Gee, it only took them until October to finally do a tribute to Superman’s 75th. This is an animated short produced by Zack Snyder and Bruce Timm (or the guy who failed Superman and the one who got him right respectively) going through the events of Superman’s mythos. Obviously they couldn’t get them all but they got some good looks in.
“Oh, there they are!”
Battlestar Galactica Season 3 #1
Realm Press (June/july, 1999)
“No Place Like Home” WRITER: James A. Kuhoric ARTIST: Chris Scalf & Robert Scott COVER ART: Chris Scalf LETTERER: Mark L. Haynes EDITOR: J.C. Vaughn
I just don’t understand the way DC’s Bad Fanfic Brigade thinks.
At New York Comic-Con, so reports CBR, Scott Lobdell, who somehow became the lord of the Supertitles, did what today’s DC Comics only knows how to do…get into the news with a shock announcement. Said announcement is that Superboy Connor is going to die, solicits pointing towards the new version of New Krypton and H’el, one of Lobdell’s babies. However, they also announced that a new Superboy will take his place, because Superboy is just a title and nobody cares about who holds it, right?
So why are they killing the old Boy Of Steel off? No reason given. Who is the new Superboy? That they told and it makes even less sense. Also, Supergirl is going to be kept apart from the other Supertitles but let’s be honest–she was rarely in the fold to begin with.
The prototypes for the Hall Of Doom didn’t impress Lex Luthor.
Galactica: The New Millennium
Realm Press (September, 1999)
SELECTED COVER ART: Robert Scott LETTERER: Mark Haynes EDITOR: J.C. Vaughn “BATTLESTAR GALACTICA” CREATOR: Glen Larson “Fear Of Flying” WRITER: Jim Shooter ARTIST: Dan Parsons “Favorite Son” WRITER: Scott Braden ARTIST: Mike Malbrough “Tales Of The Pegasus: Daddy’s Girl” WRITER: Jim Kuhoric ARTIST: Santiago COLORIST: David Hillman COLOR ASSIST: Fernando Irons TITLE CARD: Robert ScottAs you can tell, this was an anthology comic. It was intended to be an anthology title but Realm’s run didn’t go that long. It also DOESN’T have the conclusion to “Search For Sanctuary”, so we may never know how it ends unless the Special Edition had the full story in it. Surprisingly I can’t find a lot about the Realm Press comics outside of the “Season 2” comic.
In the 70’s ITV Network in England debuted The Tomorrow People, a sci-fi kids show hoping to compete with Doctor Who. It lasted from 1973-1979 and was devised by Roger Price. It told of the next stage of human evolution, dubbed Homo Superior. They were later sued by Magneto, but that’s another story. The show had a US release on Nickelodeon, but I didn’t get the station at the time and I think i caught the closing credits once or twice when I visited my grandfather. The show had an audio revival in 2001 thanks to Big Finish, who also does the Doctor Who audio dramas.
In 1992 Nickelodeon started broadcasting in the UK and decided to put together a new version of the show. Price returned but none of the cast did as they made a brand new show. Teleporting was added to a Tomorrow Person’s power set (they used a teleporation device in the original–in fact the new kids didn’t have any high-tech weapons at all) which included various psionic powers but also includes a psychological block against willingly taking a life. This one I saw and while there was a darker tone and the emphasis was more on mad scientists than the alien threats I’ve the original kids faced I still enjoyed it. I wish it had lasted longer than a pilot miniseries and one short season.
Now a new version has been created for the CW Network, without Roger Price’s involvement and pushing the age to when “break outs” occur to the farther end of the teenage years. I’m not saying this can’t work. While I’m disappointed the original age group is being left out in the cold…AGAIN…the later years are just as filled with uncertainty as the younger years. Puberty isn’t an issue anymore but now you’re on the road to becoming an adult and you again start thinking about wanting to be something more or at least finding out who you are. So can a show for kids make a successful push to adult TV or are kids being robbed for nothing? Again.
“Those Cylons are around here somewhere.”
Battlestar Galactica 1999 Tourbook
Realm Press (May, 1999)
I couldn’t find a lot of information about this book but it does appear to be a promo book for the next wave of Realm Press-produced BSG comics. This included a series of interviews with contributors, including BW interviewee Billy Tucci. There’s also a “previously on” section in the beginning of the book written by James Kuhoric, drawn by Chris Scalf, and lettered by Mark L. Haynes. It’s well done and leads up through the TV series and the comics to this point, also pointing out that the “Search For Sanctuary” story actually concludes in Galactica: The New Millennium. I’ll be reviewing that tomorrow to confirm.
The only reason I’m even doing a review is because the “Dark Genesis” story from the back-up of Search For Sanctuary gets a full telling here and that’s what I’m reviewing.
“Dark Genesis” WRITER: James A. Kuhoric ARTIST: Robert Scott LETTERERS: Mark Haynes & Tanja Scalf STORY EDITOR: J.C. Vaughn “BATTLESTAR GALACTICA” CREATOR: Glen Larson
My apology to Diane Nelson for drawing her hair that badly. And maybe the outfit.
I should also apologize for how I drew Wonder Woman. I’m still having trouble drawing female characters. As for the topic of the comic, I’ve already written about that.
This week our trip through the Realm Press run on Battlestar Galactica concludes, as does our look at BSG comics…at least until I get some more down the road. Also, the original series is being posted again at Hulu, which makes me happy. Hurry and watch it while you can!
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