STARSTRUCK (2009)

"Elaine Lee (w) o Michael Wm. Kaluta (a) o Kaluta, Charles Vess (i) o Kaluta (c) First serialized in Heavy Metal Magazine, then a Marvel graphic novel and comic series and now finally back in print after nearly 20 years, Michael Kaluta's amazing Starstruck-completely remastered and with incredible new color by Lee Moyer-is back and looking better than ever! Each issue also contains an episode of Galactic Girl Guides, by the same creative team. *Retailers: See your order form for a special incentive FC o 32 pages o $3.99"

"Elaine Lee (w) o Michael Wm. Kaluta, Charles Vess (a) o Kaluta (c) After the destruction of his Annie Droid, Kalif has a mental breakdown, spoiling both his sister's fun and his father's plans. Feeling responsible, Mary Medea abandons her plans and blasts off to fight the Bajar-backed March Baptist army, ominously leaving a copy of her will behind. Plus: more Galactic Girl Guide action! *Retailers: See your order form for a special incentive FC o 32 pages o $3.99"

"Elaine Lee (w) o Michael Wm. Kaluta, Charles Vess (a) o Kaluta (c) The Baron is backing the March Baptists in their Holy War on Onlolo Dos, but is selling arms to both sides, and Ronnie nearly kills her father with a stampede of pleasure droids and is banished to a cousin's estate on another world as the remastered representation of Michael Kaluta's classic Starstruck continues! *Retailers: See your order form for a special incentive FC o 32 pages o $3.99"

"Elaine Lee (w) o Michael Wm. Kaluta, Charles Vess (a) o Kaluta (c) The making of a rebel! Three scenes from the early life of young Molly Medea, AKA Galatia 9: On Molly's 4th birthday, her dad takes off on his fatal last mission. On her 7th birthday, Molly almost shoots her baby sister, and we learn how Galatia 9 gets her scar. Molly's 13th birthday ends with little sister's revenge! And-a thrilling Galactic Girl Guides chapter! *Retailers: See your order form for a special incentive FC o 32 pages o $3.99"

"Elaine Lee (w) o Michael Wm. Kaluta, Charles Vess (a) o Kaluta (c) Molly joins a band of female-fighters and is leading an action to deface a Temple of Beauty franchise in the XYchromo Zone. She's arrested and sent to prison, where she's tricked into escaping by her cellmate, Murphy, secretly in league with Molly's little sister, who now calls herself Verloona. Betrayed, Molly is dropped onto the abandoned penal colony, Omega 6 for life!"

"Sentenced to life on abandoned Omega Disque 6, Molly helps a tribe of Amazons defeat their enemies but during the post-battle ritual, the newly minted Galatia is accidentally shot off the Disque in an ancient escaped pod, but is saved by a traveling trio of Troikani actors. Will the actors' plans for a glorious suicide mean the end of Galatia 9?"

"There are plenty of fish in the sea, but only the empath fish girls at Uncle Bob's Fantanimalland can read minds! Chubby little Bronwyn eats food meant for the Mystic Nyts of the Sea, unlocking latent psychic powers while Ronnie, meanwhile, has a plan to scare Brigade Academy Cadets away from the Veil's property in Neutral Zone 8."

"While participating in the Amercadian Space Academy's Class of 134 commencement games, Lieutenant Brucilla the Muscle and her gunnery sergeant, Cookie Fabré, are ordered to lead their squadron into the off-limits Neutral Zone 8, past deadly Vercadian Protector Droids. Will the squadron survive? And who will end up as a scapegoat for the Brigade Brass?"

"Her mind having been scrambled by the effects of Borinyum Krystals, Brucilla leaves the mines of Mitochondria and takes a suicidal trip to the scene of her humiliation Neutral Zone 8. Bru's plans to crash into Dead Man's Mirror go awry, when she instead passes through the anomaly, into an exciting new future!"

"What happens when the archetypal outsider and the ultimate team player meet over a double death commando in a bar on Rec 97? The perfect partnership begins, and destruction and mayhem ensue! Galatia 9 and Brucilla the Muscle run a scam that wrecks the Rec and wind up running from the Station police. Will they make it to the Harpy with enough credit to pay the nursery fee?"

"Chapter Title: Liar's Poker Bru and Galatia's escape from the Rec Station is impeded by the instant fame accorded them by the Rec Station News Service. Meanwhile, Ronnie's throwing a party to bring together the movers and shakers who have become a part of her private obsession, several of whom would like to see the gals dead. Shots are fired, bullets dodged, but who is kidnapping Galactic Girl Guides?"

"All in the Cards Galatia and Bru blast off-station and The Dome's patrons take bets on their progress, as they run the Brigade gauntlet. Chasing the gals in a Brigade Tiger, the hapless Dwannyun accidentally shoots down Ronnie's agents, sending their captive, Erotica Ann, crashing into the station. Bru and the Cap escape the Brigade, but will they find the tracking device that Kalif has attached to their ship? The penultimate issue!"

"(W) Elaine Lee (A) Michael Wm. Kaluta Cookie, Paddy, and Bru blast off for Rec 97 to save their stolen ship - which they claim - only to be plunged down a shaft and into a strange and frightening Girl Guide initiation rite. They escape with their lives, though their dignity takes a thumping! The final issue of this landmark representation of the classic series!"