Battle of the Planets (comics)

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Cover to issue #1 of Battle of the Planets, June 1979.

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.

1 Publication history
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Publication history

It was also released in comic book form, originally by Gold Key Comics in 1979, but later revamped by Top Cow Productions with a new twelve-issue limited series starting in 2002. The series was originally planned as an ongoing, but low sales lead to its cancellation at issue 12, leaving the series off on 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. [1]

In 2003 there were a number of crossovers 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 and then one-shots focused on Mark and Jason before starting a six-issue limited series Battle of the Planets: Princess, written by David Wohl with art by Wilson Tortosa, released in 2004. Top Cow also published three issues of a manga version in 2003-2004.

As Top Cow's license is now lapsed, it is highly unlikely that there will be any more "Battle Of The Planets" from them, including the unreleased Endgame.