Battlestar Galactica: Saga of a Star World (Battlestar Galactica (Paperback))
Before Star Trek: The Next Generation, Farscape and Stargate SG-1, there was 1980s cult TV series Battlestar Galactica: the smash-hit sci-fi show that rocked the spaceways with its legendary stories, memorable villains and awesome hair styles!
This classic comic-strip adaptation tells the story of the very first episodes of the hit TV series. After a surprise attack by battle droids, the Cylons, the human race faces extinction. Now the last remaining warship, the Battlestar Galactica, leads a ragtag refugee fleet across a savage galaxy in a desperate search for that one glimmer of hope amongst the stars — the planet Earth!
Customer Review: A Very Cool Comic for a Very Cool Show!
RE: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: SAGA OF A STAR WORLD
This is a Titan Books (UK) collection reprinting several issues of the seventies Marvel Comics adaption and continuation of the original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. First of all, let me talk about the talents involved herein. The art for the theatrical movie/series pilot adaption is by Ernie Colon, a very talented artist who isn't quite a perfect fit for BSG, but he did a yeoman's job anyway. The highlight, though, is the later issues with art by the great WALTER SIMONSON, who later went on to do a absolutely legendary revamp of Marvel's THOR and later still, an ORION series for DC Comics that remains a critically acclaimed cult favorite. These stories aren't at that level, certainly, but they are a lot of fun!
The reproduction leaves a bit to be desired, however. The movie adaption seems to be reproduced from a clean source, probably from the Marvel Treasury Edition in the seventies, but the Simonson issues (which are the cream anyway) come from lesser sources. They could have looked much better. Not that this lessens the enjoyment of reading the stories, of course, but I kind of expect better from Titan after the bang-up job they did on their ALIEN LEGION collections.
But, I'll be there when the second volume, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE MEMORY MACHINE, comes out soon!
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