Image Comics is an independent comics group set up by seven artists, among them Todd McFarlane. Now, along with Dark Horse and CrossGen[?], Image rivals the two main comics houses DC Comics and Marvel[?], with a range of titles, including Spawn, Witchblade[?], Battle of the Panets, The Darkness and others.
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Economic growth slowed considerably in 2001 - to less than 2% - because of a slowdown in major markets and the hiking of interest rates by the Central Bank to combat ...