Dreadstar characters (Reality-8116)

Ship #Delta457 (or something like the delta symbol, with a small break in the center of the bottom/horizontal portion of the triangle; aka Big Bundle)

Sister Marian (Syzygy Darklock character)

Slytis (demon, Syzygy Darklock character)

Snow Bears (wildlife of Byfrexia)

Soule, Joenis (Aknaton servant)

space trawlers (The Rock)

Spydar (Instrumentality; Lord Papal agent) --early profile in progress

Sub-Level #9 (The Rock)

Sword of Icy Fire (weapon of Vanth Dreadstar) --early profile in progress

Techno-Spirituals (Instrumentality)

tentacled demon (Bialgesuard or his agent)

Tortorelzor (aka the Rock)

tomes (owned by Taurus Killgaren)

tower (Dread Veil plane, home of Taurus Killgaren)

Tyjorians (xt, Dreadstar charaters)

unidentified nurse (Altarix native, worked with Doctor Hoggarth)

unidentified warrior (Zygotean Landing Party 017)

Vanth's unidentified parents (Byfrexians)

Whis'par (Forest People, World of the Woods) *** for mature readers only ***

Work Crew #7 (The Rock)

World of the Woods (Dreadstar story)

Xam (A-Team member)

Xerolix Galaxy (Dreadstar stories) --early profile in progress

Z (Zygotean, Dreadstar foe)

his ship

Za (Tyjorian, Dreadstar character)

Za's girlfriend (Tyjorian)
Za's mother (Tyjorian)

Zygotea (destroyed xt planet, home of Zygoteans)

Zygotean encampment (location on Byfrexia)

Zygotean Landing Party 017 (Aknaton foes)

Zygoteans (Aknaton/Dreadstar foes)

Dreadstar / Reality-8116 primer

Dreadstar is a licensed character/title created by Jim Starlin starting way back with the Metamorphosis Odyssey in Epic Illustrated#1-9 in the Spring of 1980. The Metamorphosis Odyssey started around the modern era and affected Earth, but then swiftly destroyed the entire Milky Way galaxy and then moved on like a million years in the future.

The origins of Syzygy Darklock were the second part of the Metamorphosis Odyssey, covered in "The Price," which was originally published in black and white in Eclipse Graphic Album Series #5 (1981).
It was reprinted, with colorized artwork, in Dreadstar Annual#1 (1983) by Epic (the licensed characters/stories division of Marvel)

The events bringing Darklock and Dreadstar were covered in Marvel Graphic Novel#3: The Metamorphosis Odyssey Book Three: Dreadstar (1982)

Dreadstar subsequently got his own series under the Epic imprint, but Starlin later took the whole shebang over to First Comics. Peter David took over the writing around issue#31 or so, but Starlin remained the owner.

In 1994, a Dreadstar mini-series was published under the imprint of Bravura, a creator-owned division of Malibu comics.

Dreadstar appeared sometime later in issues #5-7 of the 2011 Breed III series, written and drawn by Starlin and published by Image.

In 2021, Dreadstar returned in "Dreadstar Returns," a Starlin written and drawn graphic novel published under Ominous Press.

The sequel, Dreadstar: The Inevitable is in the works...

Still that earlier Marvel connection allows me to place this reality in the fringes of the Marvel Megaverse.
At any rate, from start to finish, it is the best series I've ever read, period! I'm happy to see it continued whether by Starlin, David, or both!

It is noteworthy to consider that the very end of the Metamorphosis Odyssey's first chapter) and everything thereafter (including the Price) takes place 1 million years after Aknaton used the Infinity Horn to destroy the entire Milky Way galaxy to eliminate the threat of the Zygoteans.

All characters mentioned or pictured are ™ and © Jim Starlin. If you like this stuff, you should check out the real thing!

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