Dreadstar was the first comic published by Epic Comics, in 1982. It was centered on Vanth Dreadstar, sole survivor of the entire Milky Way galaxy, and an ensemble cast of crewmates, including sorcerer Syzygy Darklock, and their struggle to end an ancient war between two powerful, evil empires. Epic Comics was an imprint of Marvel Comics started in 1982. ... The Milky Way (a translation of the Latin Via Lactea, in turn derived from the Greek Galaxia Kuklos) is the galaxy in which the Earth is found. ...
The comic, created by Jim Starlin, was bimonthly, lasting 26 episodes under Epic, then was bought by First Comics, who carried it for 37 more issues. It has also been the subject of several graphic novels and reprints. Jim Starlin is a veteran comic book writer and artist, who has worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics and others since at least the 1970s. ... First Comics was an American publisher of comic books. ... A graphic novel is a long-form comic book or manga; the comics analogue to a prose novel or novella. ...
Dreadstar, at this point, moved to save a new galaxy from the menace of the Instrumentality and its Lord Papal, the former echoing the Universal Church of Truth and the latter combining salient traits of both Thanos and the Magus.
Originally Dreadstar connected to his powers by means of an ancient sword he could evoke and dismiss, but at a point in his struggle against the Lord Papal, a blow destroyed this implement and the power it represented became a part of Dreadstar's person.
Dreadstar realized, early on, that he had become a goon for a corrupt regime with no particular moral credibility, in spite having overcome the murderous Instrumentality; but that problem resolved itself when Willow merged with the main computer that administered the decadent bean-counting (and misery-generating) policies of the Empirical Galaxy.
Dreadstar was the first comic published by Epic Comics, in 1982.
It was centered on Vanth Dreadstar, sole survivor of the entire Milky Way galaxy, and an ensemble cast of crewmates, including sorcerer Syzygy Darklock, and their struggle to end an ancient war between two powerful, evil empires.
The comic, created by Jim Starlin, was bimonthly, lasting 26 episodes under Epic, then was bought by First Comics, who carried it for 37 more issues.
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