In 1977 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...

 published a magazine-format full-color comic book presenting the band as superheroes. Blood from each band member was drawn by a registered nurse, witnessed by a notary public, and poured into the vats of red ink used for printing the comic at Marvel's Borden Ink plant in Depew, New York

Depew, New York

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. Marvel also published a second Kiss comic magazine in 1979 with much less fanfare. In 1997, Image comics

Image Comics

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 began publishing Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane

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's Kiss: Psycho Circus

Kiss: Psycho Circus

Kiss Psycho Circus is a comic book series published by Image Comics and Todd McFarlane Productions. It was written by Brian Holguin and illustrated by various artists, including pencillers Angel Medina and Clayton Crain with inker Kevin Conrad...

, a much darker and mystical series than the previous Kiss comics. 31 issues were published. In 2002, Dark Horse comics

Dark Horse Comics

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 published a Kiss comic book authored by X-Men

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 writer Joe Casey

Joe Casey

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, which lasted for thirteen issues. Each issue was released in two versions, one with a drawn cover and one with a photo cover. The first four of these stories were later collected in a graphic novel entitled Rediscovery. . On January 30, 2007 it was announced that the KISS Comics Group, a joint venture between Platinum Studios and the band, would launch a new comic KISS 4K with an oversized $50 Destroyer Edition, at the Wizard World Los Angeles Convention in March and with an ongoing series to follow in May by writer Ricky Sprague and artist Kevin Crossley.

Kiss' first comic book appearance was in the 12th issue of Marvel's Howard the Duck in the May of 1977.