Dark Horse Comics



Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book and manga publisher.

Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book store, Pegasus Books, in Bend, Oregon, in 1980. From there he was able to use the funds from his retail operation to start his own publishing company. Dark Horse Presents and Boris the Bear were the two initial titles in 1986 and within one year of its first publication, Dark Horse Comics added nine new titles to its roster, including The American, The Mark, Trekker, and Black Cross. In 2011, Dark Horse Presents relaunched including the return of Paul Chadwick's Concrete and Steve Niles's Criminal Macabre, as well as new talent including Sanford Greene, Carla Speed McNeil, Nate Crosby and others.

In 2013, Dark Horse partnered with 343 Industries to take over publication of Halo comics.

On August 14, 2013, Dark Horse published the first part of Halo: Initiation, a new three-issue limited series by Brian Reed and Marco Castiello.

On December 11, 2013, the first part of Halo: Escalation, a new ongoing series written by Christopher Schlerf and Brian Reed, was published. It was later announced the series would end with the publication of Issue 12.