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[leonmallett]

Malibu Genesis (the Protectors/Ex-Mutants/Dinosaurs For Hire universe)

[bosco685]

Malibu Genesis (the Protectors/Ex-Mutants/Dinosaurs For Hire universe)

Wiki had this about some of the different Malibu lines.

Genesis Universe

This line made use of many Centaur heroes plus characters previously published by Adventure, Aircel and Eternity:
Airman (1 issue)
Arrow (1 issue)
Cat & Mouse
Demon's Tails
Dinosaurs For Hire
Ex-Mutants
Ferret (11 issues)
Gravestone (7 issues)
Genesis #0
Man of War (8 issues)
Men in Black
Miss Fury
New Humans
Protectors (20 issues)
Protectors Handbook (1 shot)
Rocket Ranger (based on the Cinemaware computer game)
Shattered Earth
Shuriken
Wild Knights

Bravura line
Breed (2 series) by Jim Starlin
Dreadstar by Jim Starlin
Edge by Steven Grant and Gil Kane (unfinished- iBooks released a hardback collection of the complete first series)
The Man Called A-X by Marv Wolfman
Metaphysique by Norm Breyfogle
Nocturnals by Dan Brereton
Power & Glory by Howard Chaykin
Star Slammers by Walter Simonson (unfinished until the series moved to Dark Horse Comics)
Strikeback by Jonathan Peterson, Kevin Maguire and Steve Oliff (unfinished - Image Comics released this series later on and completed it)

Ultraverse

The All-New Exiles
Black September (Universe changing event)
Break-Thru (a crossover mini-series)
Codename: Firearm
Elven(mini-series)
Eliminator
Exiles
Firearm
Freex
Godwheel (mini series/first Marvel/Ultraverse crossover)
Hardcase
Hostile Takeover (ashcan)
Lord Pumpkin (one shot)
Lord Pumpkin/Necro-Mantra (mini-series)
Mantra
The Night Man
Prime
Prototype
Rafferty (ashcan)
Ripfire (one shot)
Rune
Siren
Sludge
Solitaire
The Solution
The Strangers
Ultraforce
Ultraverse Premiere (a rotating backup series)
Ultraverse Double Feature (one shot)
Ultraverse Origins(one shot)
Warstrike
Wrath
Year Zero: The Death of the Squad(mini-series)

Licensed properties

Alien Nation
Ape Nation (a crossover featuring elements from Alien Nation and Planet of the Apes)
Bodyguard (reprint of Australian title, with new material)
Captain Harlock
Cat Claw
Bruce Lee
Demonic Toys
Dollman
Full Throttle (reprint of Australian titles Rip Snorter and Raw Tonnage, with new material)
Mortal Kombat
Paranoia (based on the Paranoia role-playing game)
Planet of the Apes
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Project A-ko
Puppet Master
Robotech
Southern Squadron (reprint of Australian superhero title, with new material)
Star Blazers
Star Trek comics: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (co-published with DC Comics)
Star Trek: Voyager
Street Fighter
Subspecies
Tarzan comics: Tarzan the Warrior (5 issues)
Tarzan: Love, Lies, and the Lost City (3 issues)
Tarzan the Beckoning (7 issues)
Terminator: Cybernetic Dawn
Terminator: Nuclear Twilight
Trancers

Man, Malibu had it going on. I forgot all these properties.

[Chiclo]

Malibu Genesis (the Protectors/Ex-Mutants/Dinosaurs For Hire universe)

Wiki had this about some of the different Malibu lines.

Genesis Universe

This line made use of many Centaur heroes plus characters previously published by Adventure, Aircel and Eternity:
Airman (1 issue)
Arrow (1 issue)
Cat & Mouse
Demon's Tails
Dinosaurs For Hire
Ex-Mutants
Ferret (11 issues)
Gravestone (7 issues)
Genesis #0
Man of War (8 issues)
Men in Black
Miss Fury
New Humans
Protectors (20 issues)
Protectors Handbook (1 shot)
Rocket Ranger (based on the Cinemaware computer game)
Shattered Earth
Shuriken
Wild Knights

Bravura line
Breed (2 series) by Jim Starlin
Dreadstar by Jim Starlin
Edge by Steven Grant and Gil Kane (unfinished- iBooks released a hardback collection of the complete first series)
The Man Called A-X by Marv Wolfman
Metaphysique by Norm Breyfogle
Nocturnals by Dan Brereton
Power & Glory by Howard Chaykin
Star Slammers by Walter Simonson (unfinished until the series moved to Dark Horse Comics)
Strikeback by Jonathan Peterson, Kevin Maguire and Steve Oliff (unfinished - Image Comics released this series later on and completed it)

Ultraverse

The All-New Exiles
Black September (Universe changing event)
Break-Thru (a crossover mini-series)
Codename: Firearm
Elven(mini-series)
Eliminator
Exiles
Firearm
Freex
Godwheel (mini series/first Marvel/Ultraverse crossover)
Hardcase
Hostile Takeover (ashcan)
Lord Pumpkin (one shot)
Lord Pumpkin/Necro-Mantra (mini-series)
Mantra
The Night Man
Prime
Prototype
Rafferty (ashcan)
Ripfire (one shot)
Rune
Siren
Sludge
Solitaire
The Solution
The Strangers
Ultraforce
Ultraverse Premiere (a rotating backup series)
Ultraverse Double Feature (one shot)
Ultraverse Origins(one shot)
Warstrike
Wrath
Year Zero: The Death of the Squad(mini-series)

Licensed properties

Alien Nation
Ape Nation (a crossover featuring elements from Alien Nation and Planet of the Apes)
Bodyguard (reprint of Australian title, with new material)
Captain Harlock
Cat Claw
Bruce Lee
Demonic Toys
Dollman
Full Throttle (reprint of Australian titles Rip Snorter and Raw Tonnage, with new material)
Mortal Kombat
Paranoia (based on the Paranoia role-playing game)
Planet of the Apes
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Project A-ko
Puppet Master
Robotech
Southern Squadron (reprint of Australian superhero title, with new material)
Star Blazers
Star Trek comics: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (co-published with DC Comics)
Star Trek: Voyager
Street Fighter
Subspecies
Tarzan comics: Tarzan the Warrior (5 issues)
Tarzan: Love, Lies, and the Lost City (3 issues)
Tarzan the Beckoning (7 issues)
Terminator: Cybernetic Dawn
Terminator: Nuclear Twilight
Trancers

Man, Malibu had it going on. I forgot all these properties.

I will see that and raise you.

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[bosco685]

My goodness!

Talk about a company that could have been so much more.

[Cyberstrike]

Defiant had the most original ideas.
Classic Valiant was the best written.
Ultraverse was the most fun (before Marvel ruined it).

[leonmallett]

Defiant had the most original ideas.
Classic Valiant was the best written.
Ultraverse was the most fun (before Marvel ruined it).

The Ultraverse was definitely fun pre-Black September, even if most of it I read once it became defunct.

[StarBrand]

Defunct universes?

[leonmallett]

Defunct universes?

Not quite as snappy as 'dead' I guess.

[StarBrand]

Ultraverse leads this poll by 4 votes, and Defiant leads the other poll by 3.

[cray_ws]

I'll put my vote in for Wildstorm universe. While the characters may live within DCU...the Wildstorm universe I know and loved is dead to me.

[Cyberstrike]

Defunct universes?

Not quite as snappy as 'dead' I guess.

Given that we've seen a lot of "dead" universes come back (i.e. Valiant, Atlas, Gold Key, Dark/Red Circle, Milestone, and Wildstorm) in some form and some were hits and others were failures (and in the cases of Milestone and Wildstorm there were attempts to put their characters into the New 52 DCU).