Industry | Publishing |
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Genre | Science fiction, horror, adventure |
Founded | March 1992[1] |
Defunct | 1998[2] |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | Jim Salicrup (EIC)[1] |
Products | Comic books[1] |
Parent | Topps Company, Inc.[1] |
Topps Comics was a division of Topps Company, Inc. that published comic books from 1993 to 1998, beginning its existence during a short comics-industry boom that attracted many investors and new companies. It was based in New York City, at 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, and at One Whitehall Street, in Manhattan.
The company specialized in licensed titles, particularly movie and television series tie-ins, such The X-Files, based on the Fox TV show, and the films Bram Stoker's Dracula and Jurassic Park. It also licensed such literary properties as Zorro, and published a smattering of original series, including Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and several based on concepts by then-retired industry legend Jack Kirby.