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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
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in 2011, First co-founder Levin announced that the company would resume publishing new material in late 2011. 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". Publishing resumed in June 2014.
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In 1986, despite its success with the direct market, First experimented with newsstand distribution. Later that same year, the publisher found itself in the middle of the industry-wide debate about
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for anti-competitive activities, claiming the printer undercharged Marvel for its business, and in return overcharged First and its fellow independents. The suit was resolved in the spring of 1988.
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In December of 2020, First Comics launched its board game division, First Games (aka 1First Games) with a board game adaptation of the
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First Comics and Devil's Due parted ways and by September of 2019, First Comics was publishing titles under their own banner.
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with new miniseries and reprint collections of the First Comics issues, and would also publish a complete collection of
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Since 2019, First Comics has continued publishing creator-owned titles, including Inspector Oh and Love Town by
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Goodrich, Chris. "Captain America, Get a Lawyer!: An upstart comic book publisher sues mighty Marvel Comics",
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First Comics ceased publishing in 1991, and closed their doors for good in early 1992.
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publisher that was active from 1983 to 1991 and then from 2011 to present (stylized as
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Among First's best-known titles were Chaykin's satirical futuristic cop series
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returned with new adaptations and a line-up of artists that included
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as well as starting a new series. IDW also reprinted the four
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series in English, and finally complete it in 2002. In 2005,
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The company picked up many industry awards, including a 1985
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First also published a series of comic adaptations of the
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Cynosure (comics)
Comics
Mike Gold
Evanston, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Matt and John Yuan
Larry Doyle
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American Flagg!
Grimjack
Nexus
Badger
Dreadstar
Jon Sable
Pacific Comics
Eclipse Comics
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DC
Marvel
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Evanston, Illinois
Mike Gold
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