Tomb Raider (comics)
| Lara Croft | |
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Cover art of the final issue of the Top Cow series
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| Character information | |
| First appearance | Tomb Raider/Witchblade #1 (December 1997) |
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| Full name | Lara Croft |
| Abilities | Skilled gymnast and martial artist Master with pistols |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Top Cow |
| Formats | Original material for the series has been published as a set of ongoing series, limited series, and one-shot comics. |
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| Publication date | November 1999 – March 2005 |
| Number of issues | 51 (plus #½) |
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| Tomb Raider Compendium | ISBN |
The Tomb Raider comic book series are based on the games produced by Eidos Interactive and Core Design, which star the character of Lara Croft.
The series, which ran from 1999 to 2005 (in which the fiftieth and final issue was released), consisted of monthly issues published by Top Cow Productions, who secured the rights to producing comics after a long struggle. Preceding this series, French publisher Glenat got the green light from Eidos France to produce a comic series called Dark Eons based on the Tomb Raider games, which was taken off the market shortly after. Besides the monthly series, a parallel 12-part series called Journeys, which ran from 2001 to 2003, was also published.
The comics are primarily based on the same continuity as the games by Core Design, in which Lara's plane crashes when she is twenty-one years old (rather than the latter games by Crystal Dynamics, the plane crash happening when she was only nine years old), but the exact details are changed. In the comic, Lara is accompanied by both her parents and her fiancé, the plane trip taken to celebrate her impending marriage (in the game series, Lara plane is chartered to take on a skiing holiday). Writers Dan Jurgens, John Nay Riber, and James Bonny worked on the series, which also featured the art of Andy Park, Michael Turner, Billy Tan, and Adam Hughes, amongst others.
There are one shots occasionally released and talk of the comic being reintroduced to tie into the Tomb Raider: Legend edited continuity. There have also been frequent crossovers with other Top Cow publications such as Fathom, The Darkness, Magdalena, and Witchblade. The debut issue of Tomb Raider was the number one-selling comic book of 1999.
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