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American comics of the late 1980s, due to the comic having the sort of explicit scenes of sex and violence unseen in most comics published at the time. In addition, Vortex's printer at the time, Ronald's Printing, refused to print the book due to its
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Vortex was founded by 20-year-old high school dropout
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didn't necessarily lead to strong sales, however, and by the end of 1988 Vortex's publishing schedule was erratic. Nonetheless, in
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started to get quite big." Vortex received good distribution in both the U.S. and Canada. The company proved to be a major force in
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were edited by Marks himself (who later described them as "quite primitive") and received limited exposure. In 1983 Vortex redesigned their approach, employed
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857:#172 (Nov. 1994), pp. 13–18.
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840:"Post Bros. Moves to Æon,"
818:#126 (January 1989), p. 32.
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550:(1985–1991) — acquired by
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1424:All-American Publications
1048:Black Sands Entertainment
547:Those Annoying Post Bros.
333:Those Annoying Post Bros.
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1398:Zenescope Entertainment
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779:Accessed Nov. 1, 2008.
649:The Return of Mister X
596:Specials and one-shots
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2462:Maple Leaf Publishing
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1454:Ape Entertainment
1429:AfterShock Comics
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