Cliffhanger was an imprint of Wildstorm, publishing creator-owned comic books. It was founded in 1998 by Joe Madureira, J. Scott Campbell and Humberto Ramos, when Wildstorm was still part of Image Comics (the studio has since been sold to DC Comics). The imprint ended in summer of 2004 when it was merged with Homage Comics line to form the Wildstorm Signature Series.