Avatar Press
Avatar Press is a company known for publishing creator-owned works, initially being more about "BAD GIRL" characters, they have since drifted over to becoming a home for several big name writers in the industry to share their untold stories.
Some of the numerous "bad girls" Avatar Press is most famed for include their flagship character, Pandora but perhaps the most famed of all their characters is Lady Death, a creation of Chaos Comics! that was given to Crossgen after Chaos went bankrupt and eventually given to Avatar Press after Crossgen went bankrupt. Now she is both Lady Death and Medieval Lady Death in the Avatar Press universe, still written by her creator, Brian Pulido.
The company was founded in 1996 by William Christensen and their first three offerings were released in January 1997 with Trevlin Utz' Donna Mia #1 (previously by small-press Dark Fantasy), the "flagship" Pandora #1 and Jude Millien's (Razor) Silent Rapture #1. As time progressed more independent writers like horror titles from Joe Lansdale and Alan Moore and several movie and television adaptations and expansions. Avatar became a more "big-name" publisher when they started publishing the Lady Death comics which they moved to the Boundless imprint in 2011.
| Writer | Title /# | Month/Year initial release |
|---|---|---|
| William Christiansen | Pandora #1 | January 1997 |
| Trevlin Utz | Donna Mia #1 | January 1997 |
| Jude Millien | Silent Rapture #1 | January 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora #2 | February 1997 |
| Trevlin Utz | Donna Mia #2 | February 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Lookers #1 | February 1997 |
| Mark Seifert | Twilight #1 | March 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora #0 | March 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Furies 0 | March 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Wrath of the Furies #1 | March 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Lookers #2 | March 1997 |
| Mark Seifert | Twilight #2 | March 1997 |
| John Migliore | Webwitch #0 | March 1997 |
| Trevlin Utz | Donna Mia #3 | April 1997 |
| Jude Millien | Silent Rapture #2 | April 1997 |
| John Migliore | Webwitch #1 | May 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora: Demonography #1 | May 1997 |
| Trevlin Utz | Donna Mia Giant Size #1 | May 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Wrath of the Furies #2 | May 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora: Demonography #2 | May 1997 |
| John Migliore | Webwitch #2 | May 1997 |
| Trevlin Utz | Donna Mia Giant Size #2 | June 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora Special | June 1997 |
| Mark Seifert | The Ravening #1 | June 1997 |
| Mark Seifert | Silhouette Special | June 1997 |
| Matt Martin | Snowman: Flurries | June 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora: Demonography #3 | July 1997 |
| Pandora PinUp Special | July 1997 | |
| Mark Seifert | Twilight: Live Wire | July 1997 |
| Trevlin Utz | Donna Mia PinUp Special | September 1997 |
| Bill Maus | Nira X: Exodus #0 | September 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora vs Widow | September 1997 |
| Matt Martin | Snowman 0 | September 1997 |
| Trevlin Utz | Donna Mia #0 | October 1997 |
| Bill Maus | Nira X: Exodus #1 | October 1997 |
| Matt Martin | Snowman: 1944 Special | October 1997 |
| Bill Maus | Nira X: Exodus #2 | November 1997 |
| Mark Seifert | The Ravening 0 | November 1997 |
| Matt Martin | Snowman: Dead & Dying #1 | November 1997 |
| Matt Martin / Bill Maus | Vortex Cybersin Special | November 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Lookers Combo Special | December 1997 |
| Bill Maus | Nira X: Shoot First | December 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora: Pandemonium #1 | December 1997 |
| Mike Wolfer | Widow #0 | December 1997 |
| Mike Wolfer | Widow: The Origin #1 | December 1997 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora: Pandemonium #2 | January 1998 |
| Mike Wolfer | Widow: The Origin #2 | January 1998 |
| Matt Martin | Snowman: Dead & Dying #2 | February 1998 |
| Raff Ienco | Webwitch: Prelude to War | February 1998 |
| Trevlin Utz | Donna Mia Infinity ∞ | March 1998 |
| Matt Martin | Snowman: Horror Show | March 1998 |
| Pandora nudes | April 1998 | |
| Matt Martin | Snowman: Dead & Dying #3 | April 1998 |
| David Quinn | 777 The Wrath : #1 | April 1998 |
| David Quinn | 777 The Wrath #2 | April 1998 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora: Pandemonium #3 | May 1998 |
| Bill Maus | Webwitch: War #1 | May 1998 |
| Mike Wolfer | Widow: The Origin #3 | May 1998 |
| Bill Maus | Webwitch: War #2 | June 1998 |
| David Quinn | 777 The Wrath #3 | June 1998 |
| Mark Seifert | The Ravening ½ | July 1998 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora vs Shotgun Mary | August 1998 |
| Matt Martin | Snowman²: #1 | September 1998 |
| David Quinn | Faust / 777 The Wrath : Fearbook | September 1998 |
| Mike Wolfer | Pandora / Widow : Arachnephobia | October 1998 |
| Matt Martin | Snowman²: #2 | October 1998 |
| William Christiansen | Lookers: Slaves of Anubis | November 1998 |
| David Quinn | Faust / 777 The Wrath #0 | December 1998 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora / Razor | January 1999 |
| David Quinn | Faust / 777 The Wrath : #1 | January 1999 |
| William Christiansen | Lookers: Allure of the Serpent | February 1999 |
| David Quinn | Faust / 777 The Wrath #2 | February 1999 |
| Bill Maus | Nira X: History | April 1999 |
| David Quinn | Faust \ 777 The Wrath #3 | April 1999 |
| David Quinn | Faust \ 777 The Wrath #4 | May 1999 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora: Devil's Advocate #1 | June 1999 |
| William Christiansen | Pandora: Devil's Advocate #2 | July 1999 |
| Pandora's Chest | July 1999 | |
| William Christiansen | Pandora: Devil's Advocate #3 | August 1999 |
| Bill Maus | Nira X: Summer Splash | August 1999 |
| Mark Seifert | Secrets of the Ravening | August 1999 |
| Mark Seifert | Avengelyne / Pandora Preview | December 1999 |
| Mark Seifert | Avengelyne / Pandora #1 | January 2000 |
| Avengelyne: Dark Depths ½ | January 2000 | |
| Avengelyne: Dark Depths 1 | January 2000 | |
| Warren Ellis | Stranger Kisses 2 | January 2000 |
| Threshold 36 | January 2000 | |
| Al Rio | Luscious: The Collected Art of Al Rio | January 2000 |
| Avengelyne: Dark Depths 2 | February 2000 | |
| Warren Ellis | Stranger Kisses #3 | February 2000 |
| Threshold #37 | February 2000 | |
| Raw Media Quarterly #9 | February 2000 | |
| Mark Seifert | Twilight RAW #1 | July 2000 |
| Mark Seifert | Twilight RAW #2 | September 2000 |
| Tim Vigil | Tim Vigil's Webwitch #0 | March 2002 |
| Tim Vigil | Tim Vigil's Webwitch Companion | May 2002 |
| Tim Vigil | Tim Vigil's Webwitch #1 | August 2002 |
| Tim Vigil | Tim Vigil's Webwitch #2 | September 2002 |
| Tim Vigil | Tim Vigil's Webwitch #3 | October 2002 |
| Doug Miers | Hellina vs Pandora #0 | January 2004 |
| Tim Vigil | Tim Vigil's Webwitch TPB | June 2004 |
| Doug Miers | Hellina vs Pandora #1 | March 2004 |
| Doug Miers | Hellina vs Pandora #2 | April 2004 |
| Doug Miers | Hellina vs Pandora #3 | May 2004 |
| Robert Lugibihl | Pandora Annual | March 2007 |
| Brian Pulido | Lady Death vs Pandora | May 2007 |
The monthly titles from Avatar included : Widow X (14 issues from May 1999 - July 2000)
