Star Rangers
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Star Rangers was a four-issue American comic book series created and written by Mark Ellis and penciled by artist Jim Mooney. Released by Adventure Publications, it ran from 1987 to 1988. Set in the 25th century, the series revolved around the crew of the Sabre, the last ship in the Frontier Battalion of the once-fearsome Star Rangers Corps.
The 25th century as presented in Star Rangers and its companion series Death Hawk was a dystopia of solar system-spanning corporations that held the true power behind the centralized government of the Sol 9 Commonwealth. By the time of the series, the Star Rangers Corps has been reorganized into a token peace-keeping force, inasmuch as the corporations maintain their own security divisions, such as the Sol 9 Shogunate's Tigers of Heaven. As such, all Star Rangers ships and weaponry are outdated, making it difficult for Sabre crew to perform its duties. The ship patrols Sectors Four through Nine of the Orion Spur.
The crew consists of:
- Commander Jon Blake
- Aristo the reptilian medic
- Ahrikeem, master of combat from the Vholon Empire
- Radac, the ship's synthetic human engineer
- Maya Lucas, an embittered pilot who has little use for men.
They report to Commodore Nyota M'membe.
The story arc of the four-issue series dealt with the Rangers uncovering a conspiracy between two corporations and the criminal empire of Lord Rogue on the Freeworld of Amicus, and finding themselves branded criminals by their own organization.
The series sported painted covers by Dave Dorman. The character Death Hawk appeared as a back-up feature in issues #2-3.
Plans were made[citation needed] for a second Star Rangers series and a crossover with Death Hawk, but Adventure Publications dissolved in the interim.
