

Explaining why he decided to do a limited series starring Gargoyle, he said, You take the interior life and make it concrete.

DeMatteis said of the series, "It was a psychological fantasy. In 1985 Marvel published a four-issue Gargoyle limited series, written by DeMatteis and drawn by Mark Badger. During his long run on The Defenders, Gargoyle also was the co-star of Marvel Team-Up #119, written by his co-creator DeMatteis, who later described the issue as "one of my favorite favorite stories". Perlin's design was inspired by a sequence in Prince Valiant in which the titular hero disguises himself as a gargoyle. The second Gargoyle, Isaac Christians, is a human/demon hybrid and a member of the Defenders. The first Gargoyle received an entry in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #17, where his real name was revealed. The appearance of Gargoyle in Rampaging Hulk #1 is merely part of one of Bereet's fictional techno-art films.

The first Gargoyle, Yuri Topolov, appears in The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Gargoyle is a name shared by two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. For other uses, see Gargoyle (disambiguation). For the comic book series about the Disney show, see Gargoyles (comics). The characters Beth Maza (who appeared in a photo in "Deadly Force") and Petros Xanatos appeared in the comics before their full debut on the show.This article is about the Marvel Comics fictional characters named "Gargoyle" found in comics. Weisman still held on to his unpublished script for the comic, and would eventually use it as issue #6 of Gargoyles SLG comic. Weisman was eventually hired to write for the comic, but Marvel cut the deal with Disney before his run could be produced. Greg Weisman, television series co-creator, did not have any direct involvement in the story development of the comic series, but was consulted on some plot points to be sure it stayed within certain boundaries. The Marvel series was tonally darker than the television series, dealing largely with Xanatos' experiments to create creatures and machines to defeat the Gargoyles. The books referenced events from the show's first season, but did not follow the continuity of the series, and is not considered canon by creator Greg Weisman. It ran for 11 issues from December 1994 to October 1995. Gargoyles was a series of comics published by Marvel Comics, which are a spin-off from the 1994 animated series of the same name.
