The Transmutation of Ike Garuda
| The Transmutation of Ike Garuda | |
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Cover of the 1st issue
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Epic Comics |
| Format | Prestige format mini-series |
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| Publication date | July 1991 – January 1992 |
| Number of issues | 2 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Elaine Lee |
| Artist(s) | James Sherman |
| Creator(s) | Elaine Lee |
The Transmutation of Ike Garuda is a two-issue prestige format mini-series published by the Epic Comics imprint of Marvel Comics, with the first issue being released in 1991 and the second issue in 1992. It was written by Elaine Lee, with art by James Sherman.
Like some of Elaine Lee's other work, The Transmutation of Ike Garuda is science fiction of the noir space opera genre.
The Transmutation of Ike Garuda is set in a future in which interstellar spaceflight transportation has been obsoleted by the Galactic Access System (abbreviated G.A.S.), an interstellar transportation system that uses teleportation devices called wombs that function in a way similar to the transporters of Star Trek. Wombs are not entirely reliable: luggage is frequently lost, and, less commonly, people are lost as well (it is also implied that the Tranzit Authority may deliberately "lose" its enemies, thereby assassinating them). Furthermore, a few planets, like New Saxon, are off-line, meaning that, for unknown (at least, at the beginning of the story) reasons, they cannot be reached by G.A.S.
The universe is dominated by four organizations:
Some terms are different from modern-day usage. Computers are known as brain-banks, or more simply, as brains or banks. The calendar uses, instead of years, periods of time known as kics or kiks (the spelling differs through the comic).
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