10 Franchises Kept Alive By Comic Books

While the series itself may not exactly be dying, certain parts of it are, namely the single-player campaign.

Excluding the Modern Warfare and Black Ops series COD isn't exactly known for telling the greatest tales, but that's where the many comics come in, the books fleshing out the different universes of the massive franchise.

Previously the Call of Duty comics have served as prequels to the story of whatever game was releasing that year, or backstories to some of the characters; however, the current Dark Horse series focuses on the lore of the Zombies section of the game, giving Easter egg hunters more content to sink their teeth into or more casual fans an easy entryway into the often confusing world(s) of COD's undead offering.