“Stargate” Coming to Comics

Taking a page from “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel,” “Stargate SG1” and “Stargate: Atlantis” will continue their stories in comic books.

Comic Book Resources reports that each series will be published by Dynamite Entertainment and will follow-up where the television series left off.  “SG1” will get a season 11 and “Atlantis” will continue in season six.

The “Stargate SG1” series will be written by Doug Murray and the “Stargate Atlantis” series will be written by Brandon Jerwa.

The upcoming third installment in the franchise, “Stargate: Universe” will also get its own comic series.

“There’s been a lot of moving parts in doing this, and I would imagine the success that the producers had from ‘Stargate SG-1’ and ‘Stargate Atlantis’ really, really pushed them to work as hard as possible on the new series,” Dynamite President Nick Barrucci told CBR. “This series should be the topper. It has the most diverse cast of actors, people that most comic book fans and sci fi fans have grown up with. Lou Diamond Phillips has been around for 20 years. You’ve got a ‘Who’s Who’ with actors who are up and comers and established peers, and that’s going to make for a great dichotomy and hopefully for a long-lasting television show. MGM is betting big on this, and to Dynamite, it looks like a great bet.”

Dynamite will be able to reveal more of its plans for “Stargate” comics once the publisher has had a chance to confirm more details with the harried producers behind the TV adventures. “We’re taking it easy because we have no choice. The producers are in such crunch time for Comic-Con because that’s going to be their first big reveal,” Barrucci said. “With so much on their plate, it’s understandable that it can take a bit to get us approvals, and on the other series we’re starting off ‘Stargate SG-1’ as Season 11, ‘Stargate Atlantis’ as Season 6 and ‘Stargate Universe’ will just start with Season 1 and work as a prelude and as complimentary stories.”