Marvel Knights
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Marvel Knights is an imprint of Marvel Comics. Dealing with more mature themes than the regular imprint, it is intended more for teenagers than children. However, it does not deal with the adult themes touched on by the MAX imprint. The imprint originated in 1998 when Marvel outsourced four titles (Black Panther, Daredevil, The Punisher and The Inhumans) to Joe Quesada's Event Comics company; Event hired the creative teams for the Knights line while Marvel published them. The imprint has since been folded back into Marvel's standard methods of publication and is used to single out Marvel's "edgier" titles. The Marvel Knights imprint is essentially the successor to Marvel Edge.
In early 2006, Marvel's editor-in-chief, Joe Quesada, announced that all ongoing titles under the Marvel Knights banner would move to the Marvel Universe imprint and that Marvel Knights would now contain high profile limited series that are set outside of Marvel continuity.[citation needed] This began with Daredevil #82, along with Black Panther #14, Moon Knight #1, Squadron Supreme #1 and Wolverine #42. Marvel Knights Spider-Man became Sensational Spider-Man with issue #23 and Marvel Knights 4 simply became 4 with issue #28.
Fury: Peacemaker by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson was the initial limited series to launch from the redefined imprint in February 2006. Three other projects that are currently scheduled to be released under the Marvel Knights imprint in the coming months include:
- Silver Surfer: Requiem by J. Michael Straczynski & Esad Ribic (2007).
- Spider-Man: Reign by Kaare Andrews (late 2006).
- Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears (Western Ghost Rider) by Garth Ennis & Clayton Crain (early 2007).
“These stand alone stories won’t just challenge readers to re-think their favorite Marvel legends," said Marvel Knights editor Axel Alonso. "Oftentimes, we’ll focus on characters that are off the beaten path—boiling these archetypes down to their cores. We want to build on the tradition of limited series like Ennis and Crain’s Ghost Rider, Frank Cho’s Shanna, the She-Devil and Robert Rodi and Ribic’s Loki -- each of which offered very distinct visions for Marvel characters, and each of which -- judging by sales numbers -- were embraced by fandom.”
Joe Quesada: “Marvel Knights is the showcase for ‘evergreen events’ -- self-contained limited series that think outside the box, that challenge readers to re-think their favorite Marvel characters and re-evaluate the legends that surround them. In other words, Marvel Knights will be a place for top talent to work without constraints, and deliver the kind of product fans deserve!”[citation needed]
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[edit] Current series
[edit] Finished series
[edit] On-going Series
- Black Panther (#1-12 of 1998 series)
- Daredevil (#1-81 of 1998 series)
- District X
- Elektra (#1-22 of 2001 series)
- Hulk (#70-76 of 2000 series)
- The Punisher (37 issues)
- Marvel Knights 4 (30 issues)
- Marvel Knights Spider-Man (#1-22)
- Wolverine (#1-40)
[edit] Limited Series
- Black Widow (limited series)
- Bullet Points (2006-2007 5 issue limited series)
- Captain America First 28 issues of 2002 series
- Daredevil: Father (2004 limited series)
- Daredevil: Yellow (2001 limited series)
- Doctor Strange (1998 limited series)
- Fantastic Four 1234 limited series)
- Ghost Rider (2001 limited series)
- Hulk Gray (2003 limited series)
- Hulk Smash (2001 limited series)
- Marvel Boy (limited series)
- Marvel Knights (two short-lived series)
- The Inhumans (limited series)
- Spider-Man: Blue (limited series)
- MadroX (mini-series)
- The Punisher (12 issue limited series)
- The Sentry (limited series and several one-shots)
- X-Statix Final 6 issues only
- Daredevil: The Target (started in 2003 but only the first issue has been published as of January 2007)
- Claws (2006, 3 issue limited series)
[edit] Marvel Knights 2099
In 2004, Marvel Comics held a fifth-week event called Marvel Knights 2099 which took place in the future on an alternate world (Earth-2992)(in the year 2099, of course) that was not identical to the alternate Marvel Universe on Earth 928 featured in the 1990s Marvel 2099 books.
- Marvel Knights 2099: Daredevil #1.
- Marvel Knights 2099: Black Panther #1.
- Marvel Knights 2099: The Inhumans #1.
- Marvel Knights 2099: The Punisher #1.
- Marvel Knights 2099: Mutant #1.
[edit] Ultimate Knights
The Ultimate version of Marvel Knights make their Ultimate debut in Ultimate Spider-Man #106. After Shang-Chi makes an unsuccessful attack on the Kingpin he is recruited by Daredevil to help bring down the Kingpin, for good. Later Daredevil, in his civilian identity Matt Murdock meets Spiderman and asks him to join the group, with the plan of killing the Kingpin. Ultimate Knight members include Daredevil, Ronin, Doctor Strange, Shang-Chi, Iron Fist and Moon Knight.
