By Elliot S! Maggin & José Luis Garcia Lopez (DC Comics)
No ISBN – ASIN: B000FGYM2G
Deriving from the computer game license that produced Atari Force (another wonderful comic romp criminally overdue for collection and re-release), Star Raiders is a vibrant and exuberant science fiction swashbuckler that tears along, with valiant and diverse heroes saving the universe from overwhelming tyranny and having loads of fun in the process.
When the genocidal insectoid Zylons conquered the galaxy their mysterious Hive-Mother did not realise how sentient beings chafe without Freedom. So when the flamboyant and cantankerous pilot Captain Jedediah Poole and his fiery female navigator Tomorrow Hardtack meet the somewhat immortal librarian Ezekial Vicker, their uneasy alliance, bolstered by the old man’s lost knowledge and technology, soon wins them a dedicated band of heroic disciples ready and willing to die for Liberty…
Sharp and witty, breathlessly exciting and stunningly beautiful due to the magnificent painted artwork of José Luis Garcia Lopez, who handles hardware, refreshingly exotic aliens and the human form with equal brilliance, this is an adventure for readers of all ages, that is crying out to be re-issued.
This is the kind of magic that turns readers into fanatics – and rightly so.
© 1983 Atari, Inc. All Rights Reserved.