Ahoy Comics is an American
comic book
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publisher. It was founded in 2018 by publisher Hart Seely, editors
Tom Peyer
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and
Stuart Moore
Stuart Moore is an American writer and editor of comic books and novels.
Career
Stuart Moore's writing includes ''Civil War'', the first in a line of prose novels from Marvel Comics, and two stories for Amazon's Kindle Worlds program: ''X-O M ...
, and chief creative officer
Frank Cammuso. At its launch, Ahoy sought to distinguish itself from other comics publishers by including additional "backup material" in each periodical issue, such as prose and poetry features.
History
Ahoy launched in 2018 with limited series ''The Wrong Earth'' by Tom Peyer and
Jamal Igle
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, ''High Heaven'' by Peyer and Greg Scott, and ''Captain Ginger'' by Stuart Moore and
June Brigman
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; and the anthology ''Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror''.
The following year it launched ''Bronze Age Boogie'' by Moore and Alberto Ponticelli; ''Planet of the Nerds'' by Paul Constant, Alan Robinson, and Randy Elliott; ''Hashtag: Danger'' by Peyer and
Chris Giarrusso; and the one-shot anthology ''Steel Cage''.
Following DC Comics' decision not to publish the announced limited series ''
Second Coming
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'' by
Mark Russell and Richard Pace due to creative differences over the controversial subject matter – featuring
Jesus Christ
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in the context of a superhero universe – the series was later published by Ahoy.
Comic books
References
External links
Two Years of AHOY Comicsat MultiversityComics.com
Comic book publishing companies of the United States
Publishing companies established in 2018
Publishing companies based in New York (state)
2018 establishments in New York (state)
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