Camelot 3000 is a comic book maxi-series written by Mike Barr and penciled by Brian Bolland and published by DC Comics from 1982-1985 as one of its first Direct Market projects. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... A maxiseries or maxi-series is an occasional title given to a comic book miniseries which lasts for eight issues or longer (usually twelve) and forms a complete story. ... Mike W. Barr, also referred to as Mike Barr, is a notable writer of comic books, mystery novels, and science fiction. ... Bollands cover to Hellstorm: Prince Of Lies #16. ... The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

It follows the adventures of King Arthur, Merlin and the reincarnated Knights of the Round Table as they reemerge in the future world of 3000 to fight off an alien invasion controlled by Morgan Le Fay. King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. ... Merlin Ambrosius (Welsh: Myrddin Emrys; also known as Myrddin Wyllt (Merlin the wild), Merlin Caledonensis (Scottish Merlin), Merlinus, and Merlyn) is the personage best known as the mighty wizard featured in accounts of Arthur of Britain starting with Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia Regum Britanniae. ... Reincarnation, also called metempsychosis or transmigration of souls, is the rebirth in another body (after physical death), of some critical part of a persons personality or spirit. ... The Knights of the Round Table were those men awarded the highest Order of Chivalry at the Court of King Arthur in the literary cycle, the Matter of Britain. ... Morgan le Fay, by Anthony Frederick Sandys (1829 - 1904), 1864 (Birmingham Art Gallery): A spell-brewing Morgaine distinctly of Tennysons generation In the mythology of King Arthur, Morgan le Fay, alternatively known as Morgaine, Morgain or Morgana and a slew of related name variants, is a powerful sorceress and...

Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot are presented more-or-less traditionally as the doomed triangle of lovers. Sir Galahad is changed from an idealized version of the Christian knight to a samurai and devout adherent of bushido. Sir Percival, the foolish man slowly wise is genetically altered into a monstrous giant but retains his gentle manner. Sir Kay the court churl reveals to Arthur that his obnoxious testing of the other knights has always been intentional. He has helped to reduce tensions in Arthur's court by uniting the others in their dislike of him. Modred is the son of Morgan La Fay in this version. The two function as villains but lack the depth of characterization seen in the other characters. Guinevere was the Queen consort of King Arthur. ... In the Arthurian legend, Sir Lancelot (Lancelot du Lac, or Lancelot of the Lake; also Launcelot) is one of the Knights of the Round Table. ... Sir Galahad was one of the knights of King Arthurs Round Table in Arthurian legend. ... Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. ... Bushido (Japanese: 武士道; bushidō, way of the warrior), is an ethical code of conduct, analogous to the European concept of Chivalry. ... Percival or Perceval is one of King Arthurs legendary Knights of the Round Table. ... Sir Kay, son of Sir Ector, was one of the Knights of the Round Table and King Arthurs foster brother. ... A churl, in its earliest Anglo-Saxon meaning, was simply a man, but the word soon came to mean a non-servile peasant, still spelt ceorle, and denoting the lowest rank of freemen. ... This entry is on the King Arthur character. ...

The most original treatment in the story is given to Sir Tristam who is reincarnated as a woman. He must struggle with his ideas about sex roles, and also with his own sexuality. Eventually Tristam's eternal love for Isolde wins out and the two become lovers. This article or section should be merged with Tristam Tristan was a Cornish hero from folklore, and one of the Knights of the Round Table whose story is told in the Matter of Britain. ... It has been suggested that Masculinity be merged into this article or section. ... In the Arthurian Legend of Tristan and Iseult (alternatively Isolde, Isode, Isotta, etc. ...

External link

• Camelot 3000 at the Big Comic Book DataBase