Broadway Comics
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Broadway Comics was a comic book company started by Jim Shooter in 1995, after his former company, Defiant Comics, folded. The company was a division of Broadway Video Entertainment with Jim Shooter as co-owner of the characters.
In 1996, Broadway Video Entertainment was sold to Golden Books, which then promptly went bankrupt. Broadway Comics didn't have the infrastructure or the means to continue.
Broadway Comics debuted with the preview comic Powers that Be, followed by the series Star Seed, Fatale, and Shadow State. Other series were to follow, though only Knights on Broadway was launched before the company abruptly closed, leaving unfinished story arcs in all series but Fatale.
The Broadway continuity was, like Shooter's two previous attempts, taking place in real time and the characters were most likely not to wear a superhero uniform. One innovative thing at Broadway Comics was the comic-within-a comic called Blood S.C.R.E.A.M. as a part of the story in Shadow State. Blood S.C.R.E.A.M. parodied Rob Liefeld of Image Comics's works from the names to the artwork, down to the first story arc which was called, "Image Isn't Everything".
Before the company shut down, Shooter intended to integrate the concepts from Defiant Comics into the Broadway Comics continuity. However, the company was purchased by Golden Books before those plans had a chance to come to fruition.
[edit] Published Titles
- Powers That Be (preview and multiple issues that would drop Fatale and eventually become Star Seed only)
- Babes of Broadway (One-shot pin-up comic)
- Fatale
- Knights on Broadway
- Shadow State
- Star Seed
