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Dreadstar

Dreadstar is the first comic-book series that was published by American publisher Epic Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics, in 1982. It is centered on Vanth Dreadstar, sole survivor of the entire Milky Way galaxy, and an ensemble cast of crewmates, including cyborg sorcerer Syzygy Darklock, and their struggle to end an ancient war between two powerful…

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Genre
Science fiction, superhero
Publisher
Marvel Comics First Comics Malibu Comics Dynamite Entertainment Ominous Press Monkey Wrench Press
Artist(s)
Jim Starlin, Angel Medina, others
Format
Ongoing series
Main character(s)
Dreadstar and company (Vanth Dreadstar, Syzygy Darklock, Oedi, Willow, Skeevo, Ultraviolet, Iron Angel, Tuetun, Junior, Cookie, others)
No. of issues
64, 6 (Vol. 2)

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Metamorphosis Odyssey

First Comics

TV adaptation

Reprints

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Dreadstar

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples114
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
Components1

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Dreadstar

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related to First Comics · 19
Dreadstar → As, Empirical Galaxy, Eventually, First Comics, He, High Lord Papal, However, Instrumentality, Iron Angel, It, Jim Starlin, March, Papal, Papal's, Peter David, Stranded, The, Twelve Gods, Willow
related to External links · 16
Dreadstar → Archived, Burgas, Comic Book DB, Comic Book Resources, Comics, Commentary, Greg, Izak, January, Marvel Universe, Official Handbook, September, Should Be Good, Starlin's, The Appendix, Wayback Machine
related to Metamorphosis Odyssey · 16
Dreadstar → Akhnaton, Darklock, Eclipse Comics, Empirical Galaxy, Epic Illustrated, In, Marvel Graphic Novel, Metamorphosis Odyssey, Milky Way, Milky Way's, Orsirosian, Syzygy Darklock, The, The Price, Vanth Dreadstar, Zygotean
related to Epic Comics · 15
Dreadstar → Darklock, Empirical Galaxy, First Comics, Instrumentality, Lord High Papal, Metamorphosis Odyssey, Monarchy, Oedi, Oedi's, Skeevo, Syzygy Darklock, The, Vanth, Vanth Dreadstar, Willow
related to Reprints · 13
Dreadstar → Dreadstar Volume, Epic, In, ISBN, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Metamorphosis Odyssey, Plan, Slave Labor Graphics, The Price, The Secret, Wikisource-logo
related to Crossroads · 7
Dreadstar → Crossroads, During, First Comics, Grimjack, Nexus, One, This
related to Image · 7
Dreadstar → Breed III, Elsewhere Alliance, Kid Kosmos, Oedi, Starlin's, This, Wyrd
related to Malibu · 7
Dreadstar → In, Kalla, Lord High Papal, Oedi, The, The Malibu, Vanth Dreadstar's
related to TV adaptation · 6
Dreadstar → Chris Bender, In, Spink, Spink's, TV, Universal Content Productions
Artist(s) · 1
Dreadstar → Jim Starlin, Angel Medina, others

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series first comics epic published issue starlin galaxy jim metamorphosis odyssey vanth graphic novel darklock issues run book oedi press

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DreadstarArtist(s)Jim Starlin, Angel Medina, others1.00infobox
DreadstarFormatOngoing series1.00infobox
DreadstarGenreScience fiction, superhero1.00infobox
DreadstarMain character(s)Dreadstar and company (Vanth Dreadstar, Syzygy Darklock, Oedi, Willow, Skeevo, Ultraviolet, Iron Angel, Tuetun, Junior, Cookie, others)1.00infobox
DreadstarNo. of issues64, 6 (Vol. 2)1.00infobox
DreadstarPublisherMarvel Comics First Comics Malibu Comics Dynamite Entertainment Ominous Press Monkey Wrench Press1.00infobox
DreadstarWritten byJim Starlin, Peter David1.00infobox
Dreadstaris afirst comic-book series that was published by American publisher Epic Comics0.90text
Dreadstarrelated to CrossroadsDuring0.60section
Dreadstarrelated to CrossroadsFirst Comics0.60section
Dreadstarrelated to CrossroadsCrossroads0.60section
Dreadstarrelated to CrossroadsOne0.60section

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