''M. Rex'' (short for ''Machina Rex'') is a comic book title published by

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's subsidiary Avalon. It began and concluded in 1999, running for only two issues, yet it would later serve as inspiration for the

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animated series ''

Generator Rex ''Generator Rex'' is an American animated superhero television series created by Man of Action for Cartoon Network, with John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios as supervising producer. It is based on the comic '' M. Rex'', created by Aaron Sowd, ...

''.

Background

Avalon Studios was formed in 1999 by Filipino comic book writer

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and American colorist

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. ''M. Rex'' was one of the studio's first titles. Created by Joe Kelly and

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, the series ran for two issues: ''The Actress, The Agent, and The Apprentice'' and ''Size Matters''. Issue #1 was penciled by Duncan Rouleau, inked by

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and Jose Guillen assisted by Chauncey Pierce and Bryan Callaway, colored by Haberlin Studios, lettered by Dennis Heisler, and edited by

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and

. Issue #2 was inked by JAG, Alp Altiner, Curtis Arnold, and Aaron Sowd assisted by Bryan Callaway and Erfan Ardestani, colored by Haberlin Studios, lettered by Dennis Heisler, and edited by Brian Haberlin.

Characters

Four of the series's characters were adapted into ''Generator Rex'': *Rex became Rex Salazar. *Agent Six became Agent Six, his animated counterpart resembling the comics original most of anyone. Though, animated Six gave up his guns in favor of dual swords. *Knight, at one point called "The White Knight" by Agent Six, became

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.Knight
/ref> *The HaHa became Bobo Haha. Three other central characters were not: *Mia Moore *Simon Babbage *Spilken

References

1999 comics debuts 1999 comics endings Comics adapted into animated series Comics adapted into television series Avalon Studios Defunct American comics Generator Rex Image Comics titles {{Image-comics-stub