TALOS OF THE WILDERNESS SEA SPECIAL
Publishers: DC COMICS
Dates: 1 May 1987
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48 page One-Shot Special.
Fantasy story that is not so much a boy and his dog but a boy and his big cat!
Originally planned as a twelve-issue Maxi-Series, Gil Kane’s Talos of the Wilderness Sea was released by DC as a 48 page One-Shot in 1987, with a hope that future installments would follow should fan interest warrant (apparently it didn’t). Although the cover art makes Talos look like a standard Conan-type of barbarian, writers Gil Kane & Jan Strnad actually came through with a very different story.
In a post-nuclear armegeddon future, the lands around the Wilderness Sea are inhabited by two communities: the beast-people, radiation-deformed slaves and the Zar, normal humans who have forced the beast-people to serve them. One day a miraculous event occurs: the offspring of two beast-people is a perfectly formed human baby. Kidnapped and raised as a prince of the Zar people, Carn learns the way of a warrior but grows increasingly sympathetic to the beast-people’s plight. In true messianic fashion, he learns that he is actually the incarnation of their god, Talos, and that it is his destiny to lead the beast-people into freedom.
This issue was Distributed in the UK at the time.
Total value for all issues of this title listed:
| Condition |
PR 1.0 |
FR 1.5 |
GD 2.0 |
VG 4.0 |
FN 6.0 |
VF 8.0 |
VF/NM 9.0 |
NM- 9.2 |
NM 9.4 |
MINT 10.0 |
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| Issues | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total £ | 0.30 | 0.65 | 1.35 | 1.50 | 1.55 | 1.85 | Total title value in pounds in UK markets | ||||
| Total $ | 0.85 | 1.60 | 3.40 | 3.80 | 4.00 | 4.60 | Total title value in dollars in US markets |
Note: some PR issues may have no value. Selected issues in FN, VF or VF/NM may not exist in some titles.
