Screen Or Stream | Dazzler & Six From Sirius
Superhero fatigue isn't stopping studios from adapting comic book properties into movies or streamed series. Here are two comic books that are need to be brought to life: Dazzler and Six From Sirius . Comic books aren't just about superheroes. They're capable of telling stories from any genre. Our first recommendation comes from the world of sci-fi. Doug Moench creator/writer | Paul Gulacy creator/artist | Gaspar Saladino letter Epic Comics, July, 1984 We found the Six From Sirius trade paperback (published by Dynamite) on Amazon back in 2021 (something we celebrated here and is on our blog post " cover "). You could say it lifts from Star Wars. It's the story of six mercenaries tasked with rescuing a diplomat/esper to avert an inter-galactic war. LeMasque (diplomat), Jakosa (leader), and Grod (warrior) Starn (weapons), Skreed (explosives), and Zematin-Lar (cybernetics) Moench's script is verbose, but it's a good, ol' fashioned, scifi thriller. Paul Gulacy handled all the art - pencils, inks, and colours. It's a spectacularly beautiful comic book series. After more than ten years of Marvel's jokesters and Disney's awful Star Wars movies, we could use a sci-fi action with the elements of spy thriller like Six From Sirius . Gulacy has practically designed all the set pieces for anyone wanting to make it into a movie or series. Six From Sirius (and Six From Sirius 2) only ran for four issues, but the world-building Moench and Gulacy accomplished would provide any showrunner or producer with a lot of material to expand upon. I bought the trade paperback, but if you can find single issues of Six From Sirius, get 'em: Paul Gulacy's covers are spectacular. Now, get yer groove on....I've only read the Dazzler series sparingly: Dazzler #1, X-Men #130, and Dazzler #s 38 to 42. However, what I've read, I've enjoyed. Dazzler (aka Alison Blaire) made her debut in X-Me n #130. Chris Claremont plot/story | John Byrne plot/art | Terry Austin inks Glynis Wein colours | Tom Ozechowski letters | John Romita Jr & Terry Austin cover Marvel Comics, February 1979 Dazzler is a mutant with the power to turn sound energy into powerful light energy. In a fight, the Dazzler showed she could do more than hold her own. Dazzler also saw some action in X-Men #132 but she was more interested in her music career than being in a superhero group. In March, 1980, the Dazzler solo series was launched. Tom DeFalco writer | John Romita Jr artist | Alfredo Alcala inker Glynis Wein colourist | Joe Rosen letterer | Bob Larkin cover Marvel Comics, March 1981 What's the story behind Dazzler's creation? "The creation of Dazzler was the result of a cross-promotion between Marvel and a musical record label called Casablanca Records. Sometime around 1980, Casablanca approached Marvel with the idea of creating a new comic hero, while at the same time in the real world a new artist (working for Casablanca) would take on the same persona as this character. John Romita Jr. designed her first costume, but the remainder of Dazzler's character traits came together from the input of many people. Conflicts between the ideas developed by Marvel and the record company arose. Dazzler made her first appearance in Uncanny X-Men #130 before the development had finished, and the cross promotion eventually collapsed, with Dazzler's solo series beginning in 1981." - Comic Vine (read full wiki here ) John Romita Jr (son of longtime Spider-Man artist) had become something of a comic book star himself. Tom DeFalco was a solid writer who had worked on several titles. It wasn't common to have a superhero-protagonist that put a music career ahead of crimefighting and adventures, but that's just what Dazzler was at the out set - I was 13 and too stupid to appreciate it, and moved on right after #1. However, in all fairness the Dazzler was cheesey at first, and cameos by Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Avengers didn't save it. Thor's Asgardian adversary, The Enchantress, was shoehorned in as her initial nemesis, but it was rather contrived and silly. The Enchantress is exceedingly narcissistic, but this was too much. Still, given the success of Barbie a Dazzler movie, set in the final years of disco's reign in music would go over well. Nostalgia and cheese puts asses in cineplexes.
