Mr. T (comics)

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Mr. T has appeared in a number of comics both under his own name and with the A-Team.

1 Comics
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
- 4.1 Interviews
- 4.2 Reviews

[edit] Comics

[edit] Mr. T and the T-Force

Mr. T and the T-Force was released in 1993 by NOW Comics. It was written by Pete Stone with art by Neal Adams.

The series apparently lasted 14 consecutive issues, not including a 1994 annual and various editions of #1, before closing when NOW Comics went out of business. This figure may be incorrect however, with the eleventh issue possibly being the final.

Many if not all issues included Mr. T trading cards.

[edit] Mr. T

An issue of the Mr. T comic book

Another comic version, Mr. T, appeared in 2005 from short-lived British comic publisher APComics. It was spearheaded by writer Chris Bunting who was joined with pencils by Neil Edwards, inks by Randy Emberlin and with colours by Don Mackinnon. Mr. T was also listed as a Creative Supervisor on the series and did a round of interviews as publicity for the series launch. ^[1]

The series got a lot of press interest ^[2] announcing itself to be one of the biggest licensing deals in British comic's history, but ultimately it had a very short life due to the publisher "pulling" the third issue due to the employment of several non-contracted creators to "fill-in" due to deadlines being missed. The work was deemed to be of substandard quality and therefore cancelled. Mr. T featured as a six page preview of APComics upcoming comics ^[3] ^[4] and then two issues were released. Apparently the second issue, released several months after the first, was released out of license by APComics and many copies were withdrawn.

Richard Emms, who was a shareholder of APComics, left for Markosia and with him went a number of titles. However, Mr. T was not one of those and there were a variety of complaints including of non-payment emerging from the non-contracted creatives working on Mr. T, employed without signed APComics contracts by Bunting for the very late and behind schedule #3. Although that it appears to have been settled amicably by APComics - paying a "kill" fee to those creators who were not contracted by the company but employed by the unauthorized Bunting for the title^[5] ^[6] little was heard from the title beyond a 2006 appearance of new cover art from Jim Steranko who was employed by Bunting who took the title to US based publisher MigBiz . ^[7] However, in February 2008 it was announced that a graphic novel version would appear in the summer, 4,000 advanced copies being made immediately.^[8]

[edit] A-Team comics

Mr. T appeared in The A-Team comic adaptation that appeared in Look-In for a number of years in the 1980s. An A-Team strip also ran in TV Comic sold in UK. Length of run unknown.

In 1983-1984 Marvel Comics released an A-Team title which ran for 3 issues. ^[9] Due to the huge popularity of both comics and The A-Team show at that time, information which lists this as a 3-issue mini-series is probably correct.

The series was sold individually then released in "packs": one pack contained the first 2 issues, the next all 3 issues. Each pack was a sealed transparent bag featuring Marvel's logo and a picture of Spider-Man.

Marvel released the series in a softback book collected edition: The A-Team Storybook. (ISBN 0517553856)

The Marvel US comics were also reprinted by Marvel UK in a variety of formats including hardback annual book and The A-Team Summer Special 1985 and The A-Team Summer Special #2 (1986).

[edit] Other comics

Mr.T Annual 1984 published by Grandreams Ltd and Ruby-Spears. Based on the Mister T (TV series) and includes comic strips.
Mr.T Annual 1985 published by Grandreams Ltd and Ruby-Spears. Based on the Mister T (TV series) and includes comic strips.

Mr. T also appeared through postmodern reference in:^{[citation needed]}