Creators lift the lid on 'Stargate' comics

Dynamite Entertainment has given fans a glimpse of what to expect when its new Stargate comics hit shelves.

To coincide with the debut of television series Stargate Universe, the publisher is to release anthology comic Stargate #0 in October.

The book features a Universe story by Chuck Dixon and Nigel Raynor, an SG-1 tale by Brandon Jerwa and Walter Geovani, and a Doug Murray and Esteve Polls offering based on Atlantis. All three stories spin off into their own ongoing books.

Speaking about SG-1, Jerwa told Newsarama: "There is a glimpse of the near future in this story. There will definitely be some people saying 'What the hell is happening there?' when they see what I'm talking about."

On Atlantis, which picks up where the show left off, Murray teased: "I’m showing what happens to the team while they're on Earth. I plan another book about the return trip to the Pegasus Galaxy - it won't be uneventful."

Dixon’s Universe will be closely tied to the TV series, in which a band of soldiers, scientists and civilians find themselves on a mysterious space craft after a battle forces them through a Stargate.