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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published January 1990
Cover Price 3.95
Pages 52
Editing Laurel Fitch
Notes This is essentially a Prestige edition, with glossy white paper and heavy cover stock.

Cover Details

Characters Vanth with supporting cast in the background.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Angel Medina(painting); Paul Mounts(painting)
Inks Angel Medina(painting); Paul Mounts(painting)
Colors Angel Medina(painting); Paul Mounts(painting)
Notes This is essentially a Prestige edition, with glossy white paper and heavy cover stock.

Cover Details

Genre science fiction
Notes The back outside cover summarizes the book's contents.

2 page Dreadstar illustration

Characters Vanth with supporting cast in the background.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jim Starlin
Inks Jim Starlin
Notes This is a two-page frontispiece to the story.

1 page text article

Notes This is a one-page black-and-white summary of the characters and story in general, with a brief synopsis of last issue's story.

40 page Dreadstar story "The Battle for a Galaxy"

Synopsis Dreadstar's gang win the war for Lord Palafox, who is beginning to look quite the villain. In the battle, Skeevo is critically wounded but healed by Junior. Skeevo figures out who Junior really is, but is made to forget.
Genre science fiction
Script Peter David
Pencils Angel Medina
Inks Bob Dvorak; Tom Baxa; Jeff Albrecht
Colors Ray Murtaugh
Letters David Jackson

6 page Pawns text story "Chapter 9: Shelter"

Synopsis The mission survivors attempt to gain entrance to the heavily defended station they set up. In the meantime, one of the plant creatures is after them.
Genre science fiction
Script Jim Starlin; Daina Graziunas
Pencils Jim Starlin
Inks Jim Starlin
Notes This is primarily text, graced by a couple of sketches. The print is smaller this issue.