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Dark Horse to Produce Comic Book for the Winner of SCI FI Channel’s New Reality Show, Who Wants to Be a Superhero?

By the editor
July 24, 2006 - 09:20

Dark Horse to Produce Comic Book for the Winner of SCI FI Channel’s New Reality Show, Who Wants to Be a Superhero?

Dark Horse Comics has agreed to produce the comic book based on the winning contestant’s character in the SCI FI Channel’s new reality TV show Who Want to Be a Superhero? SCI FI Channel, teamed with Bruce Nash’s Nash Entertainment (Meet My Folks, For Love or Money, Who Wants to Marry My Dad?) and legendary comic book creator Stan Lee (Spider-Man, Hulk, The Fantastic Four, X-Men), will produce a six-episode, one-hour weekly competition reality series that will challenge a lucky few to create their very own superhero. The winner of this six-week competition will walk away with their superhero immortalized in a new comic book created by Stan Lee himself! 

Dark Horse president Mike Richardson commented, “Dark Horse is honored to partner with SCI FI Channel to make what will no doubt be an entertaining new comic. Stan Lee’s genius will bring the contestant’s character to life in something that any comic fan will appreciate. After all, who hasn’t dreamt of such an opportunity?”

Since 1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant.  In addition to publishing comics from top talent like Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, and comics legend Will Eisner, their highly successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton, Trigun, and The Incredibles. Today Dark Horse Comics is the third largest comic-book publisher in the U.S. and is recognized as the world's leading publisher of licensed comics material.

SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com <http://www.scifi.com>) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 85 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.

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