Series writer Brandon Jerwa talks about the story in a new interview with Comic Book Resources. Jerwa, known for his work on G.I. Joe, Highlander and Battlestar Galactica, revealed that the story will feature a “heist” for which Vala assembles an Ocean’s 11-style group of cohorts.
“Vala’s working with a crew of science fiction ne’er-do-wells that are all new to the franchise,” Jerwa told the site. “I’m going to keep the hard details under wraps for now, but let me give you some glimpses into my madness: Vala’s crew has a weirdo alien pilot, an officious robot, a tiger warrior, a midget assassin and a hot chick with a space monkey.”
Look for the SG-1 team to be involved too, of course — including Jack O’Neill.
“The series is actually set in two different timelines,” Jerwa explained. “The first two and a half issues take place before Vala joined up with SG-1. She’s a freelance thief who’s burning bridges left and right, both with former employers and the higher-ups in an organization called the Lucian Alliance.
“The second half of the series takes place in the current continuity of Stargate SG-1. Vala is leading a far more honest life these days, but she finds herself dealing with the repercussions of her actions in the first part of the story. Those repercussions aren’t just affecting Vala’s livelihood, either – they’re threatening the entire universe.”
Jerwa will reportedly also write the main Stargate SG-1 “Season 11” series. Dynamite has three separate launches planned for comics based on SG-1, Atlantis, and Stargate Universe, according to last summer’s announcement (story).
Check out the full-size cover images for Vala Mal Doran #1 and #2 now in the Stargate Image Gallery, courtesy of Comic Book Resources! Also look for the cover to Daniel Jackson #1, another limited-run series in the works at Dynamite.
Read the full interview now at Comic Book Resources, and ask your local comic purveyor about Vala Mal Doran #1 and the new Stargate comics from Dynamite! Newsarama also has an interview with Jerwa about the series.
(Thanks to CraigMacD for the tip)
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Are these going to be canon? Only way I'll read them.
Man, Claudia Black is really hot, but this comic version of Vala really isnt. She might even be really ugly. Maybe its just the face she makes on the cover but... damn
Not canon, not interested.
is she skinny enough? also... boy o boy did they exaggerate her nose.wow
a dynamite comics release? count on vala to be wearing next to nothing any time you see her. dynamite makes some of the worst comics.
AWESOME!!! Cannot wait!!! Definitely a comic series I'll be following!!!
Seriously don't like the artistic style here - doesn't really look like Vala at all.
But I'd buy it anyway, darn it.
@grif
Looks like they tried to compensate by making her thighs wider than her waist xD
Brilliant, can't wait!
I think it’s rather appropriate that they decided to focus a whole comic book series on Vala given that she was always the most comic-book like of the main characters. Since it looks like a good part of the series will focus almost entirely on her life before SG-1, I’m really not all that interested. I would love to have comic books that focus on SG-1 and all of the team members – Jack, Sam, Teal’c, Daniel, Cam, and Vala (and even Jonas if you can squeeze him in). But I won’t be buying anything that focuses just on one character to the exclusion of all the others. I also really hope that the SG-1 Season 11 comic series does not exclude Jack and Sam b/c they were no longer on SG-1. That would be even more disappointing to me than DE’s decision to release series for individual characters. I had problems with Avatar b/c they took so long to release the various issues but at least they always gave everyone on the team some part to play in all of their stories.