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List of wrestling-based comic books

 

Comic book superheroes and professional wrestling characters have long been viewed in the same vein of entertainment as colorful characters that are larger than life, and numerous wrestlers have appeared or been referenced in comic books.

 

Spider-Man's first costumed appearance was the result of Peter Parker's need for a colorful gimmick, as he planned to enter and win a wrestling challenge.

 

Wrestlers in American comics

 

Azteca Productions

■El Gato Negro

 

Valiant Comics

■WWF BattleMania series

Marvel Comics

■WCW: World Championship Wrestling series

 

Chaos! Comics

■Undertaker series

■Mankind special

■Stone Cold Steve Austin limited series

■Chyna special

■Chyna II special

■The Rock special

 

Image Comics

■10th Muse based on Rena Mero, aka Sable

■Nash limited series based on Kevin Nash

 

Warrior Productions

■Warrior series based on The Ultimate Warrior

 

Angel Gate Press

■10th Muse: Book Of Lights special also based on Mero

 

Wrestlers in International comics

 

Mexico and Japan have also had characters crossover into comic books. Mexican Wrestling Comic Books

■''Sensacional de Luchas About many wrestlers.

■''Santo. La Leyenda de Plata Comic about El Hijo del Santo and El Santo.

■''Blue Demon Jr. El Legado Comic about Blue Demon, Jr. and Blue Demon.

■''Místico. Príncipe de Oro y Plata. Comic about Místico.

■''El Ojo del Cibernético Comic about Cibernético.

 

Pro Wrestling Superstar Retsuden is a series of biographic manga published in Japan in the 1980s.

 

Comics based on or including wrestling

 

■Rival Angels webcomic,

■Futaba-Kun Change! manga, Studio Ironcat (US publisher)

■Sonambulo

■El Zombo Fantasma 3-issue mini-series, 2004, tpb, 2005, Dark Horse Comics

■The Nail by Steve Niles and Rob Zombie, limited series, 2004, Dark Horse Comics

■Rob Zombie's Spookshow International series, 2003-current, CrossGen Comics, MVCreations and Image Comics

■The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, by Rob Zombie. Also being turned into an animated film too.

■Love and Rockets, by Los Bros Hernandez. One of the main storylines, Hoppers 13, by Jaime Hernandez, includes many prominent wrestler characters.

■Headlocked

■Holy Terror, by Jason Caskey & Phil Hester. 2 issues originally published by Image Comics in 2002, reprinted in 2011 by Comicfix.

■Johnny Cougar a comic strip about a Native American (Cherokee) professional wrestler appearing in the British comic magazine Tiger

■Kinnikuman manga

■Thundergirls

■Strongman

■Místico

■Steel Pulse

 

Comics in wrestling

 

■"Arachnaman" (portrayed by Brad Armstrong) appeared in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the early 1990s wearing a costume resembling that of Spider-Man's aside from its yellow coloration instead of red. His gimmick included shooting 'webs' upon his ring entrance.

■Sting changed from a colorful flamboyant performer to a dark brooding figure after being falsely accused of betrayal in the nWo storyline in late 1996. As a result he adopted a black and white look and brooded in the rafters of the arenas, mimicking The Crow by James O'Barr in appearance to the point of actual birds appearing as well. Scott Hall suggested the idea to Sting, knowing of the concept but not having seen or read any of the materials himself.

■Tiger Mask was originally a popular Japanese manga character; as a result, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) decided to capitalize on this by employing the young Satoru Sayama to play the character as an actual wrestler. The resultant success led to the character being re-assigned, following Sayama's retirement, to other wrestlers, namely the now high-profile Mitsuharu Misawa and Koji Kanemoto. The current incarnation is the fourth, played by Yoshihiro Yamazaki.

■Gangrel was a vampire character from the White Wolf brand of comics and role-playing games. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) employed a wrestler previously known as the Vampire Warrior (real name: David Heath) to play the character, as the leader of a cult-like faction called The Brood, which also consisted of the wrestlers Edge and Christian.

■Gregory Helms wrestles as The Hurricane, a superhero gimmick with elements of The Green Lantern.

 

Other connections

 

■Rob Van Dam is an avid collector, who cites Ghost Rider as his favorite character, and operates his own store, RVD's Five Star Comics, in California, and plans to write his own series.

■Raven wrote an issue of Spider-Man: Tangled Web for Marvel Comics. The issue featured a partial rewrite of Spider-Man's history, and focused on Crusher Hogan, the wrestler whom Spider-Man first tested his powers on.

 

courtesy of http://prowrestling.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_wrestling-based_comic_books

[DiceX]

So nice of you to join us, Luxx.

 

 

[DR.X]

Valiant Comics

 

[DiceX]

Valiant Comics

 

 

Boogie Woogie

 

 

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Chicara, Steranko's Nick Fury Homage/Swipe.........Chicara, Avengers #5, (Capt. America re-intro) Homage/Swipe

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/09/06/another-wrestlercomics-connection/

 

http://chikarapro.com

 

 

[DiceX]

I pine for you every single time you get kicked off here.

 

 

[VintageComics]

Are these alternative covers actual comics?

 

 

[chrisco37]

DKR #4 is one of the best covers of all-time, IMO.

 

As far as the wrasslin' angle...paging Arex...paging Arex.

 

(You know you're my boy, Blue ).

[lilurl-migration]

Are these alternative covers actual comics?

Nope. From the first link:

 

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/09/06/another-wrestlercomics-connection/

 

CHIKARA’S DVD releases have, for the last couple years, been homages to famous comic book covers.

You undoubtedly recognize the originals that inspired these discs.

This is their home page.

 

http://chikarapro.com

 

 

It goes on & on & on. See for yourself. http://www.4thletter.net/2009/05/the-chikara-comic-to-dvd-cover-gallery/

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http://www.castleandkeypublications.com/issue1.html

 

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/04/29/la-mano-del-destino-luchador-comics/

[Warren Oates]

Why isn't there a book about the man, Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer?

 

The wrestler that dwarfed, all other wrestlers!

 

[VintageComics]

Are these alternative covers actual comics?

Nope. From the first link:

 

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/09/06/another-wrestlercomics-connection/

 

CHIKARA’S DVD releases have, for the last couple years, been homages to famous comic book covers.

You undoubtedly recognize the originals that inspired these discs.

This is their home page.

 

http://chikarapro.com

 

 

Mr. little URL, I have to say that you are a very fresh breath of fresh air and I like your originality.

 

(thumbs u

[Ares]

So nice of you to join us, Luxx.

 

[Theagenes]

Owen Hart's Blue Blazer character was supposed to be a generic superhero.

 

 

Here's a couple of oldie but goodies:

 

 

 

[Theagenes]

Tarzan was apparently a big fan of pro wrestling and liked to try out his moves on his jungle friends.

 

Here he prepares to lock up with an ape:

 

 

 

Side headlock:

 

 

 

Full Nelson:

 

 

 

Surfboard?:

 

 

 

And check out this anklelock:

 

[Norrin_Radd]

If this thread doesn't get Arex to post more, I don't know what will.

[AtlasFan]

Here is an early Wrasslin' comic by the great team of Andru & Esposito.

 

Mr Universe was kind of a wrestler and part time soldier of fortune. Here is goes on a mission to a time-lost land...

 

[Jamie Coville]

Amazing Spider-Man #139 - A Spider-Man villain "The Grizzly" was an ex pro wrestler. The character has made multiple appearances since.

 

I know there's been a bunch of indy comics that have/feature pro-wrestling.

 

 

 

[Ares]

The Thing joined the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation.

[shadroch]

Wasn't Unlimited Class Wrestling sort of company wide with Marvel for a while? I remember some guy running around in a ripoff of the early DD costume teaming up with Captain America for a few issues.