Sonic Disruptors

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Sonic Disruptors
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
ScheduleUncompleted
Format Limited series
Genre
Publication dateDecember 1987 – July 1988
No. of issues7 of a planned 12
Creative team
Written by Mike Baron
Artist(s)Barry Crain

Sonic Disruptors was a comic book limited series written by Mike Baron with art by Barry Crain, and published by DC Comics between 1987 and 1988. Although it was advertised as being a twelve-issue story, sales were poor, and the last issue published was #7.

Contents

To date, the series remains incomplete; Baron has stated that he had not written a script for issue 8. [1]

Baron has publicly described the series as a "dud", saying that he "didn't know what (he) was doing (when writing the series)", that he "had no end to the series in mind", and that he "didn't construct the characters properly". [2]

Plot

Sonic Disruptors depicted a futuristic America ruled by a theocratic military dictatorship, where the only source of resistance is a pirate radio station broadcasting from orbit.

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References

  1. Mike Baron, Eisner Winning Writer and Novelist Interview by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson, at Comic Book Historians; published November 16, 2020; retrieved January 4, 2021; Thompson: "Now, did you have one issue that was not released, that was at least written? Or did you have all 12 issues?", Baron: "No, I don't have an issue in the can", Thompson: "Oh, okay. So there’s not like a issue seven or issue 8 script?", Baron: "No".
  2. CASEY INTERVIEWS BARON: DETONATION NOW!, by Joe Casey, at Newsarama; published November 3, 2004; retrieved (via archive.org) March 2, 2016