

Diamond Comic Distributors

Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. is the largest comic book distributor serving North America. They transport comic books from both big and small comic book publishers, or suppliers, to the retailers. Diamond dominates the direct market in the United States, and has exclusive arrangements with most...

Retailer Summit in Baltimore, MD, Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

announced that they would partner with Dabel Brothers Productions, allowing their titles to receive more notice. This agreement fell through with an amicable split, with Marvel retaining the Brothers' rights, as they will go on to publish Dean Koontz's Frankenstein
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein is the collective title of five novels co-written by Dean Koontz. Though technically of the mystery or thriller genres, the novels also feature the trappings of horror, fantasy, and science fiction....

retelling series and others. Dabel Brothers Productions later offered titles to bookstores through an arrangement with Del Rey

Del Rey Books

Del Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House and, in turn since 1998, by Bertelsmann AG. It is a separate imprint established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. It specializes in science fiction and fantasy...

, and are currently partnered with Dynamite Entertainment

Dynamite Entertainment

Dynamite Entertainment is an American comic book company that primarily publishes licensed franchises of adaptations of other media. These include adaptations of film properties such as Army of Darkness, Terminator and RoboCop, literary properties such as Zorro, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Alice in...

History

The company was originally founded in 2000 by the four brothers: Ernest, Les, Pascal and David Dabel as Roaring Studios. Ernst and Les both were both comic book creators with an interest in the fantasy genre. During their first year, the brothers produced several small original comic books. After their first two original titles, The Rift and Waterdogs, received poor reception in the comics market, they looked to adapt George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin

's fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire
A Song of Ice and Fire
A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the series in 1991 and the first volume was published in 1996. Originally planned as a trilogy, the series now consists of five published volumes; a further two...

. However Martin suggested they first adapt his novella that appeared in Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...

's Legends
Legends (book)
Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy is a collection of 11 novellas by a number of noteworthy fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg. All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds...

anthology, The Hedge Knight, which served as a prequel to the A Song of Ice and Fire series. When Hedge Knight was first released in August 2003 it received positive reception and success in sales. During the six issue run, the studio ended their partnership with the original publisher of the series, Image Comics

Image Comics

Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...

, and the series switched to Devil's Due for the remainder of its run. The Hedge Knight Graphic Novel Collection went on to become one of the Best selling Graphic Novels of 2004.

Following their success with the Hedge Knight the Dabel Brothers began acquiring more literary fantasy licenses. After contacting other authors that featured in the Legends anthology they received deals from three of these authors: Robert Silverberg, Raymond E. Feist

Raymond E. Feist

and Tad Williams

Tad Williams

. They began production on Silverberg's The Seventh Shrine, Feist's The Wood Boy and William's The Burning Man. These three productions were originally to be published by Devil's Due but were canceled due to a contract dispute between Roaring Studios and Devil's Due. The split resulted in only one of two issues of The Wood Boy to be published. Around the same time the Dabel Brothers lost the right to Dragonlance: Legend of Huma after only five issues were published due to issues with themselves and Hasbro

Hasbro

Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...

. Devils Due later acquired the license from Hasbro which included all the Dragonlance properties. They then packaged the final issues of the Huma mini-series, but the remainder of the book remains unadapted.

Roaring Studios was renamed to Dabel Brothers Productions. After their departure from Devil's Due, they aligned with Alias Enterprises

Alias Enterprises

Alias Enterprises is a United States publishing company. Their main divisions are Alias Comics and Cross Culture . Based in San Diego, California, it was founded in January 2005 by Brett Burner and Mike S. Miller...

to publish XIII. Alias' head creative director is Mike S. Miller

Mike S. Miller

Mike S. Miller is a comic book illustrator and writer who currently resides in San Diego, California.-Biography:A longtime artist for many comic publishing companies including Marvel, DC, and Image, Mike Miller is most known for his work on the comic book adaptation of George R. R...

who had been partnered with the Dabel Brothers prior to Alias' existence, dating back to the companies series of The Hedge Knight. The partnership later came to an end and the companies went through a public break. During this time the Dabel Brothers were working in conjunction with Red Eagle Entertainment to produce issues of Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan

's New Spring
New Spring
New Spring is a prequel novel in the Wheel of Time fantasy series by American author Robert Jordan. New Spring consists of 26 chapters and an epilogue.-Background to publication:...

. However after five issues the parties came into disagreement with the Dabel Brothers alleging that Red Eagle failed to make payments for production and Red Eagle alleging that the Dabel's were unable to complete the series in a timely fashion. The issue went into arbitration in court with the Dabel Brothers keeping the rights to the Wheel of Time series.

In 2006 they increased production to seven separate monthly titles with plans to add to the line up in the future. Four months into publication the Dabel's suspended publication due to negotiation with Marvel Comics which resulted in a partnership between the two companies. As their deal was being finalized with Marvel, the Dabel Brothers continued to negotiate with other authors to bring their works to comics. Dabel Brothers Production increased production from four to six books per month in addition to trade paperback and hardcover collections of their adaptions under their alliance with Marvel. The imprint continued to focus on licensed adaptations of works by science fiction and fantasy authors along with their original material. The Dabel Brothers handled the editorial side of Dabel Brothers Productions while Marvel handled the marketing and publishing. In August 2007 Marvel and Dabel Brothers Production mutually agreed to part ways, with Marvel retaining the rights to the series that were in production so they could be finished to the authors happiness.

In November 2007, Dabel Brothers signed a deal with the Del Rey

Del Rey Books

imprint of Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann AG in 1998 and remains part of that company today. Ballantine's logo is a...

to handle the distribution of their graphic novels to the bookstore trade. This partnership has led to The Dresden Files: Storm Front Vol. 1 and Mercy Thompson:Homecoming titles to make the New York Times Bestsellers list. Mercy Thompson: Homecoming spent nine weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers list. The Dresden Files Original Graphic Novel "The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle" was nominated for a 2009 Hugo Award.

In 2008 they were under contract to produce the 2009 calendar for the Song of Ice and Fire series, also by George R.R. Martin. However, due to production delays with the Calendars painter and shipping problems that arose many people who had preordered in 2008 did not receive there 2009 calendars in the timeliest of manners. Martin spoke candidly of the incident on his blog and he subsequently terminated his contract for the Calendars. The Dabel Brothers and George R.R. Martin continue to work on the Wildcards Hard Call series whose final issue and Graphic Novel will be released by Dynamite Entertainment in 2010.

A December 2009 announcement revealed that Dynamite Entertainment would be entering into a Publishing deal with Dabel Brothers Publishing (for an Unknown amount of years), where they would be taking over the Production of Dabel Brothers titles. Dynamite Entertainment has subsequently taken over production, payments and has become the publisher of record for all Dabel Brother titles. The First of the Dynamite/Dabel Books was released in April 2010.

Licensed properties

George R. R. Martin

's The Hedge Knight

First released: August, 2003
Publisher: Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...

(1-3), Devil's Due Publishing
Devil's Due Publishing
Devil's Due Publishing is an independent comic book publishers in the United States. Based in Chicago, Illinois, DDP is best known for its wide selection of genres, including licensed and original creator-owned properties that populate its monthly comic book series and graphic novels.Though...

(4-6, 1st and 2nd edition of Graphic novel)
Format: Six issues, reprinted in single graphic novel
Creative team: George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...

(writer), Ben Avery (script), Mike S. Miller (pencils), Mike Crowell (inks), Lynx Studios (colors), Bill Tortolini of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Dragonlance
Dragonlance
Dragonlance is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of popular fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived Dragonlance while driving in their car on the way to TSR for a job application...

: The Legend of Huma
The Legend of Huma
The Legend of Huma is the first in the Heroes Sextet of Dragonlance novels. It was written by Richard A. Knaak, based on characters and settings from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance Chronicles series...

Publisher: Devil's Due Publishing
Devil's Due Publishing
Devil's Due Publishing is an independent comic book publishers in the United States. Based in Chicago, Illinois, DDP is best known for its wide selection of genres, including licensed and original creator-owned properties that populate its monthly comic book series and graphic novels.Though...
First released: February, 2004
Format: Five issues only completed. License moved to Devil's Due.
Creative team: Richard A. Knaak
Richard A. Knaak
Richard A. Knaak is the author of Dragonlance novels, Dragonrealm, six novels for Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series, and nine works in the Warcraft universe...

(writer), Brian Augustyn (1), Sean J. Jordan (1-5) & Trampas Whiteman
Trampas Whiteman
Trampas Whiteman was born July 8, 1972, and grew up in the rural town of Odessa, Missouri. After graduating high school, he attended Central Missouri State University where he gained a bachelor of science in Broadcasting & Film.- Game Design/Comic Books :...

(3-5) (scripts), Mike S. Miller (1-5), Rael Lyra (1-5), Mike Crowell, Joe Prado (artwork), Lynx Studios, Rod Reis, & Ricardo Riamonde (colors) Bill Tortolini of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...

's The Seventh Shrine

Publisher: Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...

(1), Dabel Brothers Productions (Graphic Novel)
First released: March, 2005
Format: Two issues
Creative team: Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...

(w), Sean J. Jordan (editor), Bill Tortolini of Lithium Pro (design and production)

Raymond E. Feist

's The Wood Boy

Publisher: Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...

(1), Dabel Brothers Productions (Graphic Novel)
First released: May, 2005
Format: Two issues, the second of which was never published, reprinted in The Wood Boy / The Burning Man graphic novel
Creative team: Raymond E. Feist
Raymond E. Feist
Raymond Elias Feist is an American author who primarily writes fantasy fiction. He is best known for The Riftwar Cycle series of novels and short stories. His books have been translated into multiple languages and have sold over 15 million copies.- Biography :Raymond E...

(writer), Sean J. Jordan (script), Mat Broome (1), Abdul Rashid (2) (artwork), Stephen Broome (1), David Lanphear (2) (colors), Bill Tortolini of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Tad Williams

's The Burning Man

Publisher: Dabel Brothers Productions (Graphic Novel)
First released: March, 2005
Format: Printed in The Wood Boy / The Burning Man graphic novel (The 3 issues solicited were cancelled in favor of the Trade format)
Creative team: Tad Williams
Tad Williams
Robert Paul "Tad" Williams, born in San Jose, California, is the author of several fantasy and science fiction novels, including Tailchaser's Song, the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, the Otherland series, and The War of the Flowers....

(writer), Sean J. Jordan & Roynne Gillespie (script), Brett Booth (art), Bobby Souza, Manny Clark, Arif Priyanto and Sakti (colors), Bill Tortolini of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Robert Jordan

's The Wheel of Time: New Spring

Publisher: Red Eagle Entertainment (1-5), Dabel Brothers (6-8), Tor Books (completed graphic novel version)
First released: March, 2005
Format: Eight issues
Creative Team: Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. , under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Reagan O'Neal and Jackson O'Reilly.-Biography:Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina...

(writer), Chuck Dixon
Chuck Dixon
Charles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, best known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.-Biography:Dixon grew up in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area, reading comics of all genres...

(script), Mike S. Miller, Carlos Paul, Harvey Talibao (art), Bill Tortolini of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Orson Scott Card

's Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker
Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker
Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker is a twelve-issue comic book limited series by Orson Scott Card, based on The Tales of Alvin Maker series by author Orson Scott Card...

Publisher: Marvel / Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: March, 2006
Second release: October 2006 (Starting with a collected edition of issues 1-2)
Format: Ongoing
Creative team: Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the...

(writer), Roland Bernard Brown (script), Renato Arlem (art), David Curiel of Inshield (colors), Bill Tortolini of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Raymond E. Feist

's Magician

Publisher: Marvel / Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: March, 2006
Second release: October 2006 (Starting with a collected edition of issues 1-2)
Format: Ongoing
Creative team: Raymond E. Feist
Raymond E. Feist
Raymond Elias Feist is an American author who primarily writes fantasy fiction. He is best known for The Riftwar Cycle series of novels and short stories. His books have been translated into multiple languages and have sold over 15 million copies.- Biography :Raymond E...

(writer), Michael Avon Oeming
Michael Avon Oeming
Michael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer. He is known for using a stark art style to tell stories with sophisticated and mature subject matter.-Career:...

& Bryan J.L. Glass (script), Brett Booth
Brett Booth
Brett Booth is an American comic book artist. He is best known for his work on Backlash, a character he co-created with Jim Lee at the Wildstorm Studios.-Biography:...

(art), Jess Booth, Ivan Nunes, Vinicius (colors), Bill Tortolini of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Laurell K. Hamilton

's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter in Guilty Pleasures

Publisher: Marvel / Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: October 2006
Format: Ongoing
Creative team: Laurell K. Hamilton
Laurell K. Hamilton
Laurell Kaye Hamilton is an American fantasy and romance writer. She is the author of two series of stories. Hamilton is known for her New York Times-bestselling Anita Blake series, featuring a professional zombie raiser/supernatural consultant for the police as the protagonist in a world where...

(writer), Stacie M. Ritchie (script), Brett Booth (art), Jess Booth (colors), Bill Tortolini of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Monte Cook

Monte Cook is a professional table-top role-playing game designer and writer. He is married to Sue Weinlein Cook.-Roleplaying:Cook has been a professional game designer since 1988, working primarily on role-playing games. Much of his early work was for Iron Crown Enterprises as an editor and writer...

's Ptolus: City By the Spire

Publisher: Marvel / Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: June, 2006
Second release: November 2006
Format: Six issues
Creative team: Monte Cook
Monte Cook
Monte Cook is a professional table-top role-playing game designer and writer. He is married to Sue Weinlein Cook.-Roleplaying:Cook has been a professional game designer since 1988, working primarily on role-playing games. Much of his early work was for Iron Crown Enterprises as an editor and writer...

(writer), Canaan White, Carlos Paul (art), Inshield (colors), Simon Bowland of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Orson Scott Card

's Wyrms
Wyrms (comics)
Wyrms is a six-issue comic book mini-series by Orson Scott Card and Jake Black, based on the novel Wyrms by author Orson Scott Card. Publication started in April 2006 by Dabel Brothers Productions and was finished in February 2008 by Marvel Comics....

Publisher: Marvel / Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: March, 2006
Second release: April, 2006
Format: Six Issues
Creative team: Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the...

(writer), Jake Black (script), Adriano Batista (art), Frank Martin, Jr. (colors), Simon Bowland of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

XIII

Publisher: Marvel / Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: February 2007 (issues 1-5 through Alias, Issue 6 PDF release DBPro)
Second release: unknown
Format: Six 144-page TP volumes Un-edited (each 6 U.S. issues, or 3 original albums)
Creative team: Jean Van Hamme
Jean Van Hamme
Jean Van Hamme is a Belgian novelist and comic book writer. He has written scripts for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including Histoire sans héros, Thorgal, XIII and Largo Winch.-Early years:...

(writer), William Vance
William Vance
William Vance, the pen name of William van Cutsem, born 8 September 1935, is a Belgian comics artist widely known throughout a long career for his distinctive style and work in Franco-Belgian comics.- Biography :...

(art), Ben Avery (translation), Simon Bowland and Bill Tortolini of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Michael Lent (author)'s Prey: Origin of the Species

Publisher: Marvel / Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: February, 2006
Format: Trade Paperback
Creative team:Michael Lent (author) (writer), Mike Raicht (script), Alex Sanchez, Bong Dazo (art), Alisson Ricardo (colors), Simon Bowland of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

R.A. Salvatore's The Highwayman

Publisher: Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: Fall, 2007
Format: Twelve issues
Creative team: Matthew Hansen
Matthew Hansen
Matthew Hansen is an author and artist, and Editor in Chief for Marvel Comics/Dabel Brothers Productions. A former competitive cyclist, Hansen lives in Toronto, Canada...

(script), Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Jim Butcher

's The Dresden Files

Publisher: Dabel Brothers Productions
To be released: April 16, 2008 (Welcome to the Jungle #1), October 21, 2008 (Welcome to the Jungle trade)
Format: 12-18 issues (32 pages each) per book. Sets of 6 issues will be released in a hardcover collection with bonus material.
Creative team: Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher is a New York Times Best Selling author most known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files. He also wrote the Codex Alera series. Butcher grew up as the only son of his parents, and has two older sisters. He currently lives in Independence with his wife, Shannon K...

(writer), Ardian Syaf (pencils), Joe Pimentel (inks), Jeremy Treece (colors), Chris McGrath (alternative covers).

George R. R. Martin

's Wild Cards
Wild Cards
Wild Cards is a science fiction and superhero anthology series set in a shared universe. The series was created by a group of New Mexico science fiction authors, but it is mostly pulled together and edited by best-selling author George R. R. Martin with assistance by Melinda Snodgrass, also a...

: The Hard Call

First released: April, 2008
Publisher:
Format: size issue limited series
Limited series
A limited series is a comic book series with a set number of installments. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....
Creative team: George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...

(writer), Daniel Abraham
Daniel Abraham (author)
Daniel Abraham is a prolific American science fiction / fantasy author who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies. His novelette Flat Diane was nominated for the Nebula Award...

Robert Jordan

's The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time is a series of epic fantasy novels written by American author James Oliver Rigney, Jr., under the pen name Robert Jordan. Originally planned as a six-book series, the length was increased by increments; at the time of Rigney's death, he expected it to be 12, but it will actually...

(books 1-12)

Publisher: Dabel Brothers, Del Ray
First released: December 2008
Format: Ongoing
Creative Team: Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. , under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Reagan O'Neal and Jackson O'Reilly.-Biography:Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina...

(writer), Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson is an American fantasy author. A Nebraska native, he currently resides in American Fork, Utah. He earned his Master's degree in Creative Writing in 2005 from Brigham Young University, where he was on the staff of Leading Edge, a semi-professional speculative fiction magazine...

(writer)

Original properties

Legacy: Shards of a Broken Kingdom

Publisher: Image Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...

(1-4), Alias Enterprises
Alias Enterprises
Alias Enterprises is a United States publishing company. Their main divisions are Alias Comics and Cross Culture . Based in San Diego, California, it was founded in January 2005 by Brett Burner and Mike S. Miller...

(Manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

Digest
Digest size
Digest size is a magazine size, smaller than a conventional or "journal size" magazine but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately 5½ x 8¼ inches, but can also be 5⅜ x 8⅜ inches and 5½ x 7½ inches. These sizes have evolved from the printing press operation end...

)
First released: May, 2003
Format: Four issues
Created by: Les & Ernst Dabel
Creative team: Carmen Treffileti (1-3), Sean J. Jordan (4) (script), Eduardo Francisco (art), Lynx Studios (colors), Bill Tortolini of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Marshal

Publisher: Marvel / Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: Spring 2007
Format: Four issues
Created by: Bill Tortolini
Creative team: Bill Tortolini and Andrew Lovuolo (script), Abdul Rashid (art), Edmund of Imaginary Friends Studios (colors), Bill Tortolini of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Half Dead

Publisher: Marvel / Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: March 2007
Format: Graphic Novel
Created by: Park Cooper, Barb Lien-Cooper and Jimmy Bott
Creative team: Park Cooper & Barb Lien-Cooper (script), Jimmy Bott (art), Wes Wong and Dean Welsh (colors), Simon Bowland of Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Minus World

Publisher: Marvel / Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: Fall 2007
Format: Four monthly issues
Created by: Sean J. Jordan
Creative team: Sean J. Jordan (script), Jesse Elliot (art), Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Age of Darkness

Publisher: Marvel / Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: Spring 2008
Format: Four monthly issues
Created by: Ernst Dabel
Creative team: Ernst Dabel (script), Eduardo Francisco (art), Lithium Pro (letters and production)

Take a Chance

Publisher: Dabel Brothers Productions
First released: December 2008
Format: Five monthly issues
Created by: C. E. Murphy
C. E. Murphy
C. E. Murphy is an American born author that writes in the fantasy and romance genres. She is the author of the Walker Papers series, The Negotiator Trilogy, and the Inheritor's Cycle as well as The Strongbox Chronicles which were written under a pseudonym. She has also written the graphic novel...
Creative team: C. E. Murphy
C. E. Murphy
C. E. Murphy is an American born author that writes in the fantasy and romance genres. She is the author of the Walker Papers series, The Negotiator Trilogy, and the Inheritor's Cycle as well as The Strongbox Chronicles which were written under a pseudonym. She has also written the graphic novel...

(script), Ardian Syaf (art), Jason Embury (colorist), Melissa S. Kaercher (letters), and Scott Clark (covers)

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