TekWorld

William Shatner's TekWorld (or Tek World) was a comic book series published by Epic Comics/Marvel, from 1992 to 1995.^[1] It is based on the TekWar novels.

TekWorld
Cover to issue #1 of TekWorld (September 1992). Art by Lee Sullivan.
Publication information
Publisher	Epic Comics (Marvel Comics)
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Science fiction
Publication date	September 1992 - August 1994
No. of issues	24
Main character(s)	Jake Cardigan, Warbride
Creative team
Created by	William Shatner
Written by	Ron Goulart Evan Skolnick
Artist(s)	Lee Sullivan
Penciller(s)	Rich Suchy
Inker(s)	John Stanisci
Letterer(s)	Pat Brosseau Ken Lopez
Colorist(s)	Evan Skolnick Mike Worley
Editor(s)	Fabian Nicieza
Collected editions
TekWorld	ISBN 0-87135-985-5

Publication history

Lee Sullivan, who was the principal artist on the series (providing the art for 16 issues and all the covers), had worked with Evan Skolnick on Marvel's RoboCop series, and it was Skolnick who recommended Sullivan to the editor Fabian Nicieza when they lost the original artist for the project.^[2] Sullivan was also allowed to produce the full line art because, he says, "I had found it difficult to provide pencils that anyone could ink well, and the results were much better."^[2]

Following a request from Shatner, the look of the series was adjusted to parallel the television series when it was in production ^[2] Despite being more closely tied-into the expanding TekWar franchise, the title was one of those which got cut during Marvel's financial problems in the mid-nineties, with the last issue cover dated August 1994.^[2]

Issues

1. "Born Again"
2. "Across the Border"
3. "Warbride Revisited"
4. "Fatal Reunion"
5. "Tek War"
6. "Moon Kill"
7. "Space Jack"
8. "Welcome Back Cardigan"
9. "Prison Bound"
10. "Fugitives"
11. "Disorder at the Border"
12. "Chasing Shadows"
13. "Bionic Duel"
14. "Attack of the Zombies"
15. "Plague?"
16. "Back to the Freezer"
17. "Destination Kyoto"
18. "Showdown at the Shrine"
19. "SIMS of the Father"
20. "Hand of the Rising Son"
21. "Who Aren't in Heaven"
22. "Fathers & Guns"
23. "We'll Be Right Back..."
24. "A Matter of Innocence"

Collected editions

Part of the series has been collected into a trade paperback:

• TekWorld (129 pages, February 1994, ISBN 0-87135-985-5)

See also

• Primortals – a comic series inspired by the writings of Leonard Nimoy
• Tek Jansen

Notes

1. . Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
2. An Interview With Comic Artist Lee Sullivan, SciFi Pulse, October 13, 2008

References

• TekWorld at the Grand Comics Database
• at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

External links

• TekWorld on Lee Sullivan's site
• Tek World details