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Starship Troopers (Dark Horse)

    (Dark Horse, 1997-1998)
™ and ©1997 TriStar Pictures, Inc.

This two-issue mini-series from Dark Horse adapts the special effects-laden, big-budget, action movie of the same name. Veteran comics writer Bruce Jones (Somerset Holmes) does a fine job of translating the determination of the recruits as they oppose the giant invading bugs and at the same time relates the tragic love story of Johnny Rico and Dizzy Flores. Starship Troopers, the movie, was adapted from Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 novel, which was written during the Cold War and is a thinly disguised metaphor for the advancement of Communism and the responsibilities of the citizenry. The movie and comic, however, refrain from preaching a message in favor of a straightforward good-versus-evil war story.
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Issues from this title are available as part of 2 sets
  • 1
    #1
    Painted cover by Denis Beauvais
    Oct 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Bruce Jones, Robert A. Heinlein  ·  A: Mitch Byrd, Arthur Adams
    Includes 2 pages of photos; Inspired by the classic Robert A. Heinlein novel; Movie adaptation
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Painted cover by Denis Beauvais
    Nov 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Bruce Jones, Robert A. Heinlein  ·  A: Mitch Byrd, Arthur Adams
    Final issue; Includes 2 pages of photos; Movie adaptation
    4 copies from $3.75
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Painted cover by Denis Beauvais
    Jul 1998
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Warren Ellis, Gordon Rennie, Bruce Jones, Jan Strnad, Robert A. Heinlein  ·  A: Davidé Fabbri, Paolo Parente, Mitch Byrd, Tommy Lee Edwards
    Reprints Starship Troopers (Dark Horse) #1-2; Reprints Starship Troopers: Brute Creations #1; Reprints Starship Troopers: Insect Touch #1-3; 152 pages; 2 Movie prequels; Inspired by the classic Robert A. Heinlein novel; Movie adaptation
    No copies available