Xena: Warrior Princess (comics)
| Xena | |
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Cover of Xena: Warrior Princess 0 (Oct 1997).
Art by Aaron Lopresti. |
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| Character information | |
| First appearance | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys #3 (August 1996) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Xena |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
Topps Comics Dark Horse Comics Dynamite Entertainment |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Formats | Original material for the series has been published as a set of ongoing series and limited series. |
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| Publication date | October 1997 – 2009 |
| Number of issues | 55 |
| Main character(s) | Xena: Warrior Princess |
| Reprints | |
| Collected editions | |
| The Warrior Way of Death | ISBN |
| Xena: Contest of Pantheons | ISBN |
Xena: Warrior Princess were a series of comic books based on the television series of the same name. Topps Comics and Dark Horse Comics created a series of comics tying in to the property. In 2007, Dynamite Entertainment acquired the rights to the series.
Topps Comics published the first Xena series of comics, titled Xena: Warrior Princess. Xena's character was originally introduced in the 1996 Topps Comics series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, issues #3, #4, and #5. These were followed by the Xena: Warrior Princess comics released in a limited series format, with the vast majority being three-issue series, in 1997 and 1998.
Dark Horse acquired the license in 1999.
Dynamite Entertainment began new stories in 2007.
There have been a number of crossovers with other properties within the companies, include two mini-series with Army of Darkness: "Why Not?" and "What, Again?"
All publishers used cover rations involving photo covers, with stills from the television series, and drawn/inked/colored art covers.
Many of the comics were released with multiple covers: one photo cover and one cover with a comic book artist's rendering. These Topps comics introduced Xena's character:
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys #3
Title: The Warrior Princess: Part One of Three
Cover Date: August 1996
Writer: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Jeff Butler
Inks: Steve Montana
Letters: Ken Lopez
Colors: Digital Chameleon
Editor: Renée Witterstaetter
Painted Cover: Zina Saunders
Photo Cover: Geoffrey Short
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys #4
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