Pied Piper Comics
1986
-
1988
- A-Z
- 1
- Country:
- United States
- Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
- 3
- Brand Groups:
- 1
- Brand Emblems in Use:
- 1
- Total Number of Series:
- 11
- Total Number of Issues:
- 17
- Show Covers by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Notes:
- Founded by Mark L. Hamlin and comics writer Roger McKenzie, with writer/editor David Campiti playing a major role. Editorial editorial offices in Wheeling, WV, with business office in Wyoming, MI. Hamlin was formerly sales and marketing representative for Comico; Pied Piper Comics was a play on Hamlin's name and the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Pied Piper was tied to two other Campiti-associated publishers: Amazing and Wonder Color, both of which were financed by comics distributor Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and a small group of investors. Campiti packaged comics for all three publishers through Campiti and Associates, with Pied Piper publishing graphic novels, Amazing publishing black-and-white comics, and Wonder Color publishing color comics.
Pied Piper temporarily acquired David Lawrence & Ron Lim's EX-MUTANTS after the title began with two publishers associated with Campiti and financial backer Rosenberg: Eternity Comics and Amazing. Campiti left Rosenberg's various ventures in 1987, taking Lawrence & Lim's EX-MUTANTS with him to Pied Piper. (The company also published Lawrence & Lim's THE NEW HUMANS.)
Pied Piper collapsed in 1988, with a number of titles, such as HERO ALLIANCE and POWER FACTOR, being continued by Campiti's own Innovation Publishing; EX-MUTANTS and THE NEW HUMANS both returned to Eternity (which at that point was an imprint of another Rosenberg operation, Malibu Comics).
Editing
| Series | Year | Issues | Covers | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Beast Warriors of Shaolin [b] | 1986 | 0 issues (0 indexed) | No Covers | 1986 |
| The Beast Warriors of Shaolin [m] | 1987 | 3 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | July 1987 - September 1987 |
| Kamikaze Cat [m] | 1987 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | July 1987 |
| Lawrence & Lim's Ex-Mutants [m] | 1987 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | July 1987 - 1987 |
| Lawrence & Lim's Ex-Mutants Microseries: Erin | 1987 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1987 |
| Lawrence & Lim's the New Humans [m] | 1987 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | July 1987 - 1987 |
| Mr. Doom [m] | 1987 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | July 1987 |
| Ninja Bots Super Special [m] | 1987 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1987 |
| Phigments [m] | 1987 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | August 1987 |
| Pied Piper Graphic Album [b] | 1986 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | December 1986 - December 1986 |
| Power Factor [m] | 1988 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | March 1988 |
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