Friday, September 18, 2015

Reading Room STAR HUNTERS "Part 2: Beyond the Solar Rim" Conclusion

...nervous computer expert Mindy Yano spacewalks to a heavily-armed drone, intending to disarm it before the automated killer can destroy the starship SunRider that Mindy shares with the rest of The Corporation's black-ops team...
Thus ends the Star Hunters' premiere adventure written by David Michelene, penciled by Don Newton, and inked by Bob Layton.
After this never-reprinted debut in DC Super-Stars V2 N18 (1977), the Star Hunters series itself would run seven issues, then be cancelled mid-plotline.
The Star Hunters have never reappeared anywhere.
But, in the final issue, two other Michelene-created characters, StarFire II and Claw the Unconquered, whose solo books had just been cancelled, were ported over to Star Hunters, tying the three series together.
Both of those characters have since reappeared in several of the DC Universe's reboots since then.
But Donovan Flint, and the rest of his team are still in limbo.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Reading Room STAR HUNTERS "Part 2: Beyond the Solar Rim"

...a black ops team consisting of talented, but somewhat eccentric, specialists heads into space.

Well, that can't be good...
Be here tomorrow for the thrilling finale, and see if Yano will survive her first space walk...
It appears this was originally intended as the second issue of Star Hunters, before being combined with the first issue in the double-sized comic DC Super-Stars V2 #18 (1977), to cover more ground at one time during the audience's intro to the characters.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Reading Room STAR HUNTERS "Part 1: The Farrell Alternative" Conclusion

...swashbucking Donovan Flint, after single-handedly rescuing a vital Earth-bound shipment of fresh food from space pirates, is invited to a meeting with Director Farrell of The Corporation.
But when he arrives, the smiling rogue discovers getting out will be much harder than getting in...
Now that the premise is established, the story continues tomorrow...
Though this never-reprinted tale appeared in the double-sized DC Super-Stars V2 #18 (1977), it's actually the first of two issues of the proposed series cobbled together, as will be apparent in the next post...

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Reading Room STAR HUNTERS "Part 1: The Farrell Alternative"

It's 1977.
Space opera's making a comeback in a big way...
...and here's DC's contribution to the genre!
To quote the famous Admiral Ackbar...
Be here tomorrow to see what happens next!
Written by David Micheline, penciled by Don Newton, and inked by Bob Layton, this opening chapter of the never-reprinted (or completed) Star Hunters saga appeared in DC Super-Stars V2 #18 (1977).

Monday, September 14, 2015

The Return of...the Star Hunters!

In the mid-1970s, tv/movie sci-fi experienced a revival...
...and comics, as they had done since the late 1940s, jumped on the pop culture bandwagon!
But, instead of doing adaptations of popular shows like Space: 1999 (Charlton), or movies like Star Wars (Marvel), DC decided to do a couple of original series using talented, young, up-and-coming creatives.
One of them was The Survivors...I mean The Outcasts...er, make that  Donovan Flint: StarHunter...or finally, The Star Hunters!
Here's the explanation of how the project came about, from DC Super-Stars V2N18 (1977)...
Be here tomorrow as we begin the never-reprinted saga of The Star Hunters!