"Battlestar Galactica"
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(From The Slings & Arrows Comic Guide) Based on the post-Star
Wars TV series, Battlestar Galactica
was launched in Marvel Super Special
#8, with the TV pilot adapted by Ernie Colon. The subsequent ongoing title
was a cut above your average tie-in comic, thanks mainly to Walt Simonson’s
regular appearances as penciler. Although his blocky style didn’t produce
the greatest likenesses he was well suited to drawing the dog-fights, and
there were plenty of them in issues #4, 5, 11–13, 15–20 and 23. The last
remnants of space-faring humanity are fleeing across galaxies, hotly pursued
by the evil robot-like Cylons. Their mission: to find the legendary home of
mankind without leading the Cylons there to massacre whomever they may find.
Their motley fleet of small craft is protected by the Galactica, which is
crewed by the usual bunch of white-toothed young people, crusty old blokes,
cute kids with pageboy haircuts, and comedy aliens.
Louise Simonson’s scripts brought a heartwarming touch to the book
without getting as mawkish as the series itself. She developed the
characters well. As in the TV series, most adventures centered around staid
but sexy pilot Apollo (who just happened to be the son of Adama, the
Battlestar’s commander), his spunky sister Athena and his devil-may-care
best buddy, Starbuck, a gambling
womanizer with a cheeky grin. There was more space to develop the struggle
for power between the military Battlestar and the secular Grand Council,
although this was used chiefly to generate plot ideas. ~FJ |

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