Creation Publishing Media

Creation Publishing Media is an American comic book publishing unit of Creation Entertainment. The unit manages and publishes comics based on characters of the Creation Universe. The company was created in August of 1967 with James and Zoey Smith, with three other illustrators and writers in James and Zoey's house in Boston, MA. In 1971, they moved into a bigger office due to the high income of their products.

History
To be edited further.

Silver/Bronze Age
Due to the more lighter tones being used in most comic books at a time, the comics featured in the companies' earlier attempts were more darker in tone, and would feature a film noir like feel. Later on, a superhero series would start featuring teens of diversity, including race, sexuality, and more. Another superhero series was created, featuring more generic yet powerful heroes. By 1984, over 10 million comics are sold. In 1985, a few lighter tone series would start for pre-teens, while still producing the "adult" line of comic entertainment for everyone.

Franchises

 * 40s Noir
 * 1968-2001;2011;2018
 * PUNK
 * 1970-1992
 * Stranger
 * 1971-1983;1991-2001;2011
 * Newark
 * 1971-1987;1995-present
 * Heroes of the Universe
 * 1974-present
 * Adventures of Smith
 * 1977-present
 * Academy Stars
 * 1981-1988;2006-2011;2016
 * Basketball Stars
 * 1985-1993
 * Tokyo Night
 * 1987-1989;1997-1999;2007-2019;2017-present
 * Pirates of ye Old
 * 1994-1997
 * Heroes of New
 * 1996-present
 * Basketball Stars: The Next Generation
 * 1997-2002
 * Basketball Stars: The Global Elite
 * 2004-2008

Third party products
These products use third party characters and series, mostly following their own narrative and not the show.
 * Xelphos Adventures
 * 2002-2016
 * Spooks
 * 2004-present
 * Kitchen
 * 2005-present
 * CircleCity
 * 2007-present

1967-1980

 * ALL AGES
 * FOR OLDER CHILDREN (6+)
 * FOR TEENS (12+)
 * FOR OLDER TEENS (15+)
 * FOR YOUNG ADULTS (17+)
 * FOR MATURE ADULTS (18+)

1980-1983

 * ALL AGES
 * FOR OLDER CHILDREN (7+)
 * FOR TEENS (12+)
 * FOR YOUNG ADULTS (16+)
 * FOR MATURE ADULTS (18+)

1983-1985

 * ALL AGES
 * OLDER CHILDREN (6+)
 * TEENS (12+)
 * OLDER TEENS (15+)
 * ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR CHILDREN (18+)

1985-1997

 * ALL AGES
 * OLDER CHILDREN (7+)
 * TEENS (13+)
 * OLDER TEENS (16+)
 * ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR CHILDREN (18+)

1997-2004

 * ALL AGES
 * 7 AND UP
 * TEENS (13+)
 * 16 AND OLDER
 * ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR CHILDREN

1998-2004
used online
 * ALL AGES
 * PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED FOR CHILDREN (7+)
 * TEENS (13+)
 * OLDER TEENS (16+)
 * MATURE READERS (18+)

2004-2012
used both online and in prints
 * ALL AGES
 * PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED FOR CHILDREN UNDER SEVEN
 * 12+
 * 14+
 * 17+
 * MATURE READERS (18+)

2012-2021

 * ALL AGES
 * PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED FOR CHILDREN UNDER SEVEN
 * 10+
 * 13+
 * 15+
 * 17+
 * MATURE READERS (18+)

2021-present

 * ALL AGES (3+)
 * PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED FOR CHILDREN UNDER SEVEN (7+)
 * PRE-TEENS (10+)
 * TEENS (13+)
 * OLDER TEENS (16+)
 * MATURE READERS (18+)

Creation Publishing Canada
Launched in March of 1974 in Montreal, to handle publishing of Creation Publishing USA comics. Also produced a few of their own comics as well.

Franchises

 * Canadian Night
 * April Fools 1997;April Fools 2007;April Fools 2017
 * Pirates of ye Old (continuation)
 * 1997-2000;2005-2009;2017-present
 * Hockey Stars
 * 1998-2003
 * Hockey Stars: The Next Generation
 * 2007-2014

Creation Rising Stars
Launched in 1975 and closed in 1995, the Rising Stars program let anyone who has a good pitch of a story, and a great illustration to be published by Creation. One of these was PUNK, and the more popular Adventures of Smith. The last comic to be made into a bigger series was Pirates of ye Old.

Creation Translations/Creation Manga Magazine
In 1986, Creation Publishing launched a manga translation subsidiary called Creation Translations and then in November of 1986, they would launch a bi-monthly magazine, featuring manga that they have licensed. The magazine would have 7-10 series at a time, with two to three chapters per series each issue. The magazine finished in February of 2010, citing low circulation and loss of Cartoon Network and G4 advertisement. Their manga translations would still be released in volume collections however, under different imprints. In 2019, Creation Publishing Media announced that Creation Translations will be starting the Creation Manga App, with all licensed manga on the app.

In 1989, Creation Translations opened up a anime translation division under Creation Translations Home Media. In 1994, they would start expanding to foreign movies.

Creation Monthly Publishing
Launched in early 1992 and closed in 2009. This subsidiary focused on the bi-monthly magazine, Creation Universe Monthly. The comic uses Rising Stars comics as the main features, with a old issue of a Creation Universe main franchise also put in the magazine (about two months old). The magazine was very popular in the mid 90s to early 2000s. It rebranded in 1997 and 2004, and 2008. It ended in December of 2009, due to low circulation and the loss of their major advertiser Cartoon Network in 2007.

A special 20th anniversary magazine was made in 2012, featuring reader's top 100 comics from the magazine and a brand new original comic from Creation Publishing.