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Malibu Comics
Malibu Comics Entertainment, Inc. (launched as Malibu Graphics) was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. Notable titles published by Malibu included The Men in Black, Ultraforce, and Night Man.
The company's headquarters was in Calabasas, California. Malibu was initially publisher for Image Comics from 1992 to 1993. The company's other imprints included Adventure, Aircel and Eternity. Malibu also owned a small software development company that designed video games in the early to mid-1990s called Malibu Interactive.
Malibu Comics was launched in 1986 as Malibu Graphics by Dave Olbrich and Tom Mason with the private financing of Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, who was operating a comic book distribution company (Sunrise Distribution) at the time. Unbeknownst to most people in the industry, Rosenberg was also financing a number of other small comics publishers: Eternity Comics, Amazing Comics, Wonder Color Comics, and Imperial Comics.
Malibu's output began modestly, with creator-owned black-and-white titles; its first title was David Lawrence and Ron Lim's Ex-Mutants. Other early titles included Dark Wolf, Libby Ellis, The Liberator, and The Trouble With Girls.
In 1987, after Rosenberg's behind-the-scenes roles were revealed, he discontinued most of the other small publishers, merging some with Malibu and retaining Eternity Comics as a Malibu brand. At this point, Chris Ulm joined Malibu as editor-in-chief.
In September 1988, Malibu effectively acquired the Canadian publisher Aircel Comics as an imprint, and in January 1989 it acquired Adventure Publications.
From that point forward, the Malibu brand was used for superhero titles. Eternity was used for the magazine line and also for anime-inspired titles like Robotech. (Eternity published Ben Dunn's Ninja High School, one of the first American manga-influenced series.) Adventure was used for Malibu's licensed titles, such as Planet of the Apes and Alien Nation. Aircel was used for Barry Blair's comics and Malibu's adult line.
Other licensed media adaptations included Re-Animator, Planet of the Apes, I Love Lucy, The Three Stooges, Lensman, Captain Harlock, Robotech II: The Sentinels, Logan's Run and Logan's World. Literary and horror adaptations the works of H. P. Lovecraft, Brian Lumley's Necroscope, Keith Laumer's Retief series, and Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Bat.
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Malibu Comics
Malibu Comics Entertainment, Inc. (launched as Malibu Graphics) was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. Notable titles published by Malibu included The Men in Black, Ultraforce, and Night Man.
The company's headquarters was in Calabasas, California. Malibu was initially publisher for Image Comics from 1992 to 1993. The company's other imprints included Adventure, Aircel and Eternity. Malibu also owned a small software development company that designed video games in the early to mid-1990s called Malibu Interactive.
Malibu Comics was launched in 1986 as Malibu Graphics by Dave Olbrich and Tom Mason with the private financing of Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, who was operating a comic book distribution company (Sunrise Distribution) at the time. Unbeknownst to most people in the industry, Rosenberg was also financing a number of other small comics publishers: Eternity Comics, Amazing Comics, Wonder Color Comics, and Imperial Comics.
Malibu's output began modestly, with creator-owned black-and-white titles; its first title was David Lawrence and Ron Lim's Ex-Mutants. Other early titles included Dark Wolf, Libby Ellis, The Liberator, and The Trouble With Girls.
In 1987, after Rosenberg's behind-the-scenes roles were revealed, he discontinued most of the other small publishers, merging some with Malibu and retaining Eternity Comics as a Malibu brand. At this point, Chris Ulm joined Malibu as editor-in-chief.
In September 1988, Malibu effectively acquired the Canadian publisher Aircel Comics as an imprint, and in January 1989 it acquired Adventure Publications.
From that point forward, the Malibu brand was used for superhero titles. Eternity was used for the magazine line and also for anime-inspired titles like Robotech. (Eternity published Ben Dunn's Ninja High School, one of the first American manga-influenced series.) Adventure was used for Malibu's licensed titles, such as Planet of the Apes and Alien Nation. Aircel was used for Barry Blair's comics and Malibu's adult line.
Other licensed media adaptations included Re-Animator, Planet of the Apes, I Love Lucy, The Three Stooges, Lensman, Captain Harlock, Robotech II: The Sentinels, Logan's Run and Logan's World. Literary and horror adaptations the works of H. P. Lovecraft, Brian Lumley's Necroscope, Keith Laumer's Retief series, and Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Bat.