Exodus!
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| Exodus! An issue of the Marvel Comics series. | ||
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| Issue No. | 2 | |
| Writer(s) | Roger McKenzie | |
| Illustrator(s) | {{{illustrator}}} | |
| Penciller(s) | Ernie Colon | |
| Inker(s) | Ernie Colon | |
| Colorist(s) | Bob Sharen | |
| Letterer(s) | Ernie Colon | |
| Editor(s) | Mark Gruenwald and Jim Shooter | |
| Collection Design | {{{designer}}} | |
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| Adaptation of | Saga of a Star World (Part 2) | |
| Published | March 1979 | |
| Collects | ||
| Collected in | Saga of a Star World | |
| Reprints | Marvel Super Special #8: Battlestar Galactica (Part 2) | |
| Reprinted as | ||
| Pages | {{{pages}}} | |
| ISBN | [[Special:Booksources/|]] | |
| Population | 0 Survivors | |
| Special | {{{special}}} | |
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| Previous | Next | |
| Battlestar Galactica | Exodus! | Deathtrap! |
| Purchase | ||
| Available at BOOKSAMILLION.COM - Purchase | ||
| Available at Amazon.com – [[amazon:{{{amazon}}}|Purchase]] | ||
| Available at Amazon.co.uk – Purchase | ||
| Available at Things From Another World - Purchase | ||
- For the Re-imagined Series episode of the same name, see: Exodus, Part I.
This comic is the first of three issues adapting the Original Series' "Saga of a Star World."
Plot
Notes
General
- Sire Uri's first appearance depicts him flanked by two women, one of whom has Princess Leia's "side buns" hair style.
- The comic eschews the terms for time, using "hours" instead of "centars" in certain instances, mirroring the inconsistencies in application of "Earth" terms vs. "Colonial" terms for time and other units of measurement.
- Example: "And, several hours later, aboard the Rising Star..." - A caption on the page detailing Apollo and Serina's visit to Dr. Wilker's lab, where Muffey II awaits.
- The term "centon" is also used inconsistently, in some instances it can mean either a unit of time — minutes, hours, or even days — or some unit of distance:
- "Yeah? Well another two centons [minutes] and you would've been a doormat, Captain." - Starbuck to Apollo after Apollo is bum-rushed by survivors aboard Gemini.
- "Meanwhile, some centons [hours? sectors?] away..." - A caption on the page featuring the Imperious Leader's decree to execute Baltar.
- "It is, at best, a nine centon [day] journey. We will never make it." - Sire Uri objects to heading to Carillon over Borallus for desperately needed supplies.
Differences
- This issue hews closely to the finalized televised pilot, including Baltar's stay-of-execution (changed from the theatrical release, which depicts Baltar's execution before the Imperious Leader).
- The only omission is Cassiopeia and Starbuck's sexual rendezvous in the launch bay and Athena's retaliatory "steam purge."
Publication History
This issue was reprinted in Star Heroes: Winter Special (UK) Vol. 1 #1 (October 1979 CE), and later republished in Saga of a Star World (June 2005 CE).
Analysis
As the comic adaptation hues closely to the finalized pilot, "Saga of a Star World," many of the points of analysis are mirrored in the aforementioned article.
Questions
- What will the rag-tag fugitive fleet discover at Carillon? (Answer)