Imprint of Marvel Comics
This article is about the Marvel Comics imprint. For the Milestone/DC Comics character, see
Icon (character) .
Icon Comics was animprint ofMarvel Comics forcreator-owned titles, designed to keep select "A-list" creators producing for Marvel rather than seeing them take creator-owned work to other publishers.[citation needed
Icon Comics was launched in 2004 withMichael Avon Oeming andBrian Michael Bendis 'superhero /detective seriesPowers David Mack 'sKabuki Image Comics . In June 2005 the imprint's third titleJ. Michael Straczynski 'sDream Police The Book of Lost Souls Criminal Ed Brubaker andSean Phillips is an ongoing crime comic also published by Icon.
Mark Millar has described the deal with Icon in relation to hisKick-Ass
The creative team get all the rights and you do all the promotion yourself.You could end up out of pocket because some of the team get paid upfront under these deals whereasJohnny and I don't take a page rate. But it was a calculated risk as we both have pretty good reps and so anything over, say, 25,000 would basically cover our Marvel page rates.[ 1]
Following the move ofBrian Michael Bendis (as well as all of his comics) toDC Comics in 2017, the Icon imprint has been dormant:
Brilliant by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artistMark Bagley [ 2] [ 3] Casanova Matt Fraction and artistsGabriel Bá andFábio Moon , moved back toImage Comics in 2014Criminal Ed Brubaker and artistSean Phillips , moved to Image Comics in 2016Dream Logic David Mack Dream Police J. Michael Straczynski and artist Sid Kotian, moved to Image Comics in 2014Empress Mark Millar and artistStuart Immonen Hit-Girl John Romita Jr. , moved to Image Comics in 2018Incognito Jack Kirby's Galactic Bounty Hunters Kabuki Dark Horse Comics in 2014[ 4] Kick-Ass Kick-Ass 2 by writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita Jr., moved to Image Comics in 2018Kick-Ass 3 by writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita Jr., moved to Image Comics in 2018Men of Wrath by writerJason Aaron and artistRon Garney Nemesis Steve McNiven [ 5] Painkiller Jane Jimmy Palmiotti and artistJoe Quesada Powers Michael Avon Oeming , moved to Jinxworld in 2018[ 6] Scarlet Alex Maleev , moved to Jinxworld in 2018[ 7] The Book of Lost Souls Colleen Doran The Secret Service Dave Gibbons , moved to Image Comics in 2017Supercrooks Leinil Francis Yu Superior Takio The United States of Murder Inc. [ 6] Epic Comics , an earlier Marvel imprint for creator-owned works^ Brady, Matt (January 16, 2008)."Mark Millar, Marketing Machine" .Newsarama . RetrievedDecember 7, 2009 . [dead link ^ Ching, Albert (March 19, 2011)."Bendis and Bagley on Their BRILLIANT Creator-Owned Debut" . Newsarama. Archived fromthe original on March 23, 2011. RetrievedOctober 11, 2011 .This is a long miniseries so I guess the technical term is maxiseries. But it's really something in between. ^ Richards, Dave (March 19, 2011)."C2E2: Bendis & Bagley's "Brilliant" New Creation" .Comic Book Resources . RetrievedOctober 11, 2011 . ^ Kabuki: Reflections (1998) - TPB vol. 01 at the Comic Book DB (archived fromthe original ) Retrieved March 7, 2018.^ Renaud, Jeffrey (December 4, 2009)." . Comic Book Resources. RetrievedDecember 4, 2009 . ^a b Arrant, Chris (November 16, 2017)."MARVEL Cancels POWERS and UNITED STATES OF MURDER INC" .Comic Book Resources . Archived fromthe original on November 17, 2017. RetrievedMarch 3, 2018 . ^ Richards, Dave (April 16, 2010)."C2E2: Bendis Turns "Scarlet" . Comic Book Resources. RetrievedJuly 8, 2010 . 
