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Post by coinilius on Nov 16, 2011 9:21:05 GMT -5
Sorry I've been so slack lately with updating the scans for this comic... to try and get back on track, I have put up two more pages and am starting on the translation!
The Black Star
Page One
Panel One Caption: The old prophecies of the Ancient Ones were true... "One day he who came from elsewhere will face the forbidden! And so that peace will finally reign on Sagar, he will charm... The Black Star."
Blackstar: I have flown over many lands... but none have seemed as desolate as this one!
Mara: Overlord himself does not dare to brave these forbidden places! Give up your quest, Blackstar!
Blackstar: Never Mara... Never!
Caption: Under the wings of the flying dragon Warlock... the dark and chaotic territory of the abandoned mines of the planet Sagar!
Panel Two Caption: If the young prince from another world had forgotten his distant origins as a space corsair, he had kept the valour, bravery and tenacity!
Mara: Blackstar! You know the horrible powers of Antrax! Many centuries ago, this monster of the deep black petrified my ancestors, the Ancient Ones! Since then... no one could defeat him!
Blackstar: I know! This creature of pure carbon transmutes into ore all that he touches!
Panel Three Blackstar: But the precious Black Star adorns his chest! And I promised our friends the Trobbits that I would deprive him of it before the Overlord seizes it. Because the merciless tyrant already has the Moon Stone! With the two jewels, he would hold supreme power... Blackstar: ...over the universe!
Notes: Wow, one page in and this is already an interesting alternate take on the Blackstar mythos!
* Blackstar has no memory... of his space pirate origins! Ok, privateer, but still - I left it as 'space corsair' because it has a more romantic sound to it and I think in the context it is being used in a romantic, swashbuckling sense for space adventurer. Maybe.
* Blackstar's memory loss plays a role in the story later, BTW.
* Much like in the Pif Gadget comics, the Power Sword/Star Sword dynamic is left at the door - but in this version of events, the titular 'Black Star' itself has a similar relationship with the 'Moon Stone' which the Overlord has in his possession. I wonder why they didn't just use the Power Star?
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Post by coinilius on Nov 21, 2011 10:57:48 GMT -5
Page Two Panel One Mara: Your magic sword could defeat the Overlord; he has not had to fight anyone in over two centuries. Blackstar: Courage, Mara... you have already overcome the ancestral feat that this taboo place inspires... Blackstar: ...By agreeing to guide me to the lair of Antrax! Panel Two Blackstar: I have to defeat this monster to get hold of the Black Star and curb the tyranny of the Overlord! Overlord (off panel): Blackstar! By the supreme evil... I look forward to it! Ah! Ah! Ah! Panel Three Mara: There... that dark cave... the lair of Antrax! Blackstar: Warlock, my gentle dragon! To land! Panel Four Blackstar: Guard the entrance and protect my beloved! Panel Five Mara: Blackstar, my prince... Blackstar: Do not worry, Mara... and monitor the skies! I am sure that the Overlord is watching us! Panel Six Overlord (off panel): Exactly, Blackstar! Antrax will annihilate you and Sagar will finally be mine! And if by some miracle you are victorious, the universe will still belong to me, because I will take from you the Black Star! Panel Seven Overlord (off panel): By the evil ice! I hate these sentimental scenes! I hate love and peace! Enough! NOTES: * Yesh - I know the Overlord is a Filmation bad guy but 'I hate love and peace'? We get it, you're a bad guy Overlord! * That said, he is whipping out some pretty crazy lines here - 'by the evil ice' is pretty OTT! * Blackstar tells Mara that he thinks the Overlord is watching their every move... then procedes to make out with her (on top of Warlock?)! Classy! * These French comics definately went for the love angle more than Fimation ever did - in the Pif Gadget comics Mara was moon-eyed over Blackstar all the time, while Klone jealously watched on (which one was he jealous of? ) and here Mara and Blackstar are out and out a couple!
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Post by coinilius on Dec 11, 2011 6:33:56 GMT -5
Page Three
Panel One Mara: Blackstar... May the spirits of the Ancient Ones protect you!
Panel Two Blackstar: Antrax!!!
Panel Three Blackstar: Antrax! I am the one who will restore peace and love to Sagar! Give me the Black Star and I will spare you!
Panel Four Spirit of the Ancient Ones: Blackstar! I am a spirit of the Ancient Ones! I command you escape from the devouring hunger of Antrax!
Blackstar: !?!! Panel Five Spirit of the Ancient Ones: Beware the fingers of coal that petrified my people! You who are the ultimate hope of Sagar, you who dare to stand against the Overlord, flee this cave before you are turned... Spirit of the Ancient Ones: ...Into a pillar of coal!
Panel Six Spirit of the Ancient Ones: AAAAH!
Blackstar: ...By... By all the Galaxies!
Panel Seven Caption: The venerable spirit of the Ancient Ones is suddenly turned into a ghost of crystal stone whose cry will never break forth!
NOTES:
* Nothing major on this page - it is interesting that we see a spirit of one of the Ancient Ones, I suppose, as that is an interesting tie in-to the TV series (what with the City of the Ancient Ones and all)
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Post by Whitedwarf on Dec 13, 2011 15:26:43 GMT -5
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Post by coinilius on Dec 16, 2011 21:51:09 GMT -5
Page Four
Panel one Caption: Arising from the old mine shafts dug by the ancestors of Sagar, Antrax advanced threateningly towards Blackstar!
Blackstar: Cold, dark creature... I was expecting you!
Panel Two Blackstar (thinking): On his chest... the Black Star! But it is inaccessible!
Panel Four Blackstar: Horror! His hand reforms again immediately!
Panel Five Blackstar: The Black Star should be the weak point of this monster! But without a bright light... Blackstar: ...my sword cannot pierce it!
Panel Six Blackstar: I’m lost... on first contact, Antrax will petrify me like the Ancient One!
NOTES:
* So the Star Sword is solar powered? Seems like a bad idea to be depending on it while fighting a monster in a pitch black cave then...
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Post by coinilius on Dec 16, 2011 21:53:18 GMT -5
Thank you I know I have been slow getting these translations done, so I thought posting them up a page at a time as I do it would be better for you guys so you can see that progress is being made lol
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Post by coinilius on Dec 16, 2011 22:45:20 GMT -5
Page Five
Panel One Mara (over television screen): Blackstar... On behalf of our love, come back! Please!
Blackstar (over television screen, from cave): Aaaaah...
Overlord: The white death! This human is lost... and the Black Star too!
Panel Two Mara: Warlock! Faithful dragon! Fly to the aid of your brave master!
Warlock: Huuuu... hummmfff...
Panel Three Mara: Oh, sun of Sagar! Let your sacred rays caress my tears!
Panel Four Mara: And my tears amplify your light...
Panel Five Mara: ...So I can reflect it into the darkness and save my prince from dying!
Panel Six Blackstar (thinking): Farewell beloved Mara... farewell friend Trobbits... mineral death awaits me... Blackstar (thinking): What is this?
Caption: Suddenly two thin rays spring from the shadows between Blackstar and the carbon monster...
Panel Seven Caption: Two lines of hope that the blade of the hero sliced with a stroke!
Blackstar: The living light of Mara!
NOTES:
* Warlock is such a jerk!
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Post by coinilius on Dec 17, 2011 2:41:18 GMT -5
Page Six
Panel One Blackstar: Faithful magic sword! Strike the Black Star in the very heart!
Caption: Vibrating with the cry of its master, the weapon tore itself from his hand...
Panel Two Caption: ...And in an arc of light, plunged itself into the chest of Antrax!
Panel Three Caption: Suddenly absorbing the power of the sword, the jewel violently repels the body of stone which had imprisoned it and Antrax vanishes into a thousand crystal shards!
Panel Four Mara: Blackstar!
Caption: Where, for centuries reigned only death and darkness, a hero emerges from the explosion, he had just irradiated the den of the monster who was the master of the mines of Sagar! Caption: “The ancient prophecy was true”
Panel Five Overlord (off panel): By the ultimate evil and ice! Blackstar has destroyed Antrax... and for the first time, the sun of Sagar caresses the Black Star crystal!
NOTES:
* It seems in this continuity, as well as being solar powered, the Star Sword can react to Blackstar's commands and send itself flying out of his hands like a homing missle!
* Overlord is still making with teh crazy ice based exclamations!
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Post by coinilius on Dec 17, 2011 5:54:35 GMT -5
Page Seven
Panel One Caption: But one hour later, on the way home...
Blackstar: Victory, Mara! We will give the Black Star to our Trobbit friends! But why do you shiver?
Mara: Brrr...! We fly over the Putrid Marshes! A region haunted by nightmarish creatures!
Panel Two Mara (from television screen): I fear a trap here from the Overlord! Faster, Warlock!
Overlord (off panel): Yes... you have reason to be afraid, Mara! The Putrid Marshes harbour pure danger! Ah! Ah! Ah!
Panel Three Overlord (off panel): And the monster that will trap you is the worst of all the creatures that swim in these murky waters...
Panel Four Overlord (off panel): ...Since it is my creature!!
Panel Five Caption: The strange periscope eyes followed the flight of Warlock and his young riders...
Panel Six Overlord (off panel): This is the moment... go ahead, Tarentula! Ah! Ah! Ah!
NOTES:
* Is there a region of Sagar which ISN'T haunted by nightmarish creatures?
* The various swamp monsters have a Filmation vibe to them which is a nice touch, or at least I think they do.
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Post by coinilius on Dec 17, 2011 8:31:07 GMT -5
Page Eight
Panel One Caption: Suddenly, a giant metal spider’s web barred the gentle dragon’s path...
Blackstar: By the galaxy!!!
Mara: A trap of the Overlord!
Panel Two Caption: At the same time, Tarentula, the robot spider, emerged from the cesspool of the Putrid Marshes!
Panel Three Overlord (off panel): Go, Tarentulas! Destroy these presumptuous fools and bring me the Black Star!
Panel Four Mara: Blackstar! Tarentula descends on us!
Blackstar: Warlock! Repel it with your burning flame! Quickly!
Panel Five Blackstar: I’ll try to break these pesky steel cables!
NOTES:
* Blackstar's constant cries of 'By the Galaxy' and 'By all the Galaxies!' is up there with the Overlords constant shout outs to the Evil Ice for over the top exclamations!
* Warlock caught in a web and threatened by a spider-monster is very remniscient of the Masters of the Universe episode where a recoloured Warlock was similarly caught in a web and threatened by a spider-monster. Presumably just an interesting coincidence.
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Post by coinilius on Dec 17, 2011 8:53:50 GMT -5
Page Nine
Panel One Caption: But alas, Warlock's fire cannot damage the metal of Tarentula!
Mara: Blackstar! We must destroy its periscopes!
Panel Two Blackstar: I am entangled in the web of this spider which will drag us to the swamp monsters!
Panel Three Mara: No! Deprived of its eyes, this robot will only be a clumsy carcass!
Blackstar: Beware of its claws, Mara!
NOTES:
* Mara gets physical, smashing the eyes of Tarentula!
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Post by coinilius on Dec 17, 2011 9:59:37 GMT -5
Page Ten
Panel One Overlord (off panel): Tarentula! Grab this accursed witch before she breaks your second tele-transmitter!
Panel Two Mara: Aaaaaah...
Panel Three Blackstar: Courage, Mara! I’m coming!
Mara: Too late, my sweet prince! Tarentula has me!
Panel Four Caption: But under the blows of the young hero’s cosmic sword, the metal wire yields!
Blackstar: By the Galaxy! Warlock is unable to free himself... we’re plunging into the swamp!
Panel Five Mara: Blackstar!
Blackstar: Mara!
Caption: ...And the young prince from another world and his loyal steed plunged into the Putrid Marshes...
NOTES:
* I went with calling the place they're in the Putrid Marshes because it just seemed to have more identity than Putrid Swamp.
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Post by coinilius on Dec 18, 2011 22:51:27 GMT -5
Page Eleven
Panel One Overlord: Tarentula! Bring your captive to my Ice Palace! Overlord: The sublime cold! I have won a choice hostage... Overlord: But throwing of my worst enemy, I have also lost the Black Star!
Panel Two Overlord (off panel): There he is... alive but unconscious! And the precious gem is still in the bag!
Panel Three Blackstar: Aaaah... the... the vines slowed my fall... but... this is a reprieve... Blackstar: What happened to my faithful Warlock?
Panel Four Overlord (off panel): By the coldness! These giant’s steps... this cry...
Panel Five Overlord (off panel): Karnosaurus! The most terrible swamp reptile!
Panel Six Overlord: Farewell, human... but also... farewell Star of Absolute Power!
NOTES:
* Overlord seems pretty excited about losing out on the chance of getting the Black Star... shouldn't he be a bit more interested in getting the power for himself?
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Post by coinilius on Mar 2, 2012 8:38:38 GMT -5
Page Twelve
Panel Two Caption: And in that moment when Blackstar is to engage in desperate combat...
Blackstar: By the Galaxy!!
Panel Three Blackstar (thinking): That Pterox saved me from the fangs of Karnosaurus!
Panel Four Blackstar (thinking): Flee... but where? These marshes are the haunt of reptiles and dead ends!
Panel Five Blackstar (thinking): The cry of distress... Warlock!
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Post by coinilius on Mar 3, 2012 2:13:16 GMT -5
Page Thirteen
Panel One Blackstar: Entangled in that fabric my dragon cannot fight against the current of the Great River!
Panel Two Blackstar: Warlock! I will not abandon you!
Panel Three Blackstar: Aaagh... Blackstar: I have to break the bonds that hold him!
Panel Four Blackstar: Too late, my faithful dragon! Both of us are irresistibly drawn to the high waterfall!
Panel Five Blackstar: Aaaaah!
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