The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior was a 1983 11-issue fantasy-based [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_comics\"]Marvel[/url] comic book with an associated toy line from [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remco\"]Remco[/url], consisting of seven figures, some vehicles and accessories.
The toys hit the shelves in late 1982; the Marvel Comics series was first published in the spring of 1983.[sup][url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saga_of_Crystar#cite_note-0\"][1][/url][/sup] Since the toys were released first, many assumed the comic had been a licensed adaptation of the toyline, but Crystar and all of the characters in the toy line and comic book were created and owned by Marvel Comics, which had created the concept with the express intent of selling the license to a toy company.[sup][url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saga_of_Crystar#cite_note-1\"][2][/url][/sup]
The comic book series was set parallel to the [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Universe\"]Marvel Universe[/url] and featured guest appearances by [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Strange\"]Doctor Strange[/url], [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightcrawler_(comics)\"]Nightcrawler[/url] and [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Flight\"]Alpha Flight[/url].
The cover of issue #8 of [url=\"http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=212228\"]The Saga of Crystar[/url], drawn by [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Golden_(comics)\"]Michael Golden[/url], features a skull logo that was later used by the bands [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain_(band)\"]Samhain[/url] and [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzig_(band)\"]Danzig[/url].
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The toys hit the shelves in late 1982; the Marvel Comics series was first published in the spring of 1983.[sup][url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saga_of_Crystar#cite_note-0\"][1][/url][/sup] Since the toys were released first, many assumed the comic had been a licensed adaptation of the toyline, but Crystar and all of the characters in the toy line and comic book were created and owned by Marvel Comics, which had created the concept with the express intent of selling the license to a toy company.[sup][url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saga_of_Crystar#cite_note-1\"][2][/url][/sup]
The comic book series was set parallel to the [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Universe\"]Marvel Universe[/url] and featured guest appearances by [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Strange\"]Doctor Strange[/url], [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightcrawler_(comics)\"]Nightcrawler[/url] and [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Flight\"]Alpha Flight[/url].
The cover of issue #8 of [url=\"http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=212228\"]The Saga of Crystar[/url], drawn by [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Golden_(comics)\"]Michael Golden[/url], features a skull logo that was later used by the bands [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain_(band)\"]Samhain[/url] and [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzig_(band)\"]Danzig[/url].
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Tom