Darkstalkers (comics)
# Darkstalkers (comics)

Darkstalkers is a comic book series created by UDON Comics and based on the Darkstalkers video game franchise by Capcom.

Darkstalkers was originally published through Devil's Due Publishing, consisting of six issues (five including issue #0) in 2004-2005 that were later collected in a TPB collection, which omitted the backup stories presented at the end of each issue, and included a special Morrigan background story previously only seen in Capcom Summer Special (2004) comic book. In 2010, UDON revived the series in a three-issue miniseries entitled Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors. A compilation of both UDON series, Darkstalkers: The Ultimate Edition, was released in 2012.

An eight-issue comic book crossover with the Street Fighter game series titled Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers was published in nine monthly issues (including #0) in 2017–2018.

## Reception

While published by UDON, the Darkstalkers comics didn't get the same recognition and popularity as the Street Fighter comics, being pretty unpopular and forgotten over time. While the art style received praise by people, the writing and changes to the narrative (like Morrigan Aensland's unfaithful and inaccurate portrayal) were very negatively received and criticized.

