The success of the Stargate franchise is impressive. It all began in 1994 with the Kurt Russell feature film Stargate, a movie that came out of nowhere and brought in some unexpectedly huge box office.

The memory of that film was not quickly forgotten when in 1997 a new weekly Stargate: SG-1 television series starring Richard Dean Anderson launched on cable channel Showtime, where it remained for five season until the SciFi Channel picked up the series with season #6. Since then the show has truly flourished, completing nine seasons and soon to begin its tenth, making it the longest-running science fiction series on American television. The series has even spawned a spin-off series, Stargate Atlantis, and inspired a number of Stargate conventions held across the country.

While Stargate may be well represented on the small screen, it’s also well represented in comics through a number of series published by Avatar Press. The latest comics series “Stargate Atlantis: Wraithfall,” by writer Stuart Moore and artist Mauricio Melo, ships this August. CBR News caught up with Moore to learn about his plans for this three-issue series.

This fascinating article by Jonah Weiland can be read in its entirety at COMIC BOOK RESOURSES.