Platinum Launches Kiss Comics Group

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Platinum Studios and KISS Catalog Ltd., the merchandising empire created and managed by original members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, have announced the creation of a new comic book entertainment company, the KISS Comics Group.

This is the first time KISS will be producing its own comic book-based characters.

The line kicks off at the Wizard World Los Angeles on March 16-18 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where both Simmons and Stanley will be present to promote the debut of KISS 4K #1, Destroyer Edition. The Destroyer Edition will be a super-sized comic book, and the ongoing KISS 4K monthly series will begin in May.

Newcomer Ricky Sprague is writing KISS 4K, with #1 art by painter Kevin Crossley. Rodolfo Migliari (Freshmen) is the cover artist.

KISS 4K tells the story of the transformation of the KISS band members into eternal, evil-fighting spirits. However, once they transform, they are unable to transform back into their human forms.

"Gene Simmons approached me with the idea of launching KISS Comics Group and working together has simply been incredible," said Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Platinum Studios¹ founder and chairman. "Platinum Studios has been working with independent comic book creators for years; KISS' worldwide legion of fans spans an enormous age range, providing this new company with a given global audience."

"We've had licensed KISS comic books before but never our own imprint and never with the wide reach across so many multi-media platforms," Simmons said. "Paul Stanley and I are personally involved in all day-to-day decisions and we are looking forward to extending the KISS legacy, images and sound to our fans around the world."

"As the iconic KISS characters have continued to evolve far beyond our beginning in rock music, we have always looked for the ideal situation for a KISS comic book outlet that was as far reaching as we originally conceived and intended. Platinum fills that slot perfectly," Stanley said.


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