Steel Harbor
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Steel Harbor is a fictional city which acts as one of the settings in Dark Horse Comics
now dead line of Comics Greatest World
. While the entire Team CGW
was involved with the creation of each of the settings, Chris Warner was charged with the majority of design for the Steel Harbor locale. The city was based on a combination of Detroit and Watts during the period of their 1960s riots, only in the comic the violence is between superpowered gangs fighting for turf. One feature of various series was the commentary, supposedly on the radio, by a brassy talk-show host who bemoaned the plight of his city and called out the weak police and political powers in Steel Harbor for allowing the city to descend into such violence. Several series were set in Steel Harbor. Only Barb Wire was truly successful.
Series set in Steel Harbor
Barb Wire
The Machine
Wolf Gang
Motorhead
Series Creative Staff Information
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
now dead line of Comics Greatest World
Comics Greatest World
Comics' Greatest World was an imprint of Dark Horse Comics. It was created by Team CGW. Originally conceived in 1990, it took three years for the line to be released, which led to an industry-wide perception that it was created to capitalize on the speculator mania of the early 1990s. When the...
. While the entire Team CGW
Team CGW
Team CGW, short for Team Comics' Greatest World, is the group of five creators of the Comics' Greatest World line for Dark Horse Comics.The members are:* Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics' Publisher* Randy Stradley, creative director...
was involved with the creation of each of the settings, Chris Warner was charged with the majority of design for the Steel Harbor locale. The city was based on a combination of Detroit and Watts during the period of their 1960s riots, only in the comic the violence is between superpowered gangs fighting for turf. One feature of various series was the commentary, supposedly on the radio, by a brassy talk-show host who bemoaned the plight of his city and called out the weak police and political powers in Steel Harbor for allowing the city to descend into such violence. Several series were set in Steel Harbor. Only Barb Wire was truly successful.
Series set in Steel Harbor
Barb Wire
Barb Wire
Barb Wire was a superhero published by Comics Greatest World, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics. A regular series was published for 9 issues between 1994-1995, followed by a mini-series in 1998.-Creators:Regular Series:...
The Machine
Wolf Gang
Motorhead
Series Creative Staff Information
- 1-5: D.G.Chichester, writer/Karl WallerKarl WallerKarl Waller is an American artist whose work has appeared in comic books and roleplaying and collectible card games.-Early life and education:He graduated from the Pennsylvania School of Art in 1987, with a diploma in communication arts.-Career:...
, pencils/Tim BradstreetTim BradstreetTimothy "Tim" Bradstreet , is an artist and illustrator, best known for his work on comic books , book covers, movie posters, roleplaying games and trading cards.-Career:...
, inks/Simon BisleySimon BisleySimon Bisley is a British comics artist best known for his 1990s work on ABC Warriors, Lobo and Sláine. His style, reliant on paints, acrylics, inks and multiple-mediums, is strongly influenced by Frank Frazetta, Bill Sienkiewicz, Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dalí, Egon Schiele, and Richard Corben...
, covers. - 6: Chichester, writer/Waller, pencils/Eric Shanower, inks/Bisely, covers.
- (7-8): See 6. Note: Unofficially, the two issue King Tiger/Motorhead crossover consisted of the previously unpublished remaining issues of the series.