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| Founded | 1977 |
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| Founders | Dean Mullaney Jan Mullaney |
| Defunct | 1994 (intellectual property acquired by Todd McFarlane in 1996) |
| Headquarters location | Staten Island, New York, then Columbia, Missouri, then Guerneville, California, then Forestville, California |
| Key people | Catherine Yronwode Fred Burke Letita Glozer Beau Smith |
| Publication types | Comics Graphic novels Trading cards |
| Imprints | Independent Comics Group 4Winds Creative Group Eclipse International |
Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1978, it published the first graphic novel intended for the newly created comic book specialty store market. It was one of the first to offer royalties and creator ownership of rights.
Creators whose early work appears in Eclipse publications included Scott McCloud, Timothy Truman, Dan Brereton, James Hudnall and Chris Ware, while the publisher also produced creator-owned work by Don McGregor, Mark Evanier, Gene Colan, Alan Moore, Steve Englehart, Steve Gerber and P. Craig Russell.