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Lady Death is a fictional goddess appearing in American comic books published by Eternity Comics. Created by Brian Pulido and Steven Hughes, Lady Death first appeared in ''Evil Ernie'' #1 in December 1991. Lady Death then reappeared in the ''Evil Ernie: The Resurrection'' mini-series published by Pulido under his now defunct company Chaos! Comics in 1994. After a 3-year hiatus, Avatar Press announced that it would create a separate company called Boundless to publish the character beginning in late 2010. The character was also the subject of a full-length animated feature film released in July 2004 by ADV Films. Incarnations of the character have been illustrated by such comic book artists as Steven Hughes, Mike Deodato, Jr., Romano Molenaar and Ivan Reis. Brian Pulido still owns the intellectual property rights to his characters, having optioned publishing licensing through various independent companies such as Avatar Press. In addition, Lady Death has been depicted in artworks by a number of well-known fantasy artists such as Dorian Cleavenger, Gerald Brom, Boris Vallejo, Joe Jusko and Julie Bell. ==Publication history== Lady Death was originally published by Chaos Comics and remains one of the best examples of the bad girl titles that took the American comic book industry by storm during the late 1990s. The earliest issues of Lady Death were written by Brian Pulido and illustrated by Steven Hughes. Lady Death was originally conceived as a violent anti-hero, but subsequent iterations have toned down the more controversial aspects of the character. At first, Lady Death was extremely popular and sold strongly. In a recent interview, Brian Pulido revealed that the high point of Lady Death's popularity was in August 1995, when Chaos comics sold approximately $980,000 worth of Lady Death merchandise in a single month. However, sales declined rapidly in the later half of the decade due to broader changes in the comic book industry. By the middle of 2001, it was obvious to industry observers that Chaos Comics was in serious financial trouble. In August 2002, Chaos! Comics filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and the intellectual property rights to Lady Death were sold to CrossGen Entertainment. Brian Pulido continued to work on Lady Death for Crossgen, creating a new series titled ''Medieval Lady Death'' that was released in February 2003. This version of Lady Death made substantial changes to the character in an attempt to capture a larger mainstream audience. Despite ''Medieval Lady Death'' enjoying reasonable sales, CrossGen Entertainment ran into financial difficulties of its own and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 18, 2004, in Tampa, Florida. During the bankruptcy proceedings, the rights to Lady Death were sold to Avatar Press. The other Chaos! Comics properties were sold to Tales of Wonder. In 2004, a feature-length animated motion picture based upon the original version of Lady Death was released.〔(Lady Death Movie Information at IMDB )〕 Produced by ADV films, the Lady Death animated feature premiered at Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 23, 2004. The film received horrendous reviews and was not a major financial success. In July 2005, Avatar Press unveiled a new version of Lady Death.〔(Lady Death at Avatar Press )〕 Both ''Medieval Lady Death'' as well as the ''Classic Lady Death'' were published in separate series. Brian Pulido wrote both series, which featured art by several Avatar Press artists, including Juan Jose Ryp, Daniel HDR, Richard Ortiz, Ron Adrian, Di Amorin and Gabriel Guzman. In April 2010, Avatar Press announced that it would create a separate company called Boundless〔(Boundless Comics )〕 to publish the character beginning later that year. Brian Pulido and Mike Wolfer will be writing the new ongoing series. The character was ranked 39th in ''Comics Buyer's Guide's'' "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list. 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「Lady Death」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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