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A comics anthology collects works in the medium of , typically from multiple series, and compiles them into an or . The comics in these anthologies range from that are too short for standalone publication to chapters that might later be compiled into collected comic book volumes (such as and ).


United States
anthology aspect dropped in the 1960s
with issue #21, became
anthology aspect dropped in 1959
evolved from
successive one-shot comics
acquired by in 1963
acquired by in 1963
acquired by in 1954
acquired by in 1954
acquired by in 1957
acquired by in 1954
anthology aspect dropped in 1964, becomes Thor
acquired by in 1957
Becomes Sgt. Rock
Becomes The Unknown Soldier
relaunched as the horror anthology The Unexpected
anthology aspect dropped in 1964, becomes The Incredible Hulk
anthology aspect dropped in 1964, becomes Captain America
anthology aspect dropped in 1962, becomes The Amazing Spider-Man
acquired by Bill Pearson (Wonderful Publishing Company) in 1968
changes genre from science fiction to horror ( at Tales of the Unexpected); continues same numbering
acquired by Kitchen Sink in 1976
volume 3 ended in 2017
acquired by Fantagraphics in 1997
Evolved into
acquired by Ballantine in 2006
Based on Robert E. Howard works and characters


Asia

Japan

Malaysia
successive one-shot comics


Thailand
anthology for amateur & veteran


Europe

Belgium and France
Le Lombard acquired by Média-Participations in 1986.
Acquired by Albin Michel in 1986


United Kingdom
Britain has a long tradition of publishing comic anthologies, usually weekly (hence The Dandy going past 3,000 published issues).
merged with Golden Penny, Jolly Comic and Larks before finally merging with
relaunched by different publisher
merged with Starlord and Tornado
Merged with 2000AD
Merged with 2000AD
merged with re-launched Eagle
stories continued in re-launched Eagle
irregular publishing schedule over multiple publishers
Dare storyline completed in Crisis following cancellation
not related to Toxic
not related to Toxic!


See also
  • , the majority of which are anthologies
  • British small press comics, many of which are also anthologies
  • History of comics
  • List of manga magazines, the majority of which are anthologies

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