Battlestar Galactica #1 [Regular Edition]
(March 1979)

Marvel, 1979 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1979-01 ?
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860292703
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (associate editor); Ralph Macchio (associate editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief); Richard Marschall

Issue Notes

Portions hereof originally appeared in Marvel Super Special #8.
This issue has variants:

Annihilation! (Table of Contents)

Battlestar Galactica / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave Cockrum (signed)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Cylons
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Battlestar Galactica (Table of Contents: 1)

Battlestar Galactica / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Roger McKenzie
Pencils
Ernie Colón
Inks
Ernie Colón
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Jim Novak (pages 1-6, 11, 16, 22-27); Ernie Colón (pages 7-10, 14-15, 17-19, 30-31, uncredited)
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Captain Apollo; Commander Adama; Zac (dies); Lieutenant Starbuck; Lieutenant Athena; Colonel Tigh; Starbuck; Lieutenant Boomer; Serina; Boxey; Muffit (dies); Ila (dies); Daggits; Aeries; Gemons; Capricans; Council of the Twelve [Count Baltar; President Adar (dies); Sire Uri; Sire Anton]; Cylons [Imperious Leader]
Synopsis
Count Baltar betrays the Twelve Colonies to the Cylons and the crew of Battlestar Galactica are forced to flee. Adama rallies the survivors of the Colonies and tells them that they are going to find Earth.
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Keywords
Aeriana; Battlestar Atlantia; Battlestar Galactica; Caprica; Colonial Fleet; Colonial Vipers; Gemini; Twelve Colonies of Mankind

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3 of the movie/series pilot adaptation.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Incredible Hulk Changes His Mind! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Annihilation!
    Battlestar Galactica
  2. 1. Battlestar Galactica
    Battlestar Galactica
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. The Incredible Hulk Changes His Mind!
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Hulk
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