tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post7812828751614260521..comments2024-03-28T03:19:12.867-04:00Comments on space1970: French BLACKSTAR (1981) Comic BookChristopher Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15978811373546110421noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-59482105167524701992012-12-10T14:17:59.534-05:002012-12-10T14:17:59.534-05:00As a kid I not only loved Blackstar in toys and ca...As a kid I not only loved Blackstar in toys and cartoon form, I also had the chance to read the comics as well.<br /><br />As a French-Canadian kid (I'm from the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec) I got to read "Pif Gadget", a French magazine (the gadget part being a toy/prize in each issue) that would publish for some time Blackstar comic book. I would much later find it bound in a beautiful album. Each short stories was self-contained, as usual for stories pblished by Pif, but stood well side by side in book form. Abeit the author visibly saw the cartoon, much visual cue were taken by the toys, which was pretty to find as a kid who had them.<br /><br />Europe (France at least) had a lasting tradition of doing cheap weekly / frequent comics to surf on a TV craze. Most, if all, popular S-F cartoon (many of which Japanese) of the late 1970's / 1980's had one; Albator (Captain Harlock), Goldorak (Grendizer), etc.<br /><br />I remember one magazine named "Les héros de la télé" that would present Marvel Star Wars comics reprinted alongside Euro-made Wild Wild West and 6 Million Dollars Man comics.Bonhommehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11113075747220403989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-20948020547298625482012-12-04T17:09:36.873-05:002012-12-04T17:09:36.873-05:00I really looked forward to it as I was a huge Film...I really looked forward to it as I was a huge Filmation fan but in the end, the trobbits drove me away. It was one of those "You're getting too old for this" moments.Plaidstallionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922569505772725122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-64019705186431605522012-12-04T17:03:16.741-05:002012-12-04T17:03:16.741-05:00Yeah - there's no question that Filmation cann...Yeah - there's no question that Filmation cannibalized a lot of <i>Blackstar</i> elements when they developed the <i>Masters Of The Universe</i> series for Mattel.Christopher Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978811373546110421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-39819626971211972832012-12-04T16:56:21.344-05:002012-12-04T16:56:21.344-05:00Blackstar was a personal favorite of mine as well ...Blackstar was a personal favorite of mine as well and I never missed an episode. I especially took note of the "two divided swords" coming together as one powerful weapon (something that would be repeated in the He-Man series and action figures).Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157952529413529997noreply@blogger.com