Chaos! Comics
was a comic book publisher that operated from 1994 until its bankruptcy in 2002, leaving the final two issues of Lady Death: Dark Alliance unpublished. Ownership of the character Lady Death reverted to creator Brian Pulido, while all other intellectual properties were acquired by Dynamite Entertainment in 2010.
Chaos! Comics published:
- Main titles:
- Evil-Ernie.
- Lady Death.
- Purgatori.
- Chastity.
- Bad Kitty.
- Other titles:
- Cremator.
- Jade.
- The Omen.
- Lady Demon.
- Suspira.
- Smiley The Psychotic Button.
- Dead King.
- Vandala.
- Killzone.
- The Cryptic Writings of Megadeth.
- Insane Clown Posse.
- Static-X.
- Chyna.
- The Rock.
- Mankind.
- Stone Cold Steve Austin.
- The Undertaker.
- Halloween.
Chaos! Comics provides examples of the following tropes:
- An Arm and a Leg:
- And I Must Scream:
- Ashcan Copy: Chaos were known for creating limited Ashcan versions of their comics for collectors. Due to their bankruptcy, their final comic Purgatori: Ravenous was only released as an Ashcan.
- Complete Monster.
- Cut Short: Chaos filed for bankruptcy midway through Lady Death: Dark Alliance.
- Berserk Button:
- Big Bad:
- Black and Gray Morality:
- Bloodbath Villain Origin: Evil-Ernie and Purgatori.
- Blood Is the New Black:
- Blood-Splattered Innocents:
- Brain In a Jar:
- Break the Cutie:
- Bulletproof Human Shield:
- Crap Saccharine World:
- Creepy Child:
- Cry for the Devil:
- Curb Stomp Battle:
- Cyborg:
- Disproportionate Retribution:
- Enfante Terrible:
- Even Evil Has Standards:
- Evil Versus Evil
- Eye Scream:
- Freak-Out:
- Freudian Excuse:
- Good Angel, Bad Angel:
- Good Eyes, Evil Eyes:
- Gorn: And how.
- Harmful to Minors:
- Heroic BSOD
- Heroic Sociopath:
- Kill All Humans: Evil-Ernie's stated goal is Megadeath, the extermination of all life on Earth.
- Mass Super-Empowering Event: Toward the end of Evil Ernie: Straight to Hell, Lady Death is transported back to Earth, causing a ripple of arcane energy to spread out across the world. In Chaos Quarterly this is revealed to have awakened powers in a number of would-be heroes and villains.
- Spin-Off: Several:
- Evil-Ernie → Lady Death
- Evil-Ernie → Purgatori → Jade (Comics)
- Evil-Ernie → Chastity
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Evil-Ernie.