The following is a list of various comics, graphic novels, and manga based on video games.
Franchise | Title | Author(s) | ISBN | Genre | Based on / notes | Publication Company |
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Army of Two | Army of Two: Dirty Money | John Ney Rieber | ISBN 978-0-76-155744-9 | Third-person shooter | Graphic novel | IDW |
Assassin's Creed | Assassin's Creed: The Fall | Cameron Stewart, Karl Kerschl | ISBN 978-2924006016 | Action / adventure | Wildstorm | |
Assassin's Creed: The Chain | ISBN 978-2-924006-05-4 | |||||
Assassin's Creed: Brahman | ISBN 978-2924006085 | Prequel to Assassin's Creed Chronicles. | ||||
Assassin's Creed: Trial by Fire | Anthony Del Col, Conor McCreery | ISBN 978-1782763055 | ||||
Better Dead Than Alien | Brad Zoom in Better Dead Than Alien | |||||
Bionic Commando | Bionic Commando: Chain of Command | Andy Diggle, Colin Wilson, David Gibbons | Capcom | |||
Borderlands | Borderlands: Origins | Agustin Padilla, Mikey Neumann | ISBN 978-1613776018 | RPG | ||
Bloodborne | Ales Kot, Piotr Kowalski | Souls like | ||||
Bully | Bully | Rockstar Comics | ||||
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 | Modern Warfare 2: Ghost | David Lapham, Kevin West | FPS | Wildstorm | ||
Captain Commando | Captain Commando | Kotomi Tobashi, Kenkou Tabuchi | Beat'em up | Udon | ||
Castlevania | Castlevania: The Belmont Legacy | Mark Andreyko | IDW | |||
Centipede | Centipede | DC | ||||
Contra | Contra: The Comic | Included with the Japanese version of Shattered Soldier for PS2 | ||||
Crysis | Crysis | Richard K. Morgan (author) Peter Bergting (illustrator) |
ISBN 978-1613771198 | First-person shooter | Graphic novel | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team | Cullen Bunn | RPG | |||
Darksiders II | Darksiders II: Death's Door | Andrew Kreisberg, Dave Marshall, Roger Robinson | ISBN 978-1616550264 | Action / adventure | ||
Dark Souls II | Dark Souls II: Into the Light | Rob Williams, Andi Ewington, Simon Coleby | Action / adventure | |||
Darkstalkers | Darkstalkers (comics) | Ken Siu-Chong, Alvin Lee, Kevin Lau, Joe Vriens | ISBN 978-0973865219 | Fighting game | Udon | |
Deus Ex: Human Revolution | Deus Ex: Human Revolution | Robbie Morrison | Action RPG | Graphic novels | DC Comics | |
Doom | Doom | Steve Behling, Michael Stewart | GT Interactive Software | |||
Double Dragon | Double Dragon | Marvel | ||||
Dragon Age | Dragon Age Vol. 1: The Silent Grove | David Gaider, Alexander Freed, Dave Marshall, Chad Hardin | ISBN 978-1595829160 | RPG | Dark Horse | |
Dragon Age Vol. 2: Those Who Speak | ISBN 978-1616550530 | |||||
Dragon Age Vol. 3: Until We Sleep | ISBN 978-1616552190 | |||||
Dragon's Lair | Dragon's Lair | Arcana Studio | ||||
Duke Nukem | Duke Nukem: Forever | Included with Balls of Steel Edition of Duke Nukem Forever | IDW | |||
Earthworm Jim | Earthworm Jim | Marvel | ||||
Final Fight | Final Fight: Streetwise | Capcom | ||||
Flashback | Flashback: The Quest For Identity | Marvel | ||||
Gauntlet | Gauntlet: Darkness Calls | DC | ||||
Gears of War | Gears of War, Vol. 1 | Joshua Ortega, Liam Sharp | ISBN 978-1401225209 | Third-person shooter | Wildstorm | |
Gears of War, Vol. 2 | Joshua Ortega, Mike Capps, Various | ISBN 978-1401228019 | ||||
Gears of War, Vol. 3 : Dirty Little Secrets | Karen Traviss, Pop Mhan | ISBN 978-1401236953 | ||||
God of War | God of War (DC Comics) | Marv Wolfman | ISBN 978-1401229726 | Action / adventure | Based in the Greek mythology era of the game series. | |
God of War (Dark Horse Comics) | Chris Roberson | Based in the Norse mythology era of the game series | ||||
Golden Axe | Sonic the Comic | Mark Eyles, Mike White | Beat'em up | Golden Axe characters were featured in short stories along with other Sega characters in the pages of Sonic the Comic. | Fleetway | |
Halo | Halo: Fall of Reach: Invasion | Brian Reed, Felix Ruiz | ISBN 0785151508 | First-person shooter | ||
Halo: Helljumper | Peter David, Eric Nguyen | ISBN 978-0785140238 | ||||
The Halo Graphic Novel | Various | ISBN 0785123784 | ||||
Hellgate: London | Hellgate: London | Ian Edginton, Steve Pugh | ISBN 978-1593076818 | RPG | Dark Horse | |
Hotline Miami | Hotline Miami: Wildlife | Federico Chemello, Maurizio Furini | ISBN 978-1953414960 | Top-down Shooter | Behemoth Comics | |
House of the Dead | The House of the Dead | Artisan Comics Group | ||||
Infamous | Infamous | William Harms, Eric Nguyen | ISBN 978-1401233082 | Action / adventure | DC Comics | |
Isle of the Dead | Isle of the Dead | Rainmaker Comics | ||||
Kane & Lynch | Kane & Lynch | Ian Edginton, Ben Templesmith | ISBN 978-1401231583 | Third-person shooter | Wildstorm | |
Keith Courage in Alpha Zones | Keith Courage in Alpha Zones | |||||
Kid Chameleon | Sonic the comic | Platform | Kid Chameleon was featured in short stories along with other Sega characters in the pages of Sonic the Comic. | Fleetway | ||
Kid Icarus | Captain N: The Game Master | Various | Platform | Kid Icarus and Eggplant Wizard make appearances; While the comic series is based on the TV series, it incorporated elements from many of the most popular video games of the time from the Japanese company Nintendo. | Valiant Comics | |
Killer Instinct | Killer Instinct (#1 ~ #3) | Fighting | ||||
Killer Instinct Special (#1 ~ #3) | ||||||
Killing Cloud | Killing Cloud | Dean Betton | ||||
Last of Us | The Last of Us American Dreams | Neil Druckmann, Faith Erin Hicks, Rachelle Rosenberg | Third-person Stealth | Graphic Novel | ||
Legend of Zelda |
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Various | Ocarina of Time:
Majora's Mask:
Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages:
Four swords
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RPG | Valiant Comics, Shogakukan, Viz Media | |
Mass Effect | Mass Effect Library Edition Volume 1 | Various | ISBN 978-1616551117 | Third-person shooter | Collection including all four Mass Effect series: Redemption, Evolution, Invasion, and Homeworlds | Dark Horse |
Mega Man | Ian Flynn,Patrick Spaziante | Shoot'em up action platform | Archie, UDON Entertainment Corporation, Viz Media, | |||
Metal Gear Solid | Metal Gear Solid Omnibus | Kris Oprisko, Matt Fraction), Alex Garner | ISBN 978-1600106637 | Stealth action | Collection of the entire run of Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty comics | IDW |
Metroid | Captain N: The Game Master | Various | Action | Samus Aran and Mother Brain make appearances; While the comic series is based on the TV series, it incorporated elements from many of the most popular video games of the time from the Japanese company Nintendo. | Valiant
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Mirror's Edge | Mirror's Edge | Rhianna Pratchett, Matthew Dow Smith | ISBN 978-1401225223 | Action / adventure | Wildstorm | |
Mortal Kombat | Mortal Kombat | Charles Marshall | Fighting | Malibu Comics | ||
Mortal Kombat X: Blood Ties | Shawn Kittelsen | ISBN 978-1401257088 | Prequel for Mortal Kombat X. | |||
Nights into Dreams | Nights into Dreams | Dan Slott | Archie | |||
Paprium | Paprium | |||||
Perfect Dark | Prima Publishing | |||||
Primal | Primal | Russell Uttley, Chris Sorrell | Com.X | |||
Primal Rage | Primal Rage | Chris Knowles | Sirius | |||
Prototype | Prototype | Jimmy Palmoiotti, Darrick Robertson, various | ISBN 978-1401226718 | Action / adventure | Wildstorm | |
Prototype 2 | Dan Jolley, Dave Marshall, Paco Diaz, Chris Staggs, Victor Drujiniu | ISBN 978-1595829184 | Dark Horse | |||
Punch Out!! | Captain N: The Game Master | Various | Sports | King Hippo makes appearances; While the comic series is based on the TV series, it incorporated elements from many of the most popular video games of the time from the Japanese company Nintendo. | Valiant Comics
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Rage | Rage: After the Impact | Arvid Nelson, Andrea Mutti, Pierluigi Baldassini, Michael Atiyeh | ISBN 978-1595827586 | First-person shooter | Dark Horse | |
Ratchet & Clank | Ratchet & Clank | T. J. Fixman, Adam Archer, CreatureBox | ISBN 978-1401231637 | Platform | CoroCoro Comics | |
Resident Evil | DC/Wildstorm | |||||
Resistance | Resistance | Mike Costa, C.P. Smith, Ramon K. Perez | ISBN 978-1401226725 | First-person shooter | ||
The Revenge of Shinobi | Sonic the comic | Alan McKenzie, Jon Haward | Action | Shinobi was featured in short stories along with other Sega characters in the pages of Sonic the Comic. | Fleetway | |
Silent Hill | Silent Hill Omnibus | Scott Ciencin, Ben Templesmith, Aadi Salman | ISBN 978-1600102394 | Survival horror | Collection of Silent Hill comic books: Silent Hill: Dying Inside, Silent Hill: Three Bloody Tales, and Silent Hill: Dead/Alive | |
Sly Cooper | Platform Stealth | DC Comics | ||||
Space Ace | Space Ace | Arcana Studio | ||||
Space Quest | The Adventures of Roger Wilco | John Shaw, Paul O'Connor | ISBN 978-0874552379 | Adventure | Malibu Comics | |
Street Fighter | Street Fighter (comics) | Len Strazewski,
Don Hillsman II (Malibu); Masaomi Kanzaki (Tokuma Comics); Marcelo Cassaro, Arthur Garcia and others (Escala); Ken Siu-Chong, Alvin Lee (Udon) |
Fighting Game | Malibu Comics, Tokuma Comics, Editora Escala (Brazil), Udon Entertainment | ||
Streets of Rage | Sonic the comic | Beat'em up | Streets of Rage characters were featured in short stories along with other Sega characters in the pages of Sonic the Comic. | Fleetway | ||
Sonic the Hedgehog | Sonic the comic | Various | Platform | Fleetway | ||
Sonic the Hedgehog | Robotnik's Oil | ISBN 978-0721417400 | Platform | Archie and IDW (not related to these though since they are novels, not comics) | ||
The Invisible Robotnik | ISBN 978-0721417394 | |||||
StarCraft | Frontline: Volume 1 (StarCraft) | Naohiro Washio, Paul Benjamin, Richard A. Knaak, Ramanda Kamarga, Joshua Elder | ISBN 978-1427-80721-2 | Strategy | Tokyopop | |
Frontline: Volume 2 (StarCraft) | Grace Randolph, Joshua Elder, Kieron Gillen, Simon Furman | ISBN 1-4278-0831-7 | ||||
Frontline: Volume 3 (StarCraft) | Dave Shramek, Grace Randolph, Joshua Elder, Paul Benjamin, Ren Zatopek | ISBN 1-4278-0832-5 | ||||
Frontline: Volume 4 (StarCraft) | Chris Metzen, David Gerrold, Joshua Elder | ISBN 1-4278-1698-0 | ||||
Star Raiders | Star Raiders | Elliot S. Maggin, José Luis García-López | space combat simulator | Graphic novel | DC | |
Super Mario Bros | Super Mario Bros | Valiant | ||||
Swordquest | Swordquest | DC | ||||
Team Fortress 2 | Team Fortress | First-person shooter | Digital comics | |||
Tekken | Tekken Forever (#1) | Dave Chi, Paco Diaz | ASIN B000Y92YYC | Fighting | The second issue was cancelled. | Image, Knightzone Comics, Titans, Shogakukan, and Ultra Egg Jump (only Knightzone is publication company of these issues) |
Tekken Comic Vol. 1 | Ruy Takato | ISBN 978-4-08-877826-6 | Based on Tekken 6. Battle 1 to 5. | |||
Tekken Comic Vol. 2 | Ruy Takato | ISBN 978-4-08-879019-0 | Based on Tekken 6. Battle 6 to 11. | |||
The Adventures of Bayou Billy | The Adventures of Bayou Billy | Archie | ||||
The Cheetahmen | The Cheetahmen | Joe Martinez | ||||
Toki | Toki: Memories of Ammalerina | Jacquet | ||||
Tron 2.0 | Tron: The Ghost in the Machine | Landry Walker, Eric Jones | ISBN 978-1-59362-102-5 | First-person shooter | ||
Turok 2 | Turok 2 | Acclaim | ||||
Ultima (series) |
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Seiji Tanaka, Yuko Tanaka, Hiroyuki Watanabe | RPG | JICC | ||
Uncharted | Uncharted | Joshua Williamson, Sergio Sandoval, Adam Hughes | ISBN 978-1401232696 | Action / adventure | DC Comics | |
Virtua Fighter | Virtua Fighter | Mark Paniccia | Fighting | One-shot | ||
Warlords (1980 video game) | Warlords | Steve Skeats, David Wenzel | Arcade game | Graphic novel | DC | |
Werewolf: The Last Warrior | Werewolf: The Last Warrior | |||||
Wonder Boy | Sonic the comic | Platform | Wonder Boy was featured in short stories along with other Sega characters in the pages of Sonic the Comic. | Fleetway | ||
World of Warcraft | Micky Neilson,Ludo Lullabi | Wildstorm |
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Glossary of comics terminology | ||
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Creators | Artists • cartoonists • Female comics creators (list) | |
By country | American • Australian • Canadian • Cuban • Japanese (Manga) | |
History | Years in comics • American (Ages: Golden Age • Silver Age • Bronze Age • Modern Age (Events) • Japanese (Manga) • Webcomics | |
Genres | Abstract • Adult • Alternative • Autobiographical • Celebrity comics • Crime • Fantasy (list) • Horror • Romance (list) • Science fiction • Superhero • Teen humor • Text comics • Tijuana Bible • Underground • War • Western | |
Tropes | Antihero • Funny animal • Superhero • Supervillain • Masking • Rogue | |
By country | Africa | South Africa |
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North America | Canada (Quebec) • Mexico • United States (list) | |
Oceania | Australia | |
South America | Argentina • Brazil | |
Lists | By type | Comic books • Comic strips •
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