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  Image = [[image:Marvel6.jpg|250px]]
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| Title= The Memory Machine
| title=The Memory Machine
| Series=Marvel Comics
| series=Marvel Comics
| Issueno= 6
| issueno=6
| Episode=
| episode=
| Writer=Roger McKenzie
| writer=Roger McKenzie
| Penciller=Richard F. Buckler
| penciller=Richard F. Buckler
| Inker=Klaus Janson
| inker=Klaus Janson
| Colorist=Carl Gafford
| colorist=Carl Gafford
| Letterer=Jim Novak
| letterer=Jim Novak
| Editor=Allen Milgrom and Jim Shooter
| editor=Allen Milgrom and Jim Shooter
| Cover=Richard F. Buckler and Klaus Janson
| cover=Richard F. Buckler and Klaus Janson
| Published=August 1979
| published=August 1979
| Collects=
| collects=
| Collected=[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]
| collected=[[The Memory Machine (Trade Paperback)|The Memory Machine]]
| Reprints=
| reprints=
| Reprinted=
| reprinted=
| ISBN=
| isbn=
| Prev= [[A Death in the Family]]
| prev=[[A Death in the Family]]
| Next= [[All Things Past and Present]]
| next=[[All Things Past and Present]]
}}
}}



Revision as of 16:03, 12 August 2006

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The Memory Machine
The Memory Machine
An issue of the Marvel Comics series.
Issue No. 6
Writer(s) Roger McKenzie
Illustrator(s) {{{illustrator}}}
Penciller(s) Richard F. Buckler
Inker(s) Klaus Janson
Colorist(s) Carl Gafford
Letterer(s) Jim Novak
Editor(s) Allen Milgrom and Jim Shooter
Collection Design {{{designer}}}
Cover Artist(s) Richard F. Buckler and Klaus Janson
Adaptation of
Published August 1979
Collects
Collected in The Memory Machine
Reprints
Reprinted as
Pages {{{pages}}}
ISBN [[Special:Booksources/|]]
Population 0 Survivors
Special {{{special}}}
Chronology
Previous Next
A Death in the Family The Memory Machine All Things Past and Present
Purchase
Available at BOOKSAMILLION.COM - Purchase
Available at Amazon.com – [[amazon:{{{amazon}}}|Purchase]]
Available at Amazon.co.ukPurchase
Available at Things From Another World - Purchase


Plot Synopsis[edit]

In this issue, Adama enters the "Memory Machine" in an attempt to recall the location of Earth. In the meantime, Sire Uri plots to take over the Council of Twelve in his absense.

Marvel Continuity[edit]

At the end of issue #5, is is the place where Marvel continuity breaks with the series. Instead of heading out of the void at the end of the episode, followed by Serina's deathbed sequence on the Galactica, issue #5 ends with Serina dying on the surface of Kobol. While this at first appears to be poetic shorthand, in issue #6 we open with the Galactica heading deeper into the void - a void which does not end just beyond Kobol but that continues on for a much greater distance. In fact, the storyline continues with the fleet continuing its journey through the void until issue #14.

Another departure involves Adama's attempt to recollect the information about the location of Earth that he saw inscribed on a wall just before Cylons bombed Kobol. In order to try and remember this information, Adama dons a spacesuit and enters a clear globe filled with gas called the "Memory Machine" which is supposed to help one revive memories. Adama remains inside the machine until issue #12. (It should be noted that this device was a noticable constraint on the writers).

All issues of the Marvel comics from issue 6 forward are not based on any episodes of the series.