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Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2

2010-04-15T19:09:45Z

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{{Comic Data
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| title=Cylon War #2
| series=Dynamite
| issueno=2
| episode=
| writer= [[Joshua Ortega]]<br/>[[Eric Nylund]]
| penciller= [[Nigel Raynor]]
| inker=[[Nigel Raynor]]
| colorist=
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| cover= [[Stephen Segovia]]<br/>[[Nigel Raynor]]
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| prev=[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]
| next=[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]
}}

==Plot==

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

== Alternate covers ==

<gallery>
Image:BSGCW02CovRaynor.jpg|Nigel Raynor 1:4 Variant Cover
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== External links ==

* [http://dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/p-C725130112989.html ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2''] at Dynamite Entertainment
* [http://dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/p-C725130112996.html ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2'' - Foil Edition] at Dynamite Entertainment

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Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4

2010-04-15T17:54:51Z

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| title=Cylon War #4
| series=Dynamite
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| writer= [[Joshua Ortega]]<br/>[[Eric Nylund]]
| penciller= [[Nigel Raynor]]
| inker=[[Nigel Raynor]]
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| cover= [[Stephen Segovia]]<br/>[[Nigel Raynor]]
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| prev=[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]
| next=None
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==Plot==

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

== Alternate covers ==

<gallery>
Image:BSGCW04CovRaynor.jpg|Nigel Raynor 1:4 Variant Cover
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Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3

2010-04-15T17:54:02Z

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| title=Cylon War #3
| series=Dynamite
| issueno=3
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| writer= [[Joshua Ortega]]<br/>[[Eric Nylund]]
| penciller= [[Nigel Raynor]]
| inker=[[Nigel Raynor]]
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| cover= [[Stephen Segovia]]<br/>[[Nigel Raynor]]
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| prev=[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]
| next=[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]
}}

==Plot==

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

== Alternate covers ==

<gallery>
Image:BSGCW03CovRaynor.jpg|Nigel Raynor 1:4 Variant Cover
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Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2

2010-04-15T16:59:00Z

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| title=Cylon War #2
| series=Dynamite
| issueno=2
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| writer= [[Joshua Ortega]]<br/>[[Eric Nylund]]
| penciller= [[Nigel Raynor]]
| inker=[[Nigel Raynor]]
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| cover= [[Stephen Segovia]]<br/>[[Nigel Raynor]]
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| prev=[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]
| next=[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]
}}

==Plot==

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

== Alternate covers ==

<gallery>
Image:BSGCW02CovRaynor.jpg|Nigel Raynor 1:4 Variant Cover
</gallery>

== External links ==

* [http://dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/p-C725130112989.html ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2''] at Dynamite Entertainment
* [http://dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/p-C725130112996.html ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2'' - Foil Edition] at Dynamite Entertainment

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Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1

2010-04-15T16:57:46Z

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| title=Cylon War #1
| series=Dynamite
| issueno=1
| episode=
| writer= [[Joshua Ortega]]<br/>[[Eric Nylund]]
| penciller= [[Nigel Raynor]]
| inker=[[Nigel Raynor]]
| colorist=
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| cover= [[Stephen Segovia]]<br/>[[Nigel Raynor]]
| published=
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| prev=None
| next=[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]
}}

==Plot==

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

== Alternate covers ==

<gallery>
Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|Nigel Raynor 1:4 Variant Cover
</gallery>

== External links ==

* [http://dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/p-C725130112255.html ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''] at Dynamite Entertainment
* [http://dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/p-C725130112286.html ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1'' - Foil Edition] at Dynamite Entertainment

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Realm Press

2010-03-30T14:46:16Z

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'''Realm Press''' was a comic book company that published comic books based exclusively on the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], starting in 1998.

Realm Press brought [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]] back to comics again beginning with their "Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary" single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled "Battlestar Galactica Season 3". Unfortunately, this series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the original series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[Hades Hath No Fury]]'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====The New Millennium====

#''[[The New Millennium|Fear of Flying]]'' / ''[[The New Millennium|Favorite Son]]'' / ''[[The New Millennium|Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====Eve of Destruction====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''[[1999 Tourbook|Dark Genesis]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====Battlestar Galactica Special Edition====

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Special: Centurion Prime|Centurion Prime]]'' (2 alternate covers)

====Gallery Special====

# ''[[Gallery Special|The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit]]'' / ''[[Gallery Special|Masquerade]]''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

== See also ==

* [[List of Comics]]
{{TOS}}

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Gallery Special

2010-03-29T20:19:13Z

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| title= Gallery Special
| series=Realm Press
| issueno=1
| episode=
| writer= [[Barry Lyga]] and [[Art Holcomb]]
| penciller=[[Dan Parsons]], [[Matt Busch]], [[Chris Scalf]], [[Gene Gonzales]], [[Greg Laroque]], and [[Mike Malbrough]]
| inker=
| colorist=
| letterer=[[Mark Haynes]]
| editor=[[J. C. Vaughn]] and [[James Kuhoric]]
| cover=[[Matt Busch]]
| published= April 2000
| collects=
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== Notes ==

* ''The Care and Feeding of your Daggit'' was originally solicited to appear in ''Battlestar Galactica: The New Millennium'' #2.

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Battlestar Galactica Special: Centurion Prime

2010-03-26T20:48:53Z

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| title= Battlestar Galactica Special: Centurion Prime
| series=Realm Press
| issueno=1
| episode=
| writer= [[James Kuhoric]]
| penciller=[[Mike Malbrough]]
| inker=
| colorist=
| letterer=[[Mark Haynes]]
| editor=[[J. C. Vaughn]]
| cover=[[Dan Parsons]]
| published= December 1999
| collects=
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| isbn=
| prev= [[Fire in the Sky]]
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== Notes ==

* This issue was originally solicited as ''Battlestar Galactica: Season III'' #4.

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Fire in the Sky

2010-03-26T20:48:21Z

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| title= Fire in the Sky
| series=Realm Press
| issueno=3
| episode=
| writer= [[James Kuhoric]]
| penciller=[[Robert Scott]] and [[Chris Scalf]]
| inker=
| colorist=
| letterer=[[Mark Haynes]]
| editor=[[J. C. Vaughn]]
| cover=[[Robert Scott]]
| published= July 1999
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| prev=[[Hades Hath No Fury]]
| next=[[Battlestar Galactica Special: Centurion Prime]]
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Battlestar Galactica Special: Centurion Prime

2010-03-26T20:47:54Z

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| writer= [[James Kuhoric]]
| penciller=[[Mike Malbrough]]
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| letterer=[[Mark Haynes]]
| editor=[[J. C. Vaughn]]
| cover=[[Dan Parsons]]
| published= December 1999
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1999 Tourbook

2010-03-26T15:03:33Z

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* ''Dark Genesis'' was originally printed in ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''.

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1999 Tourbook

2010-03-26T15:02:17Z

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2010-03-26T14:59:07Z

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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

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[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[Hades Hath No Fury]]'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====The New Millennium====

#''[[The New Millennium|Fear of Flying]]'' / ''[[The New Millennium|Favorite Son]]'' / ''[[The New Millennium|Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====Eve of Destruction====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''[[1999 Tourbook|Dark Genesis]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====Battlestar Galactica Special Edition====

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Special: Centurion Prime|Centurion Prime]]'' (2 alternate covers)

====Gallery Special====

# ''[[Gallery Special|The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit]]'' / ''[[Gallery Special|Masquerade]]''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

== References ==

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| penciller=[[Chris Scalf]] and [[Robert Scott]]
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== Plot Synopsis ==

=== Act 1: Search for Sanctuary ===

=== Act 2: Dark Genesis ===

== Summary ==

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== Notes ==

* The "Dark Genesis" story was reprinted in the [[1999 Tourbook]].

== Analysis ==

== Questions ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== External Links ==

== References ==
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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

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[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[Hades Hath No Fury]]'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====The New Millennium====

#''[[The New Millennium|Fear of Flying]]'' / ''[[The New Millennium|Favorite Son]]'' / ''[[The New Millennium|Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====Eve of Destruction====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1#Act 2: Dark Genesis|Dark Genesis]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====Battlestar Galactica Special Edition====

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Special: Centurion Prime|Centurion Prime]]'' (2 alternate covers)

====Gallery Special====

# ''[[Gallery Special|The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit]]'' / ''[[Gallery Special|Masquerade]]''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

== References ==

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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

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[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[Hades Hath No Fury]]'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====The New Millennium====

#''[[The New Millennium|Fear of Flying]]'' / ''[[The New Millennium|Favorite Son]]'' / ''[[The New Millennium|Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====Eve of Destruction====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''Dark Genesis'' (3 alternate covers)

====Battlestar Galactica Special Edition====

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Special: Centurion Prime|Centurion Prime]]'' (2 alternate covers)

====Gallery Special====

# ''[[Gallery Special|The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit]]'' / ''[[Gallery Special|Masquerade]]''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

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[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[Hades Hath No Fury]]'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====The New Millennium====

#''[[The New Millennium|Fear of Flying]]'' / ''[[The New Millennium|Favorite Son]]'' / ''[[The New Millennium|Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[Eve of Destruction]]====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''Dark Genesis'' (3 alternate covers)

====Battlestar Galactica Special Edition====

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Special: Centurion Prime|Centurion Prime]]'' (2 alternate covers)

====Gallery Special====

# ''[[Gallery Special|The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit]]'' / ''[[Gallery Special|Masquerade]]''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

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[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[Hades Hath No Fury]]'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[The New Millennium|Galactica: The New Millennium]]====

#''Fear of Flying'' / ''Favorite Son'' / ''Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[Eve of Destruction]]====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''Dark Genesis'' (3 alternate covers)

====Battlestar Galactica Special Edition====

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Special: Centurion Prime|Centurion Prime]]'' (2 alternate covers)

====Gallery Special====

# ''[[Gallery Special|The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit]]'' / ''[[Gallery Special|Masquerade]]''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

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[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[Hades Hath No Fury]]'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[The New Millennium|Galactica: The New Millennium]]====

#''Fear of Flying'' / ''Favorite Son'' / ''Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[Eve of Destruction]]====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''Dark Genesis'' (3 alternate covers)

====Battlestar Galactica Special Edition====

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Special: Centurion Prime|Centurion Prime]]'' (2 alternate covers)

====[[Gallery Special]]====

# ''The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit'' / ''Masquerade''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

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[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[Hades Hath No Fury]]'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[The New Millennium|Galactica: The New Millennium]]====

#''Fear of Flying'' / ''Favorite Son'' / ''Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[Eve of Destruction]]====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''Dark Genesis'' (3 alternate covers)

====Battlestar Galactica Special Edition====

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Special: Centurion Prime]]'' (2 alternate covers)

====[[Gallery Special]]====

# ''The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit'' / ''Masquerade''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

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[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[Hades Hath No Fury]]'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[The New Millennium|Galactica: The New Millennium]]====

#''Fear of Flying'' / ''Favorite Son'' / ''Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[Eve of Destruction]]====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''Dark Genesis'' (3 alternate covers)

====Special Edition====

# ''[[Centurion Prime]]'' (2 alternate covers)

====[[Gallery Special]]====

# ''The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit'' / ''Masquerade''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

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[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[Hades Hath No Fury]]'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[Galactica: The New Millennium]]====

#''Fear of Flying'' / ''Favorite Son'' / ''Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[Eve of Destruction]]====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''Dark Genesis'' (3 alternate covers)

====Special Edition====

# ''[[Centurion Prime]]'' (2 alternate covers)

====[[Gallery Special]]====

# ''The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit'' / ''Masquerade''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

== References ==

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Talk:Eve of Destruction/Archive 1

2010-03-25T16:10:02Z

Liquidcross: Created page with 'Even though this book was released in 1999, the stories within predate the others, like "Law of Volahd." Should we update the chronology below the cover image to reflect this, or…'

Even though this book was released in 1999, the stories within predate the others, like "Law of Volahd." Should we update the chronology below the cover image to reflect this, or is that strictly a ''publication'' chronology, not a storyline one? -- [[User:Liquidcross|Liquidcross]] 16:10, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

The Law of Volahd, Part 2

2010-03-25T16:08:17Z

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{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Realm Press}}
{{Comic Data
| image = Bsgtosvolahd2.jpg
| title= The Law of Volahd, Part 2
| series= Realm Press
| issueno= 2
| episode=
| writer= [[James Kuhoric]] and [[Chris Scalf]]
| penciller= [[Chris Scalf]]
| inker= [[Chris Scalf]]
| colorist= [[Chris Scalf]]
| letterer= [[Tanja Scalf]]
| editor=
| cover= [[Chris Scalf]] (front), [[Robert Scott]] (back)
| published= January 1998
| collects=
| collected=
| reprints=
| reprinted=
| isbn=
| prev= [[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]
| next= [[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]
}}

== Plot Synopsis ==

: '''''Part 2 of 2.''' With the [[Acmarans]] sudden edict that the newly welcomed [[Warrior]]s are evil, [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], [[Sheba]], [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] are forced to find a way out of [[Salis]] and off the planet. Meanwhile, ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' discovers the origin and owner of the unidentified signal, much to their dismay.''

== Summary ==

=== Captured Squadron ===

* In the "city of perfect peace", [[Salis]], [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] crumples up due to the energy from [[Taron]]'s staff. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] screams at the [[Acmarans]], angry that they lied about being a peaceful race.
* Taron espouses that they are, indeed, peaceful and will continue to be under [[Volahd]]'s protection. He then notes [[Averna]]'s aversion to the act she has witnessed. She doesn't understand the evil that they've done, which earns her a scathing retort from Taron, who says that they will obey the law of Volahd.
* On ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'', a helmsman reports that the signal previously detected is increasing in strength. After unscrambling the signal, the helmsman identifies it as a [[Cylon (TOS)|Cylon]] code. [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] orders a meeting in the war room.
* In Salis, Starbuck kicks the force field of their cell with his "lucky boot". Apollo and Starbuck conjecture that the city is powered by cyranite, noting that energy from a cyranite source has to flow continuously from a source -- a source that, once disrupted, may be able to destroy the force field. Before the conversation can continue, guards take [[Sheba]] away.
* Meanwhile, Adama notes to a meeting of his officers and a civilian member that the basestar is traveling to their position at a rate of 289 [[kilon]]s. In order to avoid detection from the oncoming basestar, [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] suggests that the Fleet's captains move their ships into a moon cluster and power down engines and communications. Adama orders that the plan be implemented.
* Sheba is brought to Volahd's chamber. Taron asks for Volahd's command, while Sheba gazes upon something in horror.
* In the cell, Apollo is able to tell that Sheaba's in "big trouble" and is steely determined to escape. As they probe for a way out, Averna deactivates the force field and demands that they follow her quickly.
* Moments after they leave the cell, guards begin pursuing the escaped prisoners, Starbuck and Boomer running ahead of Apollo and Averna. Averna holds Apollo back from going to far ahead, thus preventing his capture as Starbuck and Boomer reach a dead end, where guards await them.
* Apollo asks Averna why she's helping them escape; Averna tells him that she will explain.

=== Discoveries ===

* Tigh reports that all ships in the Fleet have shutdown communications and scans, and also informs Adama that the baseship is heading directly toward the planet the patrol landed upon.
* On planet, Averna explains that her people once had "passion, self-expression and freedom" until Taron brought them Volahd, who Taron claimed would be the true god to protect them and bring perfect peace to the Acmarans. After establisihing himself, she explains that Taron began the "new life" process -- a process that Averna escaped, deceiving Taron and his people. They come across a room containing tanks, where Acmarans are being experimented upon.
* Apollo and Averna observe Sheba being brought to the room by two guards, mildly sedated as part of the preparation for Taron's experimentation. Apollo angrily intervenes, calling them "Filth! Murderous monsters!" After Averna dispatches one of Sheba's captors, Apollo revives Sheba.
* Starbuck and Boomer are brought before Volahd's chamber, the primary source for the energy feeding the force field. They discover that Volahd is an [[IL-series]] Cylon as Taron asks for his command.
* Volahd declares that they are to be exterminated immediately. As [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]]s enter the chamber, Boomer and Starbuck tackle the Acmarans, relieve them of their staff weapons, and begin to dispatch the Cylons. Taron grabs Starbuck from behind, declaring that Volahd has spoken, and that Starbuck must die.
* Starbuck strikes Taron's face with the energized staff weapon, revealing that Taron is part machine. Taron angrily realizes that "the gift" is a lie, and that the "new life" is, in fact, a conversion towards a mechanized being. Incensed, Taron throws a Centurion's head into the energy column, disrupting the force field and striking down Taron in the process.
* Starbuck and Boomer flee, while the force field incites electrical activity. The Acmarans believe that Volahd is angry.
* In orbit, Volahd's basestar is cut off from the city, their scanners detecting that the force field is disrupted. Energy from the force field disables the control circuits of the basestar, causing them to lose orbit and descend upon the city.

=== Fleeing the Cylon tyranny ===

* Apollo and Sheba are lead to their fighters, which have been moved and surrounded by Cylon [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]]s. A group of Centurions are guarding the area. With the Warriors unarmed, Sheba tells Apollo that they are in need of some kind of diversion.
* Apollo sees that Starbuck and Boomer are nearby, followed by a group of Centurions. Taking cover by a wall, Starbuck begins thinking of making a run to their Vipers, but Boomer notes that there's too many Centurions.
* Apollo makes use of the distraction to board a Viper, and unleashes the Viper's firepower on the approaching Centurion division.
* Averna and Sheba board a Viper, while Apollo yells for Boomer and Starbuck, noticing that the basestar is about to crash into the city.
* All four Vipers fly away from the city as the basestar crashes into Salis. The origin of the force field no longer existing, the Vipers make it to orbit and establish communication with ''Galactica''.
* On ''Galactica'', Adama is relieved to receive a message from his son, who asks for the fuel shuttles.
* The four Vipers land away from the city in the hills, consoling Averna, who now believes she is the last survivor of her race.
* Sheba begins seeing people coming from the hills: Acmarans. She was not the only one to escape the "new life" of the "great Volahd" and goes to meet them.
* Back on ''Galactica'', Tigh reports that the fueling shuttles have begun operations, expecting enough fuel to get them "well into the next sector". With the present crisis over, Adama can now focus on their "guest" on the [[Prison Barge]].
* On the barge, guards have heard that [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] is to be set free. These guards vehemently disagree with the decision, with one of them claiming that "it's the last time Adama will lead us down the wrong path" and that Adama was conspiring with Baltar so that Adama would obtain power. The guard proclaims that it's time that someone else was placed in charge, and that they should trade their misery for justice.

=== Epilogue ===

* Somewhere deep in Cylon controlled space, [[Vulpa Six]] is brought before the [[Imperious Leader]], who informs his master that the humans have destroyed Volahd's basestar as well as Salis. Imperious Leader declares that he is concerned and that the humans are too crafty to be allowed to exist much longer, as it may further endanger their cause.
* Vulpa Six reports that probes are tracking signals in the [[Sertis Quadrant]]; Imperious Leader orders that Vulpa Six take a baseship under his command to track the signals and find the rag-tag, fugitive fleet.

== Notes ==

* [[Averna]] is the female [[Acmarans|Acmaran]] who is introduced in [[The Law of Volahd, Part 1|Part 1]], telling the [[Warrior]]s to wait while Taron communicates to Volahd, but is not given a name until this issue.
* Starbuck uses "Boom" as Boomer's nickname.
* A unit of measure, the [[kilon]], is established as a measure of speed through space.
* The Cylons have been experimenting on other species, notably the [[Acmarans]], in an attempt to create what appears to be a cyborg, or half-organic, half-mechanical construct.
* [[Vulpa]] was a Command [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]] seen only in "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]" and "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II|II]]". [[Vulpa Six]] is apparently a successor of this [[Vulpa]], sporting a different overall design, including subdued chrome coloring and a blue eye.
* [[Cyranite]], like [[tylium]], is a highly volatile energy source needed by Colonial ships.

== Analysis ==

* [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] lives up to his side of the bargain and announces that Baltar is to be released. They have apparently found a hospitable planet for him to settle upon.
* The destruction of [[Volahd]]'s basestar and the city of [[Salis]], another "Cylon death trap", is strikingly similar to the events that lead to [[Carillon]]'s destruction in "[[Saga of a Star World]]". Despite some minor differences, lying in the fact that the basestar collides with the city, many of the points remain the same: the Cylons are drawn to the planet, trapped by the electrical output caused by a disruption of a natural fuel source, and destroy both baseship and "death trap".
* The "natives" of the Fleet grow restless at Adama's leadership, a theme that occurs through the series, most notably in "[[Baltar's Escape]]", when control of the Fleet is given back to the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]].
* Apparently, [[Lucifer]] is no longer in the picture, more than likely due to Baltar's surrender to the humans in "[[War of the Gods, Part I]]".

== Questions ==

* How far-reaching is the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]]' influence in the universe?
* How long have the Cylons been experimenting on the [[Acmarans]]?
* Where is Baltar to be marooned?
* How will the guards thwart Adama's plan to release Baltar?
* Why were the Cylons wanting to experiment on cybernetic implants?
* What of [[Lucifer]]?

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''Guards on the [[Prison Barge]] discuss [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]]'s freeing [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]]:''
: '''Guard 1:''' It's just as we've heard it ... they're gonna set him ''free!''
: '''Guard 2:''' ''They can't do that!'' He is the reason our ''homes -- our families'' are gone!
: '''Guard 3:''' It's the ''last time'' Adama will lead us down the wrong path, he was probably conspiring with the ''scum'' Baltar so ''he'' would be ''in charge!'' It's time ''someone else'' took control. It's time we got something other than '''''misery -- it's time for justice!'''''

== Official Statements ==

* ''[[Chris Scalf]] discusses not being able to use the likenesses of the actors who portrayed the characters in the Original Series:''
: You [Henry R. Kujawa] are correct in believing that our licensing agreement with Universal does not allow us use of the actor's likenesses. I tried to find models that resemble the original actors enough to capture the character, but not enough for the original actor or Universal Studios to mind.

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{{TOS}}

The Law of Volahd, Part 1

2010-03-25T16:07:43Z

Liquidcross:

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Realm Press}}
{{Comic Data
| image = Bsgtosvolahd1.jpg
| title= The Law of Volahd, Part 1
| series= The Law of Volahd
| issueno= 1
| episode=
| writer=[[Chris Scalf]]
| penciller=[[Chris Scalf]]
| inker=
| colorist=
| letterer=[[Tanja Scalf]]
| editor=
| cover=[[Chris Scalf]]
| published=December 1997
| collects=
| collected=
| reprints=
| reprinted=
| isbn=
| prev=
| next=[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]
}}

== Plot Synopsis ==

: ''Immediately following the events of "[[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]", the Fleet finds itself in need of vital fuel and weapons supplies, happening upon a mineral-rich planet whose inhabitants, the [[Acmarans]], claim that they are at peace, administered by a god they call [[Volahd]].''

== Summary ==

=== "The Hand of God" Events ===

* Two [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] pilots are discussing the need to pull the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]]s away from ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' as they approach the basestar.
* On the basestar, [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] is planting charges, while [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] watches for [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]]s. A Cylon opens the door, seeing the warriors and telling them to halt. Starbuck and Apollo flee to the core.
* In space, the Vipers fight ferociously with the Raiders, with [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] reminding everyone to watch for a flashing red dot, which identifies Starbuck and Apollo's Raider.
* In the core, Starbuck comments that the charges they set will go off any [[micron]], as they climb the charges go off, thus blinding the basestar.
* At the hatch to the core, Apollo comments that ''Galactica'' would be attacking any moment, thus facilitating their need for escape before they're goners.
* Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] informs [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] that the squadrons are outnumbered, and detect the baseship.
* As ''Galactica'' opens fire with their forward lasers, Apollo and Starbuck's Raider escapes the basestar just prior to the ship's destruction.

=== Aftermath ===

* Adama makes a log entry, noting that it has been "a couple of [[secton]]s" since the battle, and expresses his "fear of the unknown" that will "always plague my mind until we find the lost [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|Thirteenth Tribe]]".
* While the [[Warrior]]s are celebrating the victory, Adama shuttles over to the prison barge to deal with [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]], who is demanding to be released as part of Adama's bargain for Baltar's information on Cylon basestars.
* As Baltar screams about the bargain, Adama firmly suggests that Baltar lowers his voice, "unless you want to trade your freedom for a death sentence!"
* Baltar questions the threat, until Adama points out that many of the prisoners around him would likely never agree with their bargain, seeing as their families were destroyed by a holocaust made possible due to his treachery.
* Apollo interrupts the conversation, informing Adama that Tigh is requesting his return to discuss a troubling development. Adama promises to continue the discussion later and leaves.
* An unnamed guard looks at Baltar through the cell door, much to Baltar's chagrin. The guard remembers his loss of a loved one during the attack, cradling an unnamed woman in his arms. The guard promises that the commander is "dead wrong", which leaves Baltar seriously concerned.
* On ''Galactica'', Tigh informs Adama that all ships in the Fleet are reporting minimal fuel resources, but also notes that long-range scans detects planetary systems with "rich mineral and tylium supplements". Adama quickly orders that the Fleet be brought to a dead stop and that a patrol be dispatched to investigate.
* Tigh also informs Adama that ''Galactica'''s firepower has been severely diminished due to the attack, while [[Omega]] reports that an unknown signal is being detected on the rear scanners.
* Adama reviews the starchart, asking about the signal; the signal is faint to the point where its heading can't be determined. He then orders a patrol to investigate the planet cluster for resources, noting that the Fleet needs them before doing anything.
* In the officer's bunk, Starbuck discusses the bright side of their travels through space when [[Sheba]] enters, telling them that she's heard that there is a patrol. When asked who selected the team, Starbuck begins to make an excuse, while Boomer coughs, prompting Starbuck to make himself scarce by announcing that he "just remembered" that he needs to meet [[Cassy]] in two [[centon]]s.
* Apollo, who selected the team, is left alone to explain why he excluded her from the mission. Sheba and Apollo begin arguing; Apollo feels that he's protecting her, while Sheba convinces him that in order for their relationship to continue, they both need to compromise and work together as Warriors, protecting each other in that capacity. They kiss.
* Blue Squadron launches, heading towards the planet with the strongest mineral readings. As they approach, Apollo notes that this planet has strong [[cyranite]] readings that would likely interfere with radio contact with ''Galactica.
* Starbuck asks to speak to Apollo privately on the "internal console frequency".
* Once switched over, Starbuck asks Apollo whether it was necessary to choose [[Lomis]] and [[Colin]] as wingmen, seeing as they're "kind of green".
* Apollo replies that, while recognizing their relative lack of experience, the ''Galactica'' has been "pushing our pilots around the clock".

=== Planetfall / Final Act ===

* Entering the planet's atmosphere, discussions begin about the planet being beautiful enough to settle. During this, life forms are detected, readings that were not detected while the patrol was in orbit.
* Apollo speculates that the [[cyranite]] levels were higher than he thought, ordering Colin to return to orbit to maintain a long-range scan in the event of trouble.
* During the climb back out of the planet's atomsphere, Colin's ship strikes an energy field. Lomis panics, believing that they are under attack; as he turbos off, he to strikes the field.
* Apollo orders everyone to hold their positions, asking if they detect anything on their scanners. Boomer reports that [[computron]] readouts indicate that both cadets' ships destructed at the same altitude on their [[hectometer]].
* The surviving patrol comes across an alien city. Apollo orders that they land to investigate. As the approach the city, they are greeted by a group of representatives lead by [[Taron]], who speak their language.
* Taron tells the Warriors that they are the [[Acmarans]], their city, [[Salis]], being "the city of perfect peace".
* Starbuck rebuffs the claim, telling them that "something just fried two of our fighters!" Taron feigns ignorance to this "violence", claming that all "is peaceful under the watch of [[Volahd]]".
* One of Taron's party, a female Acmaran, explains that Volahd is their god, protecting them and offering them wisdom.
* When asked to see Volahd, Taron claims that he is the only one who can speak to Volahd, and tells the Warriors that it is Volahd's wish that they enter the city.
* Entering the city, they discover that the force field originates from the city, and that Volahd protects the Acmarans from "the outer worlds, their conflicts, and wars". When asked why the field didn't prevent them from entering the planet's atmosphere, Taron claims that it was Volahd's intention that they stay.
* Starbuck and Apollo both note that they are needed by their people; Apollo elaborates that they are looking for cyranite and asks Taron to help them get the mineral, so they may leave in peace.
* Taron's female aide informs them that Taron will speak to Volahd on their behalf. As they wait, Taron presents himself in front of a column of eletricity. After a time, Taron claims to hear Volahd's command, then leaves to rejoin the group. Upon rejoining the group, he says "Akmarod!"
* The Warriors are summarily restrained; with a staff crackling with electricity, Taron announces that Volahd has spoken, judging the Warriors evil. The sentence for which is death.
* Starbuck is struck with the staff, screaming as the electricity climbs his body.

== Notes ==

* Adama notes that the year is 7324, which contradicts the date established in "[[The Man with Nine Lives]]", where [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] tells [[Zara]] that the attack on [[Umbra]] occurred in 7322, 24 years before the [[Battle of Cimtar]].

* The [[Battle at Galaxy's Edge|battle with the Cylon basestar]] depleted ''Galactica's'' firepower "down to minimal", according to Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]].

* It is reiterated that the Fleet is constantly on the move and is not able to stay in one place for too long. Addressed in the comic is the need to obtain tylium fuel, a problem established in "[[Saga of a Star World]]" and recurring in "[[The Living Legend]]" two-parter.

* The expletive "[[frack]]" is spelled without the "c", hence "[[frak]]" on pages 2 and 3.

* Notable differences between "The Hand of God" episode and the comic depiction include the addition of additional Centurions and a pursuit down a corridor, whereas the computers were right near the main core in the episode.

* The loss of the transmitter in the core and the waggling are not depicted in the comic.

* [[Cassiopeia]]'s nickname is spelled "[[Cassy]]", unlike the more common spelling of [[Cassie]].

== Analysis ==

* Briefly addressed in this issue is [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]]'s deal with [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]], in return for destroying the [[basestar (TOS)|basestar]] in "[[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]". Adama discusses that the bargain would not be viewed lightly by those aboard the [[Prison Barge]], or throughout the Fleet, definitely suggesting that the bargain was struck without the knowledge of the Fleet's members.
* As first seen in "[[Baltar's Escape]]", Adama makes trips to and from the Prison Barge, often having conversations in places where other prisoners can overhear.
* The issue of Apollo dealing with [[Serina]]'s death is brought up again in Sheba's confrontation with Apollo, who doesn't assign her to the expedition team to the Acmarans' homeworld. Sheba's argument about protecting each other as warriors is valid, and Apollo reconsiders Sheba's appointment to the expeditionary force.
* Fighter cadets are still being trained, as exemplified by [[Colin]] and [[Lomis]]. The event that causes their deaths is almost similar to "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]", where Cadets [[Bow]] and [[Shields]] meet untimely demises at the hands of [[Ravashol pulsar|an energy weapon]], with few differences. The cadets in both the series and comic are depicted as being easily frightened into taking rash, and often deadly, actions.

== Questions ==

* Who or what is ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' detecting as they approach the Acmarans' homeworld on their rear scanner? ([[The Law of Volahd, Part 2|Answer]])
* Who or what is Volahd? ([[The Law of Volahd, Part 2|Answer]])
* Why would Volahd permit the expedition to land, knowing that they were "evil"? ([[The Law of Volahd, Part 2|Answer]])
* What is the Cylons reaction to their defeat at the [[Battle at Galaxy's Edge]]? ([[The Law of Volahd, Part 2|Answer]])
* Will Baltar be released, per Adama's promise?
* What does Baltar's guard on the [[Prison Barge]] have in mind to prevent Baltar's release?
* Does the Prison Barge have visitation rooms?

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''Sheba confronts Apollo about not being on the expeditionary force:''
: '''Sheba:''' Apollo ... I think I see what's going on here, you don't want me to go. You're afraid something bad is gonna happen to me, like Serina!
: '''Apollo:''' Is that bad? Is it bad to care about someone so much you want to protect them?
: '''Sheba:''' No! There's nothing wrong with it. But it goes '''''both ways'''''! Apollo, you already [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II|know the pain of being left alone]]. Don't leave me here with the fear of finding out what it's like to go thorugh the same pain you did! We are '''''both''''' warriors, and if we are gonna choose to continue a relationship, we both need to compromise.... we should be together, as warriors, risking our lives together, protecting each other.

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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

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[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[Hades Hath No Fury]]'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''[[Fire in the Sky]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====Galactica: The New Millennium====

#''Fear of Flying'' / ''Favorite Son'' / ''Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[Eve of Destruction]]====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''Dark Genesis'' (3 alternate covers)

====Special Edition====

# ''Centurion Prime'' (2 alternate covers)

====Gallery Special====

# ''The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit'' / ''Masquerade''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

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| writer=[[Chris Scalf]], [[Fred Prince]], and [[James Kuhoric]]
| penciller=[[Chris Scalf]] and [[Robert Scott]]
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| letterer=[[Tanja Scalf]]
| editor=[[Scott Braden]], [[J. C. Vaughn]], and [[Rich Handley]]
| cover=[[Chris Scalf]]
| published= October 1998
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| prev=[[Search for Sanctuary, Part 1]]
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== Plot Synopsis ==

== Summary ==

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== Notes ==

*Though the cover calls this issue ''Search for Sanctuary Special Edition'', the indicia on the first page refer to it as ''Search for Sanctuary Part II''.

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== Questions ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

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[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[Hades Hath No Fury]]'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: '[['Fire in the Sky]]'' (3 alternate covers)

====Galactica: The New Millennium====

#''Fear of Flying'' / ''Favorite Son'' / ''Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[Eve of Destruction]]====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''Dark Genesis'' (3 alternate covers)

====Special Edition====

# ''Centurion Prime'' (2 alternate covers)

====Gallery Special====

# ''The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit'' / ''Masquerade''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

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== Plot Synopsis ==

== Summary ==

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== Notes ==

== Analysis ==

== Questions ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== External Links ==

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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

:''Battlestar Wiki hosts articles on all officially-licensed comics through its [[BW:SEP|separate continuity]] policy.''

[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''No Place Like Home'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''Hades Hath No Fury'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''Fire in the Sky'' (3 alternate covers)

====Galactica: The New Millennium====

#''Fear of Flying'' / ''Favorite Son'' / ''Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[Eve of Destruction]]====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part 1]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''Dark Genesis'' (3 alternate covers)

====Special Edition====

# ''Centurion Prime'' (2 alternate covers)

====Gallery Special====

# ''The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit'' / ''Masquerade''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

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''Battlestar Galactica'' has been adapted into comic book form since its inception, by a number of different publishers including [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]], [[wikipedia:Gold Key Comics|Whitman Comics]], Maximum Press, Realm Press, and [[wikipedia:Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite Entertainment]]. This article provides an overview of the publishing history and links out to individual articles for each series and issue.

:''Battlestar Wiki hosts articles on all officially-licensed comics through its [[BW:SEP|separate continuity]] policy.''

[[Image:Superspecial.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel SuperSpecial 8]]

[[Image:BSG Comic 0 McNiven.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica 0'']]

==Marvel Comics==

Marvel Comics began its adaptation of Galactica with ''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica|Super Special 8]]''. Super Special was a magazine format comic book that featured different characters or adaptations each month. Issue 8 was produced just in time for the launch of the TV series in September 1978.
[[Image:Marvel2.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - ''Issue 2'']]
The Super Special adaptation was derived from an interim script of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", and some of the differences in the story are evident. This adaptation was also released in a tabloid format by both Marvel Comics and Whitman Comics.

Spurred on by the success of this adaptation, Marvel began a monthly comic series that ran from 1978 through 1980, and lasted a total of 23 issues. The first three issues, titled ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Exodus!]]'' and ''[[Deathtrap!]]'' respectively, consisted of a longer adaptation of ''Saga of a Star World,'' taking much of the art from the Super Special adaptation and expanding it by several pages.

The adaptation of the series continued in next two issues entitled ''[[Into the Void]]'' and ''[[A Death in the Family]]'', which chronicled the story from the two part television episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]".

Beginning with ''[[The Memory Machine]]'', Marvel began publishing all new stories based on the characters in the series. From this point, the story began to depart from what was depicted in the series. According to letters pages within the publication, Marvel's contract with Universal Studios specifically did not allow them to use anything from the television series that followed "Lost Planet Of The Gods".

In the storyline that unfolded, a good deal of the comic took place in the magnetic void which the fleet first encountered in the TV episode "Lost Planet of the Gods". In the end of the TV episode, the fleet moves back into normal space, leaving the void behind, but in the comics the rag tag fleet remains in the void beginning in issue #4, with the fleet finally returning to regular space in issue #14. (This makes placing the episodes within the span of the TV series difficult, since much of the action could be surmised to have taken place between "Lost Planet of the Gods" and "Lost Warrior".)

In terms of tone, many of the Marvel comics had horror elements, a theme that was visited sparingly in the TV series. An incomplete list of monsters from the comic series would include a space vampire (issue #9), a carnivorous planet (issue #10), alien vermin (issue #15), a crewmember who transforms into a red ape (issues #17 and #18) and a monstrous shapeshifter (issue #21). Even the menacing and relentless Cylon Mark III in issue #16 owes as much of his origin to horror elements as he does to science fiction. Taken as a whole, Marvel’s Galactica is somewhat darker in tone than the series, but this not-so-subtle paranoia is arguable truer to the initial premise of the series than were some of the latter episodes of the television program.

Notably, the writers of the Galactica comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the Galactica for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension.

Another character who leaves the series for awhile is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In this plotline the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, and the conclusion of the storyline, with a tremendous battle in issue #13, is a satisfying conclusion. At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, which of course sets us up for his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20.

Unlike both television series, the Galactica comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the final two part story of issues #22 and #23. In the course of solving a mystery, Lieutenant Jolly finds adventure and romance and helps in figuring out the long sought coordinates for Earth. A tongue in cheek adventure ably drawn and scripted by Walt Simonson this plotline provided a strong end for a memorable series.

===SuperSpecial Adaptation===

''[[Marvel Super Special 8: Battlestar Galactica]]''

===Marvel Comics Monthly Comic Book===

[[Image:Marvel6.jpg|thumb|right|Marvel Comics Series - Issue 6]]
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (1979 Comic)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
*''[[Exodus!]]''
*''[[Deathtrap!]]''
*''[[Into the Void]]''
*''[[A Death in the Family]]''
*''[[The Memory Machine]]''
*''[[All Things Past and Present]]''
*''[[Shuttle Diplomacy!]]''
*''[[Space-Mimic!]]''
*''[[This Planet Hungers]]''
*''[[Scavenge World]]''
*''[[The Trap!]]''
*''[[Collision Course!]]''
*''[[Trial and Error]]''
*''[[Derelict!]]''
*''[[Berzerker]]''
*''[[Ape and Essence]]''
*''[[Forbidden Fruit!]]''
*''[[The Daring Escape of the Space Cowboy]]''
*''[[Hell Hath No Fury!]]''
*''[[A World for the Killing!]]''
*''[[Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair]]''
*''[[The Last Hiding Place]]''

===Titan Books Marvel reprints - trade paperbacks===
* ''[[Saga of a Star World (Trade Paperback)|Saga of a Star World]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Ernie Colon and Walt Simonson
* ''[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]'' by [[Roger McKenzie]], Klaus Janson, Walt Simonson and [[Tom DeFalco]]

==Look-In Magazine==

''[[w:Look-in|Look-In Magazine]]'', a UK based publication for children, published a serialized comic strip featuring ''Galactica'' from October 20, 1979 through October 11, 1980. The four untitled storylines spanned 52 issues, and contained 13 two page chapters per storyline. A very solid composition throughout, this incarnation of the rag tag fleet has been largely overlooked.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.geocities.com/juniortvtimes2006/battle.htm|title=John's Look-out: A Guide to Look-in the Junior TV Times|date=|accessdate=30 December 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

# [[Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1|Storyline 1]] (issues 1979 #43 to 1980 #3)
#Storyline 2 (issues 1980 #4 to 1980 #16)
#Storyline 3 (issues 1980 #17 to 1980 #29)
#Storyline 4 (issues 1980 #30 to 1980 #42)

==Grandreams Annuals==

The UK company Grandreams came out with two ''Battlestar Galactica'' hardcover annuals, which contained short text and comic book stories. Far inferior to the Look-In strips, these comics were aimed primarily at children.

===''Battlestar Galactica Annual''===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Battlestar Galactica'' [adapts ep. 1-3]
#''Chess-Players of Space''
#''Bane of Baal Farr''
#''Amazons of Space''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Doomsday Rock''
#''Swamp World''
#''Hijack in Space''

=== ''Mission Galactica Annual: The Cylon Attack'' ===

COMIC STRIPS:
#''Part One: Switch in Space''
#''Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops''
#''Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax''
#''Part Four: Final Showdown''

SHORT FICTION:
#''Dice With Death''
#''Enemy Within''

==Maximum Press==
[[Image:mp war of eden 1.jpg|thumb|right|''War of Eden 1'']]
For a very long time, ''Battlestar Galactica'' did not appear in comics. Finally, in July of 1995, Maximum Press (a [[Wikipedia:Rob Liefeld|Rob Liefeld]] imprint) published a miniseries that continued the ''Galactica'' mythos, and ignored the storyline from ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. This miniseries is also known as the ''War of Eden''.

This series was popular enough that it encouraged Maximum to keep going, and soon more miniseries appeared. ''Apollo’s Journey'', ''The Enemy Within'', and ''Starbuck'' all published as three issue series in 1995 through early 1996. ''Journey’s End'', the final four issue series, broke many Galactica conventions. For example, there is a depiction of ''Galactica'' traveling back through time back to the destruction of the Colonies. This was not to last, however, and after the publishing of a compendium volume in early 1997, Maximum announced it would cease publishing comics based on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

===War of Eden===
# ''[[War of Eden 1|War of Eden #1]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 2|War of Eden #2]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 3|War of Eden #3]]''
# ''[[War of Eden 4|War of Eden #4]]''
===The Enemy Within===
# ''[[The Enemy Within 1|The Enemy Within #1]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 2|The Enemy Within #2]]''
# ''[[The Enemy Within 3|The Enemy Within #3]]''
===Starbuck===
# ''[[Starbuck 1|Starbuck #1]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 2|Starbuck #2]]''
# ''[[Starbuck 3|Starbuck #3]]''
===Apollo's Journey===
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 1|Apollo's Journey #1]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 2|Apollo's Journey #2]]''
# ''[[Apollo's Journey 3|Apollo's Journey #3]]''
===Journey's End===
# ''[[Journey's End 1|Journey’s End #1]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 2|Journey’s End #2]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 3|Journey’s End #3]]''
# ''[[Journey's End 4|Journey’s End #4]]''
===Asylum (monthly anthology series)===
# ''[[Issue 1: Baptism of Fire, Part 1|Issue #1: Baptism of Fire, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 2: Baptism of Fire, Part 2|Issue #2: Baptism of Fire, Part #2]]''
# ''[[Issue 3: Baptism of Fire, Part 3|Issue #3: Baptism of Fire, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 4: Athena’s Quest, Part 1|Issue #4: Athena’s Quest, Part #1]]''
# ''[[Issue 5: Athena’s Quest, Part 2|Issue #5: Athena’s Quest, Part #2]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #6)
# ''[[Issue 7: Athena’s Quest, Part 3|Issue #7: Athena’s Quest, Part #3]]''
# ''[[Issue 8: First Date|Issue #8: First Date]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #9)
# ''[[Issue 10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1|Issue #10: The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1]]''
# (No BSG story in issue #11)

NOTE: "Athena's Quest" was originally titled "Apollo's Quest"

===Battlestar Galactica: The Compendium===
# ''[[Baptism of Fire (compilation)|Baptism of Fire (compilation)]]''
# ''[[The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)|The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1 (unfinished)]]''
===Battlestar Galactica: Special Edition===
# ''[[Athena’s Quest (compilation)|Athena’s Quest (compilation)]]''

==Realm Press==
In 1998, Realm Press brought ''Battlestar Galactica'' back to comics again beginning with their ''Battlestar Galactica Search for Sanctuary'' single issue special. Other one shots were subsequently published. Later, Realm introduced a monthly comic titled ''Battlestar Galactica Season 3''. This series only ran for three issues before it was canceled, and shortly thereafter Realm abandoned the project altogether.

The Realm series was notable for its use of airbrushed art and its attempts to remain faithful to the look and feel of the Original Series.

====Battlestar Galactica, Season II====

#Issue 1: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''[[The Law of Volahd, Part 2]]''
#Issue 3: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 1]]'' (2 alternate covers)
#Issue 4: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 2]]''
#Issue 5: ''[[Prison of Souls, Part 3]]''

====Battlestar Galactica, Season III====

#Issue 1: ''No Place Like Home'' (3 alternate covers)
#Issue 2: ''Hades Hath No Fury'' (4 alternate covers)
#Issue 3: ''Fire in the Sky'' (3 alternate covers)

====Galactica: The New Millennium====

#''Fear of Flying'' / ''Favorite Son'' / ''Tales of the Pegasus: Chapter One, Daddy’s Girl'' (3 alternate covers)

====[[Eve of Destruction]]====

# ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue|Prelude I: Nostalgie De La Boue]]'' / ''[[Eve of Destruction#Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium|Prelude II: Daughter of Elysium]]''

====Search For Sanctuary====

# ''[[Search For Sanctuary, Part I]]''
# ''[[Search For Sanctuary Special Edition]]''

====1999 Tourbook====

# ''Dark Genesis'' (3 alternate covers)

====Special Edition====

# ''Centurion Prime'' (2 alternate covers)

====Gallery Special====

# ''The Care and Feeding of Your Daggit'' / ''Masquerade''

====Cancelled one-shots====

# ''Colonial Technical Journal, Volume 1''
# ''Dire Prophecy'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Darkest Night'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Battlestar Black and White'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Cylon Dawn'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''No-Man’s Land'' (2 alternate covers)
# ''Minor Difficulties'' (anthology of short tales)

==Dynamite Entertainment==
In May 2006, Dynamite began releasing a comic series based on the [[Re-imagined Series]]. The comics are set within the framework of the show and, at at first were set between the episodes "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]".

Beginning in late September 2006 Dynamite began releasing an [[Original Series]] [[continuation]] series.

In October 2006, a miniseries focusing on the Re-imagined Series character [[Tom Zarek]] was released, focusing on Zarek's past.

In September 2009, a miniseries focusing on a "re-imagined" ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was released. In 2010, a sequel, ''[[Galactica 1981]]'', will follow the events of ''Galactica 1980''.

===Re-imagined Series===
[[Image:BSG Comic 8 Raynor.jpg|thumb|right|Re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' Issue 8]]

The first series of issues based on the Re-imagined Series written by [[Greg Pak]] and pencilled by [[Nigel Raynor]]. The storyline appears after the events of "[[Home, Part II]]" and before "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and significantly diverge from the Re-imagined Series' [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica 12]]''

All thirteen issues have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume I]]'' (Issues #0 - #4)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]]'' (Issues #5 - #8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Volume III]]'' (Issues #9 - #12)

===Battlestar Galactica: Zarek===

This miniseries explores the history of [[Tom Zarek]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 4]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero===

[[Image:BSGSZ1batistacover.jpg|thumb|[[Adriano Batista]] cover for ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1|Season Zero 1]]''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]] and penciled mainly by [[Jackson Herbert]], this series chronicles the first mission of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' under the command of Commander [[William Adama]], dealing with terrorism in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 0]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 6]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 7]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 8]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 9]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 10]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 11]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 12]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus===

[[Brandon Jerwa]] wrote an one-shot comic based on Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the events to which occur prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]''

===Battlestar Galactica: Origins===

[[Image:BSGOrig03Lagunacover.jpg|thumb|[[Fabio Laguna]] cover for ''Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3''.]]

''Origins'' is a comic book series that explores the beginnings of various important Re-imagined Series characters, including [[Gaius Baltar]], [[William Adama]], [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]. Issues #1 through #4 deal with the life of Gaius Baltar, while issues #5 through #8 reveal the history William Adama and issues #9 through 11 focus on Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 3]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 4]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 5]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 7]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 8]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 9]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 10]]
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 11]]

All the issues in this series have been collected in trade paperbacks:

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Adama]]'' (#1-4)
# ''[[Battelstar Galactica Origins: Baltar]]'' (#5-8)
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica Origins: Starbuck and Helo]]'' (#9-11)

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===Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts===

[[Image:BSGGhost01covCalero.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1''.]]

Written by [[Brandon Jerwa]], this four issue mini-series consists of new characters outside of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' "mainstream" who are part of the [[Ghost Squadron]], a black-ops team struggling to survive after the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War===

[[Image:BSGCW01CovRaynor.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1''.]]

Written by [[Joshua Ortega]] and [[Eric Nylund]], this four issue mini-series tells the tale of the [[Cylon War]] decades before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 4]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five===

[[Image:FinalFive1.jpg|thumb|[[Mel Rubi]] cover to ''Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1''.]]

Written by [[Seamus Kevin Fahey]], [[David Reed]] and [[Nigel Raynor]], this four issue event ties directly into the events of the final episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five 4]]''

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===Classic Battlestar Galactica ===

[[Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|thumb|[[Dave Dorman]] cover to ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''.]]

Dynamite produced a short-lived comic book run based on the Original Series. Beyond both this and the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse|Cylon Apocalypse]]'' series, Dynamite has been focusing on comics based on the Re-imagined Series.

# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 1]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 3]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 4]]''
# ''[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 5]]''

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===Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse===
[[Image:Cylon Apoc Comic 1 Rafael.jpg|thumb|right|''Cylon Apocalypse 1'']]

A four-part mini-series written by [[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]] that details the story of the Colonials' discovery of a virus that can destroy their Cylon foes and how they try to weaponize it.

# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 1]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 2]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 3]]''
# ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse 4]]''

All four installments of the series have been collected in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse (Trade Paperback)| Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse]]'' trade paperback.

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=== Galactica 1980 ===
[[Image:Galactica 1980 1.jpg|thumb|right|"Galactica 1980 1"]]

A "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'' written by [[Marc Guggenheim]] was released September 2009.

# ''[[Galactica 1980 1]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 2]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 3]]''
# ''[[Galactica 1980 4]]''

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=== Galactica 1981 ===

A sequel to the ''Galactica 1980'' comics, taking place a year after the end of that series, will be released in late 2010.

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==Tokyopop==

In April 2009, Tokyopop released a manga edition entitled ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Manga -- Echoes of New Caprica]]'', with stories by Emily Salzfass, Richard Hatch and Mike Wellman, and art by Chrissy Delk, Christopher Schons and Anthony Wu. This first volume contained three stories:
# ''[["Teacher's Pet"]]'' (writer: Emily Salzfass, artist: Chrissy Delk)
# ''[["Shelf Life"]]'' (writer: Richard Hatch, artist: Christopher Schons)
# ''[["Visitation"]]'' (writer: Mike Wellman, artist: Anthony Wu)

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== Merge proposal ==

This article, and the articles for each of the Twelve Colonies, are all very short, and I don't see any of them expanding substantially in the near future. I think it would make for a nice looking, meaty article if we merged in each of the individual colony articles with this one under first-level headings. How say you all? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 04:50, 31 August 2005 (EDT)

I know this looks weird and kind of dumb. I'm still fiddling. It's easy to revert if the whole thing ends up being too hideous to bear. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:17, 13 September 2005 (EDT)

[[image:Banner_unknown1.gif|left|75px]][[image:Banner_unknown2.gif|right|75px]]
: I like the idea and whats up now. If we knew more about each colony, it would look nicer, but until then I think this is fine. Now... What to do with these other two banners? Now, the two colonies without banners are Leo and Aquarius, the lion and the water-bearer. Both of these symbols could be a water-bearer, I guess, but I think the black and white one looks like he has whisters, there and that shape at the top looks more ear-like. That would leave the blue and red one to be the water bearer, which I think makes sense enough. Think we could drop those in with a note as to their speculative nature, or best not to? --[[User:Day|Day]] 01:27, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

::I'm leaving this one up to [[User:QuintusCinna|QuintusCinna]], our resident flag-hunter. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:32, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

:The two colonies without banners is Aquarius and whatever the colonial name is for Libra. I saw in the mini-series they mentioned a colony called "ICON" alongside of "PICON" so I'm a little weirded out. As for Leonis, that flag has been found. I did a picture search in google for the zodiac's constellation and found the flag's symbol looked exactly like what I have designated. I can't remember, but I believe the constellation for Libra looked quite similar to the black one. Since we don't yet know as of yet what is the name for the Libra colony, I have left it blank. [[User:QuintusCinna|QuintusCinna]] 01:46, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

:At least we know it isn't Ophiuchi or something. Roslin identifies Libra in the Tomb of Athena map room, although she doesn't give its modern name. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 02:59, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

Realizing that it's still being worked on, it looks awful right now. You can't tell which banner goes to which colony, for one thing. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 08:30, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

Personally, I don't really like the combination of all 12 colonies together either since there is no set border and down the road we will have pictures relating to each colony. This will make it slower to download. --[[User:QuintusCinna|QuintusCinna]] 12:11, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

:The problem, in my opinion, is that there's little to do at the main article other than simply list the colonies, and the majority of the individual colonies are stub-like in length. As for images, Caprica is the only planet we've seen thus far and probably the only one we're likely to see (unless we get Scorpion in a flashback in Pegasus or something). One thing we can do, if it becomes necessary, is link to full-length articles from just underneath the first-level headings.

:As for the banners, I agree that they could be confusing but I rather like them right now. Do either of you think it coudl be re-arranged in a better manner (maybe if they didn't alternate sides? But then there'd be a lot more wasted space)? Or is it a lost cause in your opinions? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 12:20, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

::Yeah, you could try putting all the banners on the right. See how it looks. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 14:11, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

:::There, that's what they look like right-aligned. Frankly, I think they look better alternating. I don't find it confusing, and the wasted space bugs me. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:36, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

::::Hate to say it, but I don't like it at all. The banners overlap with the previous colony's "box", there are no clear markers indicating where one section begins and another ends, it just looks bad. (Part of the problem is that we don't have much information about many of the colonies at this point.) --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 15:07, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

::::It'd be better if we could insert a line across the <i>entire</i> page, and have the colony name <i>under</i> that line, along with the banner on the right. Then each colony would have a neat, easily readable section. I don't know if Wiki markup is capable of that though. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 15:10, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

:::::I still think it's a better option than thirteen articles that are completely insubstantial on their own. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 15:11, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

I added captions to some of the banners, and in the process deleted some of the <nowiki><div></nowiki> markup. Wikipedia recommends against using HTML ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_markup_with_HTML]), and I've been trying to learn from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax Extended image syntax] page. I can't figure out why a new section like <nowiki>==Caprica==</nowiki> doesn't appear on the same level as its banner. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 16:09, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

:Ah ha! The wonders of '''<nowiki><br style="clear:both;"></nowiki>'''! What do you guys think of the formatting now? --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 16:28, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

::My HTML/CSS was not used lightly. That's really the one way to get the banners at the section heading level as I did. Frankly this seems like a more cumbersome version of my right-aligned attempt. I really dislike the caption boxes, too.
::I have a new idea: Rather than use the (rather long) banners, we can grab the icons from each, along with the background colors, and use them. I've created nine high-resolution versions from QuintusCinna's originals, which you can link to below:
::[http://home.comcast.net/~suluger/aerelon.png Aerelon], [http://home.comcast.net/~suluger/canceron.png Canceron], [http://home.comcast.net/~suluger/caprica.png Caprica], [http://home.comcast.net/~suluger/gemenon.png Gemenon], [http://home.comcast.net/~suluger/picon.png Picon], [http://home.comcast.net/~suluger/sagittaron.png Sagittaron], [http://home.comcast.net/~suluger/scorpion.png Scorpion], [http://home.comcast.net/~suluger/tauron.png Tauron], [http://home.comcast.net/~suluger/virgon.png Virgon]
::These could be scaled down to almost any size and still look nice. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 16:35, 14 September 2005 (EDT)
:::Without caption boxes, it's not clear what the banners are. I know it seems self-explanatory to us, but for someone who's never seen them before, it's not. I'll take a look at the icons in a bit. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 17:03, 14 September 2005 (EDT)
::::I find repeating "This is the Banner of X" to be tedious, and the red background to be jarring. Couldn't we simply note that the banner/icon/flag/colors of the colony is provided to the right? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:06, 14 September 2005 (EDT)
:::Peter. You've saved us all. As I said earlier, I liked it when the banner appeared to be hanging from the red line under its colony's name. I share Peter's dislike for tons of white space and alternating the sides seemed to create the least of that. However, if we just had the emblem and colors from each flag, we could do it below the red line as Fang seems to like, and not have this huge, long graphic. Maybe we can then link the full banner pics and, if we get enough information that a given colony's article wouldn't be a stub, we can display it there. Does all that make sense? --[[User:Day|Day]] 17:11, 14 September 2005 (EDT)
:::::I like it with banners to right, with titling, albeit a little redundant. Not sure how to deal with the "white space" of many areas, but we're really not going to get them filled until we get more data, so that is that. I feel it's informative enough as it stands, but I'll leave the formatting arguments alone. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 19:52, 14 September 2005 (EDT)

== Which flag is which? ==

A close viewing of [[Colonial Day]] indicates that the flag currently labeled as [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Tauron|Tauron]] belongs to Safiya Sanne's seat - either Picon or Leonis; and that the black flag belongs to Robin Wenutu's seat (Canceron), and that VIrgon's flag is a white field with a green inner stripe and yellow outer stripe. I'm curious as to how QuintusCinna came to his conclusion that the delegates aren't seated at their apprporiate flags, since I don't know any other evidence linking particular flags to colonies. I guess Scorpion is pretty obvious, though. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:34, 14 September 2005 (EDT)
:Don't trust the banners lining up with those they represent in [[Colonial Day]]. The reason I say this is that [[Tom Zarek]] is in one area of the room and his very obvious banner for Sagitarron is completely in another area. This is the same for Virgon's banner and their representative. There are 3 different questions I carry thanks to the shows I have watched. In the mini-series we see the banners are in this order from left to right: [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Aerelon|Aerelon]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]], Scorpion, Aquaria(?), [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Tauron|Tauron]], Libra (?), [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Sagittaron|Sagittaron]], [[Canceron]] (?), [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Leonis|Leonis]]. Is this in the order that the colonies signed the unification treaty or is the order for the flags random or is it in the order they were nuked? Though I am sure the producers, directors, and such just put them up in random order, it is now a sense of fact for the show. If we were to believe they were placed up there, the banners must be up there in some order that is according to military protocol for flag bearing. In Colonial Day I add 2 more questions. We see that the banners are behind the delegates in a different order than in the mini-series. This means they were either a) put up randomly or b) have a separate purpose than those shown at the end of the mini-series (nuked, treaty order, or other). Then we see that the delegates are put in a different order than the banners behind them. The Gemenon delegate is clearly seen toward the middle and the Gemenon flag is clearly in a different area. The same questions come up for the delegates: are they randomly placed or is there reason. It's not alphabetical, and placements of delegates and banners in every society is always in some sort of traditional order. I hope that the Battlestar Galactica producers, writers, and such will be able to answer this though I suspect they won't because they have REAL lives. As for the Picon flag, the constellation looks quite similar to the picon banner and the same goes for Tauron's with Taurus. I have no doubt with those. The Libra's icon can be seen in this picture [http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/HorseAstrology/AstrologySymbol.gif] 2 clockwise from Sagittarius. --[[User:QuintusCinna|QuintusCinna]] 1:12, 15 September 2005 (EDT)

== Libris = Libran? ==

Guys, gals, and bots, got this e-mail from one of our keen-eyed visitors:

: In episode 403 ?The Ties That Bind?, the Libran colony?s name is revealed in the scene with Lee Adama and Tom Zarek in the Quorum of the Twelve chambers at 18 minutes 40-43 seconds.

: Lee places the classified file that Zarek has given him on top of the Libran delegate?s nameplate immediately to his right. However, one can clearly see the symbol for Libran at the far right of the nameplate and the letters ?BRAN? with the ?B? partially obscured. There is no other colony that ends in this combination of letters. I?d argue that the symbol is definitive.

: Additionally, in David Bassom?s The Official Companion Season One, the colony is also called ?Libran? on page 86.

: It would be great if you could confirm this for yourselves and add, at the very least, a note drawing fans attention to this nameplate.

If anyone can just confirm this information, let's implement the change. Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:59, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

The article says that Libran is the colony name because of a ship being registered to that colony. The article cites SciFi.com as the source. "The Space Park, a passenger liner in the Fleet, is of Libran registry (SciFi.com). "
--[[User:Jonathan|Jonathan]] 19:35, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
:The meaning there is that "Libran" is the adjectival form of "Libris". Like Caprica -> Caprican. But given the visual evidence now, we can change the colony name. Appears to be pretty definite. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 19:39, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

:It looks to me more like the props department made a mistake, putting the adjective rather than the nounal form on the nameplate. It would seem odd that the adjective and nounal forms could be the same word. Also, the Battlestar Galactica Official Magazine called the planet "Libris." I don't think that the "official" magazine would make such a blatant error.

== Current activity in the Colonies ==

I recall the Cylons mentioning that they abandoned the 12 colonies in guilt, but there is little chance I'll ever get the exact source episode where I heard this. Two things: first, does this ring a bell for anyone? and second, if my memory was correct, isn't this worth mentioning somewhere in this article? [[User:Blue Rook|Blue Rook]] 07:06, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

== Population ==

The article currently accepts 20 billion as the population of the Twelve Colonies at the time of the attacks based on Tigh's statement in the "Resistance" webisodes. However, in the recent episode "A Disquiet Folllows My Soul" Gaeta and Kara talk about there being 50 billion people. How do we reconcile these two numbers in the article and, most importantly, which one do we canonise for use in the article? --[[User:Mars|Mars]] 02:38, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

== Aquaria = Aquarion! ==

[[Image:Itscalledaquarion.PNG|right|thumb|200px|Aquarion.]]
Who changed Aquarion back to ''Aquaria''? The name ''Aquaria'' is a Mary McDonnell mispronunciation (much in the same vein as Leoben ''Conroy''). I have clear visual evidence from the props used on the series (sold on the Propworx Ebay auction), that the colony's name is written as '''Aquarion''' and not Aquaria.

To the right are at least three props (that I know of) from the series that were sold on Ebay, that demostrate the colony's name: The Quorum delegate name plate and an identity pass from [[Colonial Day]], and the Quorum name plate from the [[Season 4 (2008-09)|Season Four]] [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] [[User:Runic code|Runic code]] 15:51, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

:According to Serge's Twitter, both are correct. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 01:35, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

::That'll do for me :). [[User:Runic code|Runic code]] 14:33, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

== Pictures of natives and some notes ==
I removed all the pictures of natives because a) they were a bit arbitrary to begin with and b) by now we have enough pictures of the planets or at least some of their cities.

I also removed the notes that Caprica, Tauron and Scorpion are the only colonies depicted in the series. This information is a bit outdated since ''The Plan'' aired and will probably be unnecessary once ''Caprica'' fully kicks in.

I also reorganized some of the colony's entries: Information about the planet comes first, then about its culture, population and places and after that information about quorum delegates and fleet population is given. Many of the entries could probably still need a bigger clean-up, though. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 16:10, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

: Awesome start, and I completely agree that the other articles will need cleanup. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:28, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

:: I did an even bigger revision. The article is reorganized and the entries of the single colonies are cleaned up and rewritten. I hope the text is better structured and more accessible than the previous version. Would be great if someone could have a closer look at it, though. Not a native speaker. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 00:43, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

== Serge's Twitter accout ==

Has anybody else been following him/it? According to him, Gemenon and Caprica share an orbit and the star system of the Colonies has four stars. While certainly official, what is the canonical status of his comments? Should we make changes to reflect this? --[[User:Mars|Mars]] 02:51, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
: Well, this is certainly a new source... It's interesting because I'm really not very comfortable with a fictional Twitter account being quoted as canon, particularly since we don't know if the people behind said account are using actual information from the production or not. I'm thinking that the Twitter account in question should be quoted anyway, since people are going to do that anyway, but we need to note that the source may or may not be accurate—as the source is only a method of using social network to promoting the series... nothing more.
: If, on the other hand, we were talking about something tweeted by Jane Espenson or a cast member, then that'd would certainly have more weight. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 02:57, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
The Caprican is used as a source I see. Why not Serge? Serge is obviously maintained by one of the writers of Caprica.--[User:Tpin12345|tpin]]
:: Sooo... has there been any decision as to whether Serge and/or The Caprican are reliable sources? --[[User:Pedda|Pedda]] 01:15, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
::: The Caprican is reliable. Natalie Stark, Vesta, Baxter Sarno, V-Match, New Cap City, holoband sleepers, Themis, the memorial in the park, Little Tauron, and other things were all mentioned there days or weeks before the episodes featuring them aired. And there's now an article with more detail about the Tauron Civil War and the origin of the term "dirteater", which will no doubt be borne out by the series. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 16:19, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
: Regarding Serge, I'd say we should look at it on a case by case basis. There are some chunks of information that can be reasonably expected to be verified within the show (e.g. Gemenon as Caprica's twin planet). Other tidbits that are more vague or obscure should remain in notes or trivia sections, especially if on-screen information sort of contradicts them (e.g. the whole Tauron City vs. Minos thing). Of course, a case by case basis is always prone to personal opinions and the like but I'd run with it for the time being. It would help if we knew for sure who's actually running Serge, though. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 20:38, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
:: I agree with this course of action. I haven't found out who runs the Serge twitter yet. I know who it isn't though. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 23:47, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Serge just tweeted the capital cities of all Twelve Colonies. (Interestingly enough, "Libran and Aquarion (sic) don't have official capitals.") This is great info...but argh, should we post it?! -- [[User:Liquidcross|Liquidcross]] 01:45, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

== Star System Map ==

I'd love to have a map of the star system of the Colonies. Maybe someone up in Vancouver loves us and we'll see one in ''Caprica''. However, I'm not sure if we should keep the one from the RPG. It doesn't really fit with any descriptions we've seen on screen or heard from sources like Jane Espenson and Serge.

Some of the discrepancies: There's only one star as opposed to three (or four); all of the colonies are actual planets or moons, no other stellar bodies; some colonies orbit gas giants we've never heard about but none orbits Ragnar; Caprica and Gemenon don't share an orbit; last but not least Libran is spelled as "Libris". -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 18:38, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
: I agree. This map is an interesting piece of art, but since the RPG isn't canon, the map is fan art, so we should remove it. --[[User:Pedda|Pedda]] 01:14, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
: Pull it, per the arguments above. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:14, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

== Libran vs Tauron City ==

[[Image:Libran.png|thumb]] [[Image:TauronCity.JPG|thumb]]
As BlueResistance noted, the city that was thought to show Libran in "The Plan" bears a striking resemblance to Tauron City (as seen in "Know Thy Enemy"). I don't think there was a caption in the "The Plan" - the city was simply seen when the Hybrid talked about Libran. I'd say they're supposed to be the same city. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 13:37, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
:It's possible, but I'm inclined to disagree. During the Hybrid's "burning" roll call, at least two of the Colonies unambiguously line up with what's on screen: "the harbors of Picon" and "the cities of Caprica" are spoken along with shots of a harbor and of Caprica City. Also, she (it?) says, "The pastures of Tauron are burning" pretty early, so it would be kind of odd to wait so long between saying something about Tauron and showing it. I'm guessing that the production recycled the shot as a cost-saving measure, and as something they could get away with relatively easily, since it's unlikely that they'll show Tauron City again, if at all. It wouldn't be the first CG error in ''Galactica''/''Caprica''. Anyway, let's see what other comments come in before changing images again. - [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 16:46, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
:: Just to clarify my point of view: I agree that it is likely that it was originally intended to show Libran. However, unlike Gemenon or Picon later on, it was never directly labeled as such. We simply don't know for sure. To say that it was Tauron City all along is, in my book, much less of a stretch than to say that Tauron City looks nearly identical to a city on Libran. And the fact that the city was originally thought to be Libran is still mentioned in the article on [[Tauron City]]. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 19:48, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
:::Just to add another level of complexity to it... There is a five decade difference between the two photos. We could assume that the Cylon War probably decimated these cities and they had to rebuild. Thus, there may ''not'' be an error here, per se... just a visual oddity. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 19:59, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
::::Another difference is that while the city seen in The Plan is located on a very flat terrain with nothing breaking the horizon, several mountains and/or hills can be seen surrounding Tauron City. The differences in the terrain should be taken into consideration. -- [[User:Azure Owl|Azure Owl]] 20:27, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
:::::How about if we just keep the original ''Plan'' screen cap as Libran and the ''Caprica'' screen cap as Tauron City, and leave it at that? There are enough differences to count each as representing separate places, even if it's clear that the CG people were working from their ''Plan'' image when making Tauron City. -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 22:01, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
:::::: I concur. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:33, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

== Latest edit (and, I guess, Serge again) ==

I'm wondering whether we should revert the [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Twelve_Colonies_%28RDM%29&curid=1080&diff=194025&oldid=193837 latest edit]. While it adds some interesting information, I have two qualms with it.

First of all there are quite a bit of spelling, grammar and formatting mistakes that would needed to be looked at. Second: None of that information is verified since these links only lead to Serge's account, not specific tweets. Given the load of information that Serge unleashes, I'd say we should be precise. (And I also don't think we need to add ''every'' single bit of trivia that comes up there). -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 03:28, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

: Concur. Pull it, find the exact tweets in question, cite it, rewrite it... the whole nine AUs. Also, I don't think we need to add ''every'' single bit of trivia, either... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 03:30, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

::I'm beginning to think that what Serge is saying is mostly true. But I guess we might as well wait until its confirmed right? [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] 09:15, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

:::Everything Serge says so far has lined up with the show and The Caprican. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 14:27, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

:::But obviously we should cite specific tweets for verifiability. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 16:36, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

JFYI: I made a big clean-up of the latest edits. Again: The new information wasn't cited properly (only stating "the Caprican" [sic]), wasn't reasonably put into the existing text and/or lacked sentence structure. I also threw some stuff out that I couldn't find in the latest articles. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 07:38, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

==Pointing out the word "Gemenese"==

I also removed the odd bit that "Gemenese" is the adjective for Gemenon. That should become clear while reading that paragraph, IMO. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 07:38, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
:No, it has to be stated clearly and directly. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 14:37, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
:: Why, exactly? We don't state it for any of the other Colonies and the word already appears in the text. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 14:46, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
::: Because it's rather notable in form, we don't know the adjective for many of the other Colonies (if, for example, "Leonan" finally gets stated on the show and not just Serge's twitter, we should note it too), without such a statement not enough attention is drawn to it in the section as is, and without such a statement someone might think we're using a random adjective. The possibility of it not getting across has to be as close to 0% as we can make it. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 15:02, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
:::: Okay, personally I really don't get why it is ''that'' important ("not enough attention", "has to be as close to 0%") to state the adjective of this world in its introductory paragraph - show, don't tell? Besides, at the moment people still might think that we make it up, because there's no citation for it. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 15:13, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
::::: I doubt people would think that, as that would be us making a false claim rather than just using a placeholder (as the article currently does with "Aquarian" and used to do with "Leonisian"), but I will add a citation of The Captain's Hand, which is the first episode it was mentioned in as far as I can remember. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 15:17, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
:::::: To make my point clear: I don't see why the part about the adjective belongs into the first paragraph. In all other colony entries (Aerilon, Aquarion, Libran), linguistic information like that is put in the note section. If it ''has'' to be stated (which I still doubt) it should follow suit. Of course, by then the word is already used four times within the article itself. IMO that makes it a bit redundant. But I'd like others to weigh in, because obviously we both are on the very opposite sides of an argument here. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 15:27, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
::::::: IMO, the unique form of this adjective is interesting enough to be noted, but it's not interesting enough to be noted in the section ''before'', well, the Notes section. --[[User:Pedda|Pedda]] 15:48, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
:::::::: That would put it after uses of the word in the section, making it a redundant note as compared to having it before them. It's not odd this way. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 16:09, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
::::::::: Per that argument we should give up notes sections entirely, because most notes clarify something that is mentioned earlier in an article. Thought about it I agree with Pedda: It's okay to be noted. However, it doesn't belong in the first paragraph (or the article itself) were it looks as if it were one of the most important things to learn about the planet (which it is simply not, as far as I'm concerned). -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 17:11, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::: That's not a reasonable extension of my argument. (head stratch) This is language usage. Saying the adjective is Gemenese logically goes before actually using that word. It's not like anything in a Notes section. And of course the correct language usage is one of the most primary things to learn about the planet. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 23:22, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::: Honestly, I want the article to be as helpful to readers as possible. If I was a new reader coming here for reference material and saw that sentence in a Notes section instead of the first paragraph, I would think "Why is that there?" and possibly create an account just so that I could put it in the first paragraph. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 23:57, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::: Why is it not a reasonable extension? People might just as well ask why we call a planet Aquaria, Libran, Aerilon, all of which are clarified and explained in notes sections. That's language usage, as well. I don't see why "Gemenese" is any different.
::::::::::: And the whole "If I were a new user" argument is IMO a bit shallow but definitely works both ways: I'd wonder why that tidbit of information is treated so differently from comparable notes. And why a simple adjective is regarded as that important that it has to be explained in the article's introduction. Also, thinking about it, I'd say that a separate note actually draws more attention to a subject - I'm quite fond of notes that way. But I ''really'' think we both are going round in circles here. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 06:07, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::::: Because using the word Gemenese as the adjective and then saying "Gemenese is the adjective" looks funny. It's not like using a planet's name and then explaining where it comes from. It's bad sentence structure. Good sentence structure is the other way around. An explanation of where the word "Gemenese" comes from would go in the Notes, not this statement of the fact of it. And there's no good argument for leaving it out entirely, because it's used so sparsely elsewhere in the section that it could easily fail to register with someone as ''the'' word.
:::::::::::: It seems obvious and intuitive to me that it belongs in the first sentence because it is one of the most primary and basic things about the planet, it is literally one of the first things about it. Other things follow on from there. Not having it where it is right now seems fundamentally wrong to my senses and sensibilities, like missing a step on the stairs. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 14:05, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
::::::::::::: Well, I think it's bad ''text'' structure to talk about adjectives in a paragraph that is otherwise concerned with the layout of a planet. And I still simply don't get why it's supposed to be that important to inform readers about that word right away. I don't think you'll find that in similar articles on Earth nations that have rather unusual adjectives. And what exactly "follows on from there"? Also I still think that the word is used often enough in the text to make readers notice it.
::::::::::::: '''But look''': I still disagree with you. Strongly. You disagree with me. We both turn each other's arguments around and that's leading us exactly ''nowhere''. I really think by now someone else (=Joe?) should weigh in (=settle on) what to do - and we both should accept that decision. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 19:41, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::::::: Holy crap, this was a mountain out of a molehill! A little creative text editing solves the entire problem. So I did it. -- [[User:Liquidcross|Liquidcross]] 19:56, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

== New info from The Caprican ==

There is a [http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php new article] in The Caprican with information about 5 cities in the Colonies. Before incorporating any of it into the article I was wondering how I should approach the citation.

Should we use a single numbered footnote repeated all over the page, or several different numbered footnotes referring to the same source?

I ask because I have the suspicion that some of the info is going to be relevant in the show. In particular, that description about Gemenon’s second most important city and its temple complex. I can’t shake the feeling that the show is going to end up visiting it.

Oh… and it’s the second time they’ve talked about the damn empty stadium in Themis. What’s up with that? -- [[User:Azure Owl|Azure Owl]] 21:06, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
: I'd use normal <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tags. After all, the information will be scattered around the page.
: Also (as per the discussion above), please keep in mind not to add every single detail - some general information should suffice. As far as I see it, these articles here are about planets, not their cities. If those cities will show up in ''Caprica'' we can always create articles for them and add detailed information. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 21:21, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

== Picture descriptions + main picture ==

[[Image:Bsyashuman.jpg|thumb|Current main picture of the article.]]
I removed the episode information from the picture descriptions. I think they look much cleaner and more concise that way - especially given that the article is already filled with a lot of links and the new episode citation method would make the descriptions even more cramped. I really don't know whether there's an official style guide regarding picture desriptions but articles throughout the wiki use (and even mix) both methods (with and without episodes).

I also wanted to bring attention to the '''main picture''' of the article. I put it there and I think it's quite nice, aesthetically and stuff. But it doesn't really represent the Twelve Colonies that well. Might there be a better alternative? Maybe a picture of the Colonial Seal ''without'' the "Battlestar Galactica - BSG 62" text or something like that? -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 09:53, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
:Main picture: How 'bout [http://media.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/File:Colonial_Seal.svg this]? And I agree that picture descriptions should not include episode titles, unless it's really necessary to put that picture in the right context. --[[User:Pedda|Pedda]] 15:41, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
:: Oh, like that picture. Fits well with the flags. -- [[User:Penumbra|Penumbra]] 16:01, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

The Twelve Colonies of Kobol

2010-03-23T19:56:31Z

Liquidcross: /* Gemenon */ Fixing the silly argument over the placement of the word "Gemenese"

:''This article discusses the Twelve Colonies of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. See [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]] for information on the Colonies of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].''

[[File:Colonialseal.png|thumb|[[Colonial Seal|Seal]] of the Twelve Colonies.]]
'''The Twelve Colonies of Kobol''' are twelve distinct worlds, located in a remote part of their home galaxy. For about 2,000 years they were home to the human survivors of the Exodus of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]].

After the settlement, the colonies slowly began to prosper and eventually gave birth to a race of cybernetic lifeforms, known as [[Cylons (RDM) | Cylons]]. Soon after their creation the Cylons raged a devastating war on their creators' home planets which ultimately led to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

Wasted and in ruins, the once prosperous home worlds of humanity are finally left to themselves. What becomes of them is unknown to their inhabitants' descendants.
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==Star System==
The Twelve Colonies of Kobol are located in the star system Cyrannus.<ref>''Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine''; "Encyclopedia Galactica"; issue #3; page 51</ref>

During the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] one [[Hybrid]] indicates that the Colonies orbit three stars ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). It is also known that at least some of the Colonies share their orbits ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]], TV version).

While [[Elosha]] states that the Tribes settled onto "twelve worlds", the exact definition of "world" remains ambiguous. Although the Colonies are defined as independent, habitable celestial bodies, it is not known, whether they only include major planets or other astronomical objects such as moons, minor planets or even asteroids.

Prior to their destruction, the Twelve Colonies have approximately 50 billion inhabitants ([[TRS]]: "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]").

===Notes===
* The fact, that the Colonies are located within one system originates from a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/#a000016 blog entry] by Ronald D. Moore.
* Jane Espenson revealed on Twitter that the Colonies are within a star cluster and share some orbits. The latter fact was finally shown to be true in the TV version of the [[Caprica pilot#Differences between the DVD and TV Cut | series premiere]] of ''Caprica''.
* According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/9489713649 Serge's Twitter Account], the Colonies orbit four stars in a star cluster, one of which is [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/8704838501 described] as an "outlier". Also, some of the worlds (such as [[Aquaria]]) are barely inhabitable. Aquaria and Aerilon also [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10897544075 share an orbit] with [[Ragnar]] and are located in the gas giant's Lagrangian points.
* Before the canonical figure, mentioned above, the original [[Miniseries]] script stated a pre-Fall population of about 12 billion.The webisodes "[[The Resistance]]" stated the death of 20 billion people caused by the Cylons.
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==History==
{{mainarticle|History of the Twelve Colonies}}
[[Image:Home pt1-Kobol.jpg|thumb|[[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the ancient homeworld of humanity.]]
About 2,000 years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the last twelve tribes of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] left their planet<ref>According to dialogue from "[[Torn]]", "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" and "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]", the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] left Kobol some 2,000 years ''before'' the twelve tribes. The Scroll of [[Pythia]] is dated as written 3,600 years before the last exodus of Kobol, and chronicles the Thirteenth Tribe's exodus.</ref> over conflicts with their [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|gods]], as well as some sort of calamity ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]").

The tribes settled on twelve worlds some distance away ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]"). The tribes' namesakes and icons originally corresponded to the twelve signs of the ancient tribes, although these [[wikipedia:Zodiac|names]] drifted over time ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part II]]").<ref>Flag matches with Colonies from "Encyclopedia Galactica." ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine]]''. Feb./Mar. 2006: 50-55.</ref>

The early Colonies lived (and fought) more as sovereign nations. Some (particularly [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]) prospered, while others (such as [[Sagittaron]] and [[Aerilon]]) were often considered lessers. For peacetime labor forces as well as for wars between each other, humanity created the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. When these [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|early models]] rebelled, the Colonies unified their governments under the [[Articles of Colonization]] sometime before or during the [[Cylon War]] as a federal republic known as the '''Twelve Colonies of Kobol'''.

The official symbol of the Twelve Colonies was the [[Colonial seal]]. The nation also had a distinctive [[Colonial anthem|anthem]].

===Downfall===
{{mainarticle|Fall of the Twelve Colonies}}
[[Image:Bsyashuman.jpg|thumb|[[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], shortly before its downfall.]]
40 years after the end of the devastating war, the Cylons return and cause havoc among the twelve worlds of their creators ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[The Plan]]"). For some time the Colonies remain occupied by Cylon forces and a [[Caprica resistance|small group of human survivors]]. After nine months, humanity and the Cylons leave the twelve worlds for good ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

Of the original 50 billion inhabitants, only about 55,000 survive the first days of the holocaust. Most of them leave the Colonies behind in two small [[The Fleet (RDM)|fugitive fleets]]. The fleet of the [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM) | Galactica]]'' eventually encounters both [[Kobol]], as well as the original Thirteenth Colony [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Some time after that, and after the destruction of the [[The Colony|the Cylon home world]], they settle on a [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|beautiful, rich world]], leaving behind the baggage of their Colonial heritage. ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Razor]]", "[[Daybreak, Part II]]")

===Fate===
The ultimate fate of the Twelve Colonies 150,000 years after [[The Fall]] is unknown. Presumably, after several hundred years, their climates and surfaces would degrade until they resemble the original [[Earth]].

It can be presumed that by the present-day radiation levels would have lowered past the point in which life would be allowed to flourish once again. However, little, if any traces would remain of the human civilizations that once thrived upon them, excluding remains in space, such as the remnants of [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] or [[Ragnar Anchorage]].
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==Aerilon==
{{mainarticle|Aerilon}}
[[Image:ColonialColors7.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Aerilon]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Aries (constellation)|Aries]]

Aerilon was primarily an agricultural world. It was considered to be the "food basket" of the Twelve Colonies and ranked among its poorest members ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]"). The planet shared an orbit with the gas giant [[Ragnar]], orbiting in one of its Lagrangian points.<ref name="ragnar">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10897544075 Serge's twitter account] stated that fact.</ref> Aerilon's capital was Gaoth.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

The mannerisms of Aerilon's natives were considered rough and rude, at least by [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] standards. The people of this world also spoke with a distinctive accent that was quite hard to cover up ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]").

One of the very last [[Pyramid (RDM) | Pyramid]] games occurred on Aerilon, right before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Resistance]]"). A [[Lest We Forget|photograph]], showcasing the destruction of Aerilon's capital, Gaoth, becomes one of the most memorable documents of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies within [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]", deleted scene).

=== Natives ===
* [[Gaius Baltar | Gaius]] and [[Julius Baltar]]
* [[Sherry Bennett]]
* [[Sekou Hamilton]]
* [[Socinus]]

=== Notes ===
* On some occasions this colony's name was also spelled '''Aerelon'''. Battlestar Wiki uses the more commonly found '''Aerilon'''. There is a similar discrepancy in the pronunciation of the colony's name.
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==Aquaria==
[[Image:ColonialColors12.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Aquaria]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Aquarius (constellation)|Aquarius]]

Aquaria was widely known for its vast oceans ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). The planet had no official capital city and shared an orbit with [[Ragnar]] in one of its Lagrangian points.<ref name="capitals3">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] stated in[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545438632 this tweet] that Aquaria and Libran "don't have official capitals".</ref><ref name="ragnar">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10897544075 Serge's twitter account] stated that fact.</ref>

The Aquarian government hold weekly community meetings that were open to all, citizen or non-citizen. Most issues addressed were voted on and passed by majority vote, even the election of the Prime Minister.<ref name="capricanvacations">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations"].</ref>

Its first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] delegate within the [[The Fleet (RDM) | fugitive Fleet]], [[Miksa Burian]], votes for [[Tom Zarek]] in the vice-presidential elections ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]").

=== Notes ===
* On many occasions this colony's name was also spelled '''Aquarion'''. However, the name '''Aquaria''' was heard on screen during the Hybid's monologue in "[[The Plan]]".<ref>Serge's [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/8704063822 Twitter account] states that both names are viable, with Aquarion being the official name and Aquaria a regional variation.</ref>
* In an [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/01/caprica-countdown-the-music-of-the-master-bear-mccreary.html LA Times article], Aquaria is described as a frigid ocean world, with small volcanic land masses and small communities. It is also said to be regarded as nothing more than a scientific research outpost by the other Colonies.
* According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545438632 Serge's twitter account], Aquaria doesn't have a capital city.
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==Canceron==
[[Image:ColonialColors9.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Canceron]]
[[Image:Canceron.png|thumb|left|Canceron from orbit.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Cancer (constellation)|Cancer]]

The planet was well known for its beaches and had at least one large coastal metropolis ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). The capital was Hades.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

One of the [[Luxury liner | passenger liners]] within [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], ''[[Pyxis]]'', is one of the last ships that escapes this world when the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] began. Aboard is the [[Number Six]] copy [[Shelly Godfrey]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").

[[Robin Wenutu]] is the Canceron delegate to the first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] after the Fall.
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==Caprica==
{{mainarticle|Caprica (RDM)}}
[[Image:ColonialColors3.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Caprica]]
[[Image:Caprica from Orbit.jpg|left|thumb|[[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] from orbit.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[w:Capricornus|Capricorn]]

Caprica was a lush blue-green planet, covered by large oceans and continents. It shared its orbit with another arid and desertic world ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]], TV version - see notes). Metropolitan areas on the planet included the capital [[Caprica City]], as well as [[Delphi]].

Caprica was regarded as the center of Colonial civilization, even long before the [[First Cylon War]]. [[Graystone Industries]] was one of the Colonies most influential technology developers and had a hand in creating the very [[U-87 | first Cylons]]. Some 60 years before [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies | the Fall]], Caprica was also plagued by [[Soldiers of the One | religious]] motivated terrorism ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]).

After the war, the planet was once again the seat of politics, culture, art, science, learning and even the Colonial government. It was also one of the wealthiest colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Epiphanies]]", "[[Dirty Hands]]").

During the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies | Cylon attack]] Caprica comes under heavy bombardment by Cylon forces. At least four [[Battlestar (RDM) | battlestars]] are destroyed in its orbit and Caprica City is annihilated in a nuclear explosion ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[The Plan]]").

After the Fall of Mankind, Caprica is occupied by [[Cylons (RDM) | Cylon forces]]. Some of the few remaining [[Caprica resistance|human survivors]] within the Colonies fight on this world for several weeks. The occupation and resistance both end roughly nine months after the attack and the planet is left for good ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]", "[[Resistance]]", "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", "[[The Plan]]").

6,250 people from Caprica join the [[Laura Roslin faction]] over [[Kobol (RDM) | Kobol]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]"). The overall Caprican survivor population, possibly significantly greater, is unknown (see analysis [[The Fleet (RDM)#Demographics|here]]). An attempted settlement by the survivors of the holocaust is named [[New Caprica]] in honor of the original colony ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

The first [[Quorum of Twelve]] delegate after the Fall is [[Gaius Baltar]]. Years later this spot is taken by [[Lee Adama]].

===Natives===
* [[William Adama | William]], [[Tamara Adama | Tamara]], [[Zak Adama | Zak]] and [[Lee Adama]]
* [[Richard Adar]], presumed as he was also the mayor of Caprica City at one point
* [[Daniel Graystone | Daniel]], [[Amanda Graystone | Amanda]] and [[Zoe Graystone]]
* [[Lacy Rand]] and her family
* [[Laura Roslin | Laura]], [[Cheryl Roslin | Cheryl]] and [[Sandra Roslin]], as well as their parents
* [[Ben Stark]] and his mother, [[Natalie Stark | Natalie]]
* [[Kara Thrace | Kara]], [[Socrata Thrace | Socrata]] and (presumably) [[Dreilide Thrace]]

===Notes===
* Caprica was and continues to be the world most prominently depicted in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM) | re-imagined series' continuity]]. It wasn't until [[Razor]] that another of the Twelve Colonies was actually seen on screen.
* According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/8705440343 Sege's Twitter Account], Caprica shares its orbit with [[Gemenon]].
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==Gemenon==
[[Image:ColonialColors5.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Gemenon]]
[[Image:Gemenon.JPG|thumb|left|Gemenon from orbit.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Gemini (constellation)|Gemini]]

Gemenon was an arid and xeric red world that shared its orbit with [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]], TV version - see notes). The capital of the planet was Oranu.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref> It was one of the poorer colonies, and the Gemenese people were known for their religious fundamentalism ([[TRS]]: "[[Scattered]]", "[[Dirty Hands]]").

Gemenon's second-largest city, Illumini, was built around a large Pantheon complex, composed of buildings intended to worship and celebrate every deity in the [[Sacred Scrolls]].<ref name="capricanvacations">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations"].</ref>

Before the [[First Cylon War]], Gemenon was home to the Kobol Colleges and a monotheistic cult called "[[Soldiers of the One|The Soldiers of the One]]" ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 2]]; [[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]).

The Gemenese were known for their literal interpretations of the [[Sacred Scrolls]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Fragged]]"). Most of the population of Gemenon was apparently very strongly opposed to the federal laws legalizing abortion ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

The planet also had either an old or disused language, known as [[Language in the Twelve Colonies|Old Gemenese]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

Three months after [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the Fall]], approximately 9,500 Gemenese join the [[Laura Roslin faction]] over [[Kobol]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]"). The large and devoted Gemenese population continues to be an important political factor within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|fugitive fleet]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

===Natives===
*[[Adrien Bauer]]
*[[Jurgen Belzen]] and his family
*[[Rya Kibby]]
*[[Romo Lampkin]]
*[[Sarah Porter]], former delegate to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]
*Corporal [[Venner]]

===Notes===
* If the word "Inviere" (meaning "Resurrection") is any indication, Old Gemenese was probably similar to the Romanian language of [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|our Earth]].
* According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/8705440343 Serge's Twitter account], Gemenon is the planet that shares its orbit with [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. This planet is seen at the beginning of the aired ''Caprica'' pilot, but not identified in said episode.
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==Leonis==
[[Image:ColonialColors8.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Leonis]]
[[Image:Leonis.png|thumb|left|A Leonan thoroughfare under Cylon assault.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Leo (constellation)|Leo]]

Leonis was geographically known for its open plains ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). Its capital was Luminere.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

In the era prior to the [[First Cylon War]], Leonis produced and exported a popular energy drink named "Leonis Red".<ref name="capricanvacations">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations"].</ref> [[Leonis Estates Sparkling Wine]] was a type of alcohol produced on this colony ([[TRS]]: "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]").

[[Safiya Sanne]] is the Leonan representative on the first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] after [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the Fall]].
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==Libran==
[[Image:ColonialColors11.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Libran]]
[[Image:Libran.gif|thumb|left|The courthouses of Libran.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Libra (constellation)|Libra]]

Libran was known for its courthouses and lawyers ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"), and was the home of the [[Inter-Colonial Court]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Gravedancing]]"). The planet had no official capital.<ref name="capitals3">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] stated in[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545438632 this tweet] that Aquaria and Libran "don't have official capitals".</ref>

A major city on Libran was called [[Themis]] which had a large, modern [[pyramid]] arena built sometime before the First Cylon War. Yet at this time Libran had no official pyramid team.<ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/sports/libran-needs-a-pyramid-team-statim.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Libran Needs a Pyramid Team Statim"].</ref>

After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], [[Oswin Eriku]] is chosen to be this colony's representative to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]].

''[[Zephyr]]'', a passenger liner in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], is of Libran registry.<ref>This was stated in a Fleet overview on scifi.com. This section of the site has long been shut down.</ref>

===Notes===
* The Colony's actual name, '''Libran''', was not heard on screen until "[[The Plan]]" but could already be seen on a name plate in "[[The Ties That Bind]]" and "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]". Before that it was often called '''Libris''' in secondary publications.
* The city that is seen when Libran is mentioned in the "Caprica is burning" monologue in "[[The Plan]]", bears a striking resemblance to [[Tauron City]], as seen in "[[Know Thy Enemy]]".
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==Picon==
[[Image:ColonialColors2.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Picon]]
[[Image:Picon.png|thumb|left|Picon from orbit.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]]

Picon was a turquoise planet, mainly covered by water and famous for its harbors ([[The Plan]]). The capital city was Queenstown, a relatively small fishing village.<ref name="capricanpicon">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/p-is-for-paradise-p-is-for-picon.php ''The Caprican'' article: "'P' Is for 'Paradise, 'P' Is for Picon"].</ref><ref name="capitals2">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Caprica, Tauron and Picon [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545200174 this tweet].</ref>

During the planet's off-season, most of the landscape became cold and rugged.<ref name="capricanpicon">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/p-is-for-paradise-p-is-for-picon.php ''The Caprican'' article: "'P' Is for 'Paradise, 'P' Is for Picon"].</ref> The planet was often used as a substiture for [[Caprica City]] in Caprican films and TV series.<ref name="capricanvacations">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations"].</ref>

After the Unification of the Twelve Colonies this world was the location of the [[Picon Fleet Headquarters|Colonial Fleet Headquarters]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]). Picon was also the home of [[Picon Laboratories]], located in Pailyn, Muritolan ([[TRS]]: "[[Faith]]").

The colony came under heavy attack during the early stages of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]]. One of the last ships to leave the planet was the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'', carrying many wounded people including an unconscious [[Ellen Tigh]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").

The destruction of Picon's Fleet Headquarters caused President [[Richard Adar]] to offer a complete and unconditional surrender to the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. This offer was ignored by the invading forces ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

===Natives===
* [[Asha Janik]]
* [[Billy Keikeya | Billy Keikeya's]] family
* [[Playa Palacios]]

===Publications===
*''[[Picon Star Tribune]]''

===Pyramid Team===
* [[Picon Panthers]]

=== Notes ===
*Picon's destination as a substitue for Caprica in films and series is likely a reference to Canada, and particularily Vancouver, where both the [[Re-Imagined Series]] and "[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]" were filmed.
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==Sagittaron==
{{mainarticle|Sagittaron}}
[[Image:ColonialColors10.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Sagittaron]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]]

Sagittaron was one of the poorest worlds of the Twelve Colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Bastille Day]]"). The capital of this planet was Tawa.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

The Sagittarons were traditionalists who practiced a different form of religion from the other Colonials. They distrusted modern medicine and were generally unsupportive of the military ([[TRS]]: "[[The Woman King]]").

The Planet endured centuries of exploitation at the hands of the other Colonies. Eventually, [[Tom Zarek]] led an organized series of terrorist acts against the established government there, many years before the [[Fall of the Colonies|Fall of the Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Bastille Day]]").

A few days after the Cylon attack, 5,251 people from this world reside within [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]").

===Natives===
* [[Jacob Cantrell]]
* [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Portia King | Portia]] and [[Willie King]]
* [[Clarice Willow]]
* [[Tom Zarek]]

===Notes===
* The colony's name was originally spelled as "Sagittar'''i'''on" in the [[Miniseries]], but this changed to '''Sagittaron''' when the regular series began.
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==Scorpia==
[[Image:ScorpionFleetShipyards1.jpg|thumb|left|Scorpia and and its shipyards from orbit.]]
[[Image:ColonialColors6.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Scorpia]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Scorpius|Scorpio]]

Scorpia was known for its lush jungles and hot temperatures ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). Scorpia's capital was Celeste.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

Before the [[First Cylon War]] one of the major leisure spots of the world was Argentum Bay, despite the colony's trashy reputation.<ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/entertainment/argentum-bay-the-ultimate-vernal-break.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Argentum Bay: The Ultimate Vernal Break"].</ref>. The Planet was also apparently well-known for its [[Scorpia Paragliding|Paragliding]] ([[TRS]]: "Razor").

After the Unification, Scorpia was home to the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards|Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]. This structure comes under heavy fire during the initial [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], destroying five ships and causing [[Pegasus (RDM)|another one]] to risk a blind jump in order to escape ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

[[Eladio Puasha]] serves as the planet's delegate to the first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] assembled after the Fall.
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===Notes===
* In an [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/01/caprica-countdown-paula-malcolmsons-moving-away-from-deadwoods-trixie.html LA Times article], Scorpia is described as having a "scorpion tail-like half-ring". This fits Tauron's twin world that was shortly seen in "Know Thy Enemy".
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==Tauron==
{{mainarticle|Tauron (RDM)}}
[[Image:ColonialColors4.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Tauron]]
[[Image:Tauron.png|thumb|left|[[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] from orbit.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Taurus (constellation)|Taurus]]

Tauron was a barren, arid planet that lacked any kind of flowers. However, it was well-known for its agriculture ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]). Its capital was [[Hypatia]]<ref name="capitals2">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Caprica, Tauron and Picon [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545200174 this tweet].</ref>, another large city was [[Tauron City]]. The planet shared its orbit with another ringed world ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]" - see notes).

Taurons were known to be very traditional people, even speaking a very old and distinctive [[Language in the Twelve Colonies|language]] ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]).

Some 800 years before [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the Fall]] Tauron was colonized by [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]] and [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Leonis|Leonis]]. The people of Tauron liberated themselves and ever since this world has been known for its troubled and violent history.<ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/opinion/racism-an-unacceptable-aspect-of-caprican-life.php ''The Caprican'' article: "An Unacceptable Aspect of Caprican Life"].</ref>

Nearly a century before its Fall, Tauron was one of the poorer colonial worlds and the center of a [[Tauron Civil War|civil war]]. A few years before the [[First Cylon War]], the crime syndicate [[Ha'la'tha]] had enormous influence over the planet, which even extended to other colonies, such as [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]).

During the War, [[Hypatia]] was was the location of a [[Battle of Tauron|fierce and lossy battle]] against [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon forces]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor|Razor]]", extended Edition).

After the War, Tauron was known to be a somewhat troublesome colony within the [[Government of the Twelve Colonies|federal system]] of the Colonies, often disobeying directives decided by the colonies and pushing their luck with the admiralty ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"). Yet this world was counted among the wealthier of the twelve worlds ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]").

===Natives===
* [[Joseph Adama | Joseph]] and [[Sam Adama]]
* [[Shannon Adama]] and her mother, [[Ruth]]
* [[Helena Cain]] and her murdered family
* [[Tomas Vergis]]

===Notes===
* The language of Tauron is remarkably similar to Ancient Greek that, thousands of years later, was spoken on [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth | a planet]] on the other side of the galaxy.
* According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10335013016 Serge's Twitter Account] Tauron only has a moon. However, the object's appearance in "Know Thy Enemy" is relatively large and resembles an [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/01/caprica-countdown-paula-malcolmsons-moving-away-from-deadwoods-trixie.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ShowTracker+%28L.A.+Times+-+Show+Tracker%29 ''LA Times'' decription] of [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Scorpia|Scorpia]].
* Serge's Twitter account also [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545200174 stated] Tauron's capital to be [[Hypatia]].
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==Virgon==
[[Image:ColonialColors1.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Virgon]]
[[Image:Virgon.png|thumb|left|An urban centre on Virgon.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]]

Virgon was well-known for its forests ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]") and considered to be one of the wealthier colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]"). The capital of Virgon was Boskirk.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

[[Virgon Brew]] was a beer produced on the planet and exported to other Colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Maelstrom]]").

Soon after the beginning of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], the Colonials launche a counter-attack over Virgon. The battle ends with the destruction of the flagship battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM) | Atlantia]]'' and the resulting death of [[Nagala|Fleet Admiral Nagala]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

[[Marshall Bagot]] is the Virgon delegate to the first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]. He nominates [[Tom Zarek]] for the vice-presidency ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]"). In public ceremonies, the Virgon delegate wears a light blue sash.

=== Notes ===
* As an Easter Egg in "[[The Plan]]", the building on the lower left of the screen is the same one where the [[memoryalpha:Romulan Senate|Romulan Senate]] assembles in ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek Nemesis|Star Trek Nemesis]]''. A detailed picture of this building is available [[memoryalpha:File:Romulan senate building, 2379.jpg|here]].
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== See Also==
*[[Ithaca]]
*[[Ragnar]]
*[[Troy (RDM)|Troy]]

==References==
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Prison of Souls, Part 3

2010-03-18T20:26:17Z

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| title=Prison of Souls, Part 3
| series=Realm Press
| issueno=5
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| writer=[[Chris Scalf]] and [[James Kuhoric]]
| penciller=[[Robert Scott]] and [[Chris Scalf]]
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| letterer=[[Tanja Scalf]]
| editor=[[Steve Atwell]]
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| published= July 1998
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== Plot Synopsis ==

: '''''Part 3 of 3.''' The [[Somnians]] have been let loose upon the galaxy and Commander [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] alone must stop them.''

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Prison of Souls, Part 3

2010-03-18T20:25:10Z

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| title=Prison of Souls, Part 3
| series=Realm Press
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| penciller=[[Robert Scott]] and [[Chris Scalf]]
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| editor=[[Steve Atwell]]
| cover=[[Chris Scalf]]
| published= July 1998
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== Plot Synopsis ==

: '''''Part 3 of 3.''' The [[Somnians]] have been let loose upon the galaxy and Commander [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] alone must stop them.''

== Summary ==

{{stub}}

== Notes ==

== Analysis ==

== Questions ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== External Links ==

== References ==
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