The Merchandise GuideComics: Blam! Ventures
Compiled by Martin Willey
The Merchandise GuideBlam! Ventures specializes in comic books/graphic novels reviving classic science fiction shows from the 60s, 70s and 80s, the first title of which is Planet Of The Apes. The titles are published by Archaia Press.
The Space: 1999 comic book series was announced in 2009 with a dramatic poster art of the Moon exploding over the Earth. The initial release date (13th September 2009) slipped, as did the date in 2010 and February 2011. The first electronic editions appeared in July 2012, with print versions available from October 2012. Electronic versions were available through the Comixology digital comics service.
In 2023, GerryAnderson.com reprinted the compilations To Everything That Was followed by Aftershock and Awe. More details
2012
Digital editions $2.99 each, physical editions $6.99 each.
Digital edition, 2 issues (15 August 2012). An adaption of the episode Breakaway, including scenes filmed but cut from the original episode. It expands on the original comic adaption by Gray Morrow in the Charlton black and white comic, and some Neal Adams art from the Power Records comic (notably Awe #1 cover). Writer Andrew Gaska, art Gray Morrow (original), Miki, David Hueso.
Awe no 1 |
29 pages, 11 July 2012 |
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Awe no 2 |
34 pages, 15 August 2012 |
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Awe no 1 Dragon edition |
new wraparound cover for the DragonCon convention (31 Aug 2012) |
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Awe part 1 and 2 |
Oversized black and white Charlton edition, 14 September 2012, $19.99 |
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2012-2013
Digital editions $2.99 each, physical editions $6.99 each.
Digital edition, 3 issues (starting number 3, as it continues from parts 1 and 2 of Awe). Co-written by Blam!'s Andrew C Gaska with John Kenneth Muir (author of several books for Powys), and drawn by Spanish artist David Hueso and Miki. It tells the story of what happened to the Earth after the moon blasted out of orbit.
Aftershock no 3 |
31 pages, 12 September 2012  |
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Aftershock no 3 Alpha 2012 edition |
14 September 2012, $10 |
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Aftershock no 4 |
12 October 2012  |
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Aftershock no 5 |
12 November 2012 |
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Digital editions $2.99 each, physical editions $6.99 each.
Digital edition, updated versions of original 1970s comics from Charlton and Look-In. 11 issues. The dialogue and text are updated, to be more adult and modern, and artwork is coloured and updated (ITC insisted that Koenig and Helena should not resemble Landau and Bain).
Classic No.1 |
30 pages, 1 August 2012. Part 1 of The Metamorph. Art by Gray Morrow (original), Miki. |
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Classic No.1 Dragon edition |
new wraparound cover for the DragonCon convention (31 Aug 2012) |
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Classic No.2 |
29 August 2012, 28 pages. Conclusion of The Metamorph, plus Cornucopia (Charlton #1) and The Mind of the Snark part 1 (Charlton #2). |
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Classic No.3 |
26 September 2012, 27 pages. Part 2 of The Mind of the Snark part 1 (Charlton #2), plus Seeds Of Doubt (Charlton #1) |
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Classic No.4 |
12 October 2012, 28 pages. Look-In story 3, art by John M Burns (titled "The Spirit of Kalax"); part 1 of story 5, art by Mike Noble (titled "The Long Man") |
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Classic No.5 |
19 December 2012, 26 pages. Part 2 of Look-In story 5, art by Mike Noble, plus The Old Gods are not Eternal (Charlton #3). |
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Classic No.6 |
9 January 2013, 22 pages. Demon Star, art by John Byrne (Charlton color #4). |
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Classic No.7 |
20 February 2013, 29 pages. Demon Star conclusion, E Pluribus Unum (Charlton black/white #2) art by Vincente Alcazar. |
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Classic No.8 |
10 April 2013, 30 pages. The Infinity Mechanism (Charlton black/white #7) art by Vincente Alcazar. |
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Classic No.9 |
1 May 2013, 27 pages. Survival art by John Byrne. |
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Classic No.10 |
5 June 2013, 33 pages. Zugzwang art by Gray Morrow; Rebellion (Look-In story 8) art by Mike Noble. |
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26 June 2013, 32 pages. Art by John Burns "The Promise" (Look-In story 9), Mike Noble "Homecoming" (Look-In story 10). |
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September 2013. $29.99. The Gray Morrow cover art was made for Charlton but unpublished except as a HG Toys jigsaw.
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Black and white comics reprinted from the Classic series, as comic convention exclusives. The black and white art and distressed covers is intended to evoke classic pulp comics from the 1970s. Limited to 99 copies, $14.99 each. The third was never commercially released.
1: Sleight of Hand, State of Mind |
CGS Super Show (April 6th and 7th 2013, Reading, Pennsylvania)
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2: Ancient Aliens, New Worlds |
C2E2 (26-28 April 2013, Chicago, Illinois)
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3: Beyond the Second Cycle |
A test print run of 20, never commercially released.
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4: Of Mice and Mandroids |
Never released |
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A planned follow-up story, Mission: Alphaprobe, followed an Earth rescue mission which travels to Alpha, meeting alien races that we have seen in the episodes.
Further stories were planned with old and new characters from Moonbase Alpha (literally a "Space 1999 Next Generation").
Below: cover and page artwork from David Hueso's portfolio.
