In 1986 Mr. Rosenberg launched his own comic book company, Malibu
Comics Entertainment. Mr. Rosenberg founded Malibu Comics with one
title, The Ex-Mutants, and subsequently developed a library of hundreds
of cutting-edge properties in a whole new "Ultraverse"- a comic book
universe that contained quality characters including Prime, Rune, and
Night Man. Under Mr. Rosenberg's leadership, Malibu Comics became the
top independent comic book publisher in the United States. In 1992, he
achieved an industry landmark deal as he lured away the most important
artists from competitor Marvel Comics and established a distribution
imprint for Malibu Comics with Image Comics, stressing the importance
of the artists and characters in the industry. Mr. Rosenberg discovered
the title Men In Black by a first-time comic book writer. Against all
advice to the contrary, Mr. Rosenberg published the Men in Black comic
book and soon after publication forged a development alliance to turn
the property into a major motion picture - as well as an animated
series for fall 1997. To date, Men in Black ranks as the highest
grossing comic-to-film adaptation worldwide ($580 million). When his
company was sold to Marvel Comics in 1994, Mr. Rosenberg maintained his
role as president of Malibu Comics, which had taken over the entire
computerized color production for Marvel, and also was simultaneously
appointed Senior Executive Vice President of Marvel Comics. In late
1996, Platinum Studios, Europe's premiere library of comic book
properties, was formed which allowed Mr. Rosenberg the opportunity to
cultivate talent and characters from all over the world for domestic
and international development in a variety of media.