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Publisher: Pied Piper Comics
Years in Operation: 1986 - 1988
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: Brands: 1 Indicia Publishers: 3 Series: 11 Printings: 17 Disclose Notes: Founded by Mark L. Hamlin and comics writer Roger McKenzie, with writer/editor David Campiti playing a major role. Editorial editorial offices in Wheeling, WV, with business office in Wyoming, MI. Hamlin was formerly sales and marketing representative for Comico; Pied Piper Comics was a play on Hamlin's name and the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Pied Piper was tied to two other Campiti-associated publishers: Amazing and Wonder Color, both of which were financed by comics distributor Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and a small group of investors. Campiti packaged comics for all three publishers through Campiti and Associates, with Pied Piper publishing graphic novels, Amazing publishing black-and-white comics, and Wonder Color publishing color comics.

Pied Piper temporarily acquired David Lawrence & Ron Lim's EX-MUTANTS after the title began with two publishers associated with Campiti and financial backer Rosenberg: Eternity Comics and Amazing. Campiti left Rosenberg's various ventures in 1987, taking Lawrence & Lim's EX-MUTANTS with him to Pied Piper. (The company also published Lawrence & Lim's THE NEW HUMANS.)

Pied Piper collapsed in 1988, with a number of titles, such as HERO ALLIANCE and POWER FACTOR, being continued by Campiti's own Innovation Publishing; EX-MUTANTS and THE NEW HUMANS both returned to Eternity (which at that point was an imprint of another Rosenberg operation, Malibu Comics).
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Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
The Beast Warriors of Shaolin {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Pied Piper Graphic Album #3.
1986 - 0
The Beast Warriors of Shaolin {Comic Books} 1987 - 3
Kamikaze Cat {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Lawrence & Lim's Ex-Mutants {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Feature continues in Ex-Mutants (Eternity, 1987 series) #6.
1987 - 3
Lawrence & Lim's Ex-Mutants Microseries: Erin {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Lawrence & Lim's the New Humans {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: The indicia title in issue's 2 and 3 is just "The New Humans".
1987 - 3
Mr. Doom {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Ninja Bots Super Special {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Phigments {Comic Books} 1987 - 1
Pied Piper Graphic Album {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: #2 - Deathland 2000: The Saga of Mark Slaughter by Robin Wood and Ricardo Villagran apparently never published.
1986 - 2
Power Factor {Comic Books} 1988 - 1

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