''Primortals'' (or typecased ''PriMortals'') was a
comic book
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series published by
Tekno-Comix (later Big Entertainment) from 1995 to 1997. The characters and concept were created by actor
Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Simon Nimoy (; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor, famed for playing Spock in the '' Star Trek'' franchise for almost 50 years. This includes originating Spock in the original ''Star Trek'' series in 1966, th ...
, who developed the idea for the series after visiting the
SETI project.
Science fiction
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writer
Isaac Asimov was credited with providing additional concepts. The script of the debut issue of ''Primortals'' was credited to
Kate Worley
Kathleen Louise Worley (March 16, 1958 – June 6, 2004) was an American comic book writer, best known for her work on '' Omaha the Cat Dancer'', a sexually explicit anthropomorphic animal comic book series about a female stripper. Worley was a ...
and
Lawrence Watt-Evans
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Biography
Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, as ...
with art by
Scot Eaton and Mike Barreiro. Eaton and Barreiro illustrated the comic for most of its run, while the book was most often scripted by Christopher Mills and later
James Chambers. In 1995,
Rudy Rupak
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along with
Quebecor
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Media created the world's first digital comic book using a "Choose A Perspective" view of the comics. The CD-ROM Comic was distributed by
Sierra Entertainment
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.
Premise
The comic's plot revolved around
human
Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, cultu ...
ity's
first contact with an alien intelligence called the Primortals. The series showed how, in ancient times, aliens called the ''Majae'' removed various species from Earth and raised them to
sentience. Avitaur Zeerus, rebellious alien governor of
Achernar Three, flees to Earth after being defeated by hostile alien forces. Public reaction to his arrival, and the warnings of alien invasion he gives, are depicted in the comic as ranging from ecstasy to paranoia.
Publications
Twenty-four regular issues of the comic were published (though numbering of the comic was restarted following issue number 15), as well as a two-issue ''Origins''
miniseries and a standalone
crossover
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Entertainment
Albums and songs
* ''Cross Over'' (Dan Peek album)
* ''Crossover'' (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles album), 1987
* ''Crossover'' (Intrigue album)
* ''Crossover'' (Hitomi Shimatani album)
* ''Crossover'' (Yoshino ...
, ''Teknophage vs. Zeerus''. The final issue of the comic bore a cover date of February, 1997. A novelization written by
Steve Perry
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was published in 1997. An interactive CD-ROM was released by Big Entertainment in 1996, allowing the reader to see the beginning of the story from 4 different points of view.
Issues
;Tekno-Comix, volume 1
#"Escape to Earth"
#"Someone Is out There"
#"The Approaching Storm"
#"The Approaching Storm II" (no actual name written in the issue itself, but previous issue ends with "to be continued")
#"The Approaching Storm III" (no actual name written in the issue itself, but previous issue ends with "to be continued")
#"Day of Descent"
#"Homecoming"
#"Armed Response"
#"Alien Attacked by Terrorists"
#"Official Denial"
#"Illegal Aliens"
#"Illegal Aliens II" (no actual name written in the issue itself, but previous issue ends with "to be continued")
#"Cross Country"
#"Cross Country II"
#"Cross Country III"
;Big Entertainment, volume 2
#
"Cross Country: World in Flames"
#"Camera Eye's View"
#"There Shall Come a Fleet"
#"Scorched Earth"
#"Prophecy Fever"
#"Prophecy's End"
#"Prophecy's End II"
#"Rites"
#"Ashes of the Past"
See also
*'' Tek World'' – a comic series inspired by the writings of William Shatner
* Star Trek comics
References
External links
Cover gallery with creator credits
{{Leonard Nimoy
American comics titles
1995 comics debuts