Captain Harlock

Captain Harlock is a legendary space pirate who sails the cosmos aboard his skull-flagged vessel, defying an oppressive interstellar order in the name of freedom. Malibu Comics adapted the iconic character from Leiji Matsumoto's beloved Japanese manga and anime series.

Debuting in the pages of Ninja High School Yearbook #1 in 1989 under the hand of creator Chas Berlin, Captain Harlock has carved out a distinctive niche across three decades of Copper and Modern Age comics published by Malibu. With a catalog presence anchored in dedicated solo series — Captain Harlock, Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage, and Captain Harlock: Deathshadow Rising — this is a character who clearly commanded enough devotion to sustain ongoing adventures well into the 2010s. The rarefied company Captain Harlock keeps on the page, rubbing shoulders with icons like Astro Boy, Tarzan, and Captain Victory, speaks to the ambitious, cross-genre world this character inhabits. Thirty years of publication and 39 catalogued appearances make Captain Harlock a rewarding find for any collector with a taste for Malibu's bold, adventurous corner of the comics universe.