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The Black Beetle (Dark Horse Comics)

February 28, 2023

The Black Beetle is a comic book series about a masked vigilante. It was created by Francesco Francavilla and published by Dark Horse Comics.

The Black Beetle
Cover to The Black Beetle #1
(art by Francesco Francavilla)
Publication information
PublisherDark Horse Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing series
GenreSuperhero
Publication dateDecember 2012
No. of issues5
Creative team
Created byFrancesco Francavilla
Written byFrancesco Francavilla
Artist(s)Francesco Francavilla
Letterer(s)Nate Piekos
Editor(s)Jim Gibbons (2012–2015)
Scott Allie (2017)
Collected editions
No Way OutISBN 9781616552022
Kara BöcekISBN 9781506705378

Publishing History

Pulp Sunday

 
The first drawing of The Black Beetle

The Black Beetle made its first appearance on the forum drawingboard.org on the twelfth of January, 2006, as ten-minute doodle.[1] In 2009, Francesco Francavilla held a poll on his blog, Pulp Sunday. He had decided to do a webcomic and asked readers whether they would rather Max Malone or The Black Beetle, described as "in the vein of masked vigilante pulp in some sort of '40s/'50s settings, with some slight (40s/50s) sci-fi tone to it".[2] More than two-thirds of the readers voted for The Black Beetle. Shortly after, he came up with the setting of Colt City, his own mix between New York City and Gotham City.[3]

No Way Out

On Sunday, May 17, 2009, The Black Beetle made its debut as the opening page of No Way Out (although at the time this title had not yet been announced).[4] This first appearance ran for a total of ten pages, appearing on most Sundays until August 2, when it ended with The Black Beetle falling from a rooftop.[5] These ten pages were billed as the first part of six. The pages were printed in The Black Beetle ashcan, which was first sold at HeroesCon 2009.[6]

Kara Böcek

In December 2009 Francesco Francavilla attempted to tell a shorter Black Beetle story, a one-shot, roughly 20 pages, between his paid publishing work. This story was released in a landscape format. The plan was to update as frequently as possible, sometimes twice a week on Sundays and Wednesdays.[7][8] Upon reaching the tenth page, Francavilla stated the comic was one-third finished.[9] Page 11, which was supposed to be the first page of the middle third of the story, was the last completed page.[10]

The Kara Böcek was mentioned in the Dark Horse printing of The Black Beetle #1: No Way Out (Part 1),[11] and Francavilla said he intends to return to the story some day in the letters column of The Black Beetle #0: Night Shift.[12]

Dark Horse Comics

Night Shift

In December 2011 Dark Horse announced The Black Beetle's debut in the pages of Dark Horse Presents. The story, Night Shift, was told in three eight-page parts in issues #11–13 (April–June, 2012).[13] The story was later republished as The Black Beetle #0 in December 2012.[14]

No Way Out

At a Dark Horse convention panel in July 2012, Francavilla announced that The Black Beetle had been picked up for its first miniseries, No Way Out, the story originally started on his Pulp Sunday blog. The series began its run in January, 2013.[15] The first ten pages were from the original version of the story on Pulp Sunday, but recolored and with altered text and art.

In 2013, at the Emerald City Comicon, it was announced that The Black Beetle would continue at Dark Horse as an ongoing monthly series.[16] This was later corrected by editor Jim Gibbons, who said the series was going to be "semi-monthly".[17] Francavilla has further clarified, it will be an ongoing series of miniseries.[18]

Kara Böcek

In 2016, The Black Beetle returned to Dark Horse Presents. The new story, Kara Böcek, was adapted from the version originally published on the Pulp Sunday blog. The story commenced in Dark Horse Presents #28 in November 2016.[19] The story ran in five issues, ending with Dark Horse Presents #32 in March 2016.[20]

Necrologue

Necrologue was initially announced as a five-issue miniseries to be released in 2013.[21] However, no further issues were solicited after the fourth, and the title was removed from Dark Horse's publishing schedule.[22]

Publications

Issues

Issue Title Published Story Art Colors Cover Notes
#0 Night Shift December 19, 2012 Francesco Francavilla [23]
#1 No Way Out January 16, 2013
13 March 2013 (2nd printing) 		Francesco Francavilla This issue has three different covers:
#2 February 20, 2013 [27]
#3 April17, 2013 Originally scheduled for March 20.[28][29]
#4 June 12, 2013 Originally scheduled for April 17.[30][31]

Collections

Night Shift and No Way Out are collected in the first Black Beetle hardcover volume, published October 2013.[32]

Volume Title Published Collects ISBN Notes
1 No Way Out October 16, 2013
  • The Black Beetle #0: Night Shift
  • The Black Beetle #1–4: No Way Out
 9781616552022 Originally Scheduled for August 27, 2013[33]
Kara Böcek September 6, 2017
  • “Kara Böcek” from Dark Horse Presents #28–32
 9781506705378 [34]

References

  1. ^ Francavilla, Francesco. . Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. ^ Francavilla, Francesco (2009-03-29). "Black Beetle vs Max Malone". Pulp Sunday. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  3. ^ Francavilla, Francesco (2009-04-05). "Greetings from Colt City". Pulp Sunday. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  4. ^ Francavilla, Francesco (2009-05-17). "Black Beetle: Lost Wars". Pulp Sunday. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  5. ^ Francavilla, Francesco (2009-08-02). "Black Beetle: Tump!". Pulp Sunday. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  6. ^ Francavilla, Francesco (2009-06-17). "Black Beetle: "No Way Out" Ashcan". Pulp Sunday. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  7. ^ Francavilla, Francesco (2009-12-06). "Kara Böcek page 1". Pulp Sunday. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  8. ^ Francavilla, Francesco (2010-01-10). "Kara Böcek page 5". Pulp Sunday. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  9. ^ Francavilla, Francesco (2010-04-07). "Kara Böcek page 10". Pulp Sunday. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  10. ^ Francavilla, Francesco (2010-04-22). "Kara Böcek page 11". Pulp Sunday. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  11. ^ Francavilla, Francesco (January 2013). The Black Beetle #1: No Way Out (Part 1). Dark Horse Comics.
  12. ^ Francavilla, Francesco (December 2012). The Black Beetle #0: Night Shift. Dark Horse Comics.
  13. ^ "Francesco Francavilla Unleashes The Black Beetle!". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  14. ^ "The Black Beetle: Night Shift #0". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  15. ^ Francavilla, Francesco. "EISNERs, The Black Beetle, and Creature From The Black Lagoon!". Pulp Sunday. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  16. ^ Khouri, Andy. . Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  17. ^ Gibbons, Jim. "semi-monthly". Twitter. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  18. ^ Francavilla, Francesco. "9 April - Twitter post". Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  19. ^ Brusio, Vince. "Black Beetle Anniversary at Dark Horse Comics". Preview World. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  20. ^ Richardson, Mike (February 15, 2017). Dark Horse Presents #31. Dark Horse Comics. p. Interior cover, letter from the editor.
  21. ^ Glendening, Daniel (2013-07-17). "SDCC Exclusive: Bodies Fall in Francavilla's "Black Beetle: Necrologue"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  22. ^ "Dark Horse February 2014 Solicitations". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  23. ^ "The Black Beetle #0: Night Shift". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  24. ^ "The Black Beetle #1: No Way Out". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  25. ^ "The Black Beetle #1: No Way Out (2nd printing)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  26. ^ Francavilla, Francesco (2013-02-24). "The Black Beetle Goes ComicsPRO!". Pulp Sunday. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  27. ^ "The Black Beetle #2: No Way Out". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  28. ^ "Dark Horse Solicitations March 2013". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  29. ^ "The Black Beetle #3: No Way Out". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  30. ^ "Dark Horse Solicitations April 2013". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  31. ^ "The Black Beetle #4: No Way Out". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  32. ^ Khouri, Andy. . Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  33. ^ "The Black Beetle - Volume 1: No Way Out HC". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  34. ^ "The Black Beetle: Kara Böcek HC". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

External links

  • The Black Beetle blog
  • The Black Beetle - Twitter account
  • Dark Horse Comics

February 28, 2023
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The Black Beetle is a comic book series about a masked vigilante It was created by Francesco Francavilla and published by Dark Horse Comics The Black BeetleCover to The Black Beetle 1 art by Francesco Francavilla Publication informationPublisherDark Horse ComicsScheduleMonthlyFormatOngoing seriesGenreSuperheroPublication dateDecember 2012No of issues5Creative teamCreated byFrancesco FrancavillaWritten byFrancesco FrancavillaArtist s Francesco FrancavillaLetterer s Nate PiekosEditor s Jim Gibbons 2012 2015 Scott Allie 2017 Collected editionsNo Way OutISBN 9781616552022Kara BocekISBN 9781506705378 Contents 1 Publishing History 1 1 Pulp Sunday 1 1 1 No Way Out 1 1 2 Kara Bocek 1 2 Dark Horse Comics 1 2 1 Night Shift 1 2 2 No Way Out 1 2 3 Kara Bocek 1 2 4 Necrologue 2 Publications 2 1 Issues 2 2 Collections 3 References 4 External linksPublishing History EditPulp Sunday Edit The first drawing of The Black BeetleThe Black Beetle made its first appearance on the forum drawingboard org on the twelfth of January 2006 as ten minute doodle 1 In 2009 Francesco Francavilla held a poll on his blog Pulp Sunday He had decided to do a webcomic and asked readers whether they would rather Max Malone or The Black Beetle described as in the vein of masked vigilante pulp in some sort of 40s 50s settings with some slight 40s 50s sci fi tone to it 2 More than two thirds of the readers voted for The Black Beetle Shortly after he came up with the setting of Colt City his own mix between New York City and Gotham City 3 No Way Out Edit On Sunday May 17 2009 The Black Beetle made its debut as the opening page of No Way Out although at the time this title had not yet been announced 4 This first appearance ran for a total of ten pages appearing on most Sundays until August 2 when it ended with The Black Beetle falling from a rooftop 5 These ten pages were billed as the first part of six The pages were printed in The Black Beetle ashcan which was first sold at HeroesCon 2009 6 Kara Bocek Edit In December 2009 Francesco Francavilla attempted to tell a shorter Black Beetle story a one shot roughly 20 pages between his paid publishing work This story was released in a landscape format The plan was to update as frequently as possible sometimes twice a week on Sundays and Wednesdays 7 8 Upon reaching the tenth page Francavilla stated the comic was one third finished 9 Page 11 which was supposed to be the first page of the middle third of the story was the last completed page 10 The Kara Bocek was mentioned in the Dark Horse printing of The Black Beetle 1 No Way Out Part 1 11 and Francavilla said he intends to return to the story some day in the letters column of The Black Beetle 0 Night Shift 12 Dark Horse Comics Edit Night Shift Edit In December 2011 Dark Horse announced The Black Beetle s debut in the pages of Dark Horse Presents The story Night Shift was told in three eight page parts in issues 11 13 April June 2012 13 The story was later republished as The Black Beetle 0 in December 2012 14 No Way Out Edit At a Dark Horse convention panel in July 2012 Francavilla announced that The Black Beetle had been picked up for its first miniseries No Way Out the story originally started on his Pulp Sunday blog The series began its run in January 2013 15 The first ten pages were from the original version of the story on Pulp Sunday but recolored and with altered text and art In 2013 at the Emerald City Comicon it was announced that The Black Beetle would continue at Dark Horse as an ongoing monthly series 16 This was later corrected by editor Jim Gibbons who said the series was going to be semi monthly 17 Francavilla has further clarified it will be an ongoing series of miniseries 18 Kara Bocek Edit In 2016 The Black Beetle returned to Dark Horse Presents The new story Kara Bocek was adapted from the version originally published on the Pulp Sunday blog The story commenced in Dark Horse Presents 28 in November 2016 19 The story ran in five issues ending with Dark Horse Presents 32 in March 2016 20 Necrologue Edit Necrologue was initially announced as a five issue miniseries to be released in 2013 21 However no further issues were solicited after the fourth and the title was removed from Dark Horse s publishing schedule 22 Publications EditIssues Edit Issue Title Published Story Art Colors Cover Notes 0 Night Shift December 19 2012 Francesco Francavilla 23 1 No Way Out January 16 201313 March 2013 2nd printing Francesco Francavilla This issue has three different covers 1st print 24 2nd print 25 Exclusive for ComicsPRO 26 2 February 20 2013 27 3 April17 2013 Originally scheduled for March 20 28 29 4 June 12 2013 Originally scheduled for April 17 30 31 Collections Edit Night Shift and No Way Out are collected in the first Black Beetle hardcover volume published October 2013 32 Volume Title Published Collects ISBN Notes1 No Way Out October 16 2013 The Black Beetle 0 Night Shift The Black Beetle 1 4 No Way Out 9781616552022 Originally Scheduled for August 27 2013 33 Kara Bocek September 6 2017 Kara Bocek from Dark Horse Presents 28 32 9781506705378 34 References Edit Francavilla Francesco Drawingboard org Archived from the original on 2 November 2015 Retrieved 13 April 2013 Francavilla Francesco 2009 03 29 Black Beetle vs Max Malone Pulp Sunday Retrieved 4 March 2013 Francavilla Francesco 2009 04 05 Greetings from Colt City Pulp Sunday Retrieved 4 March 2013 Francavilla Francesco 2009 05 17 Black Beetle Lost Wars Pulp Sunday Retrieved 4 March 2013 Francavilla Francesco 2009 08 02 Black Beetle Tump Pulp Sunday Retrieved 4 March 2013 Francavilla Francesco 2009 06 17 Black Beetle No Way Out Ashcan Pulp Sunday Retrieved 4 March 2013 Francavilla Francesco 2009 12 06 Kara Bocek page 1 Pulp Sunday Retrieved 4 March 2013 Francavilla Francesco 2010 01 10 Kara Bocek page 5 Pulp Sunday Retrieved 4 March 2013 Francavilla Francesco 2010 04 07 Kara Bocek page 10 Pulp Sunday Retrieved 4 March 2013 Francavilla Francesco 2010 04 22 Kara Bocek page 11 Pulp Sunday Retrieved 4 March 2013 Francavilla Francesco January 2013 The Black Beetle 1 No Way Out Part 1 Dark Horse Comics Francavilla Francesco December 2012 The Black Beetle 0 Night Shift Dark Horse Comics Francesco Francavilla Unleashes The Black Beetle Dark Horse Comics Retrieved 4 March 2013 The Black Beetle Night Shift 0 Dark Horse Comics Retrieved 4 March 2013 Francavilla Francesco EISNERs The Black Beetle and Creature From The Black Lagoon Pulp Sunday Retrieved 4 March 2013 Khouri Andy Dark Horse Superheroes New Ongoings Pulp Revivals and DC Refugees Comics Alliance Archived from the original on 4 March 2013 Retrieved 4 March 2013 Gibbons Jim semi monthly Twitter Retrieved 4 March 2013 Francavilla Francesco 9 April Twitter post Retrieved 12 April 2013 Brusio Vince Black Beetle Anniversary at Dark Horse Comics Preview World Retrieved 1 October 2016 Richardson Mike February 15 2017 Dark Horse Presents 31 Dark Horse Comics p Interior cover letter from the editor Glendening Daniel 2013 07 17 SDCC Exclusive Bodies Fall in Francavilla s Black Beetle Necrologue Comic Book Resources Retrieved 1 October 2016 Dark Horse February 2014 Solicitations Retrieved 1 October 2016 The Black Beetle 0 Night Shift Dark Horse Comics Retrieved 13 March 2013 The Black Beetle 1 No Way Out Dark Horse Comics Retrieved 13 March 2013 The Black Beetle 1 No Way Out 2nd printing Dark Horse Comics Retrieved 13 March 2013 Francavilla Francesco 2013 02 24 The Black Beetle Goes ComicsPRO Pulp Sunday Retrieved 13 March 2013 The Black Beetle 2 No Way Out Dark Horse Comics Retrieved 13 March 2013 Dark Horse Solicitations March 2013 Comic Book Resources Retrieved 14 March 2013 The Black Beetle 3 No Way Out Dark Horse Comics Retrieved 13 March 2013 Dark Horse Solicitations April 2013 Comic Book Resources Retrieved 5 April 2013 The Black Beetle 4 No Way Out Dark Horse Comics Retrieved 13 March 2013 Khouri Andy Dark Horse Superheroes New Ongoings Pulp Revivals and DC Refugees Comics Alliance Archived from the original on 4 March 2013 Retrieved 4 March 2013 The Black Beetle Volume 1 No Way Out HC Dark Horse Comics Retrieved 13 March 2013 The Black Beetle Kara Bocek HC Dark Horse Comics Retrieved 2 September 2017 External links EditThe Black Beetle blog The Black Beetle Twitter account Dark Horse Comics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Black Beetle Dark Horse Comics amp oldid 919525936, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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