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Boom! Studios is a comic book and graphic novel publisher headquartered in Los Angeles, California, co-founded by Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby on June 1, 2005. The BOOM! Studios imprint publishes full-color science fiction, fantasy, action, horror and super-hero titles. Additional imprints include the all-ages KaBOOM! label (formerly named BOOM Kids!), and BOOM! Town, which publishes underground comix and literature-focused comics.

History with Disney comics[]

In 2008, Boom! signed a deal with the Walt Disney Company to produce comic books based on their properties and secured newsstand distribution as part of their new kid-friendly imprint, BOOM Kids! This began with a line of 4-issue mini-series based on Pixar films and The Muppets in March 2009. It was followed up with Boom! acquiring the continued publication of the "core four" Disney comic titles - Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Uncle Scrooge, Mickey Mouse and Friends, and Donald Duck and Friends.

In June of 2010, Boom! Studios began publishing comic books based on the Disney Afternoon. The first of these was a new Darkwing Duck comic. At around the same time, old DuckTales comic stories, most of which had never been published in the United States before, were featured in issues 292-299 of Uncle Scrooge. After the successful launch of the Darkwing Duck comic, new comic books based on Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and DuckTales were announced.

For their first year or so with the license, each issue of Boom!'s Disney comics was usually published with at least two different covers. Some issues also notably had copies with exclusive cover artwork at certain stores and conventions. This practice was eventually phased out for most of the books after July 2010, with only the Disney Afternoon titles continuing to have two covers for every issue, though special issues of the "core four" comics (such as Mickey Mouse's 300th issue and Uncle Scrooge's 400th) would still have at least one "deluxe" variant cover.

However, Boom!'s Disney comic line would not last long due to numerous breaches in their contract (contrary to popular belief, it was not due to Disney buying out Marvel Entertainment). The Pixar and Muppet titles were inexplicably cancelled in late 2010, with The Incredibles comic ending on a cliffhanger, and Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Uncle Scrooge, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers followed in July of that year. Furthermore, Boom!'s last few stories were published without being approved by Disney first. Disney, displeased with these missteps, pulled the plug on their deal with Boom!, and thus the Darkwing Duck and DuckTales comics had their final issues published in November of 2011.[1]

For the next few years, some of the Pixar and Muppet comics were reprinted in magazines published by Marvel Comics, who also printed a few new comics based on Toy Story and Monsters, Inc., as well as the last story arc intended for The Muppet Show Comic Book. However, due to the reprints selling poorly, Marvel opted not to make any more comics with the characters, instead focusing on adapting Disney's theme park attractions for the Disney Kingdoms line. The license to the "core four" titles was eventually picked up by IDW Publishing, while the comic book rights for the Disney Afternoon, Pixar, and the Muppets were licensed to Joe Books, which would reprint all but the last two issues of Boom!'s Darkwing Duck comic (in Darkwing Duck: The Definitively Dangerous Edition) and the first four issues of the Wall-E comic (as part of Disney-Pixar Comics Treasury).

Ironically, The Walt Disney Company later inherited a minority stake in Boom! Studios (which Fox acquired in June 2017 for $10 million) through the 21st Century Fox acquisition on March 20, 2019. [1]

Disney comic titles published by Boom! Studios[]

Pixar titles[]

Muppet titles[]

Classic Disney / Disney Afternoon titles[]

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Cartoon-based titles
"Core Four" and other titles based on shorts: Walt Disney's Comics and StoriesMickey Mouse (Adventures/Wizards of Mickey/X-Mickey) • Donald Duck (Adventures/PKNA/Double Duck) • Uncle Scrooge (Adventures) • Goofy AdventuresDonald and MickeyWalt Disney GiantWalt Disney Showcase

Based on animated features: AladdinBeauty and the Beast (New Adventures) • Big Hero 6CarsCinestory ComicsDisney Comic Hits!Disney FairiesDisney PrincessDisney VillainsFrozenThe IncrediblesThe Little Mermaid (Disney Comics/Marvel) • Monsters, Inc.: Laugh FactoryTangledToy StoryZootopia: Friends to the Rescue
Based on TV cartoons: Chip 'n Dale Rescue RangersDarkwing DuckThe Disney AfternoonDuckTales (IDW) • Gargoyles (Marvel/SLG/Dynamite) • Star vs. the Forces of EvilTaleSpin

Other Disney-related comic books
Based on live-action films and shows: DinosaursJohn Carter: World of MarsThe Muppet Show Comic Book (Spin-off mini-series: Muppet Robin Hood/Muppet Peter Pan/Muppet King Arthur/Muppet Snow White/Muppet Sherlock Holmes) • Roger Rabbit (Toontown) • Star Wars (Adventures/Forces of Destiny)

Based on theme park attractions: Disney Kingdoms (Seekers of the Weird/Figment/Big Thunder Mountain Railroad/Figment 2/The Haunted Mansion/Enchanted Tiki Room) • SLG's The Haunted MansionPirates of the Caribbean

Comic magazines
Aku AnkkaDisney AdventuresDisney Junior MagazineFrozen: The Official MagazineMickey's MagazineMickey Mouse MagazineMinnie & Daisy BFF MagazinePicsou MagazinePhineas and FerbTopolino
Publishers
Dell ComicsGold Key ComicsGladstone PublishingDisney ComicsMarvel ComicsDark Horse ComicsGemstone PublishingBoom! StudiosFantagraphicsIDW PublishingJoe BooksDynamite EntertainmentEgmont Group
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