Fusion | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Eclipse Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | |
Publication date | January 1987 – October 1989 |
No. of issues | 17 |
Main character(s) | Indio Tremaine Dow Cook Tan Beolvoch Alshain Carz Herrick Haven Eddie |
Creative team | |
Written by |
Steven Barnes Michael Reaves |
Penciller(s) |
Lela Dowling Steve Gallacci |
Editor(s) | Lex Nakashima |
Fusion was an American comic book series published from 1987–1989 by Eclipse Comics, whose creative team included the writer Steven Barnes, the artists Lela Dowling and Steve Gallacci, conceptual editor Lex Nakashima and many more.
The world of Fusion is centuries in our future, when a series of galactic wars have led to a spiraling arms race between "tekkers and splicers" — that is, between those who take a technological and technocratic route to improving humanity, and those who have abandoned humanity altogether through genetic engineering. The story involves the exploits of a group of space mercenaries in an era when humans who have not been enhanced either genetically or cybernetically, are becoming extremely rare.
From the first issue, the book included two back up series featuring Dr. Watchstop, and the Weasel Patrol, a comic stemming from doodles "drawn" of Tan.
In 2014, the first five issues were reprinted in a collection titled Fusion: The Soulstar Commission.
The only recurring characters are the crew of the mercenary spaceship Tsunami.