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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">First Comics</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Comics" title="Comics">Comics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1983<br>2011 (relaunched)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Ken F. Levin<br><a href="Mike_Gold_(comics)" title="Mike Gold (comics)">Mike Gold</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">1991</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="Evanston%2C_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a> (1983–1985)<br><a href="Chicago%2C_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a> (1985–1991)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="Matt_and_John_Yuan" title="Matt and John Yuan">Matt and John Yuan</a> (deputy publishers)<br>Alex Wald (art director)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br>Kurt Goldzung (sales manager)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br><a href="Larry_Doyle_(writer)" title="Larry Doyle (writer)">Larry Doyle</a> (editor)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br>Bob Garcia<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>First Comics</b> is an American <a href="Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic book</a> publisher that was active from 1983 to 1991 and then from 2011 to present (stylized as <b>1First Comics</b>), known for titles like <i><a href="American_Flagg!" title="American Flagg!">American Flagg!</a></i>, <i><a href="Grimjack" title="Grimjack">Grimjack</a></i>, <i><a href="Nexus_(comics)" title="Nexus (comics)">Nexus</a></i>, <i><a href="Badger_(comics)" title="Badger (comics)">Badger</a></i>, <i><a href="Dreadstar" title="Dreadstar">Dreadstar</a></i>, and <i><a href="Jon_Sable" title="Jon Sable">Jon Sable</a></i>. Along with competitors like <a href="Pacific_Comics" title="Pacific Comics">Pacific Comics</a> and <a href="Eclipse_Comics" title="Eclipse Comics">Eclipse Comics</a>, First took early advantage of the growing <a href="Direct_market" title="Direct market">direct market</a>, attracting a number of writers and artists from <a href="DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC</a> and <a href="Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel</a> to produce <a href="Creator_ownership" class="mw-redirect" title="Creator ownership">creator-owned</a> titles, which, as they were not subject to the <a href="Comics_Code" class="mw-redirect" title="Comics Code">Comics Code</a>, were free to feature more mature content.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>Based in <a href="Evanston%2C_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a>, First Comics was co-founded by Ken F. Levin<sup id="cite_ref-relaunch_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-relaunch-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="Mike_Gold_(comics)" title="Mike Gold (comics)">Mike Gold</a>. It launched in 1983 with a line-up of creators including <a href="Frank_Brunner" title="Frank Brunner">Frank Brunner</a>, <a href="Mike_Grell" title="Mike Grell">Mike Grell</a>, <a href="Howard_Chaykin" title="Howard Chaykin">Howard Chaykin</a>, <a href="Joe_Staton" title="Joe Staton">Joe Staton</a>, <a href="Steven_Grant" title="Steven Grant">Steven Grant</a>, <a href="Timothy_Truman" title="Timothy Truman">Timothy Truman</a>, and <a href="Jim_Starlin" title="Jim Starlin">Jim Starlin</a>. In 1984, First acquired all the titles of the short-lived publisher <a href="Capital_Comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital Comics">Capital Comics</a>, including <a href="Mike_Baron" title="Mike Baron">Mike Baron</a>'s action/superhero/fantasy/comedy series <i><a href="Badger_(comics)" title="Badger (comics)">Badger</a></i>, and Baron and <a href="Steve_Rude" title="Steve Rude">Steve Rude</a>'s space-<a href="Superhero" title="Superhero">superhero</a> series <i><a href="Nexus_(comics)" title="Nexus (comics)">Nexus</a></i>.

</p><p>Among First's best-known titles were Chaykin's satirical futuristic cop series <i><a href="American_Flagg" class="mw-redirect" title="American Flagg">American Flagg</a></i>; <a href="John_Ostrander" title="John Ostrander">John Ostrander</a> and <a href="Tim_Truman" class="mw-redirect" title="Tim Truman">Tim Truman</a>'s <i><a href="Grimjack" title="Grimjack">Grimjack</a></i>; Baron & Rude's <i>Nexus</i>; <i>Badger</i>; <a href="Jim_Starlin" title="Jim Starlin">Jim Starlin</a>'s space opera series <i><a href="Dreadstar" title="Dreadstar">Dreadstar</a></i> and <a href="Mike_Grell" title="Mike Grell">Mike Grell</a>'s <i><a href="Jon_Sable" title="Jon Sable">Jon Sable</a></i>, which was briefly adapted for TV.

</p><p>In 1984, the publisher sued industry giant <a href="Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>, claiming that Marvel flooded the market with new titles in 1983 in order to shut out First and other new companies. In the same lawsuit, First also sued printer <a href="World_Color_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="World Color Press">World Color Press</a> for anti-competitive activities, claiming the printer undercharged Marvel for its business, and in return overcharged First and its fellow independents.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suit was resolved in the spring of 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The company moved to <a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> in 1985. <a href="Mike_Gold_(comics)" title="Mike Gold (comics)">Mike Gold</a>, one of First's founders, served as the company president until late 1985;<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gold soon moved to New York to become a senior editor at <a href="DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gold later used his First Comics connections to bring Grell, Chaykin, and Truman over to DC, where they created series such as <i><a href="Green_Arrow%3A_The_Longbow_Hunters" title="Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters">Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters</a></i>, <i><a href="Blackhawk_(DC_Comics)" title="Blackhawk (DC Comics)">Blackhawk</a></i>, and <i><a href="Hawkworld" title="Hawkworld">Hawkworld</a></i>.

</p><p>From 1985 to 1988, First published <a href="Peter_B._Gillis" title="Peter B. Gillis">Peter B. Gillis</a> and <a href="Mike_Saenz" title="Mike Saenz">Mike Saenz</a>'s <a href="Digital_comic" title="Digital comic">digital comic</a> <i><a href="Shatter_(digital_comic)" title="Shatter (digital comic)">Shatter</a></i>, the first commercially published all-digital comic book.<sup id="cite_ref-Publishers2006_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Publishers2006-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 1986, despite its success with the direct market, First experimented with newsstand distribution.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that same year, the publisher found itself in the middle of the industry-wide debate about <a href="Creators'_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Creators' rights">creators' rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clashes with DC Comics, First, and other publishers on this issue led in part to the drafting of the <a href="Creator's_Bill_of_Rights" title="Creator's Bill of Rights">Creator's Bill of Rights</a> signed by <a href="Scott_McCloud" title="Scott McCloud">Scott McCloud</a>, <a href="Kevin_Eastman" title="Kevin Eastman">Kevin Eastman</a>, <a href="Peter_Laird" title="Peter Laird">Peter Laird</a>, <a href="Dave_Sim" title="Dave Sim">Dave Sim</a>, <a href="Rick_Veitch" title="Rick Veitch">Rick Veitch</a>, and other comics creators in late 1988.

</p><p>First also published a series of comic adaptations of the <i><a href="The_Eternal_Champion_(novel)" title="The Eternal Champion (novel)">Eternal Champion</a></i> books by <a href="Michael_Moorcock" title="Michael Moorcock">Michael Moorcock</a> and English translations of the <a href="Manga" title="Manga">Japanese manga</a> series <i><a href="Lone_Wolf_and_Cub" title="Lone Wolf and Cub">Lone Wolf and Cub</a></i>.

</p><p>The company's final major project was a revival of <i><a href="Classics_Illustrated" title="Classics Illustrated">Classics Illustrated</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company partnered with <a href="Berkley_Books" title="Berkley Books">Berkley Books</a> (then Berkley Publishing Group) to acquire the rights, and <i>Classics Illustrated</i> returned with new adaptations and a line-up of artists that included <a href="Kyle_Baker" title="Kyle Baker">Kyle Baker</a>, <a href="Dean_Motter" title="Dean Motter">Dean Motter</a>, <a href="Mike_Ploog" title="Mike Ploog">Mike Ploog</a>, <a href="P._Craig_Russell" title="P. Craig Russell">P. Craig Russell</a>, <a href="Bill_Sienkiewicz" title="Bill Sienkiewicz">Bill Sienkiewicz</a>, <a href="Joe_Staton" title="Joe Staton">Joe Staton</a>, <a href="Rick_Geary" title="Rick Geary">Rick Geary</a>, and <a href="Gahan_Wilson" title="Gahan Wilson">Gahan Wilson</a>. However, the line lasted only a little over a year.

</p><p>First Comics ceased publishing in 1991, and closed their doors for good in early 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rebirth">Rebirth</h3></div>

<p>At <a href="San_Diego_Comic-Con" title="San Diego Comic-Con">San Diego Comic-Con</a> in 2011, First co-founder Levin announced that the company would resume publishing new material in late 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-relaunch_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-relaunch-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two years later, Mike Baron announced a new project on his Facebook page: "HOWL! coming next year from First Comics. Shane Oakley is the artist".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Publishing resumed in June 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>First Comics and Devil's Due Publishing merged to form Devil's Due/1First Comics LLC in June 2015. In addition to reprinting older properties, Devil's Due/1First Comics launched five new ongoing series. Despite the merge and emphasis on creator owned properties, both 1First Comics and Devil's Due intend to maintain editorial independence.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>First Comics and Devil's Due parted ways and by September of 2019, First Comics was publishing titles under their own banner.

</p><p>Since 2019, First Comics has continued publishing creator-owned titles, including Inspector Oh and Love Town by <a href="Matt_and_John_Yuan" title="Matt and John Yuan">Matt and John Yuan</a>, Night Stalker by Orlando Harding, and the Dogwitch Omnibus by Dan Schaeffer.

</p><p>In December of 2020, First Comics launched its board game division, First Games (aka 1First Games) with a board game adaptation of the <a href="Garth_Ennis" title="Garth Ennis">Garth Ennis</a> and <a href="Darick_Robertson" title="Darick Robertson">Darick Robertson</a> series <a href="The_Boys_(comics)" title="The Boys (comics)">The Boys</a>.

</p><p>In February of 2022, <a href="Matt_and_John_Yuan" title="Matt and John Yuan">Matt and John Yuan</a> were named Deputy Publishers.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2></div>

<p>The company picked up many industry awards, including a 1985 <a href="Kirby_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirby Award">Kirby Award</a> for Best Graphic Album for <i><a href="List_of_artistic_depictions_of_Beowulf" class="mw-redirect" title="List of artistic depictions of Beowulf">Beowulf</a></i>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy/collected_editions">Legacy/collected editions</h2></div>

<p><a href="Dark_Horse_Comics" title="Dark Horse Comics">Dark Horse Comics</a> would later reprint the <i>Lone Wolf and Cub</i> series in English, and finally complete it in 2002. In 2005, <a href="IDW_Publishing" title="IDW Publishing">IDW Publishing</a> revived <i>Jon Sable</i> and <i>Grimjack</i> with new miniseries and reprint collections of the First Comics issues, and would also publish a complete collection of <i>Mars</i>. In 2007 IDW also started reprinting <i><a href="Badger_(comics)" title="Badger (comics)">Badger</a></i> as well as starting a new series.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> IDW also reprinted the four <a href="Land_of_Oz" title="Land of Oz">Oz</a> stories by <a href="Eric_Shanower" title="Eric Shanower">Eric Shanower</a> originally published as issues of <i>First Graphic Novel</i> as <i>Adventures in Oz</i>. <i>First Graphic Novel</i> also featured <a href="Colorized" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorized">colorized</a> reprints of early issues of the original <i><a href="Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(Mirage_Studios)" title="Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios)">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</a></i> series.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Titles">Titles</h2></div>

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="List_of_First_Comics_publications" title="List of First Comics publications">List of First Comics publications</a></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alex Wald interview, <i>David Anthony Kraft's Comics Interview</i> #52 (1987).</span>

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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kurt Goldzung interview, <i>David Anthony Kraft's Comics Interview</i> #52 (1987).</span>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"First", <i>The Comics Journal</i> #124 (August 1988), p. 19.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Bob Garcia Joins First Comics", <i>The Comics Journal</i> #126 (January 1989), p. 34.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-relaunch-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-relaunch_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-relaunch_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Phegley, Kiel. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33275#storyContinued">"CBR News: EXCLUSIVE: Levin On Relaunching First Comics"</a>, Comic Book Resource (July 14, 2011).</span>

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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"First Comics Sues Marvel Comics for Anti-Competitive Activities", <i>The Comics Journal</i> #89 (May 1984), p. 8.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Goodrich, Chris. "Captain America, Get a Lawyer!: An upstart comic book publisher sues mighty Marvel Comics", <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> (01 June 1986), p. 9.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"First vs. Marvel and World Color", <i>The Comics Journal</i> #102 (September 1985), pp. 11-14.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"First Awaits Court Verdict", <i>The Comics Journal</i> #121 (April 1988), p. 8: lawsuit involving First Comics, Marvel Comics, and printing of comics, and World Color Press.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Mike Gold Leaves First Presidential Post" <i>The Comics Journal</i> #103 (November 1985), pp. 14-15.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Mike Gold Leaves First Comics to Become Senior Editor at DC", <i>The Comics Journal</i> #105 (February 1986), p. 27.</span>

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</style><cite id="CITEREFStaff_writer2006" class="citation web cs1">Staff writer (17 July 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-932051-44-5">"Shatter"</a>. <i><a href="Publishers_Weekly" title="Publishers Weekly">Publishers Weekly</a></i>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Editorial: First Comics to Experiment with Newsstand Distribution this Spring", <i>The Comics Journal</i> #107 (April 1986), pp. 14-15.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"First Comics Pays Up", <i>The Comics Journal</i> #110 (August 1986), pp. 9-10: On creators' rights.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"First Comics Revives <i>Classics Illustrated</i>", <i>The Comics Journal</i> #120 (March 1988), p. 12.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"First Comics Revives <i>Classics Illustrated</i> in January", <i>The Comics Journal</i> #132 (November 1989), p. 23.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Newswatch: First Closes Offices," <i>The Comics Journal</i> #148 (February 1992), p. 27.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.facebook.com/michael.a.baron.7">https://www.facebook.com/michael.a.baron.7</a> </span>

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<li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/261736003873797/681463641901029">"1First Comics on Facebook"</a>. <i><a href="Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a></i>. Archived from <span class="id-lock-limited" title="Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/FirstComics/posts/681463641901029">the original</a></span> on 2022-04-27.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://deadline.com/2015/06/devils-due-1first-comics-merger-film-licensing-1201443257/">"Devil's Due and 1First Comics Merge to Form Mini-Major Comics Publisher"</a>. 16 June 2015.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/1first-comics-official-announcement-matt-and-john-yuan-as-deputy-publishers/">"1First Comics Official Announcement Matt and John Yuan as Deputy Publishers"</a>. 28 February 2022.</cite> </span>

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<li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11727">Mike Baron's "Badger" is Back</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070902152918/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11727">Archived</a> 2007-09-02 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="Comic_Book_Resources" title="Comic Book Resources">Comic Book Resources</a>, August 29, 2007</span>

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<ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.1firstcomics.com/">Official website</a></span></span></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/f/first.htm">First Comics</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.internationalhero.co.uk">International Superheroes</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Aardvark-Vanaheim" title="Aardvark-Vanaheim">Aardvark-Vanaheim</a></li>

<li><a href="Abrams_Books" title="Abrams Books">Abrams ComicArts</a></li>

<li><a href="AC_Comics" title="AC Comics">AC Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Action_Lab_Comics" title="Action Lab Comics">Action Lab Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Ahoy_Comics" title="Ahoy Comics">Ahoy Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="AiT/Planet_Lar" title="AiT/Planet Lar">AiT/Planet Lar</a></li>

<li><a href="Alias_Enterprises" title="Alias Enterprises">Alias Enterprises</a></li>

<li><a href="Alien_Books" title="Alien Books">Alien Books</a></li>

<li><a href="Alternative_Comics" title="Alternative Comics">Alternative Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Antarctic_Press" title="Antarctic Press">Antarctic Press</a></li>

<li><a href="Arcana_Studio" title="Arcana Studio">Arcana Studio</a></li>

<li><a href="Archaia_Entertainment" title="Archaia Entertainment">Archaia Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Archie_Comics" title="Archie Comics">Archie Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Aspen_Comics" title="Aspen Comics">Aspen MLT</a></li>

<li><a href="Avatar_Press" title="Avatar Press">Avatar Press</a></li>

<li><a href="AWA_Studios" title="AWA Studios">AWA Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Beyond_Comics" title="Beyond Comics">Beyond Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Eye_Productions" title="Black Eye Productions">Black Eye Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Mask_Studios" title="Black Mask Studios">Black Mask Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Sands_Entertainment" title="Black Sands Entertainment">Black Sands Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Boom!_Studios" title="Boom! Studios">Boom! Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Caliber_Comics" title="Caliber Comics">Caliber Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Class_Comics" title="Class Comics">Class Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Chapterhouse_Comics" title="Chapterhouse Comics">Comic House</a></li>

<li><a href="Conundrum_Press_(Canada)" title="Conundrum Press (Canada)">Conundrum Press</a></li>

<li><a href="Creative_Impulse_Entertainment" title="Creative Impulse Entertainment">Creative Impulse Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Cross_Infinite_World" title="Cross Infinite World">Cross Infinite World</a></li>

<li><a href="Darby_Pop_Publishing" title="Darby Pop Publishing">Darby Pop Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Dark_Horse_Comics" title="Dark Horse Comics">Dark Horse Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>

<ul><li><a href="Milestone_Media" title="Milestone Media">Milestone Media</a></li>

<li><a href="Vertigo_Comics" title="Vertigo Comics">Vertigo Comics</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Denpa_(company)" title="Denpa (company)">Denpa</a></li>

<li><a href="Devil's_Due_Publishing" title="Devil's Due Publishing">Devil's Due Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Drawn_%26_Quarterly" title="Drawn & Quarterly">Drawn & Quarterly</a></li>

<li><a href="DSTLRY" title="DSTLRY">DSTLRY</a></li>

<li><a href="Dynamite_Entertainment" title="Dynamite Entertainment">Dynamite Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Eureka_Productions" title="Eureka Productions">Eureka Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Fantagraphics" title="Fantagraphics">Fantagraphics</a></li>

<li><a href="First_Second_Books" title="First Second Books">First Second Books</a></li>

<li><a href="HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a></li>

<li><a href="Hermes_Press" title="Hermes Press">Hermes Press</a></li>

<li><a href="Les_Humano%C3%AFdes_Associ%C3%A9s" title="Les Humanoïdes Associés">Humanoids Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Hyperwerks" title="Hyperwerks">Hyperwerks</a></li>

<li><a href="IDW_Publishing" title="IDW Publishing">IDW Publishing</a>

<ul><li><a href="Sunday_Press_Books" title="Sunday Press Books">Sunday Press Books</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Image_Comics" title="Image Comics">Image Comics</a>

<ul><li><a href="Skybound_Entertainment#Comics" title="Skybound Entertainment">Skybound Entertainment</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Iron_Circus_Comics" title="Iron Circus Comics">Iron Circus Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="J-Novel_Club" title="J-Novel Club">J-Novel Club</a></li>

<li><a href="Kaiten_Books" title="Kaiten Books">Kaiten Books</a></li>

<li><a href="Kodansha_USA" title="Kodansha USA">Kodansha USA</a>

<ul><li><a href="Vertical_(publisher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertical (publisher)">Vertical</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Koyama_Press" title="Koyama Press">Koyama Press</a></li>

<li><a href="La_Past%C3%A8que" title="La Pastèque">La Pastèque</a></li>

<li><a href="Legendary_Comics" title="Legendary Comics">Legendary Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Lev_Gleason_Publications" title="Lev Gleason Publications">Lev Gleason Publications</a></li>

<li><a href="Les_400_coups" title="Les 400 coups">Les 400 coups</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Library_of_American_Comics" title="The Library of American Comics">The Library of American Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Mad_Cave_Studios" title="Mad Cave Studios">Mad Cave Studios</a>

<ul><li><a href="Papercutz_(publisher)" title="Papercutz (publisher)">Papercutz</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Moonstone_Books" title="Moonstone Books">Moonstone Books</a></li>

<li><a href="Saturday_AM_(magazine)" title="Saturday AM (magazine)">MyFutprint Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="NBM_Publishing" title="NBM Publishing">NBM Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Northwest_Press" title="Northwest Press">Northwest Press</a></li>

<li><a href="Oni_Press" title="Oni Press">Oni Press</a></li>

<li><a href="Panini_Comics" title="Panini Comics">Panini Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Platinum_Studios" title="Platinum Studios">Platinum Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Radical_Studios" title="Radical Studios">Radical Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Radio_Comix" title="Radio Comix">Radio Comix</a></li>

<li><a href="Red_5_Comics" title="Red 5 Comics">Red 5 Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Rip_Off_Press" title="Rip Off Press">Rip Off Press</a></li>

<li><a href="Seven_Seas_Entertainment" title="Seven Seas Entertainment">Seven Seas Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Shadowline" title="Shadowline">Shadowline</a></li>

<li><a href="Slave_Labor_Graphics" title="Slave Labor Graphics">Slave Labor Graphics</a></li>

<li><a href="Sumerian_Comics" title="Sumerian Comics">Sumerian Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="TidalWave_Productions" title="TidalWave Productions">TidalWave Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Titan_Comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan Comics">Titan Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="TKO_Studios" title="TKO Studios">TKO Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Tokyopop" title="Tokyopop">Tokyopop</a></li>

<li><a href="Top_Cow_Productions" title="Top Cow Productions">Top Cow Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Udon_Entertainment" title="Udon Entertainment">Udon Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Valiant_Comics" title="Valiant Comics">Valiant Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Vault_Comics" title="Vault Comics">Vault Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Viz_Media" title="Viz Media">Viz Media</a></li>

<li><a href="Vortex_Comics" title="Vortex Comics">Vortex Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="WaRP_Graphics" title="WaRP Graphics">WaRP Graphics</a></li>

<li><a href="WildStorm" title="WildStorm">WildStorm</a></li>

<li><a href="Yen_Press" title="Yen Press">Yen Press</a></li>

<li><a href="Zenescope_Entertainment" title="Zenescope Entertainment">Zenescope Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Z2_Comics" title="Z2 Comics">Z2 Comics</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Aircel_Comics" title="Aircel Comics">Aircel Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="All-American_Publications" title="All-American Publications">All-American Publications</a></li>

<li><a href="AfterShock_Comics" title="AfterShock Comics">AfterShock Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Amalgam_Comics" title="Amalgam Comics">Amalgam Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="American_Comics_Group" title="American Comics Group">American Comics Group</a></li>

<li><a href="Anglo-American_Publishing" title="Anglo-American Publishing">Anglo-American Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Another_Rainbow_Publishing" title="Another Rainbow Publishing">Another Rainbow Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Ape_Entertainment" title="Ape Entertainment">Ape Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Apple_Comics" title="Apple Comics">Apple Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Arcade_Comics" title="Arcade Comics">Arcade Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Atlas_Comics_(1950s)" title="Atlas Comics (1950s)">Atlas Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Atlas/Seaboard_Comics" title="Atlas/Seaboard Comics">Atlas/Seaboard Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Awesome_Comics" title="Awesome Comics">Awesome Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Azteca_Productions" title="Azteca Productions">Azteca Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Bell_Features" title="Bell Features">Bell Features</a></li>

<li><a href="Blackthorne_Publishing" title="Blackthorne Publishing">Blackthorne Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Bongo_Comics" title="Bongo Comics">Bongo Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Broadway_Comics" title="Broadway Comics">Broadway Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Cat-Head_Comics" title="Cat-Head Comics">Cat-Head Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Catalan_Communications" title="Catalan Communications">Catalan Communications</a></li>

<li><a href="Centaur_Publications" title="Centaur Publications">Centaur Publications</a></li>

<li><a href="Chaos!_Comics" title="Chaos! Comics">Chaos! Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Charlton_Comics" title="Charlton Comics">Charlton Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Columbia_Comics" title="Columbia Comics">Columbia Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Harry_%22A%22_Chesler" title="Harry "A" Chesler">Harry "A" Chesler</a></li>

<li><a href="Comico%3A_The_Comic_Company" title="Comico: The Comic Company">Comico</a></li>

<li><a href="ComicsOne" title="ComicsOne">ComicsOne</a></li>

<li><a href="ComiXology" title="ComiXology">ComiXology Originals</a></li>

<li><a href="Continuity_Comics" title="Continuity Comics">Continuity Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Contin%C3%BCm_Comics" title="Continüm Comics">Continüm Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Crestwood_Publications" title="Crestwood Publications">Crestwood Publications</a></li>

<li><a href="CrossGen" title="CrossGen">CrossGen</a></li>

<li><a href="Dabel_Brothers_Productions" title="Dabel Brothers Productions">Dabel Brothers Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="David_McKay_Publications" title="David McKay Publications">David McKay Publications</a></li>

<li><a href="Defiant_Comics" title="Defiant Comics">Defiant Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Dell_Comics" title="Dell Comics">Dell Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Del_Rey_Manga" title="Del Rey Manga">Del Rey Manga</a></li>

<li><a href="Disney_Comics_(publishing)" title="Disney Comics (publishing)">Disney Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Double_Take_Comics" title="Double Take Comics">Double Take Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Dragon_Lady_Press" title="Dragon Lady Press">Dragon Lady Press</a></li>

<li><a href="Dreamwave_Productions" title="Dreamwave Productions">Dreamwave Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Eastern_Color_Printing" title="Eastern Color Printing">Eastern Color Printing</a></li>

<li><a href="EC_Comics" title="EC Comics">EC Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Eclipse_Comics" title="Eclipse Comics">Eclipse Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Eternity_Comics" title="Eternity Comics">Eternity Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="FantaCo_Enterprises" title="FantaCo Enterprises">FantaCo Enterprises</a></li>

<li><a href="Fawcett_Comics" title="Fawcett Comics">Fawcett Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Fiction_House" title="Fiction House">Fiction House</a></li>

<li><a href="Fox_Feature_Syndicate" title="Fox Feature Syndicate">Fox Feature Syndicate</a></li>

<li><a href="Future_Comics" title="Future Comics">Future Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Gemstone_Publishing" title="Gemstone Publishing">Gemstone Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Gilberton_(publisher)" title="Gilberton (publisher)">Gilberton</a></li>

<li><a href="Gladstone_Publishing" title="Gladstone Publishing">Gladstone Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Gold_Key_Comics" title="Gold Key Comics">Gold Key Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Harris_Publications" title="Harris Publications">Harris Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Harvey_Comics" title="Harvey Comics">Harvey Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Highwater_Books" title="Highwater Books">Highwater Books</a></li>

<li><a href="Hillborough_Studios" title="Hillborough Studios">Hillborough Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Hillman_Periodicals" title="Hillman Periodicals">Hillman Periodicals</a></li>

<li><a href="Holyoke_Publishing" title="Holyoke Publishing">Holyoke Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Innovation_Publishing" title="Innovation Publishing">Innovation Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Kitchen_Sink_Press" title="Kitchen Sink Press">Kitchen Sink Press</a></li>

<li><a href="Lion_Forge_Comics" title="Lion Forge Comics">Lion Forge Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Magazine_Enterprises" title="Magazine Enterprises">Magazine Enterprises</a></li>

<li><a href="Mainline_Publications" title="Mainline Publications">Mainline Publications</a></li>

<li><a href="Malibu_Comics" title="Malibu Comics">Malibu Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Maple_Leaf_Publishing" title="Maple Leaf Publishing">Maple Leaf Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Millennium_Publications" title="Millennium Publications">Millennium Publications</a></li>

<li><a href="Mirage_Studios" title="Mirage Studios">Mirage Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Comics_Publications" title="National Comics Publications">National Comics Publications</a></li>

<li><a href="Nedor_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Nedor Publishing">Nedor Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="New_Reliable_Press" title="New Reliable Press">New Reliable Press</a></li>

<li><a href="NOW_Comics" title="NOW Comics">NOW Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Pacific_Comics" title="Pacific Comics">Pacific Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Pendulum_Press" title="Pendulum Press">Pendulum Press</a></li>

<li><a href="Print_Mint" title="Print Mint">Print Mint</a></li>

<li><a href="Quality_Comics" title="Quality Comics">Quality Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Renegade_Press" title="Renegade Press">Renegade Press</a></li>

<li><a href="Revolutionary_Comics" title="Revolutionary Comics">Revolutionary Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Semic_Comics" title="Semic Comics">Semic Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Sirius_Comics" title="Sirius Comics">Sirius Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Sirius_Entertainment" title="Sirius Entertainment">Sirius Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Skywald_Publications" title="Skywald Publications">Skywald Publications</a></li>

<li><a href="Sparkplug_Comics" title="Sparkplug Comics">Sparkplug Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Standard_Comics" title="Standard Comics">Standard Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Strawberry_Jam_Comics" title="Strawberry Jam Comics">Strawberry Jam Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Street_%26_Smith" title="Street & Smith">Street & Smith</a></li>

<li><a href="Tekno_Comix" title="Tekno Comix">Tekno Comix</a></li>

<li><a href="Timely_Comics" title="Timely Comics">Timely Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Topps_Comics" title="Topps Comics">Topps Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Tundra_Publishing" title="Tundra Publishing">Tundra Publishing</a></li>

<li><a href="Viper_Comics" title="Viper Comics">Viper Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Warren_Publishing" title="Warren Publishing">Warren Publishing</a></li></ul>

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