"We're reprinting them as they were published in Japan," said Neil Hankerson, Dark Horse's executive vice president. "We publish as is or we don't publish it at all."
Dark Horse is the third-largest publisher, behind the much larger Marvel and DC, in the direct market, which includes the specialty shops that cater to comic book fans. That market produced more than US$500 million in sales last year, according to ICv2, an online trade publication



