- Star Rangers
"Star Rangers" was a four-issue American
comic book series created and written by Mark Ellis and penciled by artistJim Mooney . Released by Adventure Publications, it ran from 1987 to 1988. Set in the 25th century, the series revolved around the crew of the "Sabre", the last ship in the Frontier Battalion of the once-fearsome Star Rangers Corps.The 25th century as presented in "Star Rangers" and its companion series "
Death Hawk " was adystopia ofsolar system -spanningcorporation s that held the true power behind the centralized government of the Sol 9 Commonwealth. By the time of the series, the Star Rangers Corps has been reorganized into a token peace-keeping force, inasmuch as the corporations maintain their own security divisions, such as the Sol 9 Shogunate's Tigers of Heaven. As such, all Star Rangers ships and weaponry are outdated, making it difficult for "Sabre" crew to perform its duties. The ship patrols Sectors Four through Nine of theOrion Spur .The crew consists of:
* Commander Jon Blake
*Aristo the reptilianmedic
* Ahrikeem, master of combat from the Vholon Empire
* Radac, the ship's synthetic humanengineer
*Maya Lucas, an embittered pilot who has little use for men.They report to Commodore Nyota M'membe.The story arc of the four-issue series dealt with the Rangers uncovering a conspiracy between two corporations and the criminal empire of Lord Rogue on the Freeworld of Amicus, and finding themselves branded criminals by their own organization. The series sported painted covers by
Dave Dorman . The characterDeath Hawk appeared as a back-up feature in issues #2-3.Plans were madeFact|date=February 2007 for a second "Star Rangers" series and a crossover with Death Hawk, but Adventure Publications dissolved in the interim.
References
* [http://www.comics.org/ Grand Comics Database]
External links
* [http://www.MarkEllisInk.com Official site of Mark Ellis]
* [http://www.comicspace.com/markaxlerellis Comicspace.com: MarkAxlerEllis page]Interviews
* [http://www.jazmaonline.com/interviews/interviews2007.asp?intID=463 Jazma Online (April 14, 2007): Mark Ellis interview]
* [http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/07mooney.html "Comic Book Artist" #7 (Feb. 2000): Jim Mooney interview]
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