Schedule Monthly Genre Science fiction Penciller(s) Wilson Tortosa | Format Ongoing series Writer(s) Gary Poole
David Wohl | |
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Publication date Gold Key Comics: June 1979 - October 1980
Top Cow Productions: August 2002 - August 2003 Publishers Gold Key Comics, Top Cow Productions Artists Win Mortimer, Wilson Tortosa Similar Mystery Comics Digest, Dagar the Invincible, ThunderCats, Walt Disney Comics D, Mighty Samson | ||
The Battle of the Planets comic book series was based on a television series of the same name. It was originally published by Gold Key Comics, with Top Cow releasing a number of comics more recently.
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Publication history
Originally released in comic book form by Gold Key Comics in 1979, the series was later revamped by Top Cow Productions with a new twelve-issue limited series starting in 2002. The series was originally planned as an ongoing comic, but low sales led to its cancellation at issue 12, which ended the series with a cliffhanger. A two-issue mini, Endgame (originally listed as Coup De Gras), was solicited in 2005, and was meant to tie up the loose ends, but never made it to print.
In 2003, there were a number of crossover one-shots starting with Witchblade. This was followed by two crossover issues with the ThunderCats; the first (May 2003) was published by Top Cow and the second (July 2003) was published by Wildstorm.
These were followed by a number of other comics: a Battle Book one-shot, one-shots focused on Mark and Jason, and a six-issue limited series called Battle of the Planets: Princess released in 2004, which was written by David Wohl and illustrated by Wilson Tortosa. Top Cow also published three issues of a manga version in 2003–2004.
Top Cow's license is now lapsed, and there are no plans for future Battle Of The Planets works from them, including the unreleased Endgame.
Collected editions
The various series have been collected into a number of trade paperbacks:
The Gold Key series:
The Top Cow comics:
Digests of the Top Cow comics: