Marvel Comics

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Marvel Comics is an American publishing company most famous for publishing comic books set in the so-called Marvel Universe, and featuring superhero characters like Spider-Man and the X-Men.

Gargoyles comic

In 1995, Marvel published an eleven-issue comic book series, Gargoyles, based on the TV series of the same name. This series is not considered canon by series creator Greg Weisman.

Other references to Gargoyles

Two television series have made references to Gargoyles: X-Men: Evolution and The Spectacular Spider-Man.

X-Men: Evolution

X-Men: Evolution is an animated series that ran for four seasons between 2000 and 2003. In this series, featuring the superhero team known as the X-Men, several of the principal characters (good and bad) are reimagined as teenagers in high school. Gargoyles crew member Frank Paur directed several episodes of the series.

In the episode "No Good Deed", during a montage of faked heroics by the Brotherhood, Avalanche knocks a stone statue resembling Broadway off a building so that Blob can catch it.

The Spectacular Spider-Man

The Spectacular Spider-Man is an animated series featuring the character of Spider-Man, in his earliest days as a high school student still learning to cope with his powers and his responsibilities. Greg Weisman is producing and story-editing the series.

See also