image

Top Cow Productions

Top Cow Productions

Top Cow Productions (a comic book publisher partnered with Image Comics) is best known for titles such as Cyberforce, The Darkness, and Witchblade.

Name:
Top Cow Productions
Aliases:
cover

Note: This page is for handful of comics published by Top Cow instead of Image (listed here). For Image-published books that used the Top Cow brand, see Top Cow.

Top Cow Productions was founded in 1992 by Marc Silvestri. It began as being partnered with Image and so was into creating superheroes but after the two parted ways for a time in '96 the Top Cow Universe leaned into the fantasy genre with their successful titles, Witchblade and The Darkness.

They also began helping creators generate their own series such as Fathom, Midnight Nation and Wanted and brought Lara Croft: Tomb Raider to the comic book world. They then made a deal in 2006 (currently extending to 2008) with Marvel Comics that has allowed them to use several of Marvel's characters in crossovers.

Also, they have begun to distribute their comics online with the help of IGN, such comics included in this offer are The Darkness #1-50, Tomb Raider #1-50 and Witchblade #1-50.

Top Cow Productions more known publications before The Darkness and Witchblade were Cyberforce and Rising Star. Cyberforce can be said to be the catalyst for the rise of some of Top Cow's best artists, including Michael Turner and Ken Lashley.

List of issues published solely by Top Cow:

  • Aphrodite IX #0
  • Ascension Preview Special
  • Ballistic / Wolverine
  • Battle of the Planets Pin Up Book
  • Cyberforce #28-29
  • Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
  • Midnight Nation #½
  • Proximity Effect #1-2 (digital)
  • Proximity Effect
  • Rising Stars #0
  • Tales of the Darkness #½
  • Tales of the Witchblade #1
  • The Darkness: Prelude
  • The Darkness: Prelude (Black and white edition)
  • The Darkness #1-2
  • The Darkness/Wolverine
  • The Magdalena Angelus
  • The Spirit of the Tao Preview Special
  • Tomb Raider: Scarface's Treasure
  • Tomb Raider: Sphere of Influence
  • Tomb Raider: The Series #½
  • Tomb Raider / Witchblade / Magdalena / Vampirella
  • Tomb Raider / Witchblade Special
  • Top Cow Convention Preview: European Edition
  • Top Cow Productions 2003
  • True Blood: The Great Revelation
  • Weapon Zero Issue #8 and 9
  • Weapon Zero/Silver Surfer
  • Witchblade Issue #10, 11, and 500
  • Witchblade: Demon

Issues

January 1997

February 1997

June 1997

June 1998

November 2000

January 2003

April 2004

August 2004

August 2005

September 2006

Volumes

1997

1998

2000

2003

2004

2005

2006

Characters

Story arcs

Teams in volume