Storm (comic)
Storm is a comic series that originally came from the illustrator Don Lawrence and various authors and appeared from 1976 in the Dutch comic magazine Eppo ; from volume 10 up to and including volume 25, all albums were written by Martin Lodewijk . After Lawrence's death in late 2003, the series was suspended. Since 2007 it has been continued from volume 23 by the cartoonists Romano Molenaar and Jorg De Vos . After Martin Lodewijk retired, Jorg de Vos also took over as an author (together with Rob van Bavel since volume 27).
In terms of content, "Storm" is a mixture of science fiction and fantasy . In Germany, "Storm" was published in 1978 in Kobra (magazine) as a sequel story. The German-language individual volumes were first published in 1980 in the Ehapa series Die Große Phantastic-Comics (58 albums up to 1987, 15 of which were "Storm" albums), later as a separate booklet series Storm again by Ehapa (22 albums, 1989-2002). Since March 2008 the Splitter Verlag has secured the rights for a new edition as a hardcover including a new translation, and future albums will also be published by Splitter.
content
The "Storm" adventures can be divided into two sub-cycles:
In the first 9 albums, the hero Storm experiences The Chronicles of the World of the Deep , after he had an accident as an astronaut and member of a Jupiter mission, making a journey into the future and now returning to an earth on which the oceans have disappeared and instead barbaric civilizations , Mutants and monsters of all kinds populate the earth. On top of that, the earth is threatened again and again by the alien Azureans who want to keep the few remaining free people as uneducated slaves.
Right at the beginning of Volume 1 of these adventures, Storm meets his future comrade Rothaar , an Amazon-like, combative human woman. While it is never explicitly stated, it is clear that she is not only Storm's partner in their adventures together.
Storm himself seems a bit wooden at the beginning of the series, but is later increasingly portrayed as a combative antihero . In the course of the episodes his body is drawn more and more muscular, while redhead always retains an erotic - feminine aura.
At the end of this first partial cycle, the series gradually ran out of originality in terms of content and the adventures became predictable. This changed permanently with Lodewijk's permanent collaboration as a copywriter and story writer from volume 10 and the beginning of the second sub-cycle, which continues to this day, The Chronicles of Pandarve (20 albums so far, volumes 10 to 29).
Storm and Rothaar are teleported to the planet Pandarve , which is located in a parallel universe , because the theocrat Marduk there , a recurring opponent of Storms in the future, is through Storm, whom he describes as an "anomaly" (Storm is a disruption of the universal through his time travel Has become equilibrium), who hopes for final and eternal rule over the planet.
Pandarve itself is not only a planet, but at the same time a living being that sometimes manifests itself as a human or animal appearance and thus can interact with Storm. The stories often develop surreal moments, for example when Pandarve presents himself as Marilyn Monroe or Alice or the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland . On Pandarve, Storm also meets Nomad , an extremely powerful red-skinned prince who accompanies him and Redhead on their adventures for several episodes.
Since completely different physical laws apply in the so-called Pandarve Universe than on Earth (e.g. pandarve and countless other planets or asteroids circle around a white hole ; the air of space is breathable; sailing ships fly through space, etc.) , there are considerably more possibilities for the decoration of the plot than would have been possible if Storms and Redhair had stayed on earth. In addition, many of the locations are shown in a very imaginative way.
Others
The interim spin-off Storm - The Chronicles from the Interim , generated neither by Lawrence nor by Lodewijk, was discontinued after three albums.
The first Storm episode is a revised version of the independent previous album Commandant Grek , with which, according to the preface to "Grek", the Eppo editorial team was not satisfied due to insufficient character and story depth, which is why the planned new comic series "Grek" after just this one a band had been discontinued.
Single volumes
number | title | Year of publication (new edition) | author | Illustrator | nl. title | engl. title |
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0 | Commandant Grek | 1976 | Vince Wernham | Don Lawrence | Gevangen van de tijd | Commander Grek |
The chronicles of the world of the deep | ||||||
1 | The vanished sea | 1978 (2008) | Philip 'Saul' Dunn | Don Lawrence | De diepe wereld | The Deep World |
2 | The new world | 1979 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | De Laatste Vechter | The Last Fighter |
3 | The people of the desert | 1979 | Dick Matena | Don Lawrence | Het Volk van de Woestijn | The People of the Desert |
4th | The green hell | 1980 | Dick Matena | Don Lawrence | De Groene Hel | The Green Hell |
5 | Fight for earth | 1980 | Dick Matena | Don Lawrence | De Strijd om de Aarde | The Battle for Earth |
6th | The secret of the neutron beams | 1981 | Dick Matena | Don Lawrence | The Secret Van de Nitronstralen | The Secret of the Nitron Rays |
7th | The legend of Yggdrasil | 1981 | Kelvin Gosnell | Don Lawrence | The legend of Yggdrasil | The Legend of Yggdrasil |
8th | City of the Damned | 1982 | Kelvin Gosnell | Don Lawrence | City of Verdoemden | City of the Damned |
9 | The wrong gods | 1982 | Don Lawrence | Don Lawrence | De Sluimerende Dood | The Creeping Death |
The Chronicles of Pandarve | ||||||
10 | Pirate planet Pandarve | 1983 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | De piraten van Pandarve | The Pirates of Pandarve |
11 | In the palace of horror | 1983 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | Het doolhof van de dood | The Labyrinth of Death |
12 | The monsters of Aromater | 1984 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | De zeven van Aromater | The Seven of Aromaters |
13 | On an eternal journey | 1985 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | De doder van Eriban | The Slayer of Eriban |
14th | The Hellhounds of Marduk | 1985 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | De honden van Marduk | The Hounds of Marduk |
15th | The living planet | 1986 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | De levende planeet | The Living Planet |
16 | Vandal the destroyer | 1987 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | Vandaahl de verderver | Vandaahl the Destroyer |
17th | The turning world | 1988 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | De wentelwereld | The Twisted World |
18th | The Danderzei robots | 1990 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | De robots van Danderzei | The Robots of Farseid |
19th | The red prince | 1991 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | De terugkeer van de roode prins | Return of the Red Prince |
20th | The von Neumann machine | 1993 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | De Von Neumann-Machine | The Von Neumann Machine |
21st | The Genesis Formula | 1995 (1996) | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | De Genesis Formule | The Genesis Equation |
22nd | The Armageddon Traveler | 2001 | Martin Lodewijk | Don Lawrence | De Armageddon Lovely | The Armageddon Traveler |
23 | The navel of the double god | 2007 | Martin Lodewijk | Romano Molenaar, Jorg De Vos | De Navel van de Dubbele God | The Navel of the Double God |
24 | Marduk's source | 2009 | Martin Lodewijk | Romano Molenaar, Jorg De Vos | De Bronnen van Marduk | Marduk's Springs |
25th | The red trail | 2010 | Martin Lodewijk | Romano Molenaar, Jorg De Vos | Het Rode Spoor | The Red Trail |
26th | The mutineers from Anker | 2011 | Jorg de Vos | Romano Molenaar, Jorg De Vos | De Muiters van Anker | The Mutineers of Anchor |
27 | The switchman | 2012 | Jorg de Vos, Rob van Bavel | Romano Molenaar, Jorg De Vos | De wisselwachters | The Guards of the Tracks |
28 | The race of opal | 2013 | Dick Matena | Romano Molenaar, Jorg De Vos | De Race Van Opaal | The Race of Opale City |
29 | The corals of Kesmee | 2016 | Romano Molenaar , Rob van Bavel | Jorg de Vos | Het koraal van Kesmee | - |
30th | The executioner of Torkien | 2017 | Romano Molenaar , Rob van Bavel | Romano Molenaar | De beul van Torkien | - |
31 | The Krijs institution | 2019 | Romano Molenaar , Rob van Bavel | Romano Molenaar | Het struck van Krijs | - |
The chronicles from the meantime | ||||||
1 | The Voyager virus | 1996 | Martin Lodewijk | John Kelly | Het Voyager Virus | The Voyager Virus |
2 | The Dallas Paradox | 1997 | Martin Lodewijk | John Kelly | De Dallas Paradox | The Dallas Paradox |
3 | The star eater | 1998 | Martin Lodewijk | Dick Matena | De Sterrenvreter | The Eater of Stars |
4th | - (unpublished) | - | Martin Lodewijk | Dick Matena | De Ruimte van Klein | Small space |
The chronicles of the outer ring | ||||||
1 | The Exile of Thum | 2013 | Willem Ritstier | Minck Oosterveer | De banneling van Thoem | - |
The Chronicles of Rothaar | ||||||
1 | The legend of krill | 2016 | Roy Thomas | Roman Molenaar | De legende van Krill | - |
2 | The fifth tower | 2016 | Rob van Bavel | Roman Molenaar | De vijfde gates | - |
3 | Noorach's Ark | 2017 | Rob van Bavel | Roman Molenaar | De ark van Noorach | - |
4th | The floating region | 2018 | Rob van Bavel | Roman Molenaar | Het Zwevende gewest | - |
literature
- Hartmut Kasper : "Storm is back - alive and well." Don Lawrence's legendary comic series is celebrating a triumphant return. In: Sascha Mamczak , Wolfgang Jeschke (ed.): Das Science Fiction Jahr 2008. Heyne, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-52436-1 , pp. 1187–1198.
Web links
- The comic series Storm by Splitter Verlag
- Pandarve , German fansite
- Don Lawrence tells about the production history of STORM
Individual evidence
- ^ Kobra, issues 9 to 16, year 1978
- ↑ Storm - a comic classic from March 2008 new at Splitter. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008 .