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TITLE -Battlestar Galactica
AUTHOR-Rob Liefeld & Robert Napton
FORMAT-Trade paperback
FIRST TIME READING-No
COST-$2
Being a young child when the first Star Wars film hit theaters I became a
huge space opera fan. So when Battlestar Galactica started airing I had to see
it each week.Even going as far as getting my parents to set the vcr to record
the show.I managed to convince them to let me keep 3 tapes of BSG. Which was
huge back then cause blank tapes were like $10 bucks each.So once we got a new
vcr, a VHS model. That's right I was recording BSG on a Betamax vcr.But once we
got the VHS my parents let me move the Betamax to my room. And for years I
would watch those BSG tapes over and over. Even now that I got the entire
series on DVD,I would love to still have those worn out old Betamax tapes.Just
getting to see those old ass commercials again would be a time trip to my childhood.
In 98 I had found a great comic
shop. Was talking to the owner about BSG and he jokingly mentioned that Rob
Liefeld had published a BSG comic. This sent me diving into his back issue bins
to find the dozen of so BSG comics published by Maximum Press in the mid 90s. I
found a couple of issues of the anthology title Asylum. Which had a 5 to 8 page
black and white BSG story in each issue that I found. But what I really wanted
was the first four issues from Maximum Press. I had seen a online review of
those 4 issues.They seemed to provide a good resolution to the first season.
And a good start to more stories. Sure I could have ordered them years ago from
Mile High,Mycomicshop or one of the many other online shops. I am sure I could
have gotten all the issues off Ebay fairly cheap. But I wanted to find the
issues in a shop or at a con. I do enjoy the "hunt" for back issues.
And keeping fairly cheap but not that common stuff on my want list makes sure
that at almost any comic shop or con I can find 10 to 20 bucks worth of comics
I don't own and want.
After close to a decades worth of searching all I had was an almost
complete set of the Asylum comic. And 1 issue of a later series from Maximum
Press.I was looking for the dvds of Galactica 1980,yeah I have finally seen
this horrible series,and below it I saw a BSG trade published by Maximum
Press.I clicked the thumbnail and found out it reprinted the first 4 issues
that I had been searching for all these years.And it was $2. But I was
conflicted. I really wanted to find this at a shop or a con.I thought about it
for a bit.And decided that the price was better than I would more than likely
ever get at a con or shop. Plus I had "hunted" for them for right at
10 years.
So after waiting all this time how
is the comic? Well the art is your normal mid 90s Liefeld hacked out
clone art. I do not hate Liefeld art. Sure isn't amazing and more often than
not has horrible layouts and anatomy. But it has a weird funky energy to it
that reminds me of the energy Creeper era Steve Ditko artwork has.The art isn't
good enough to add to the story. But also isn't bad enough to subtract from it
either. Then there is the writing.I wonder how much of it is from Rob's mind
and how much is Mr Napton. I have never heard of Napton before. Sadly like the
art,the story isn't good or bad. It is just there. Was I entertained? Yeah,I
was. But I am a huge original BSG fan and will read and be at least slightly
entertained by any media that continues the story from that one single season.Well
not any media, FUCK GALACTICA 1980!
Battlestar Galactica trade paperback from Maximum Press gets a 2.50 outta
5.
