There are those who believe that stories here began back there, far across time with rooms of writers who may have provided the basis for licensed comic adaptations of popular television shows… who may have been the architects of fantastic sequential storytelling… Some believe there may yet be derivative works that even now fight to survive—somewhere beyond the comic book rack! Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny, the original version of the last battlestar, Galactica, leads a rag-tag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest through Dynamite Entertainment’s “Battlestar Galactica” ongoing series. Read on for your Major Spoilers review of its inaugural issue.
Category Archives: Battlestar Galactica
SOLICITATIONS: Abnett and Lanning take on Battlestar Galactica
Press Release
Dynamite announces the renewal of the classic 1978 Battlestar Galactica license with NBCUniversal, as the acclaimed writing duo of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning sign on to write an epic Battlestar Galactica series for Dynamite Entertainment in 2013! This classic Battlestar Galactica series is licensed by NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products Group.
AUCTION: Propworx announces BSG auction
If you are looking to pick up some props from the Battlestar Galactica television series, Propworx is holding a auction this weekend that you might want to check out.
There are some really awesome pieces from the original series and the Sci-Fi remake including a full sized Gold Cylon and your very own Daggit!
SOLICITATIONS: Dynamite Entertainment for September 2011
Dynamite Entertainment sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in September 2011.
Major Spoilers Poll of the Week (POW!) ’70s Sci-Fi Television Battle
This week, we go back, back, back, back, way back to the 1970s and the television viewing habits of our youth – well, some of our youths, as others weren’t born until the mid-’80s, and some of you didn’t arrive until the (gasp) ’90s.
Two television series arrived in the late ’70s to vie for our attention, and capitalize on the Star Wars craze.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 1978
BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY
VOTE!
Loading ...Gary the Cylon visits the Enterprise
If you ever wondered what would happen if Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek every crossed over, this clip of Gary the Cylon gives you a pretty good idea. A few swear words means you need to keep the speaker low if your are at work – unless of course you work at a really cool place where your boss doesn’t have a stick halfway up his ass, and the steno girl isn’t always looking for a way to slap a sexual harassment suit on everyone.
Major Spoilers POW! Cylons vs. Daleks
One of the Legion of Spoilerites suggested this week’s Major Spoilers Poll of the Week. After last week’s trouncing of the Cybermen by the Borg, Rich wants to know who would win if the Daleks were pitted against the old school Cylons?
FIGHT!
Loading ...Dynamite Entertainment Sneak Peek of the Week
This week, Dynamite Entertainment has Galactica: 1980 #4 and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly #7 arriving in stores. The company sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the issues that you can see after the jump.
Katee Sackhoff to debut comic book series at Comic-Con
In an interview with TV Guide Battlestar Galactica star Katee Sackhoff talks about writing comic books, and the debut of her first at this year’s San Diego Comic Con.
“I grew up reading ‘Betty & Veronica,†she says. “I was obsessed with it. Every time that we would go on an airplane or on a car trip I would go and get them and now I’ve become a fan of just the genre in general. It really makes me excited. I’m a huge fan of [comics writer and television producer] Jeph Loeb. I’ve read all his work and I think he’s phenomenal. And I love all the Superman stuff he’s done.â€
Sackhoff’s series will be called Versus, and is co-written by Sxv’Leithan Essex.
Dynamite Entertainment Sneak Peek of the Week
Dynamite Entertainment has four books arriving in stores this week. Take the jump for a sneak peek of The Complete Dracula #4, Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama #4, The Boys Definitive Edition Volume 2, and Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five.
Dynamite Entertainment Sneak Peek for the Week of November 25, 2009
Dynamite Entertainment sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Buck Rogers #6, The Lone Ranger #19, Project Superpowers: Meet the Bad Guys #4, Queen Sonja #2, and Galactica: 1980 #3.
Dynamite Entertainment Sneak Peek of the Week for October 14, 2009
This week, Dynamite Entertainment unleashes Blackbeard: The Legend of the Pyrate King #1, Red Sonja #49, Galactica: 1980 #2, and the Red Sonja Vol 7: Born Again Hardcover. Dynamite sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the issues, that you can see after the jump.