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''The Transmutation of Ike Garuda'' is a two-issue prestige format mini-series published by the Epic Comics imprint of Marvel Comics, with the first issue being released in 1991 and the second issue in 1992. It was written by Elaine Lee, with art by James Sherman. Like some of Elaine Lee's other work, ''The Transmutation of Ike Garuda'' is science fiction of the noir space opera genre. ==Setting== ''The Transmutation of Ike Garuda'' is set in a future in which interstellar spaceflight transportation has been obsoleted by the ''Galactic Access System'' (abbreviated ''G.A.S.''), an interstellar transportation system that uses teleportation devices called ''wombs'' that function in a way similar to the transporters of ''Star Trek''. Wombs are not entirely reliable: luggage is frequently lost, and, less commonly, people are lost as well (it is also implied that the Tranzit Authority may deliberately "lose" its enemies, thereby assassinating them). Furthermore, a few planets, like New Saxon, are ''off-line'', meaning that, for unknown (at least, at the beginning of the story) reasons, they cannot be reached by G.A.S. The universe is dominated by four organizations: * the ''G.A.S. Tranzit Authority'' (abbreviated ''T.A.''), the most powerful megacorp in the universe due to its monopoly over G.A.S. * ''Diamond Minds'' (abbreviated ''D.M.''), a smaller megacorp, rival to the Tranzit Authorit; it specializes in mind-related technologies and controls a planet also known as Diamond Minds * ''Cybertronics Systems'' (abbreviated ''Cy-Systems''), a megacorp specializing in cyberware and organ growing * ''Hermeeze Elite'' (abbreviated ''Hermeeze'' or ''Elite''), a very reliable courier service whose Grade A couriers may be trusted to safeguard the messages they carry with their lives Some terms are different from modern-day usage. Computers are known as ''brain-banks'', or more simply, as ''brains'' or ''banks''. The calendar uses, instead of years, periods of time known as ''kics'' or ''kiks'' (the spelling differs through the comic). 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「The Transmutation of Ike Garuda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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