Dark Matter (comics)

Dark Matter is a comic book series created by writers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie. The concept was originally intended for a television series, but was published through Dark Horse Comics with art by Garry Brown.^[1] On October 15, 2014 Syfy announced that they had picked up the 13 episode first season of Dark Matter to air June 12, 2015.^[2]

The science fiction story follows six individuals who wake up in a spacecraft with no memory of their past.

Publication history

Mallozzi credits The Shield, The Dirty Dozen, and the Thunderbolts as his inspiration for the concept.^[3] The series was originally designed for television, but was later altered into a comic series for Dark Horse Comics. Mallozzi has hopes the series could still become a TV series.^[1]

The four-issue Rebirth series was published from January to April in 2012, and a collected edition will be available in October 2012.

Plot

After waking on board a spacecraft with no memories, three men, two women, and a young boy arrive at a mining colony, the craft's preset destination. They land and meet the locals, who tell the crew about a group of mercenaries being sent to kill the colonists so a corporation can steal the planet. Upon returning to their craft to discuss helping or abandoning the colonists, the crew learn from the craft's computer they are the mercenaries the locals fear. When the corporation's army arrives to destroy the colony, four of the crew members join with the colonists to repel the invaders. The other two take the spacecraft and negotiate a contract for the colony with a different corporation. The invading corporation leaves, and the crew return to their spacecraft, unsure of where they will go next.

Critical reception

The series received positive reviews, and the first issue was the 256th best selling comic by units in January 2012.^[4][5][6]

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