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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published January 1989
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Bob Budiansky; Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Notes The Solarman character created by David Oliphant first appeared in the Solarman: The Beginning (A Pendulum Illustrated Original) book from Pendulum Press in 1979. This comic was adapted from a Solarman TV cartoon pilot episode.

Cover Details

Characters Beepie; Gormagga Kraal; Solarman
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Zeck (signed)
Inks Mike Zeck (signed)
Notes The Solarman character created by David Oliphant first appeared in the Solarman: The Beginning (A Pendulum Illustrated Original) book from Pendulum Press in 1979. This comic was adapted from a Solarman TV cartoon pilot episode.

30 page Solarman story "Star Burst! The Legend of Solarman"

Characters Altarra (Sha-Han's daughter); Beepie (robot); Commander Gormagga Kraal (alien conqueror); Denise (Jenny's school-friend); Jenny (Ben Tucker's friend); Mike Tucker (Ben Tucker's father); Sha-Han (alien scientist); Solarman [Benjamin Tucker] (first comic book appearance)
Synopsis An aspiring comic book artist is given the power to become Solarman so he can save the earth from an alien overlord.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (adaptation)
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Dennis Janke
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Diana Albers
Notes No ads.