The creator-owned universe of Marat Mychaels. This started under the publishing banners of Rob Liefeld, continued with other publishers, and eventually came together under Mychaels’s own publishing banners. Here is a reading order for the works of Marat Mychaels.
- Extreme (1993) #0 [Image Comics] 08/1993
- Law and Order appearance
- Extreme Hero (1994) #1 [Image Comics] 1994
- Law and Order appearance
- Maximum Hero (1995) #1 [Maximum Press] 06/1995
- Law and Order appearance
- Law and Order (1995) #1 [Maximum Press] 09/1995
- Law and Order (1995) #2 [Maximum Press] 10/1995
- Blindside (1996) #1 [Maximum Press] 06/1996
- “Special Preview Edition”
- flip-book with Avengelyne (1996) #5
- Blindside (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 07/1996
- “Special Preview Edition”
- flip-book with Youngblood (1995) #10
- Blindside (1996) #1 [Image Comics] 08/1996
- Asylum (1995) #11 [Maximum Press] 01/1997
- Blindside appearance
- Demonslayer (1999) #1 [Image Comics] 11/1999
- Demonslayer (1999) #2 [Image Comics] 12/1999
- Demonslayer (1999) #3 [Image Comics] 1/2000
- Avengelyne/Demonslayer (2000) #1 [Comic Cavalcade] 2000
- Demonslayer (2000) #1 [Image Comics] 04/2000
- Demonslayer (2000) #2 [Image Comics] 05/2000
- Demonslayer (2000) #3 [Image Comics] 08/2000
- Demonslayer (2000) #0 [Next Entertainment] 08/2000
- Demonslayer Companion (2001) #1 [Avatar Press] 01/2001
- Demonslayer Vengeance (2001) #1 [Avatar Press] 05/2001
- Demonslayer Vengeance (2001) #2 [Avatar Press] 06/2001
- Demonslayer Rave (2001) #1 [Avatar Press] 08/2001
- Demonslayer Prophecy (2001) #1 [Avatar Press] 09/2001
- Demonslayer Future Shock (2002) #1/2 [Avatar Press] 02/2002
- 10th Muse Demonslayer (2002) Preview [Avatar Press] 04/2002
- 10th Muse Demonslayer (2002) #1/2 [Avatar Press] 05/2002
- 10th Muse Demonslayer (2002) #1 [Avatar Press] 06/2002
- Demonslayer Path of Time (2002) #1/2 [Avatar Press] 07/2002
- Demonslayer Path of Time (2002) #1 [Avatar Press] 07/2002
- Threshold (1999) #45 [Avatar Press] 12/2001
- Demonslayer appearance
- Threshold (1999) #46 [Avatar Press] 02/2002
- Demonslayer appearance
- Threshold (1999) #47 [Avatar Press] 05/2002
- Demonslayer appearance
- Threshold (1999) #48 [Avatar Press] 08/2002
- Demonslayer appearance
- Threshold (1999) #49 [Avatar Press] 11/2002
- Demonslayer appearance
- Threshold (1999) #50 [Avatar Press] 04/2003
- Demonslayer appearance
- Demonslayer Lords of Night (2003) Preview [Avatar Press] 06/2003
- Demonslayer Lords of Night (2003) #1/2 [Avatar Press] 07/2003
- Demonslayer Lords of Night (2003) #1 [Avatar Press] 07/2003
- Threshold: Mythic Sirens Pin-up Books (2006) #1 [Avatar Press] 04/2007
- Demonslayer appearance
- Koni Waves Demonslayer (2007) #1 [Avatar Press] 06/2007
- Blindside (2008) #0 [Beta 3 Comics] 06/2008
- Blindside (2012) #0 [Contraband Comics] 01/2013
- Blindside (2012) #1 [Contraband Comics] 07/2012
- Blindside (2012) #2 [Contraband Comics] 10/2018
- Notti & Nyce (2013) #1 [Contraband Comics] 01/2013
- page 3 shows hit-list “The List” which includes the name ‘Richard Kemp’ the real name of Blindside
- last page of story has dialog bubble that says of their next mission ‘Some rogue ORION agent. Name’s Rick Kemp. But goes by the codename “Blindside”.’
- backpage ad for “Blindside vs Notti & Nyce 2013”
- Notti & Nyce (2013) #2 [Contraband Comics] 03/2013
- picking up from last issue says “Our next target was last seen in Colorado* — but he could be anywhere by now.” Last issue they were leaving to go after Blindside. There is no editor’s note to go with the asterisk
- Notti & Nyce (2013) #3 [Contraband Comics] 06/2013
- Notti & Nyce (2013) #4 [Contraband Comics] 07/2013
- Chapter 2 is a three-page teaser story that mentions ‘Kemp’ a few times and ends with the stinger “To Be Continued in ‘Notti & Nyce Hunt for Blindside #1′”
- Notti & Nyce (2013) #5 [Contraband Comics] 11/2013
- mentions “Richard Kemp AKA Blindside”
- inside back cover note says “Thanks to Contraband Comics For 5 issues of Notti & Nyce. And while their mission to hunt down Blindside will continue in the pages of Contraband Comics. Starting in December 2013 Notti & Nice finds a home for new adventures at Counterpoint Entertainment”
- Notti & Nyce Christmas Special (2013) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 12/2013
- different from later Holiday Special
- Crossed Wires (2013) #3 [Bluewater Comics] 04/2014
- this issue of the crossover series highlights Marat Mychaels’ DemonSlayer
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2014
- Preamble reads “On a mission to assassinate a high level target CODE NAME: BLINDSIDE, assassins NOTTI & NYCE have run into every obstacle imaginable.”
- Robert Kirkman stand-in “Kirk Robertman” wears an Image shirt with a Youngblood logo on the front
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #2 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2014
- Preamble reads “On a mission to assassinate a high level target CODE NAME: BLINDSIDE, assassins NOTTI & NYCE have run into every obstacle imaginable.”
- Part 2 (of 2) of Robert Kirkman/”Kirk Robertman” story
- last panel of last page Nyce says “I guess it’s off to Chicago to find this ‘Blindside’.”
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #3 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2014
- Preamble reads “OUR STORY SO FAR: On a mission to assassinate a high level target CODE NAME: BLINDSIDE Assassins NOTTI & NYCE have run into every obstacle one can imagine.”
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #4 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2014
- Preamble reads “OUR STORY SO FAR: On a mission to assassinate a high level target CODE NAME: BLINDSIDE Assassins NOTTI & NYCE have run into every obstacle one can imagine.”
- last panel of last page has Nyce saying “It’s time we stop messing around and take down this Blindside asshole.”
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #5 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2014
- Preamble reads “OUR STORY SO FAR: On a mission to assassinate a high level target CODE NAME: BLINDSIDE Assassins NOTTI & NYCE have run into every obstacle one can imagine.”; last panel of last page has Nyce saying “It’s time we stop messing around and take down theis Blindside asshole. Escaping the clutches of Fred the Sicilian, Notti & Nyce have regrouped and refocused on the mission at hand…KILL BLINDSIDE!”
- Blindside mentioned at beginning, but doesn’t appear
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #6 [Counterpoint Entertainment] `
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #7 [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- last page reads “THE REMATCH NOTTI & NYCE VS JOY & PAIN / JOY & PAIN #3 / NOTTI NYCE #8”
- Joy & Pain (2014) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2014
- Joy & Pain (2014) #2 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2014
- Joy & Pain (2014) #3 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2015
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #8 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2015
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #9 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2015
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #10 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2015
- Blindside!
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #11 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2015
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #12 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2016
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #13 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2016
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #14 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2016
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #15 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2016
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #16 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2016
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #17 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2016
- Notti & Nyce (2014) #18 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2016
- DemonSlayer (2015) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2015
- DemonSlayer (2015) #2 [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- DemonSlayer (2015) #3 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2017
- Notti & Nyce (2017) #0 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2017
- the “Nyce” story shows her uncle is Richard who “acts like he’s invincible, like he’s some kind of super hero”… Blindside?
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2017
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #2 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2018
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #3 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2018
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #4 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2018
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #5 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2018
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #6 [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- DemonSlayer tease at end
- Savage Eve (2018) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2018
- No obvious link to larger Mychaels-verse in-story, but the last page of Baby Zombie & Candy #2 suggests Savage Eve will join the other women from Counterpoint comics in a crossover series called ‘Lethal Ladies’.
- Savage Eve (2018) #2 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2018
- Savage Eve (2018) #3 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2018
- Savage Eve (2018) #4 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2019
- Bad Girl Apocalypse (2019) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2019
- parodies of many famous female comic book characters including “Avenge-A-Lean”, a parody of Avengelyne
- includes appearances from Counterpoint characters Hardlee Thinn, Notti, Nyce, and Nastee
- Notti, Nyce, and Nastee mention they are “looking for our fairy” “…and our yeti”
- Battle Fairy & The Yeti #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2018
- page 1 says “These events take place after Notti & Nyce Vol.3 #6”
- re-prints “first appearances” of The Yeti (Notti & Nyce vol.2 #6) & Battle Fairy (Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois #3)
- Battle Fairy & The Yeti: Red Death #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2019
- Battle Fairy & The Yeti: The Deep Cut #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2020
- Battle Fairy & The Yeti: Tales End #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2021
- Kickstarter project that said: “BATTLE FAIRY AND THE YETI : TALES END Battle Fairy issue #4 to wrap up the mini series.”
- Dead-Pooh #1 [Comi-Kazi/Ready Comics] 2013
- Dead-Pooh #1.2 [Comi-Kazi/Ready Comics] 2013
- same as #2, all the same interior pages, only the covers/numbers are different
- Dead-Pooh #2 [Comi-Kazi/Ready Comics] 2013
- credits pages calls out “#1.2”
- Dead-Pooh #3 [Comi-Kazi/Ready Comics] 2014
- Do You Pooh #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- Hardlee Thin #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- The Poohnisher #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- The Walking Dead Pooh #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- Tiggomverse #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- All Out Pooh (2021) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2021
- Do You Pooh Presents Poohverine Tiggom (2023) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 10/2023
- Ultimate Willie: Willie’s Revenge (2024) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2024
- Ultimate Willie: Symbiote Willie (2024) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2024
- story ends with an appearance from Dead Pooh.
- inside-back cover advertises: Ultimate Willie Part 3 Willie Vs Pooh
- Notti & Nyce Halloween Special [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- has Nastee as a friendly, so we know this is after they reconcile
- the Poohs and Hardlee Thin appear
- different from later “2021 Halloween Special”
- Notti & Nyce Holiday Special [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- different from earlier Christmas Special
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #7 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2020
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #8 [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #9 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2021
- “NEXT UP FOR NOTTI & NYCE THE RETURN OF THE ZOMBIE KING THEN JOIN US BACK HERE FOR #10 AND A BRAND NEW DIRECTION!”
- includes DemonSlayer appearance
- DeamonSlayer goes missing at the end suggesting further adventures
- Notti & Nyce Valentine’s Day Special [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2020
- editor notes help place this chronologically
- page 3 Notti leaves and note reads: “See Notti By Nature One-Shot”
- note on page 5 places this after the Holiday Special
- ends with “To be continued in Notti and Nyce: Return of the Zombie King”
- Notti by Nature (2020) [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2020
- Notti by Nature is a 24-page Notti solo story which leads right into our next Notti & Nyce story line
- ends with “To be continued in: Notti and Nyce Return of the Zombie King”
- Notti & Nyce: The Zombie King Gambit (2019) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2019
- reprint of previous issues into one book including “Notti & Nyce (2014) #1” with “Kirk Robertman”
- re-print material that includes a change, removing a mention of Blindside (!)
- Notti & Nyce Return of the Zombie King (2020) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2020
- Notti & Nyce (2021) #1/2 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2021
- “TO BE CONTINUED IN NOTTI & NICE #10”
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #10 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2021
- Notti & Nyce Payback (2021) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2021
- Kickstarter project shipped with copies of Notti & Nyce (2021) #1/2
- Nia, introduced in Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #10, is already friendly with Notti & Nyce
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #11 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 05/2021
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois (2017) #12 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2021
- Notti & Nyce 2021 Halloween Special [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2021
- black and white story, not to be confused with the earlier Halloween Special
- Prey for the Sinner (2020) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2020
- the lead character is named Dr./Ms. Kemp (Synthia “SYN” Kemp), the same last name as Blindside (Richard Kemp)
- Marat Mychaels confirmed for me in-person at NYCC 2023 that the name is meant to suggest a relationship as an Easter egg for his long-time fans. (Called-it!!)
- the lead character is named Dr./Ms. Kemp (Synthia “SYN” Kemp), the same last name as Blindside (Richard Kemp)
- Prey for the Sinner (2020) #2 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2021
- Prey for the Sinner (2020) #3 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2021
- Prey for the Sinner (2020) #4 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2022
- an editor’s note on the final story page places this issue before the “Prey for the Sinner/Vampirella” story
- Vampirella Prey for the Sinner (2021) [Dynamite Entertainment] 2021
- ends with “Syn will return in… Prey for the Sinner”
- [placement subject to change]
- Prey for the Sinner (2020) #5 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2023
- ends with an ad for Prey for the Sinner #6: “Issue #6 of 6”, “The Final Chapter… For Now!”
- Battle Fairy and the Yeti VS. Red Sonja (2022) #1 [Dynamite Entertainment/Counterpoint Entertainment] 2022
- ends with the text “To Be Continued This Fall in Battle Fairy and the Yeti: The Magic Hunt”
- Katfight Vs Notti & Nyce (2022) #1 [Merc Mag LLC] 03/2022
- I can’t find any clues in the story for placing this in the timeline so it is listed in release order.
- Notti & Nyce Holiday Special [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2022
- different from earlier Christmas Special
- different from earlier Holiday Special (!)
- I can’t find any clues in the story for placing this in the timeline so it is listed in release order.
- Notti & Nyce Payback (2021) #2 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2023
- “…TO BE CONTINUED IN THE ALL NEW, ALL DIFFERENT NOTTI AND NYCE #1”
- Baby Zombie and Candy (2023) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 06/2023
- Kickstarter text: From the pages of the smash hit Notti & Nyce comes another pushing-the-boundary creation from the mind of creator Marat Mychaels. Meet the baby zombie with a thirst for… well you’ll find out…. and his reluctant protector, a badass stripper named “Candy” with a dark past and a flare for sex and violence.
- Baby Zombie was last seen in Notti & Nyce Return of the Zombie King #1
- Notti & Nyce Zombie E.R. (2023) #1 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 07/2023
- Kickstarter text: Bookoo Comix presents a special issue of Notti & Nyce! In this thrilling adventure, your favorite Counterpoint femme fatales have to save someone from a zombie apocalypse. But it’s not any normal ole’ Joe, it’s Joe Massimo from Bookoo Comix! We’ve seen all the funny videos of people saying wild things while on anesthesia, but Joe lived an entire story that just had to be put into a comic. Join Joe as he relives the tale of Zombie E.R.! Ron C. Williams drew the story and Rhianna Shepard added her colors.
- This stand-alone story could be placed anywhere in the timeline. (Nastee is not present.) Placed here due to release date.
- Notti & Nyce Zombie E.R. (2023) #2 [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- Notti & Nyce Red Sonja Vampirella #1 [Dynamite Entertainment] 08/2023
- ends with “To Be Continued.”
- Baby Zombie and Candy (2023) #2 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 06/2024
- ends with both an editor’s note and an inner-back cover ad for an upcoming crossover staring the women of Counterpoint Comics. The series, called ‘Counterpoint’s Lethal Ladies’ will include characters from Notti & Nyce, Prey for the Sinner, Battle Fairy & The Yeti, Savage Eve, DemonSlayer, and Baby Zombie & Candy.
Additional Reading:
- Spawn (1992) #45 [Image Comics] 03/1996
- pin-up of Spawn w/ Blindside
- Demonslayer Flipbook (1998) PRE [Awesome Entertainment] 11/1998
- flip-book w/Tincan Man
- Nash Preview Book (1999) [Image Comics] 7/1999
- Demonslayer preview
- Avengelyne/Demonslayer (2000) PRE [Awesome Entertainment] 2000
- flip-book w/Tincan Man
- Blindside Confidential ASH ashcan-sized book
- cover says “Wizard World Exclusive”
- cover image is same I have seen associated with “Blindside (2008) #0”
- back cover numbered “XX/100”
- Sniper and Rook Comic-Con Edition (2009) #1 [Beta 3 Comics] 08/2009
- reprint of Sniper and Rook (1999) #1
- inside front cover has a ad that includes Blindside #0 Comic-Con Edition
- Sniper and Rook Comic-Con Edition (2009) #2 [Beta 3 Comics] 04/2010
- reprint of Sniper and Rook (1999) #2
- inside back cover is an ad for an upcoming crossover with Blindside
- Notti & Nyce Menage A Trois “May the Fourth Be With You!” Preview Edition (2017) [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2017
- Blindside Preview (2018) [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2018
- ends with “Kickstarter coming at you August 2018”
- Notti & Nyce Bikini Special (2015) [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2015
- Notti & Nyce Lingerie Special (2017) [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2017
- Notti & Nyce Summer Special (2020) [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2020
- Notti & Nyce Cosplay Gallery [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- Notti & Nyce Cosplay Gallery 2 [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2021
- Notti & Nyce Lingerie Special 23′ (2023) [Counterpoint Entertainment] 2023
- Prey for the Sinner Preview Edition (2019) [Counterpoint Entertainment]
- Playtime: Revenge of Cottontail (2024) [Press Play Entertainment] 2024
- co-created, co-written, co-owned by Marat Mychaels
- “Goblin Co. Collectibles Presents”
- No direct link to Mychaels-verse
- future issues?
Extreme Excursus 