Black Library (BL Publishing)

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This article is about the publishing subsidiary of Games Workshop; for the Black Library of the Eldar, see Black Library of Chaos.

The Black Library logo

The Black Library logo until 2010

Black Library is an imprint of BL Publishing which was originally created in 1997 by Rick Priestley, Andy Jones, and Marc Gascoigne. Together, they created Inferno! magazine. This featured short stories and later lead to the creation of Warhammer Monthly and the various novels. Later, the Black Library picked up the Citadel Journal magazine and discontinued the two others.

The literary magazines elaborated on many traditional aspects of the Warhammer 40,000 game and created brand new concepts, even introducing some of their own gaming materials for the various games.

Black Library Magazines

• Inferno! (Magazine)
• Warhammer Monthly
• Citadel Journal
• Hammer and Bolter

Black Library Graphic Novels

These are the Black Library Graphic Novels for the Warhammer 40,000 universe:

• Bloodquest — Gordon Rennie, Colin MacNeil
  • Bloodquest Book II: Into the Eye of Terror — Gordon Rennie, Colin MacNeil
  • Bloodquest III: The Daemon's Mark — Gordon Rennie, Colin MacNeil
  • Bloodquest: Collected Comics (Omnibus) — Gordon Rennie, Colin MacNeil
• Daemonifuge — Kev Walker, Jim Campbell
  • Daemonifuge Book II: The Lord Of Damnation — Kev Walker, Gordon Rennie, Karl Richardson, Chris Quilliams
  • Daemonifuge Book III: The Screaming Cage — Kev Walker
  • Daemonifuge: Heretic Saint (Omnibus) — Kev Walker, Jim Campbell, Gordon Rennie, Karl Richardson, Chris Quilliams
• Deathwatch — Jim Alexander, Dan Lapham, Graham Stoddart, Lee Townsend
• Deff Skwadron — Gordon Rennie, Paul Jeacock
• Eternal Damnation (Compilation) — Andy Jones, Marc Gascoigne
• Eternal War (Compilation) — AndyJones, Marc Gascoigne
• Flames of Damnation (Compilation) — several authors and artists
• Inquisitor Ascendant — Dan Abnett, Simon Coleby
  • Inquisitor Ascendant book two: the hunt for Defay — Dan Abnett, Jim Brady
• Kal Jerico — Gordon Rennie, Karl Kopinski
  • Kal Jerico: Contracts and Agendas — Gordon Rennie, Wayne Reynolds
  • Kal Jerico: Underhive Bounty Hunter (Omnibus) — Gordon Rennie, Karl Kopinski, Wayne Reynolds
• Lone Wolves — Dan Abnett, Karl Richardson
• Macragge's Honour — Dan Abnett
• Obvious Tactics — David Pugh
• The Redeemer — Pat Mills, Debbie Gallagher, Wayne Reynolds
• Titan — Dan Abnett, Anthony Williams
  • Titan II: Vivaporius — Dan Abnett, Anthony Williams
  • Titan III: Cold Steel — Dan Abnett, Anthony Williams
  • Titan: God-Machine (Omnibus) — Dan Abnett, Anthony Williams
• Will of Iron — George Mann

Black Library Background Books

Warhammer 40,000 universe

• The 13th Black Crusade — Matt Ralphs
• The Battle for Armageddon — Marijan von Staufer, Talima Fox
• Horus Heresy: Visions of War — Alan Merrett
• Horus Heresy: Visions of Darkness — Alan Merrett
• Horus Heresy: Visions of Treachery — Alan Merrett
• Horus Heresy: Visions of Death — Alan Merrett
• The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer — Matt Ralphs
• Imperial Munitorum Manual — Graham McNeill
• Insignium Astartes — Alan Merrett
• Liber Xenologis — Darius Hinks
• The Sabbat Worlds Crusade — Dan Abnett
• Tactica Imperialis — Dan Abnett
• Xenology — Simon Spurrier

Other Publications

• Black Library Advent Calendar
• Warhammer warriors

External Links

• Official Black Library Website
• 10th Anniversary Page (Archive Link)