Early in 1995, it was announced there would be a Brand New comic series for Battlestar Galactica. Well, we, in particular, on the BSG Mailing list were waiting and waiting and waiting for it to come out. The wait was driving us all bonkers so to say. We kept checking our local comic stores every Wednesday only to hear, "It wasn't shipped this week." Finally, on August 9, 1995, it was there. We were all overjoyed. It continued the story of the original Galactica voyages totally ignoring the Galactica 80 series.

The comic is working in a series of stories. The premier is entitled "War of Eden" consisting of four issues. The story continues in the next series, "The Enemy Within." There is also a trilogy based on Starbuck's mix up with the Eastern Alliance and Cylons, a series written in conjunction with Richard Hatch, and the Asylum series.


Without further ado, here is the current listing of the new Battlestar Galactica comics from Maximum Press.
"The War of Eden"
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Issue #1 - 08/09/95
Issue #2 - 09/13/95
Issue #3 - 10/18/95
Issue #4 - 11/22/95

"The Enemy Within"
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Issue #1 12/13/95
Issue #2 01/24/96
Issue #3 02/21/96

"Starbuck"
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Issue #1 - 01/10/96
Issue #2 - 02/07/96
Issue #3 - 03/20/96

"Apollo's Journey"
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Written By Richard Hacth
Rewritten by Maximum Press
Issue #1 - 5/8/96
Issue #2 - 6/19/96
Issue #3 - 7/17/96

"Journey's End"
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Issue #1 - 8/7/96
Issue #2 - 9/11/96
Issue #3 - 10/16/96
Issue #4 - 11/20/96

Special Edition
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Issue #1 - "Athena's Quest" - Written and drawn by Chris Scalf - 1/3/97
This comic features the ships as they are seen in the show, not as in the above comic sets.
*** Taken from Asylum #4, 5, 7 - See Below

The Compendium
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Issue #1 - Written by Robert Napton, Art by John Fang - 2/19/97
*** Taken from Asylum #1, 2, 3, 10
This comic also has the ships as seen in the show, not the above comic sets.



NOTE:The comic groups of Asylum #1 through 4 also contain short comics on Battlestar Galactica. The first few are in the Academy days of Adama and Tigh.

#4, #5 and #7 of the Asylum Series contain a story originally written by Chris Scalf called "Apollo's Quest." Maximum Press REWROTE it and called it "Athena's Quest."
Asylum #6 has a BSG black & white "pin-up"
Asylum #8 is an 8-page black & white story "First Date" featuring Boomer & Dietra

The first set of Battlestar Galalactica Comics came out by Marvel in 1979. Pictures of the comics covers can be found at

Marvel Battlestar Galactica Comic Books : 1979-1981

Thanks to Richard (Lawrlr@aol.com) for an update on Max Press Comic Information

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