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The cover to "Fiends in High Places".

Gargoyles has a series of comics published by Marvel Comics, which are a spin-off from the 1994 animated series of the same name. It ran for 11 issues from December 1994 to October 1995. The books referenced events from the show's first season, but did not follow the continuity of the series and is not considered canon by creator Greg Weisman.

Background[]

In 1995, Marvel Comics issued a Gargoyles comic book series which ran for 11 issues. A 12th issue, to be entitled "The Day the Sun Kissed the Earth!!" was announced at the end of Issue 11, but never published. The books did not directly follow the continuity of the series, but they did reference specific events that took place within it. The Marvel series was tonally darker than the television series, dealing largely with Xanatos' experiments to create creatures and machines to defeat the Gargoyles. Greg Weisman, television series co-creator, did not have any direct involvement in the story development of the comic series, but was consulted on some plot points to be sure it stayed within certain boundaries.

Weisman was eventually hired to write for the comic, but Marvel cut the deal with Disney before his run could be produced. Weisman still has his unpublished script for the comic, and would eventually use it as issue #6 of Gargoyles SLG comic . The characters Beth Maza (who appeared in a photo in "Deadly Force") and Petros Xanatos appeared in the comics before their full debut on the show.

Issues[]

  1. Fiends in High Places
  2. Always Darkest Before Dawn
  3. Rude Awakening
  4. Blood From a Stone
  5. Venus in Stone
  6. Venus Rising
  7. The Pack Attacks
  8. Terror in Times Square
  9. The Egg and I
  10. Out of the Past
  11. Into the Future
  12. The Day the Sun Kissed the Earth!! - announced, but never published

Issue Cover Gallery[]

References[]

WIKIPEDIA This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Gargoyles (TV series)#Marvel. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Grimorum, the Gargoyles Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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