Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

Here's another long run with no logical break point, even though it seems like there ought to be plenty of 'em.

Topps was infected with the Number One virus, where, since #1's sell well, you try to have as many as possible. Thus, after the two-part RAPTOR, we had a four-part RAPTORS ATTACK, a four-part RAPTORS HIJACK, an eight-part RETURN TO JURASSIC PARK... I made sure that each group had a climax, but really, it's a continuous story.

We began before there were any Jurassic Park movie sequels, so I just ran with what's in the first movie. Generally, I despise comic book adaptations of other media - if you're gonna write, say, Buffy, write the TV show - but in this case, at this time, we were the only Jurassic game in town, and I had free rein. (Perhaps proving that great minds think alike, the movie Jurassic Park III is a lot like this series.)

The artists changed with each title change, as noted below, but dig the gorgeous covers by Michael Golden!


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NOTES:

RAPTOR: Art by Armando Gil.

RAPTORS ATTACK: #1 art by Gil, #2-4 art by Chas Truog.

RAPTORS HIJACK: Art by Neil Vokes

RETURN TO JURASSIC PARK 1-4: Art by Joe Staton. This one had the Green Flame, and to this day people write asking what that was, since it was never explained. Well, I’d done Green Lantern with Joe, so the Green Flame was just an easter egg for him. If I had continued the series I would have, at some point, decided exactly what it meant in Jurassic terms, but that never happened.

RETURN TO JURASSIC PARK 5-8: Art by Jeff Butler. This segment was delayed to make room for some fill-ins but the series was cancelled before it could be used.