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Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon, by Mike Richardson in 1986. [6] The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon, comic book shops known as Pegasus Books and founded in 1980.
The term "dark horse candidate" was used at the 1844 Democratic National Convention, at which little-known Tennessee politician James K. Polk emerged as the candidate after the failure of the leading candidates to secure the necessary two-thirds majority. [31] [32] Other successful dark horse candidates include:
Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book company.These are the ongoing and current limited series publications it has released under its own brand. Comics published through their various imprints appear on the List of Dark Horse Comics imprint publications, collected editions of its own publications appear on the List of Dark Horse Comics collected editions, and reprints appear on the List ...
All of the clergy were white men; African-American denominations were not represented. With the convention deadlocked over the choice of a nominee, some of the invocations became calls for the delegates and candidates to put aside sectionalism and ambition in favor of party unity. [17] [18] [19] Among the clergy who spoke to the convention:
Dark horse candidates were chosen in order to break deadlocks between more popular and powerful prospective nominees that blocked each other from gaining enough delegates to be nominated. One of the most famous dark horse candidates nominated at a Democratic National Convention was James K. Polk , who was chosen to become the candidate for ...
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter.
The major parties turned to little-known dark horse candidates from the state of Ohio, a swing state with a large number of electoral votes. Cox won on the 44th ballot at the 1920 Democratic National Convention , defeating William Gibbs McAdoo (Wilson's son-in-law), A. Mitchell Palmer , and several other candidates.
Dark Horse Comics titles (13 C, 277 P) W. Works based on Dark Horse Comics ...