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Chaos! Comics was a comic book publisher that operated from 1994 until 2002, mostly focusing on horror comics. Their titles included ''Lady Death'', ''Purgatori'', ''Evil Ernie'', ''Chastity'', ''Jade'', ''Bad Kitty'', and ''Lady Demon''. Chaos! creators included Brian Pulido, Steven Hughes, Al Rio, Mike Flippin, Justiniano, and Hart D. Fisher. Chaos also published licensed comics for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and several bands. == History == Chaos was founded in 1994 in Scottsdale, Arizona, and published its first title that same year. Writer Brian Pulido was the company's president. The company dealt with a copyright infringement accusation in 1997, when horror writer Nancy A. Collins claimed they'd based the Chastity character and storyline on her character Sonja Blue.〔Stump, Greg. "News Watch: Chaos Under Fire for Copyright Infringement," ''The Comics Journal'' #194 (Mar. 1997), pp. 11-13.〕〔"News Watch: Collins Files Suit, Expands Scope of Case Against Chaos!: Diamond Among the Defendants Named in Copyright Infringement Case," ''The Comics Journal'' #196 (June 1997), pp. 19-20.〕 Chaos Comics filed bankruptcy in late 2002,〔Dean, Michael. "Newswatch: Chaos! Bankrupt!," ''The Comics Journal'' #247 (Oct. 2002), p. 33.〕 with all characters (save ''Lady Death'') being sold off to comic retailer Tales of Wonder, who sold the rights to Devil's Due Publishing. After the demise of Devil's Due Publishing, the rights to the Chaos! Comics characters went to Dynamite Entertainment. Prior to the bankruptcy, rights to ''Lady Death'' were sold to CrossGen Entertainment,〔Dean, Michael. "Newswatch: Chaos!, CrossGen Conspire to Pay Creators," ''The Comics Journal'' #248 (Nov. 2002), pp. 5-7.〕 and prior to CrossGen's bankruptcy, those rights were sold to Brian Pulido and Avatar Press, who founded the imprint ''Boundless Comics'' solely for ''Lady Death''-comics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chaos! Comics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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