Last Issue Special # 12: Star Hunters

SERIES: Star Hunters

DATE: 1978

THOSE RESPONSIBLE: David Michelinie (writer) & Al Milgrom (editor)

CATEGORY: SURPRISE!

It could be a coincidence that this comic about a band of rebels vying to defeat a galactic evil empire has nothing to do with a certain well-known movie about war among the stars which preceded it by several months. Regardless, Star Hunters, at least judging by this final issue (# 7), was a pretty entertaining book. A very Irish hero named Donovan Flint leads a rag-tag group of heroes on a quest to overthrow the all-powerful Corporation which rules much of the galaxy. In this final issue, Flint manages to take over a Corporation prison and organize the thousands of inmates into an army to retake Earth. However, during the attack, Flint's starship takes damage and he's forced to crashland all by himself on Earth, which is a problem because Flint's unique genes will begin to mutate unless he's rescued right away. According to the cliffhanger ending, next issue features "The final battle with the Corporation! Plus: A new Adam Strange feature!" On the letters page, Cary Burkett mentions some changes with the creative team but promises "the new team is going to attempt a foray into outer space adventure like you've never seen before. Stay with us." In fact, this new foray will be like something you'll never see at all, given the sudden cancellation of the series. Alas, poor Star Hunters, I knew it, Horatio.