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Publisher: Eclipse
Years in Operation: 1979 - 1994
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: Brands: 14 Indicia Publishers: 5 Series: 284 Printings: 1036 (1035 Issues) Disclose Notes: Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1978, it published the first graphic novel intended for the newly created comic book specialty store market. It was one of the first to offer royalties and creator ownership of rights, and the first comics company to publish trading cards.   Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
3-D Alien Terror {Comic Books} 1986 - 1
3-D Laser Eraser and Pressbutton {Comic Books} 1986 - 1
Aces {Comic Books} 1988 - 5
Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters {Comic Books} 1986 - 1988 9
Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters - America the Beautiful {Trade Paperbacks} 1990 - 1
Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters 3-D {Comic Books} 1986 - 4
The Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters Massacre the Japanese Invasion {Comic Books} 1989 - 1
Air Fighters Classics {Comic Books} 1987 - 1989 6
Airboy {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This is a revival of the Hillman character. This series produced several mini-series and one-shots. The bi-weekly, 16-page format was a noble experiment to reduce the prices of direct sales comics.
1986 - 1989 50
Airboy Meets the Prowler {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Airboy versus the Airmaidens {Comic Books} 1988 - 1
Airboy-Mr. Monster Special {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
The Airfighters Meet Sgt. Strike Special {Comic Books} 1988 - 1
Airmaidens Special {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Alien Encounters {Comic Books} 1985 - 1987 14
Alien Worlds {Comic Books} 1984 - 1985 2
Alien Worlds {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: After following up Bruce Jones' ALIEN WORLDS anthology with the more varied ALIEN ENCOUNTERS, Eclipse got Jones back to give ALIEN WORLDS another go as a semiannual Prestige Format series. Unfortunately, only one issue was ever published.
1988 - 1
Allan W. Eckert's Tecumseh! {Trade Paperbacks} 1992 - 1
The Amazing Cynicalman {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: First appearance of Cynicalman outside small press comics.
1987 - 1
Appleseed {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: First published in Japan in 1985 by Seishinsha. Actually numbered in a book/volume sequence rather than volume/number.
1988 - 1991 19
Appleseed {Trade Paperbacks} 1989 - 1991 3
Ariane & Bluebeard {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: See Night Music (Eclipse, 1984) #8 http://www.xowcomics.com/cover_detail.htm?issue_id=45582
1989 - ? 0
Axel Pressbutton {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints of British/Quality strips. Co-published with Quality Communications and Eclipse.
1984 - 1985 6
Aztec Ace {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Direct sales only.
1984 - 1985 15
Back Down the Line {Comic Books} 1991 - 1
Back Down the Line {Hardcovers} 1991 - 1
Batman & Me {Trade Paperbacks} 1989 - 1
Bedlam {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Horror title
1985 - 2
Berni Wrightson, Master of the Macabre {Comic Books} 1984 - 1
Black Magic {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Translation of Masamune Shirow's manga Buraku Majikku. First published in manga fanzine Atlas (1983); then by Seishinsha (1985); "flopped" to left-to-right format/translated by Studio Proteus.
1990 - 4
The Black Terror {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This is an updating of the Black Terror, but into a totally new character.
1989 - 1990 3
Blandman {Comic Books} 1992 - 1
Blood Is the Harvest {Comic Books} 1992 - 4
Bob Powell's Timeless Tales {Comic Books} 1989 - 1
Bogie {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Some Eclipse back issue sales list the book as Eclipse Graphic Album #33, but it is not identified that way in the book itself.
1989 - 1
Born to Be Wild {Comic Books} 1991 - 1
Brought to Light {Hardcovers} 1989 - 1
Brought to Light {Trade Paperbacks} 1989 - 1989 1
Bullet Crow, Fowl of Fortune {Comic Books} 1987 - 2
Buster Keaton {Trade Paperbacks} 1982 - 1
California Girls {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Issues #1-7 contain two centerfold pages in color.
1987 - 1988 8
Cap'n Quick & a Foozle {Comic Books} 1984 - 1985 2
Captain EO 3-D {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Captain EO 3-D Special Souvenir Edition {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Co-published by Walt Disney Publications. Sold only at Disney theme parks for $6.95 (cover price). 3-D glasses attached.
1987 - 1
Champions {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Direct Sales only.
1986 - 1987 6
Clint {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Cover title "Clint The Hamster Triumphant"
1986 - 1987 2
Clive Barker: Revelations {Comic Books} 1992 - 1
Clive Barker: Son of Celluloid {Trade Paperbacks} 1991 - 1
Clive Barker: The Life of Death {Comic Books} 1993 - ? 0
Clive Barker: The Life of Death {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Adaption of two Clive Barker stories. Some Nudity.
1993 - ? 1
Comics Express {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints of various newspaper comics.
1989 - 1990 2
The Complete Alec {Comic Books} 1990 - 1
The Complete Pogo Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Intended as a complete reprinting of the comic book appearances of Pogo by Walt Kelly. Cover title for this series is "Walt Kelly's Pogo and Albert." The hardcover versions are listed separately.
1989 - 1990 4
The Complete Pogo Comics {Hardcovers} Disclose
Note: The softcover editions are listed separately.
1989 - 1990 4
Contractors {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Crossfire {Comic Books} 1984 - 1987 26
Crossfire and Rainbow {Comic Books} 1986 - 4
Cyber 7 {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Planned to be five volumes though only two were published.
1989 - 7
Cyber 7: Book Two {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Planned as five volumes but only two were published.
1989 - 1990 10
Daughters of Fly in My Eye {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Is interior really black and white?
1990 - 1
David Chelsea in Love {Comic Books} 1991 - 1992 4
David Chelsea in Love {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Are the interiors really in black and white?
1992 - 1
Destroy!! {Comic Books} 1986 - 1
Destroy!! {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Destroyer Duck {Comic Books} 1982 - 1984 7
Detectives Inc. {Comic Books} 1985 - 2
Detectives, Inc. {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Sometimes listed as #3 on Eclipse Graphic Album series.
1980 - 1
Detectives, Inc.: A Terror of Dying Dreams {Comic Books} 1987 - 3
Dinosaurs Attack! The Graphic Novel {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Intended as a three issue mini-series but only one issue was published. Based on the Topps Trading Cards.
1991 - 1
Directory to a Non-Existent Universe {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Dirty Pair {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Characters based on novels by Japanese author Haruka Takachiho.
1988 - 1989 4
Dirty Pair Book Two: Dangerous Acquaintances Collection {Hardcovers} 1991 - 1
Dirty Pair Book Two: Dangerous Acquaintances Collection {Comic Books} 1991 - 1
Dirty Pair II {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Manga-influenced. Characters based on novels by Japanese author Haruka Takachiho. issue #3 is numbered "1 of 5" on the cover; issue #4 states "4 of 4" on the cover.
1989 - 1990 5
The Dirty Pair III {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Volume 3.
1990 - 1991 5
Dirty Pair: Biohazards {Hardcovers} 1990 - 1
Dirty Pair: Biohazards {Comic Books} 1990 - 1
Dishman {Comic Books} 1988 - 1
The DNAgents {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: One of the earlier direct sales comics offered by Eclipse.
1983 - 1985 24
Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Based on a little-known Canadian character from the 1940's, Michael T. Gilbert used Mr. Monster to parody super-heroes. Mr. Monster previously appeared in Vanguard Illustrated (Pacific, 1983 series) #7; Airboy-Mr. Monster Special (Eclipse, 1987 series) #1 follows. The character was later published at Dark Horse.
1985 - 1987 10
Dominion {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Limited series translating the Masamune Shirow manga Dominion (original 1986 publication Hakusensha K. K.). "Flopped" to Western left-to-right format and translated by Studio Proteus.
1989 - 1990 6
Downside {Comic Books} 1993 - 1
Dr. Watchstop {Comic Books} 1989 - 1
Dr. Watchstop: Adventures in Time and Space {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Backs of some Eclipse books list this as Eclipse Graphic Album #36. However the book itself is not listed that way.
1989 - 1
Dragon Chiang {Comic Books} 1991 - 1
Dragonflight {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Adapts the 1968 Anne McCaffrey novel
1991 - 3
Dragonflight {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Indicia says "Eclipse Graphic Novels an imprint of Eclipse Books and HarperCollins Publishers".
1993 - 1
Dread [Clive Barker: Dread] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Cover title is "Clive Barker: Dread".
1992 - 1
The Dreamery {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Outstanding light fantasy (not swords-and-sorcery, but rather fairy-tale-ish) anthology series from Eclipse, who could do no wrong during this period. This series introduced Donna Barr's wonderful Stinz stories, which quickly became the anchor.
1986 - 1989 14
Eclipse Extra {Comic Books} 1984 - 1991 76
Eclipse Monthly {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Attempt at reviving the anthology format popular in the forties.
1983 - 1984 10
Eclipse, the Magazine {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Indicia titles for this series are: #1 - Eclipse, the Magazine. #2-8 - Eclipse.
1981 - 1983 8
El Salvador: A House Divided {Comic Books} 1989 - 1
Elf-Thing {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Enchanter {Comic Books} 1987 - 3
Espers {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Planned as a four issue limited series, but expanded into a fifth issue. Series continued in the title Interface published by Marvel's Epic imprint.
1986 - 1987 5
Farewell to the Gipper {Comic Books} 1988 - 1
Fashion in Action Summer Special {Comic Books} 1986 - 1
Fashion in Action Winter Special {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Fast Fiction (She) {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: In the back of some Eclipse comics this book is listed as Eclipse Graphic Album Series #27, but it is not listed that way in the book itself.
1988 - 1

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