Here's one from the unread comics backlog. Picked these up a few years ago at a bulk sale when a local comic shop closed.Title: Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apcocalypse
Issue: #1
Date: 2007
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Art: Carlos Rafael
Colorist: Carlos Lopez
Letterer: Bill Tortolini
Cover: Jim Starlin, Carlos Rafael
This issue has six different variant covers. I ended up with two of them (pictured here; by Carlos Rafael and Jim Starlin respectively).
This is original-series BSG. Starbuck is a guy and Cylons look like dudes in clunky armor who go around repeating "By your command." I got all nostalgic when the captions on the opening page of this issue ran through the original Battlestar Galactica opening voiceover ("There are those who believe that life here began out there...").
This suffers from the same problem that most movie/TV comics do, which is that no matter how good the art, the characters just don't look "right" because the mental image of the actor is so strong in the mind of any reader who is familiar with the show.
That being said, the book does an admirable job of capturing the overall flavor of the original show.
The plot involves Starbuck and Apollo witnessing Cylon forces attacking and destroying one of their own base stars. Investigation of the wreckage reveals something so dangerous that even the Cylons are determined to destroy it.
This was a good beginning to what could be a pretty interesting story.
Rating: 7.5/10
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