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X-Babies vs. Star Comics coming in October … wait, what?
X-Babies
One of the announcements made at HeroesCon this weekend is that Marvel Comics is bringing the X-Babies back in a four-issue limited series by Gregg Schigiel and Skullboy creator Jacob Chabot.
The X-Babies, a set of X-Men clones created by the villain Mojo when the X-Men were believed to be dead, have appeared in various X-Men-related comic books since the late 1980s.
What’s even more interesting is that the mini-series will also bring back some of the characters that Marvel published under the Star Comics banner back in the 1980s.
Star Comics was a kid’s line Marvel did circa 1984-88 that featured both original creations, like Top Dog and Peter Porker, Spectacular Spider-Ham and licensed comics like Fraggle Rock, ThunderCats and Heathcliff. Chabot talked to Marvel.com about the return of some of those original creations, like Top Dog, Wally the Wizard, Royal Roy and Planet Terry:
“It was Gregg’s brilliant idea to include the old Star Comics characters in the story, both to act as adversaries and hopefully update them for a modern audience,” says Chabot. “I was thrilled at this concept! I pretty much got into comics through Marvel’s old Star line, so this really goes back to my roots. I am doing some redesigns, but I’m trying to keep them recognizable by incorporating as many details from the original designs as I can. So, for example, if you’re one of the few who remembers Top Dog from back in the day, you’ll be able to know it’s him when he shows up. Hint: he’s the dog.”
Check out some of the redesigns at Marvel.com.
- June 21, 2009 @ 03:33 PM by JK Parkin
6 Comments
Augie De Blieck Jr.
June 21, 2009 at 5:37 pm
BRING BACK ALF!
::ahem:: Sorry, it had to be said. Either that, or the Police Academy comic.
Paging Howard Post. . .
chad
June 21, 2009 at 8:55 pm
as long as it means mojo will stay away sounds interesting and hopefully planet terry will not be asking the xbabies if they are missing their parents also. was always wondering how long before marvel dared to dust off the star comic’s characters again.
Manglr
June 22, 2009 at 2:01 am
That cover really needs a “Because You Demanded It” box on it. Sheesh.
stealthwise
June 22, 2009 at 6:35 am
You know what else was awesome from Star Comics? Muppet Babies and Madballs.
Matt Halteman
June 22, 2009 at 8:08 am
Wow, not one negative comment. You guys need to head over to Newsarama and see how it’s done. Don’t you know you’re supposed to shit all over anything and everything that’s released? Man, are you ever doing it wrong.
Blake Petit
June 23, 2009 at 8:12 pm
If this isn’t $3.99 an issue, I’ll actually pick this up. I loved the Star Line — Top Dog in particular was a favorite of mine. I was always bummed at how that series ended. (I know, there was a happy ending as a back-up story in Heathcliff, but c’mon.)