Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} From the Stars by Robotech: From the Stars. Robotech: From the Stars is a Robotech comic series which was released by WildStorm Comics in 2002. The series was set before the events of the TV series, and primarily focused on Roy Fokker and the development of the VF-1 Valkyrie, basing itself heavily in the continuity of flashback stories such as "A Rainy Night." The comic was the first piece of Robotech fiction to be produced since 1998, and is notable for being the first comic to be made as part of the rebooted timeline created by Harmony Gold to avoid confusion with secondary media work. Many of the ideas and characters are taken directly from Robotech: The Graphic Novel , but are changed significantly. From the Stars. Featuring characters from the extremely popular animated series, ROBOTECH: FROM THE STARS is a revealing and action-packed prequel to the 1980's cult hit. With America and Russia at war, a massive alien spacecraft suddenly crashes in the South Pacific. Quickly realizing that this warship is an unintended herald of an upcoming alien invasion, the countries of Earth look past their differences and unite in the common cause of preparing for the galactic onslaught. Using the technology from the fallen spaceship, humans begin to . Read More. Featuring characters from the extremely popular animated series, ROBOTECH: FROM THE STARS is a revealing and action-packed prequel to the 1980's cult hit. With America and Russia at war, a massive alien spacecraft suddenly crashes in the South Pacific. Quickly realizing that this warship is an unintended herald of an upcoming alien invasion, the countries of Earth look past their differences and unite in the common cause of preparing for the galactic onslaught. Using the technology from the fallen spaceship, humans begin to develop and train in high-tech biomechanical fighter ships. But when the Anti-Unification Force targets the top-secret research facility with a Reflex warhead, even ace test pilot Roy Fokker may not be able to save Earth's only chance for survival. Read Less. Robotech: From the Stars 0: Promises. Promises is the title of the pre-release issue of Robotech: From the Stars , released on 4 December 2002. The issue included 7 exclusive art works and an afterword by Tommy Yune. Contents. Publisher's Summary. Robotech lives, in this prelude special containing a 12-page story illustrated in "jam" style by Jim Lee, Lee Bermejo, Alé Garza, and Carlos D'Anda! After a rescue mission, Captain Rick Hunter comes across Roy Fokker's Veritech, set to be dismantled. The sight of Roy's "old bird" takes Rick back to the day Roy left the Pop Hunter's Air Circus to fight in the world war. Plus, a pin-up section featuring the eye-popping artwork of Adam Warren, Kaare Andrews, Randy Green, Long Vo, Dustin Nguyen, and Keron Grant! And Tommy Yune discusses Robotech's past, present, and future! Four VF-1 Valkyrie fighters from Wolf Squadron cruise over the ruins of an Earth city. Wolf Leader, Jack Archer, spots several rebel Zentraedi who have stolen a number of gun pods and radios base with the information. The Zentraedi retreat into a crater and Archer takes his squadron in to recover the weapons. Archer orders his fighters to switch to battloid mode and reminds his comrades that they do not have authorization for deadly force. Wolf Squadron are caught by surprise when the rebels open fire with armed gun pods, narrowly missing Wolf Two. On the edge of the crater two MAC-II Monster destroids appear, which Wolf Squadron initially consider to be reinforcements sent from base. This is quickly dispelled when the Monsters open fire on Wolf Squadron, blowing off the head of one of the VF-1A Valkyries. Wolf Squadron notices the Zentraedi markings on the Monsters - they have walked into a trap. Wolf Squadron comes under heavy attack and are pinned to the bottom of the crater. Archer repeated calls for support and a voice replies, "I heard you the first time, Wolf Leader." From above dives Skull Leader in the prototype YF-4 Lightning. The pilots goes to switch to guardian mode and the servos of the advanced Veritech fighter whirl - but the fighter suffers a transformation malfunction. The pilot quickly recovers and swiftly destroys the Monsters with his missiles. Without support from the destroids Wolf Squadron quickly capture the rebels and Skull Leader informs them an assault team is on its way and flies off. Skull Leader flies towards New Macross City. A year has passed since the last major battle with the Zentraedi. The wreckage of the SDF-1 and Khyron's Warship are still visible as work continues to bury them under giant mounds. Skull leader lands his fighter and is met by an irate Doctor Emil Lang who wants a word with its pilot - Captain Rick Hunter. Lang reprimands Hunter for risking the prototype, but Hunter brushes the comments off causing Lang to claim that Hunter is not taking the incident seriously. Hunter assures Lang that he understands the seriousness of the situation and that if it had not been for him they would have lost men. Hunter is distracted from his discussion with Lang by the site of Skull-One , which has been brought in for testing as it is the oldest Valkyrie in service and the data gained from it could be invaluable. Hunter apologizes to Lang for risking the YF-4 and asks to continue their discussion later. Lang agrees but before he leaves he reminds Hunter of his appointment with Admiral Hayes that night. The site of Hunter's old charge brings back memories of its previous pilot - Hunter's big brother, Roy Fokker. Hunter flashes back to a stormy day in 1999. A crowd sits in the stands at an aerodrome as an announcer announces that due to the storm that it looks like the show is over. The announcer quickly corrects that comment as a young Rick Hunter points up to the sky and shouts, "Yeah! That's my bro!" A yellow Fokker D.VII flies through the storm, a joyful Roy Fokker at its controls. After the show an angry Pop Hunter confronts Roy about his stunt, calling it stupid and reckless. Roy assures Pop that he can take care of himself. Pop acknowledges that but that is not his concern; he is concerned that Roy's risky behavior will get someone else killed. Some time later an young Rick runs to find Roy after hearing a rumor that Roy is leaving to join the Global War. Roy confirms it, saying he has no wish to kill but he is a good pilot and his country needs him. Despite Pop's anti-war stance he respects Roy's decision as each man must make their own way in the world. Roy takes Rick outside to talk privately with his little brother. Rick wants to go with his big brother, but Roy tells him that war is no place for children and that when Rick is old enough to be a fighter pilot the war would be a distance memory. Rick then asks Roy if he will come back to rejoin the circus after the war and Roy promises he will. ROBOTECH: FROM THE STARS. The Robotech saga is one of the masterpieces of Japanese animation, filled with memorable characters and laced with equal parts action and emotion. This volume collects ROBOTECH #1-6, the critically acclaimed WildStorm miniseries that breathed new life into the Robotech universe! Learn the story of Roy Fokker, an ace pilot in the great war and a test pilot for the Veritech program. The story of the Veritech program is one fraught with betrayal and disappointment, featuring a veritable Who's-Who of the Robotech universe. with a surprise ending that will leave fans begging for more!Also included is ROBOTECH #0, a prelude to the miniseries that contains a 12-page story illustrated in "jam" style by Jim Lee, Lee Bermejo, Alé Garza, and Carlos D'Anda! Plus, this volume includes the hard-to-find ROBOTECH SOURCEBOOK, written by Yune with art by Jason Pearson, Garza, D'Anda, Damion Scott, Rob Haynes, Tommy Lee Edwards, and more, featuring background info on every Robotech character and vehicle! ROBOTECH: FROM THE STARS is a must-have for fans of all ages! Community. See All. June's DC Book Club: DC Pride. Check out this month's installment of the DC Book Club to learn about all our Pride events throughout the month! Arrowverse Pride Profile: John Constantine. Looking to learn more about the Arrowverse depiction of John Constantine? Find out more here! Which DC Universe Gadget Will Save You? This week, we're asking you to roll a dice to pair up with Catwoman, Harley, or Poison Ivy to thwart the enemy! THIS ROBOTECH THING, the blog. Roy Fokker does not listen. Evidence presented from Robotech: Return to Macross #5, by Bill Spangler , Tim Divar , & Jack Snider (Eternity/Malibu, August 1993). robotech Robotech comics Return to Macross Roy fokker dr. lang claudia grant Bill Spangler tim divar Feb 4th, 2015 2 notes. Anonymous asked: Robotech was originally constructed as a means of strip syndicating Super Dimension Fortress Macross – that is, selling Macross to networks as something that could be aired five times a week for at least thirteen weeks. Macross was, thus, always going to be a part of the series. The international rights to Macross were, and still are, controlled by . Now, most of Tatsunoko’s catalog is superhero-style cartoons along the same lines as their Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (a.k.a. Battle of the Planets, a.k.a. G-Force). They don’t have a deep bench when it comes to robot cartoons. HOWEVER, it just so happens that they played a more significant role in the production of Genesis Climber Mospeada & Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross and also held the rights to those shows. It also just so happens that, unlike most real-type robot cartoons (which are usually more conventional war stories except with giant robots, thanks to the influence of Mobile Suit Gundam , the first of the sub-genre), both of those shows focused on alien invasions and, in the wake of Macross’s startling success, their flagship robot designs also transformed between three forms. In short, there really were no other choices on the table. Tatsunoko had all that Carl Macek & Harmony Gold needed right there in the catalog: no more, no less. In fact, Harmony Gold already held the rights to Mospeada – there’s a dubbed pilot episode for that in the extras for the first New Generation Legacy Collection box featuring Dan “Roy Fokker” Woren as Stick Bernard. They just had to snap up Southern Cross, and the rest was history. There is a long-standing rumor that at some point the third “Super Dimension” show, Super Dimension Century Orguss , would have played a part in Robotech following Sentinels as either a whole separate thing or as part of Macek’s sprawling Robotech III: The Odyssey concept. However, A) the show’s from a different studio, Tokyo Movie Shinsha , which might’ve made things a little complicated down the road, and B) I’ve heard differing accounts on whether or not that was ever seriously considered. Even if it was, plans could well have changed by the time that show was actually entering preproduction as opposed to all it ever was, which was “notes Carl Macek mapped out for if they ever got that far.” I’ve even heard that Carl Macek really didn’t much care for the show, which probably would have ruled it out despite its visual similarity to the Robotech shows. (It features character designs by Macross designer Haruhiko Mikimoto and mechanical designs by Kazutaka Miyatake, the Macross mecha designer who isn’t Shoji Kawamori. Miyatake was the one who designed the SDF-1 Macross itself.) Feb 3rd, 2015 2 notes. The first arc of Robotech: Return to Macross ends with Roy Fokker rescuing some folks from a burning building with his Battloid, causing would- be saboteur Conrad Wilbur of religious anti- Robotech group The Faithful to lose his nerve. Issue #4 of the series is brought to us by Bill Spangler , Tim Eldred , and Jack Snider (Eternity/Malibu, July 1993). robotech robotech comics Return to Macross Roy fokker captain gloval dr. lang conrad wilbur T.R. Edwards veritech Bill Spangler Tim Eldred Feb 3rd, 2015 4 notes. Roy Fokker puts the Veritech prototype through its paces as Captain Gloval and Dr. Lang fret about the politics behind T.R. Edwards ’s presence on Macross Island in these pages from Robotech: Return to Macross #3, by Bill Spangler , Tim Eldred , and Jack Snider (Eternity/Malibu, June 1993). robotech robotech comics Return to Macross Roy fokker captain gloval dr. lang veritech Bill Spangler Tim Eldred Feb 2nd, 2015 7 notes. Captain Gloval ’s presentation of the Veritech Fighter to Roy Fokker is interrupted by the arrival of T.R. Edwards , sent by the United Earth Government to make sure the Veritech program gets back on track, in these pages from Robotech: Return to Macross by Bill Spangler , Mujib Rahiman , and Tim Eldred (Eternity/Malibu, May 1993). As you can see, many of the pieces in play here were used, albeit in a very different configuration, ten years later in the Wildstorm/DC Comics series we just finished looking at. robotech robotech comics Return to Macross Roy fokker captain gloval T.R. Edwards veritech Bill Spangler mujib rahiman Jan 30th, 2015 4 notes. Captain Henry Gloval is there to greet Roy Fokker upon his return to Macross Island and the two discuss the stress and madness inherent to living so close to the alien space battlefortress in these pages from Robotech: Return to Macross #1 by Bill Spangler and Mujib Rahiman (Eternity/Malibu, April 1993). robotech robotech comics Return to Macross Roy fokker captain gloval dr. lang Bill Spangler mujib rahiman Jan 29th, 2015 5 notes. Roy Fokker switches Skull Leader to Battloid for the very first time to take on anti-unificationists who have seized Armor-1 in these pages from Robotech #6 by Tommy Yune , Jay Faerber , Long Vo , Charles Park , and Saka (Wildstorm/DC, May 2003). robotech robotech comics roy fokker veritech skull one from the stars tommy yune jay faerber long vo charles park saka Jan 28th, 2015 5 notes. Claudia Grant walks in on the kind of thing she always walks in on at this stage in her relationship with Roy Fokker in these pages from Robotech #5 by Tommy Yune , Jay Faerber , Long Vo , Charles Park , and Saka (Wildstorm/DC, April 2003). robotech robotech comics from the stars roy fokker claudia grant jan morris tommy yune jay faerber long vo charles park saka Jan 27th, 2015 4 notes. Lt. Colonel T.R. Edwards walks Roy Fokker through his first real Robotech experience in the middle of a crisis in these pages from Robotech #4, by Tommy Yune , Jay Faerber , Long Vo , Charles Park , and Saka (Wildstorm/DC, March 2003). Robotech Robotech comics from the stars Roy fokker T.R. Edwards vf-x Tommy Yune jay faerber Long Vo charles park saka Jan 26th, 2015 9 notes. Rick Hunter wins the fifth of his eight consecutive flying trophies in the opening pages of Robotech #3, by Tommy Yune , Jay Faerber , Long Vo , Charles Park , & Saka (Wildstorm/DC, February 2003).