William Shatner's TekWorld (or Tek World) was a comic book series published by Epic Comics

Epic Comics

Epic Comics was a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics started in 1982, lasting through the mid-1990s, and being briefly revived on a small scale in the mid-2000s.- Origins :...

/Marvel

Marvel Comics

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, from 1992 to 1995. It is based on the TekWar

TekWar

Tekwar is a series of science fiction novels officially authored by William Shatner and co-written by uncredited science-fiction author Ron Goulart, published by Putnam...

novels.

Publication history

Lee Sullivan

Lee Sullivan (comics)

-Biography:Sullivan trained as a wildlife and technical illustrator at Barnfield College before working as a graphic illustrator for British Aerospace...

, who was the principal artist on the series (providing the art for 16 issues and all the covers), had worked with Evan Skolnick

Evan Skolnick

Evan Skolnick is an American writer, editor and producer who has created content in a wide variety of media including newspapers, magazines, comic books, books, websites, CD-ROMs, computer games and video games. He is probably best known as a former Marvel Comics editor and writer due to his...

 on Marvel's RoboCop series, and it was Skolnick who recommended Sullivan to the editor Fabian Nicieza

Fabian Nicieza

Fabian Nicieza is an American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, Cable and Deadpool, and Thunderbolts, for all of which he helped create numerous characters.-Early life:The son of Omar and Irma Riguetti Nicieza, Fabian...

 when they lost the original artist for the project. Sullivan was also allowed to produce the full line art because, he says, "I had found it difficult to provide pencils that anyone could ink well, and the results were much better."

Following a request from Shatner, the look of the series was adjusted to parallel the television series

TekWar (TV series)

TekWar is a series of television films and a television series, based on the TekWar novels. Greg Evigan played Cardigan in the television adaptation. The films were produced in 1994 and the TV series produced from 1995 to 1996...

 when it was in production Despite being more closely tied-into the expanding TekWar franchise, the title was one of those which got cut during Marvel's financial problems in the mid-nineties, with the last issue cover dated August 1994.

Issues

1. "Born Again"
2. "Across the Border"
3. "Warbride Revisited"
4. "Fatal Reunion"
5. "Tek War"
6. "Moon Kill"
7. "Space Jack"
8. "Welcome Back Cardigan"
9. "Prison Bound"
10. "Fugitives"
11. "Disorder at the Border"
12. "Chasing Shadows"
13. "Bionic Duel"
14. "Attack of the Zombies"
15. "Plague?"
16. "Back to the Freezer"
17. "Destination Kyoto"
18. "Showdown at the Shrine"
19. "SIMS of the Father"
20. "Hand of the Rising Son"
21. "Who Aren't in Heaven"
22. "Fathers & Guns"
23. "We'll Be Right Back..."
24. "A Matter of Innocence"

Collected editions

Part of the series has been collected into a trade paperback

Trade paperback (comics)

In comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...

:

• TekWorld (129 pages, February 1994, ISBN 0-87135-985-5}

See also

• Primortals
  Primortals
  Primortals was a comic book series published by Tekno-Comix from 1995 to 1997. The characters and concept were created by actor Leonard Nimoy, who developed the idea for the series after visiting the SETI project. Science fiction writer Isaac Asimov was credited with providing additional concepts...
  
   – a comic series inspired by the writings of Leonard Nimoy
  Leonard Nimoy
  Leonard Simon Nimoy is an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. Nimoy's most famous role is that of Spock in the original Star Trek series , multiple films, television and video game sequels....
  
  
• Tek Jansen
  Tek Jansen
  Tek Jansen is a fictional character featured on The Colbert Report and in a comic book series published by Oni Press. Jansen originated as a recurring joke in the form of a supposed self-published science fiction novel on the Report, reportedly as a parody of Bill O'Reilly's 1998 novel, Those Who...
  
  

External links

• TekWorld on Lee Sullivan's site
• Tek World details