Warworld!

In 1989, Dark Horse Comics launched Warworld!, a single-issue comic that stands as a grimly prescient science-fiction one-shot. The series, most associated with artist Gary Davis, presents a stark vision of a dystopian future where a brutal, televised gladiatorial contest serves as the ultimate entertainment for a decaying society. Though brief, this standalone story established a bleak, iconic premise that has echoed through the publisher's catalog, marking an early example of Dark Horse's appetite for mature, socially-conscious genre storytelling.