Starlock
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Starlock is a French
comic book
character created by writer Claude J. Legrand and artist Luciano Bernasconi
for French publisher Editions Lug
in 1990.
Starlock is an alien who was trapped on Mars
in an alien capsule. Released by astronaut
Nick Thaler, Starlock takes over Thaler's body and returns to Earth
. There, his super-strength, invulnerability and other powers attract the attention of both the American and Russian military. Starlock is later captured by the villainess Tarantula.
Seven episodes of Starlock were originally published in the digest size
magazine
Mustang in 1990. The series ended on a cliffhanger.
The character returned in 2002 in Special-Zembla No. 1, which rebealed how the forces of C.L.A.S.H.
freed Starlock from the clutches of the Tarantula. At the behest of C.L.A.S.H., the character then fought Homicron
, before joining the super-team of Strangers, in the eponymous comic-book series, written by Jean-Marc Lofficier
.
There, it was revealed that Starlock had been one of the guardians of the Starbridge, a giant, artificial wormhole
linking galaxies together, built by unfathomable cosmic entities called the Towers. Having betrayed his masters, Starlock was imprisoned on Mars. Starlock's last appearance was in Yuma No. 10 in 2003.
Starlock is now part of Hexagon Comics
which published a trade paperback collection of his adventures translated into English in 2009.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
character created by writer Claude J. Legrand and artist Luciano Bernasconi
Luciano Bernasconi
Luciano Bernasconi is an Italian comic book artist. In the early 1960s, he worked for fellow artist Carlo Cedroni's Studio Barbato, Editions Lug in France, and Edizioni Europer in Rome....
for French publisher Editions Lug
Editions Lug
Editions Lug was a French comic book publisher created in 1950 by writer/editor Marcel Navarro and businessman Auguste Vistel.-History:When it started, Editions Lug only reprinted old French and Italian comics in digest-sized magazines....
in 1990.
Starlock is an alien who was trapped on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
in an alien capsule. Released by astronaut
Astronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
Nick Thaler, Starlock takes over Thaler's body and returns to Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
. There, his super-strength, invulnerability and other powers attract the attention of both the American and Russian military. Starlock is later captured by the villainess Tarantula.
Seven episodes of Starlock were originally published in the digest size
Digest size
Digest size is a magazine size, smaller than a conventional or "journal size" magazine but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately 5½ x 8¼ inches, but can also be 5⅜ x 8⅜ inches and 5½ x 7½ inches. These sizes have evolved from the printing press operation end...
magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
Mustang in 1990. The series ended on a cliffhanger.
The character returned in 2002 in Special-Zembla No. 1, which rebealed how the forces of C.L.A.S.H.
C.L.A.S.H.
C.L.A.S.H. is a comic book series published in France but realized by Italian artists Franco Frescura and Giorgio Trevisan for Editions Lug in 1969.Headquartered in Aspen, Colorado, C.L.A.S.H...
freed Starlock from the clutches of the Tarantula. At the behest of C.L.A.S.H., the character then fought Homicron
Homicron
Homicron is a French comic book character created by Lina Buffolente for French publisher Editions Lug in 1972.Homicron is an alien from planet Alpha, whose inhabitants have the power to turn into energy beings to explore the cosmos. To save the American scape capsule Apollo XIX, Homicron becomes...
, before joining the super-team of Strangers, in the eponymous comic-book series, written by Jean-Marc Lofficier
Jean-Marc Lofficier
Jean-Marc Lofficier is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comic books and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier .-Biography:Jean-Marc Lofficier was born in Toulon, France in 1954...
.
There, it was revealed that Starlock had been one of the guardians of the Starbridge, a giant, artificial wormhole
Wormhole
In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that would be, fundamentally, a "shortcut" through spacetime. For a simple visual explanation of a wormhole, consider spacetime visualized as a two-dimensional surface. If this surface is folded along a third dimension, it...
linking galaxies together, built by unfathomable cosmic entities called the Towers. Having betrayed his masters, Starlock was imprisoned on Mars. Starlock's last appearance was in Yuma No. 10 in 2003.
Starlock is now part of Hexagon Comics
Hexagon Comics
Hexagon Comics is a syndicate of French, Italian and Spanish comic book writers and artists formed in early 2004, after French publisher Semic Comics decided to cancel its line of comic books....
which published a trade paperback collection of his adventures translated into English in 2009.