Marvel Strip #8
In *Marvel Strip #8*, a 1980s European import with a 5,95 NLG cover price, writer and artist Rick Veitch crafts a quietly devastating sci-fi tale set on the distant planet Epsilon Bootis. Earth’s settlers, communicating only through outdated 1950s TV broadcasts, wage war against the native Ploo, while Rimbaud, an Earth woman with the rare "Heartburst" ability, searches for others like her to bridge the gap. When Sunoco Firestone, unaware of his own latent talent, falls in love with Maia, a Ploo high priestess, their bond ignites a chain of events that fractures the fragile peace—until a long-lost connection across worlds finally reopens. Cover by Rick Veitch.
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Earth settlers on planet Epsilon Bootis (EB) try to wipe out the native Ploo. Communication from earth to EB is only via old TV shows from the 1950's. Rimbaud, an earth woman, has the "Heartburst" talent to traverse between earth and EB, and is trying to find an settler with similar talent to create a communication link. Sunoco Firestone has such a talent but doesn't know it. Sunoco falls in love with Maia, a Ploo high priestess, who becomes pregnant with his child. This lands Sunoco in prison for several years for the crime of crossbreeding. War between the settlers and Ploo breaks out. Sunoco finds his talent, opens a communications link with earth, reconnects with Maia, and meets his young son for the first time.
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