Preview: Space: 1999: Aftershock And Awe

[ENGLISH] Archaia tells us: The classic 1970s sci-fi TV series returns with all-new material! September 13, 1999: An atomic accident causes the moon to be blown out of orbit and hurled into the unknown, the survivors of the lunar base stationed there launched toward their destiny across the stars. In the wake of this disaster, Earth itself is ravaged by the scientific, environmental, and social repercussions of a world robbed of its moon. Presenting remastered classic material from the ’70s with all-new material created to update the tale for a modern audience.

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Space: 1999: Aftershock and Awe is an original graphic novel based on the classic science-fiction TV series starring Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. Set in the continuity of the original show, the book takes place in an alternate universe where JFK was never assassinated and the space program flourished to a point where mankind built a base on the Moon. But disaster strikes when an atomic accident at the base knocks the Moon out of orbit! This OGN is written by Andrew E. C. Gaska, who has previously written the Archaia sci-fi graphic novel Critical Millennium and the illustrated prose novel Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes.

SPACE: 1999: AFTERSHOCK AND AWE
Original Graphic Novel
Retail Price: $24.95 U.S.
Page Count: 152 pages
Format: hardcover, 6.625” x 10.25”, full color
On-sale Date: Dec. 12 in comic book stores, Dec. 15-25 in bookstores
ISBN-13: 978-1-936393-88-6
Diamond Code: AUG120787
Written by Andrew E. C. Gaska
Illustrated by Gray Morrow, David Hueso, and Miki
Cover by David Hueso and Miki
Rating: T+ – TEEN PLUS (16 and up, may contain moderate violence, moderate profanity use and suggestive themes)