Editing Kevin O'Neill (comics) (section)

===''Marshal Law''===
Mills and O'Neill created a six issue mini-series for [[Epic Comics]] called ''[[Marshal Law (comics)|Marshal Law]]'' which would be their take on [[superhero]]es. Although the series sold well, Epic received several complaints about the art, as well as forcing Mills and O'Neill to change the characters in the ''Marshal Law Takes Manhattan'' one-shot from the familiar [[Marvel Comics]] characters as they intended to use to thinly disguised duplicates of heroes such as [[Captain America]], [[Spider-Man]] and The [[Punisher]].{{fact|date=November 2022}}

The pair decided to take ''Marshal Law'' from Epic to the newly formed [[Apocalypse Ltd|Apocalypse Comics]] for a one-off special (featuring a satire on the [[Batman]] character) before launching a new weekly comic titled ''[[Toxic!]]'' with Marshal Law as its flagship character. ''Toxic!'' was an attempt to take on and even rival ''2000AD'' but although the title initially sold well, it suffered from stories missing issues, including ''Marshal Law'' which was left incomplete during a story. After 31 issues the title was cancelled and Apocalypse Comics went bankrupt shortly afterward.{{fact|date=November 2022}}

After this Mills and O'Neill took ''Marshal Law'' to [[Dark Horse Comics]] where the story started in ''Toxic!'' was completed. Dark Horse also published several mini-series featuring Marshal Law, and Epic Comics published a two issue series pitting the character against [[Clive Barker]]'s [[Pinhead (Hellraiser)|Pinhead]] character. The character then appeared on the [[Cool Beans World]] website in a series of illustrated novellas, but since the site closed in 2002, Marshal Law has been in limbo since, with the exception of one appearance in ''2000AD''. In 2008, [[Top Shelf Productions]] announced plans to publish a complete ''Marshal Law Omnibus'' in 2009.{{fact|date=November 2022}}