The Men in Black was a comic book created and written by Lowell Cunningham, illustrated by Sandy Carruthers, and published by Aircel Comics. Aircel would later be bought out by Malibu Comics, which itself was bought out by Marvel Comics. Three issues were published in 1990, with another three the following year. They inspired the 1997 film Men in Black and its sequel and spinoffs, including the TV show Men in Black: The Series. Three comic book one-shots followed the film: a movie adaptation, Retribution, and Far Cry.