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Dark Horse Publishing is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher. It is one of the largest independent American comic book publishers, behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics.

Some of its most well-known original titles include Hellboy, Sin City, The Mask, and 300. It has also held the rights to publish licensed comics based on existing media franchises such as Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alien, Predator, and Terminator.

Dark Horse was the main publisher of Godzilla comics throughout the 1990s, including the Godzilla, King of the Monsters series and the English version of Shogakukan's 1985 The Return of Godzilla manga adaptation. Conversely, they also published the Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe series. They even published a manga-styled adaptation of Ultraman Tiga from 2003-2004.

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  • Dark Horse Comics has published many comics based on popular movie monsters throughout the 1990s, Godzilla and Gamera were one of them.
    • King Kong was going to be included, but had to be excluded for legal reasons. Dark Horse Comics eventually published King Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World comic book series, to be released alongside the 2005 King Kong film. King Kong was even going to be appearing in a comic book crossover alongside the Aliens, the Predators, and the Rocketeer, which would have been written by Dave Stevens, but was cancelled for unknown reasons.
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