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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.
Formed by Dave Olbrich, Tom Mason and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg in 1986, Malibu Comics proved to be a massive success, at one point in its history surpassing DC Comics in market share, partly from the overwhelming success of the Ultraverse line.
Nov 12, 2019 · In the '90s, Marvel bought Malibu Comics and its Ultraverse, an up-and-coming superhero world, and merged it with its own iconic heroes.
- Tim Webber
Malibu brought out the Ultraverse. With lots of fresh new writing and artistic talent, they created the likes of Prime, Hardcase, Prototype, Mantra, Rune, and a slew of other characters.
- Ellen Swan. As noted before, "Firearm" was probably Ultraverse's best book, and the one issue of "Firearm" that stood out among all the others (besides, of course, the joint video #0) was "Firearm" #5, which was titled, quite strangely, “Said T.E.
- Prime. The most memorable Ultraverse character was Prime. He was created by Gerard Jones, Len Strazewski and Norm Breyfogle, who was wooed by Malibu Comics from DC Comics, where he had previously been a star artist on "Batman."
- Firearm. Created by James Robinson, Howard Chaykin and Cully Hamner, the debut of "Firearm" was an example of just how unusual Malibu was at the time.
- Night Man. Steve Englehart already had one of the great Batman runs on "Detective Comics," so he had a lot of experience in writing dark heroes when he created Night Man for the Ultraverse.
The Ultraverse is a defunct comic book imprint published by the American company Malibu Comics which is currently owned by Marvel Comics. The Ultraverse is a shared universe in which a variety of characters – known within the comics as Ultras – acquired super-human abilities.
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Malibu Comics (also known 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. The company's headquarters was in Calabasas, California. Malibu imprints included Aircel Comics and Eternity Comics.
