This Wednesday, March 5th, BOOM! Studios is releasing a softcover & hardcover edition of Jim Henson’s THE DARK CRYSTAL Original Motion Picture Adaptation.
The classic 1983 adaptation from writer David Anthony Kraft (The Savage She-Hulk) and artists Bret Blevins (The New Mutants, Star Wars Legends) & Vince Colletta (Thor) of the timeless and much-beloved Jim Henson film The Dark Crystal is lovingly restored and presented as part of BOOM! Studios Archive Edition Line.
Here’s a look at the cover, the storyline, and preview pages
for this week’s new release from BOOM! Studios! #NCBD
Jim Henson’s THE DARK CRYSTAL Original Motion Picture Adaptation HC & SC
Written by David Anthony Kraft
Pencils by Bret Blevins
Inks by Vince Colletta
Original Colors by George Roussos
Restoration and Color by Kyle Hallemeier (Colortek Inc.)
Lettered by Janice Chiang
Cover Art by Richard Amsel
A thousand years ago… The planet Thra… When the Crystal of Truth shattered, two new races appeared in the land, the cruel and malevolent Skeksis, further tainting and wielding the corrupted crystal for their own ends, unnaturally extending their lives– a twisted existence to match their monstrous visages. Their counterpart, the gentle, wise, and kind urRu, more commonly known as Mystics, await their final fate in the Valley of Stones, where they harbor the last known living Gelfling—a young orphan named Jen…
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