A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner

A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner

Cover to issue 1, art by Al Williamson.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Publication date 1982
Main character(s) Rick Deckard
Creative team
Written by Archie Goodwin
Artist(s) Al Williamson
Ralph Reese
Penciller(s) Al Williamson
Carlos Garzon
Inker(s) Al Williamson
Ralph Reese
Dan Green
Colorist(s) Marie Severin
Editor(s) Jim Salicrup

Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner or just Blade Runner is a comic book adaptation of the film Blade Runner, published by Marvel Comics in 1982. It was written by Archie Goodwin with art by Al Williamson, Carlos Garzon with Dan Green and Ralph Reese.[1][2]

Publication history

The Jim Steranko cover leads into a 45-page adaptation which includes one possible explanation of the title's significance in story context: the narrative line, "Blade runner. You're always movin' on the edge."[3]

This was issue 22 of the Marvel Comics Super Special series of titles which by this time only printed Marvel's movie adaptations. It was reprinted in a two issue mini series but without the feature content contained in the special. In some printings, several pages of the comic were published out of order. Other printing set these pages in the correct order.

In the UK it was reprinted as the Blade Runner Annual published by Grandreams. Again, the feature content of the original special was not reprinted.[4]

The trade paperback was published in black and white and contains images form the film, it is one of the rarest Marvel Comics trades ever.[5]

Plot

The comic followed the events of the film but attempts to fill in gaps in the script.

Reception

The book was poorly received upon its initial release, it was ridiculed for what the critics perceived as bad writing and misquoted lines of dialogue from the film.[6][7]

Prints

Original single

Name Tie-in to Pages Variants Publication dates ISBN Comic Book Roundup rating Estimated sales
(first month)
A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner Blade Runner (film) 45 N/A September 1982[8] N/A N/A N/A

Reprinted issues

No. Title Cover date Comic Book Roundup rating Estimated sales (first month) Notes
#1 N/A October 1982 N/A N/A
#2 N/A November 1982 N/A N/A Newsstand edition had a variant cover by Brent Eric Anderson.

Collected edition

Title
[Tagline] 		Format Material collected Pages Publication date ASIN Estimated sales (North America)
[Trades] 		Rated
Blade Runner, Volume 1 Trade paperback (TPB) Blade Runner #1-2 32 1982 ASIN B000MSS78M N/A N/A

See also

References

  1. ↑ Carnevale, Alex (10/06/08). "Blade Runner Started, And Ended, As A Comic Book". io9.gizmodo. Retrieved July 15, 2017. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ Vincent, Brittany (January 31, 2017). "GOING BEYOND BLADE RUNNER: THE MEDIA THAT EXPANDED THE UNIVERSE". SyFy. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ https://books.google.se/books?id=EPFCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT243&dq=A+Marvel+Comics+Super+Special:+Blade+Runner&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2q-HW6IvVAhVJJ1AKHQXlC9MQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=A%20Marvel%20Comics%20Super%20Special%3A%20Blade%20Runner&f=false
  4. ↑ https://books.google.se/books?id=HAma4m3w38EC&pg=PA238&dq=A+Marvel+Comics+Super+Special:+Blade+Runner&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2q-HW6IvVAhVJJ1AKHQXlC9MQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=A%20Marvel%20Comics%20Super%20Special%3A%20Blade%20Runner&f=false
  5. ↑ https://books.google.se/books?id=npIsZV7grboC&pg=PA218&dq=A+Marvel+Comics+Super+Special:+Blade+Runner&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2q-HW6IvVAhVJJ1AKHQXlC9MQ6AEIIzAA#v=onepage&q=A%20Marvel%20Comics%20Super%20Special%3A%20Blade%20Runner&f=false
  6. ↑ https://books.google.se/books?id=xBGFacfGR0gC&pg=PA44&dq=A+Marvel+Comics+Super+Special:+Blade+Runner&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2q-HW6IvVAhVJJ1AKHQXlC9MQ6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=A%20Marvel%20Comics%20Super%20Special%3A%20Blade%20Runner&f=false
  7. ↑ Darius, Julian (9 November 2014). "When Marvel Comics Adapted Blade Runner". Sequart Organization. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ https://books.google.se/books?id=xBGFacfGR0gC&pg=PA44&dq=A+Marvel+Comics+Super+Special:+Blade+Runner&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2q-HW6IvVAhVJJ1AKHQXlC9MQ6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=A%20Marvel%20Comics%20Super%20Special%3A%20Blade%20Runner&f=false
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