Battlestar Galactica (comic book)
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Battlestar Galactica
has been adapted to the comic book
format since its inception, with no less than six publishers to date taking on the project of relating the story of the Colonial Fleet and their adversaries, the Cylons
at different points.
television series of the same name, was published monthly by Marvel Comics
from 1978 through 1980, and lasted 23 issues.
Although there were other attempts to adapt Battlestar Galactica into a comic book format, the Marvel series is considered by many to have been the most successful in terms of run, sales, and content.
This was accomplished against some notable odds. Although Roger McKenzie
was most often the writer, and Walt Simonson
the most regular artist, the book also had a heavy rotation of guest writers and artists.
Marvel Comics’ began its adaptation of Battlestar Galactica with Super Special #8, a magazine format comic released as a tie-in to the start of the series. Based on an early script of the three hour series premiere "Saga of a Star World", this adaptation, which gave a relatively short treatment to the third hour, was also released in a tabloid format and then later as a paperback as well. The tabloid version was also printed by Whitman Comics. Its success led Marvel to print a regular monthly comic depicting the adventures of the ragtag fleet.
Scripted by McKenzie and drawn by Ernie Colón
, the Battlestar Galactica Super Special is an attractive adaptation with unusual panel design and use of shadow. In particular, the attack on Caprica, the psychic starting point of the series, is treated in a vivid and memorable way.
When the regular run of Marvel's Battlestar Galactica comic book began some months later, the Super Special adaptation was expanded by several pages, and provided the material for the first three issues of the comic.
The direct adaptation of the series continued in issues #4 and #5 which chronicled the adventures depicted in the two part television episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". Roger McKenzie continued as scripter, with Walter Simonson now providing the art.
With issue #6, the TV adaptations ceased, and Marvel's team began to create new stories about the characters of the Battlestar Galactica universe, picking up from where issue #5 left off. From this point, both in terms of story content and the narrative arc, Marvel's Battlestar Galactica does deviate somewhat from the televised adventures. Marvel's contract with Universal Studios
specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet of the Gods". Despite this, Marvel made a conscious decision to continue the story with their own vision of how the series would progress, and so presents an interesting interpretation of Galactica – through a Marvel paradigm.
Although the run of the Battlestar Galactica comic coincided with the broadcast of the short-lived Galactica sequel series, Galactica 1980
on ABC
, the newer program was never referred to in the pages of the comic, apart from the letters page, and no attempts were made to construct the comic with the events of Galactica 1980 as a foreseen plot outcome.
In addition, much of the comic's run took place in the magnetic void which the rag tag fleet encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the ragtag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".
In terms of tone, many of the Galactica comics had classic horror elements, which was a theme visited in only a couple episodes of the TV series, as exemplified by the evil Ovions of "Saga of a Star World". An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire
(issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter
(issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel's Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.
Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.
Another character who leaves the series for a while is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline, the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, with a satisfying conclusion in a tremendous battle (issue #13). At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, setting up his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.
Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack -- Hardcover Annual
sequel series Galactica 1980, this tale followed the crew as they finally approached Earth, led by Commander Apollo, who had succeeded his father.
This miniseries was popular enough that it spawned a group of sequels including "Apollo's Journey", "The Enemy Within", and "Starbuck" all published as four issue series in 1995 through early 1996. "Journey's End", the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions, and contains the memorable sequence of the Galactica travelling through time back to the Cylon attack on Caprica. After the publishing of the Battlestar Galactica Compendium in early 1997 however, the steam ran out of this endeavor and Maximum announced it would no longer be publishing Galactica based comics.
Asylum (monthly anthology series)
Compilations
(Collects Baptism of Fire and The Rebirth of Cy)
(Collects Athena's Quest)
Issue 1: The Law of Volahd, Part 1 (2 alternative covers)
Issue 2: The Law of Volahd, Part 2
Issue 3: Prison of Souls, Part 1 (2 alternative covers)
Issue 4: Prison of Souls, Part 2
Issue 5: Prison of Souls, Part 3
Battlestar Galactica, Season III
Issue 1: No Place Like Home (3 alternative covers)
Issue 2: Hades Hath No Fury (4 alternative covers)
Issue 3: Fire in the Sky (3 alternative covers)
Galactica: The New Millennium
Eve of Destruction
Search For Sanctuary
1999 Tourbook
Special Edition
Gallery Special
Canceled one-shots
, as well as publishing a series based on the new Battlestar Galactica, began publishing Classic Battlestar Galactica based on the original series and set during the early part of the series.
Dynamite has also started another series, Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse, that takes place at an undetermined time after the series ended.
In 2009, Dynamite Entertainment released a Galactica 1980 comic series, written by Marc Guggenheim
which was a re-imagining of the original Galactica 1980
series.
, set between the events of "Home" and "Resurrection Ship
".
In addition to the aforementioned ongoing title, other "new" Battlestar Galactica comics have been announced, including a 4-issue series spotlighting Tom Zarek
's life, a prequel mini set during the First Cylon War, and a one-shot featuring the Battlestar Pegasus
.
In May 2007, Dynamite Entertainment published Battlestar Galactica Season Zero issue Zero as part of FreeComicBook Day. The new series occurs two years before the events in the SciFi TV movie.
Brandon Jerwa
has written a four-issue miniseries about the Ghost Squadron, a black-ops
team that fly stealthed
Vipers
, who find them separated from the rest of the fleet after the Cylon attack.
David Reed and Seamus Kevin Fahey (writer of televised episode "Faith
" and co-writer of webisode series "The Face of the Enemy
") have written an official series about the backstory of the Final Five. The first issue of Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five was released on April 22, 2009. The second issue was released on May 13, 2009. The third issue was released on June 3, 2009.. The fourth issue was released on July 1, 2009
Dynamite Entertainment concluded its publishing of Galactica titles with the release of the Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War and the Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five trade paperbacks in December 2009. Since that time there have been no further comic books released related to Galactica continuity.
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica TV series in 1978, and was followed by a brief sequel TV series in 1980, a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books, a board game, and video games...
has been adapted to the comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
format since its inception, with no less than six publishers to date taking on the project of relating the story of the Colonial Fleet and their adversaries, the Cylons
Cylon (Battlestar Galactica)
The Cylons are a cybernetic civilization at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity in the Battlestar Galactica science fiction franchise, in the original 1978 and 1980 series, the 2004 reimagining, as well as the spin-off prequel series, Caprica...
at different points.
Original continuity adapatations
Marvel Comics
The comic book Battlestar Galactica, based on the ABCAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
television series of the same name, was published monthly by Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
from 1978 through 1980, and lasted 23 issues.
Although there were other attempts to adapt Battlestar Galactica into a comic book format, the Marvel series is considered by many to have been the most successful in terms of run, sales, and content.
This was accomplished against some notable odds. Although Roger McKenzie
Roger McKenzie (comics)
Roger McKenzie is an American comic book writer best known for his work on Daredevil with Frank Miller.McKenzie and Miller's first collaboration was on a two-page story entitled "Slowly, painfully, you dig your way from the cold, choking debris..." published in DC Comics' Weird War Tales #68...
was most often the writer, and Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Walter "Walt" Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist. After studying geology at Amherst College, he transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1972. His thesis project there was The Star Slammers, which was published as a black and white promotional comic book...
the most regular artist, the book also had a heavy rotation of guest writers and artists.
Marvel Comics’ began its adaptation of Battlestar Galactica with Super Special #8, a magazine format comic released as a tie-in to the start of the series. Based on an early script of the three hour series premiere "Saga of a Star World", this adaptation, which gave a relatively short treatment to the third hour, was also released in a tabloid format and then later as a paperback as well. The tabloid version was also printed by Whitman Comics. Its success led Marvel to print a regular monthly comic depicting the adventures of the ragtag fleet.
Scripted by McKenzie and drawn by Ernie Colón
Ernie Colon
Ernie Colón is an American comics artist, born on July 13, 1931,Colón was born in Puerto Rico and began his professional career at Harvey Comics as a letterer. He later worked, uncredited, as an artist on titles including Monster in My Pocket, Richie Rich and Casper the Friendly Ghost...
, the Battlestar Galactica Super Special is an attractive adaptation with unusual panel design and use of shadow. In particular, the attack on Caprica, the psychic starting point of the series, is treated in a vivid and memorable way.
When the regular run of Marvel's Battlestar Galactica comic book began some months later, the Super Special adaptation was expanded by several pages, and provided the material for the first three issues of the comic.
The direct adaptation of the series continued in issues #4 and #5 which chronicled the adventures depicted in the two part television episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". Roger McKenzie continued as scripter, with Walter Simonson now providing the art.
With issue #6, the TV adaptations ceased, and Marvel's team began to create new stories about the characters of the Battlestar Galactica universe, picking up from where issue #5 left off. From this point, both in terms of story content and the narrative arc, Marvel's Battlestar Galactica does deviate somewhat from the televised adventures. Marvel's contract with Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet of the Gods". Despite this, Marvel made a conscious decision to continue the story with their own vision of how the series would progress, and so presents an interesting interpretation of Galactica – through a Marvel paradigm.
Although the run of the Battlestar Galactica comic coincided with the broadcast of the short-lived Galactica sequel series, Galactica 1980
Galactica 1980
Galactica 1980 is a science fiction television series, and a spin-off from the 1978–1979 series Battlestar Galactica. It was first broadcast on the ABC network in the United States from January 27 to May 4, 1980.-Development:...
on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
, the newer program was never referred to in the pages of the comic, apart from the letters page, and no attempts were made to construct the comic with the events of Galactica 1980 as a foreseen plot outcome.
In addition, much of the comic's run took place in the magnetic void which the rag tag fleet encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the ragtag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".
In terms of tone, many of the Galactica comics had classic horror elements, which was a theme visited in only a couple episodes of the TV series, as exemplified by the evil Ovions of "Saga of a Star World". An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
(issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter
Shapeshifting
Shapeshifting is a common theme in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. It is also found in epic poems, science fiction literature, fantasy literature, children's literature, Shakespearean comedy, ballet, film, television, comics, and video games...
(issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel's Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.
Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.
Another character who leaves the series for a while is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline, the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, with a satisfying conclusion in a tremendous battle (issue #13). At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, setting up his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.
Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.
Issue breakdown
| Issue | Title | Writer | Penciller | Cover | Notes |
| #1 | Battlestar Galactica | adapts episode 1 Saga of a Star World "Saga of a Star World" is the pilot for the American science fiction television series of Battlestar Galactica which was produced in 1978 by Glen A. Larson... |
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| #2 | Exodus | adapts episode 2 Saga of a Star World "Saga of a Star World" is the pilot for the American science fiction television series of Battlestar Galactica which was produced in 1978 by Glen A. Larson... |
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| #3 | Death Trap | adapts episode 3 Saga of a Star World "Saga of a Star World" is the pilot for the American science fiction television series of Battlestar Galactica which was produced in 1978 by Glen A. Larson... |
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| #4 | The Lost Gods of Kobol | adapts episode 4 Lost Planet of the Gods "Lost Planet of the Gods" is a two-part episode of the original Battlestar Galactica television series.-Re-Imagining:*This episode was remade into a nine-episode story arc in the new Battlestar Galactica starting with season one's Kobol's Last Gleaming in which Kobol is discovered and ending in... |
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| #5 | The Lost Gods of Kobol: Part Two - A Death in the Family | adapts episode 5 Lost Planet of the Gods "Lost Planet of the Gods" is a two-part episode of the original Battlestar Galactica television series.-Re-Imagining:*This episode was remade into a nine-episode story arc in the new Battlestar Galactica starting with season one's Kobol's Last Gleaming in which Kobol is discovered and ending in... |
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| #6 | The Memory Machine | ||||
| #7 | All Things Past and Present | ||||
| #8 | Shuttle-Diplomacy | ||||
| #9 | Space-Mimic | ||||
| #10 | This Planet Hungers | ||||
| #11 | Scavenge World | ||||
| #12 | The Trap | ||||
| #13 | Collision Course | ||||
| #14 | Trial and Error | ||||
| #15 | Derelict | ||||
| #16 | Berserker | ||||
| #17 | Ape and Essence | ||||
| #18 | Forbidden Fruit | ||||
| #19 | The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy | ||||
| #20 | Hell Hath No Fury | ||||
| #21 | A World For the Killing | ||||
| #22 | Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair | ||||
| #23 | The Last Hiding Place |
Reprints / Compilations
- Marvel Super Special #8: Battlestar Galactica
- Marvel Illustrated Book: BSG, Volume I
- Marvel Illustrated Book: BSG, Volume II
- Star Heroes Pocket Books #1-11
- Star Heroes Winter Special
- Saga of a Star World (Titan Press)
- The Memory Machine (Titan Press)
Look-In Magazine
This children's magazine published a serialized BSG strip from October 20, 1979, to October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, 13 two-page chapters per storyline, from 1979 #43 to 1980 #42 (the numbering started over again at #1 in January 1980, though the storyline continued to fold as normal). Surprisingly well-rendered and well-written, this ongoing Galactica comic has been all but forgotten.Issue breakdown
Look-In Magazine -- Weekly Serial- Storyline 1 (issues 1979 #43 to 1979 #52 ; reset numbering in 1980: 1980 #1 to 1980 #3)
- Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
- Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
- Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)
Télé-Junior (France)
A French-made comic-book series of about 20 episodes, based on Battlestar Galactica, was published around 1981-1982 in Télé-Junior, a French TV-themed comic magazine similar to Look-In, with art by Gerald Forton. The comic was simultaneously published in Super J, a companion magazine to Télé-Junior.British annuals
In addition, Grandreams came out with two Battlestar Galactica hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.Issue breakdown
Battlestar Galactica -- Hardcover Annual- Battlestar Galactica (adapts episode 1 - 3Saga of a Star World"Saga of a Star World" is the pilot for the American science fiction television series of Battlestar Galactica which was produced in 1978 by Glen A. Larson...
) - Chess-Players of Space
- Bane of Baal Farr
- Amazons of Space
- Plus 3 prose stories: Doomsday Rock, Swamp World, Hijack in Space
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack -- Hardcover Annual
- Part One: Switch in Space
- Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops
- Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax
- Part Four: Final Showdown
- Plus 2 prose stories: Dice With Death, Enemy Within
Maximum Press
For a long time after this, Battlestar Galactica did not appear in comics, then in July 1995, Maximum Press published a well received mini-series that explained what it was that had happened to our heroes in the intervening years. Ignoring the storyline of the much derided ABCAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
sequel series Galactica 1980, this tale followed the crew as they finally approached Earth, led by Commander Apollo, who had succeeded his father.
This miniseries was popular enough that it spawned a group of sequels including "Apollo's Journey", "The Enemy Within", and "Starbuck" all published as four issue series in 1995 through early 1996. "Journey's End", the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions, and contains the memorable sequence of the Galactica travelling through time back to the Cylon attack on Caprica. After the publishing of the Battlestar Galactica Compendium in early 1997 however, the steam ran out of this endeavor and Maximum announced it would no longer be publishing Galactica based comics.
Issue breakdown
Miniseries- The War of Eden #1-4 (also collected in trade paperback format ISBN 1-888610-01-8 in December 1995)
- The Enemy Within #1-3
- Starbuck #1-3
- Apollo's Journey 1-3 (issue #3 was published with 2 alternative covers)
- Journey's End #1-4
Asylum (monthly anthology series)
- Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1
- Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2
- Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3
- Issue 4: Athena's Quest, Part 1 (originally titled Apollo's Quest)
- Issue 5: Athena's Quest, Part 2 (originally titled Apollo's Quest)
- (No BSG story in issue 6)
- Issue 7: Athena's Quest, Part 3 (originally titled Apollo's Quest)
- Issue 8: First Date
- (No BSG story in issue 9)
- Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)
- (No BSG story in issue 11)
Compilations
- Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium
(Collects Baptism of Fire and The Rebirth of Cy)
- Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition
(Collects Athena's Quest)
Realm Press
In 1998, Realm Press brought Battlestar Galactica back to comics again beginning with their "Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary" single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled "Battlestar Galactica Season 3". Unfortunately, this series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.Issue breakdown
Battlestar Galactica, Season IIIssue 1: The Law of Volahd, Part 1 (2 alternative covers)
Issue 2: The Law of Volahd, Part 2
Issue 3: Prison of Souls, Part 1 (2 alternative covers)
Issue 4: Prison of Souls, Part 2
Issue 5: Prison of Souls, Part 3
Battlestar Galactica, Season III
Issue 1: No Place Like Home (3 alternative covers)
Issue 2: Hades Hath No Fury (4 alternative covers)
Issue 3: Fire in the Sky (3 alternative covers)
Galactica: The New Millennium
- Fear of Flying / Favorite Son / Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy's Girl (3 alternative covers)
Eve of Destruction
- Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue / Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium
Search For Sanctuary
- Search For Sanctuary, Part I
- Search For Sanctuary Special Edition
1999 Tourbook
- Dark Genesis (3 alternative covers)
Special Edition
- Centurion Prime (2 alternative covers)
Gallery Special
- The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit / Masquerade
Canceled one-shots
- Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1
- Dire Prophecy (2 alternative covers)
- Darkest Night (2 alternative covers)
- Battlestar Black and White (2 alternative covers)
- Cylon Dawn (2 alternative covers)
- No-Man's Land (2 alternative covers)
- Minor Difficulties (anthology of short tales)
Dynamite Press
Dynamite EntertainmentDynamite Entertainment
Dynamite Entertainment is an American comic book company that primarily publishes licensed franchises of adaptations of other media. These include adaptations of film properties such as Army of Darkness, Terminator and RoboCop, literary properties such as Zorro, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Alice in...
, as well as publishing a series based on the new Battlestar Galactica, began publishing Classic Battlestar Galactica based on the original series and set during the early part of the series.
Dynamite has also started another series, Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse, that takes place at an undetermined time after the series ended.
In 2009, Dynamite Entertainment released a Galactica 1980 comic series, written by Marc Guggenheim
Marc Guggenheim
Marc Guggenheim is an American television writer-producer and a writer for Marvel Comics and DC Comics. His brother is screenwriter Eric Guggenheim.-Television:...
which was a re-imagining of the original Galactica 1980
Galactica 1980
Galactica 1980 is a science fiction television series, and a spin-off from the 1978–1979 series Battlestar Galactica. It was first broadcast on the ABC network in the United States from January 27 to May 4, 1980.-Development:...
series.
Reimagined continuity adaptations
In May 2006, Dynamite Entertainment announced a new ongoing Battlestar Galactica comic book series based on the reimaginingBattlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson...
, set between the events of "Home" and "Resurrection Ship
Resurrection Ship (Battlestar Galactica)
"Resurrection Ship" is a two-part episode of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series. Part 1 aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on January 6, 2006, and Part 2 aired on January 13, 2006...
".
In addition to the aforementioned ongoing title, other "new" Battlestar Galactica comics have been announced, including a 4-issue series spotlighting Tom Zarek
Tom Zarek
Thomas "Tom" Zarek is the name of a fictional character on the Syfy series Battlestar Galactica. He is played by Richard Hatch, who had previously portrayed Captain Apollo, a character on the original Battlestar Galactica series of the late 1970s....
's life, a prequel mini set during the First Cylon War, and a one-shot featuring the Battlestar Pegasus
Battlestar Pegasus
Battlestar Pegasus is a fictional spacecraft that appears in the both the original and the reimagined television series Battlestar Galactica.- Battlestar Galactica :...
.
In May 2007, Dynamite Entertainment published Battlestar Galactica Season Zero issue Zero as part of FreeComicBook Day. The new series occurs two years before the events in the SciFi TV movie.
Brandon Jerwa
Brandon Jerwa
Brandon Jerwa is an American comic book writer and musician currently residing in Seattle, Washington. Jerwa is best known for his work on comic tie-ins for several prominent licensed properties, including Battlestar Galactica, Highlander, G.I. Joe and Army of Darkness. Jerwa also collaborates...
has written a four-issue miniseries about the Ghost Squadron, a black-ops
Black operation
A black operation or black op is a covert operation typically involving activities that are highly clandestine and often outside of standard military protocol or even against the law.-Origins:...
team that fly stealthed
Stealth technology
Stealth technology also termed LO technology is a sub-discipline of military tactics and passive electronic countermeasures, which cover a range of techniques used with personnel, aircraft, ships, submarines, and missiles, to make them less visible to radar, infrared, sonar and other detection...
Vipers
Colonial Viper
The Colonial Viper is the primary fighter spacecraft type used by the human protagonists in the Battlestar Galactica fictional universe. Appearing in both the 1978 original series and the 2003 reimagined series, as well as various derivative works, the single-pilot spacecraft are carried aboard...
, who find them separated from the rest of the fleet after the Cylon attack.
David Reed and Seamus Kevin Fahey (writer of televised episode "Faith
Faith (Battlestar Galactica)
"Faith" is the eighth episode in the fourth season of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. It first aired on television on May 9, 2008. The episode guest starred actress Nana Visitor, best known for her role as Kira Nerys on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine...
" and co-writer of webisode series "The Face of the Enemy
Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy
Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy is a ten-part series of webisodes that was broadcast in the mid-season break of season 4 of Battlestar Galactica. The episodes are between 3 and 6 minutes in length, with two released per week...
") have written an official series about the backstory of the Final Five. The first issue of Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five was released on April 22, 2009. The second issue was released on May 13, 2009. The third issue was released on June 3, 2009.. The fourth issue was released on July 1, 2009
Dynamite Entertainment concluded its publishing of Galactica titles with the release of the Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War and the Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five trade paperbacks in December 2009. Since that time there have been no further comic books released related to Galactica continuity.
External links
- A list of all Battlestar Galactica comics at the Battlestar Wiki
- FULL ISSUE: Battlestar Galactica: The Cylon War #1, Comic Book ResourcesComic Book ResourcesComic Book Resources, also known as CBR is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book-related news and discussion.-History:Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1996 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland had created to discuss DC...
, February 23, 2009 - FULL ISSUE: New Battlestar Galactica #0, Comic Book ResourcesComic Book ResourcesComic Book Resources, also known as CBR is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book-related news and discussion.-History:Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1996 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland had created to discuss DC...
, March 2, 2009