Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo 4

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Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #4 An issue of the Dynamite series.
Issue No.	4
Writer(s)	Dan Abnett
Illustrator(s)	{{{illustrator}}}
Penciller(s)	Dietrich Smith
Inker(s)
Colorist(s)	Fran Gamboa
Letterer(s)	Simon Bowland
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Collection Design	{{{designer}}}
Cover Artist(s)	Mike Mayhew (Cover A) Dietrich Smith (Cover B) Livio Ramondelli (Cover C) Ardian Syaf (Cover D)
Adaptation of
Published	March 2015
Collects
Collected in	Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo
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Pages	{{{pages}}}
ISBN	725130224408
Population	0 Survivors
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In the wake of Apollo's tragic fate, Starbuck secretly recruits Boomer, Athena and a few chosen others for a desperate and unsanctioned mission, but his reckless determination may be leaving the fleet vulnerable to Cylon attack. And the gathering Cylon threat is stronger and more insidious than ever before. Starbuck won't let anything stop him... not Adama, not the Cylons and not even common sense. Shocking drama and continuity-shaking military SF action from the acclaimed writer of Guardians of the Galaxy.

Plot

• Continuing their rescue mission, Captain Starbuck instructs Sephoni and Athena to strike at the mass of Centurions hard as they start a firefight throughout the central hangar bay of the super basestar.
• After brief reparatee between Athena and the "incorrigible rogue" Starbuck, the infiltration group makes their way through the deck hoists. Hiding behind a console, the team recharges their slaser pistols and Sephoni obtains a clean read two decks down.
• Taking a maintenance ladder, Athena muses about the fate of the fighter screen.
• During the distracting dogfight around the basestar, Boomer saves Greenbean from an unshakable, pursuing Raider. The team regroups in a quad formation and then performs a multi-split in order to reenage the fighter force.

Notes

Releases

• An additional exclusive subscription variant cover (Cover D) featuring the work of Ardian Syaf was made available to "comic shop subscribers and limited to initial orders."

Artworks

• Mike Mayhew's original artwork for "Cover A" was done in watercolor on 11" x 17" Fabriano Artistico 140lb. hot press watercolor paper, painted with a combination of both hand-brush and airbrushing techniques. As of 7 November 2021, Mayhew's sale price for the unique piece is $2,000.00 USD.
• A preliminary painted version of "Cover A" was done in watercolor on 8.5" x 11". It was listed for sale on 5 January 2015.

Noteworthy Dialogue

• Dialogue 1

  Speaker 1: Dialogue.

• Dialogue 2

  Speaker 1: Dialogue.

Related Imagery

Covers

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  Cover A by Mike Mayhew.
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  Cover B by Dietrich Smith.
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  Cover C by Livio Ramondelli.
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  Cover D by Ardian Syaf.
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  Cover E by Dietrich Smith. (B&W Incentive)
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  Cover F by Ardian Syaf. (B&W Incentive)
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  Cover G by Dietrich Smith. (Red Monochrome Incentive)
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  Original Cover A artwork by Mike Mayhew.
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  Detail closeup from original Cover A artwork by Mike Mayhew.
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  Detail closeup from original Cover A artwork by Mike Mayhew.
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  Detail closeup from original Cover A artwork by Mike Mayhew.
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  Detail closeup from original Cover A artwork by Mike Mayhew.
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  Watercolor prelim artwork for Cover A by Mike Mayhew.

Preview Pages

Please Note: These are used for promotional purposes by the publisher, and are provided here in the same vein.

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  Page 3.
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  Page 4.
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  Page 5.

External links

• Dynamite.com - BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE DEATH OF APOLLO #4 (OF 6) (web.archive.org backup link)
• Dynamite.com - BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE DEATH OF APOLLO #4 (OF 6) EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIPTION VARIANT COVER (web.archive.org backup link)

 

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