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''Cobalt 60'' is a science fiction comics series created by underground cartoonist Vaughn Bodē. After appearing in one story in 1968, the character lay dormant for almost 20 years. In 1984, ''Cobalt 60'' was revived by Vaughn Bodē's son Mark Bodé and writer Larry Todd. ==Publication history== Vaughn Bodē reputedly first drew the character Cobalt 60 on a piece of scratch paper in 1959. Nearly ten years later, in 1968, he wrote and drew a ten-page, black-and-white, pen-and-ink ''Cobalt 60'' story for Ken Rudolph's sci-fi fanzine ''Shangri L'Affaires'' (a.k.a. ''Shaggy'') #73. The story did not expound much on the character, instead concentrating on action and a thorough depiction of the story's setting. Bodē wrote a prose follow-up of the story, with pencil illustrations, for ''Shaggy'' #74. Bodē won the 1969 Hugo Award for Best Fanzine Artist largely on the strength of ''Cobalt 60''. In addition, the initial ten-page story was later republished in ''Witzend'' #7 (April 1970), in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Metal Hurlant'' in 1980, and in ''Epic Illustrated'' #27 (Dec. 1984). Although Bodē had created a cast of characters with whom he could populate a more involved story, he never did anything else with the material. (His son Mark Bodé said the project had made him too depressed.) In 1984, ''Cobalt 60'' was revived via full-color art by Mark Bodé and a story scripted by Larry Todd (a former friend and collaborator of Vaughn Bodē's from the 1960s). These latter-day ''Cobalt 60'' stories were serialized in the magazine ''Epic Illustrated'' starting with the December 1984 issue. Although the story included all of Vaughn Bodé's original elements, Mark Bodé said the finished product was more "lighthearted" than what he felt his father would have done. In 1988 The Donning Company/Starblaze Graphics published a 1988 ''Cobalt 60'' book collection. The separate episodes were later gathered in four magazine-sized comics published in 1992 by Tundra Press. An additional ''Cobalt 60'' episode by Todd and Mark Bodé, titled "Da Dust Devil," appeared in ''Heavy Metal Overdrive'' (a ''Heavy Metal Special'') vol. 9, #1 (1995). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cobalt 60 (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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