Renegade Press was an American

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company, founded by

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Deni Loubert, that operated from 1984 to 1988. Notable titles published by Renegade included '' Flaming Carrot'', '' Ms. Tree'', and ''

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''.

History

Loubert was publisher of

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until she and husband

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(owner and major contributor to Aardvark-Vanaheim) divorced, at which point she started Renegade and moved to the United States. With the move, all of Aardvark-Vanaheim's titles (with the exception of '' Cerebus'') left that publisher to continue with Renegade. These included ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Ms. Tree''. Although Renegade started in high-profile fashion, its titles suffered from low print runs. In early 1988, Renegade refit its publishing strategy, but suspended all publications later that year. In July 1989 the publisher was shut down for good."Renegade Shuts Down", ''The Comics Journal'' #130 (July 1989), p. 23.

Titles

* ''3-D Zone Pack'' Vol. 2 (#6–10) * ''3-D Zone Set'' * ''Agent Unknown'' (1987–1988), #1–3 * ''Amusing Stories'' * ''

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's Barefootz: The Comix Book Stories'' (1986), #1 * ''Cases of Sherlock Holmes'' (1986–1989), #1–15 (moved to Northstar Publications) * ''Cecil Kunkle'' Vol. 1 (1986), #1 * '' Ditko's World Featuring...Static'' (1986), #1–3 (considered Robin Snyder's ''Revolver'' #7–9 as per the title page of #3) * ''Eternity Smith'' (1986–1987), #1–5 (moved to Hero Comics) * '' Flaming Carrot'' (1985), #6–17 * ''French Ice featuring Carmen Cru'' (1987–1988), #1–13 * ''Friends'' (1987), #1–3 * ''Gene Day's Black Zeppelin'' * ''Holiday Out'' (1987), #1–3 * ''Kafka'' * ''Kilgore'' #1-4 * ''Love Fantasy'' * ''Manimal'' (1986), #1 * ''Maxwell Mouse Follies'' (1986), #1–6 * ''Mechthings'' (1987–1988), #1–3 * '' Ms. Tree'' (1985–1989), #16–50 (from Aardvark-Vanaheim, #16–18 published with Aardvark-Vanaheim) * ''Ms. Tree 3-D'' (1985), #1 * ''Ms. Tree Rock & Roll Summer Special'' (1986), #1 * ''Murder'' (1986), #1–3 (considered Robin Snyder's ''Revolver'' #10–12 as per the title pages of #11 and #12) * ''

'' (1984–1988), #11–15 (from Aardvark-Vanaheim) * ''

'' (1985), #9–12, 3-D Annual #1 (from Aardvark-Vanaheim) * '' Open Season'' (moved to Strawberry Jam Comics) * ''Phony Pages'' (1986), #1–2 * ''Renegade Romance'' * Robyn Snyder's ''Revolver'' (1985–1986), #1–6 * ''Robot Comics'' (1987), #0 * ''Roscoe The Dawg, Ace Detective'' * ''Shadows from the Grave'' * '' The Silent Invasion'' (1986–1987), #1–10 (moved to

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) * ''The Spiral Cage'' (1986), non-numbered * ''Starbikers'' * ''Starbinders'' * ''Strata'' (1986), #1–5 * ''Suburban Nightmares'' (1988), #1–4 * ''T-Minus-1''(1988), #1 * ''Tony Bravado: Trouble-Shooter'' (1988), #1–2 * ''Trypto The Acid Dog'' (1988), #1 * ''Valentino'' * ''Vicki Valentine'' (1985), #1 * '' Wimmen's Comix'' (1986–1987), #11–13 (from Last Gasp; continued at

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) * ''Wordsmith'' (1985–1988), #1–12 (reprinted by

)

References

{{Authority control Defunct comics and manga publishing companies Publishing companies established in 1984