The A-Team | |
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Group publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics IDW Publishing |
First appearance | The A-Team (vol. 1) #1 (March 1984) |
Created by | Frank Lupo Stephen J. Cannell |
In-story information | |
Type of organization | Team |
Leader(s) | Col. John "Hannibal" Smith |
Agent(s) | Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock Bosco "B.A." Baracus Amy "Triple A" Allen |
The A-Team (comics) | |
Series publication information | |
Format | Miniseries |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Marvel Comics: Marie Severin, Jim Salicrup, Alan Kupperberg War Stories: Chuck Dixon, Erik Burnham Shotgun Wedding: Joe Carnahan, Tom Waltz |
Artist(s) | Marvel Comics: Marie Severin, Jim Mooney, Joe Giella, Alan Kupperberg War Stories: Various, including Hugo Petrus, Casey Maloney Shotgun Wedding: Stephen Mooney |
Creator(s) | Frank Lupo Stephen J. Cannell |
The A-Team TV series and film have been adapted into several comics .
In 1984, Marvel Comics released an A-Team title, which ran for 3 issues. [1] The three issues were published within the same month so that they could be bundled together and sold in chain stores. [2] Jim Salicrup, who edited all three issues and wrote two of them, said that due to the tight deadline and the unavailability of A-Team episodes on home media, he watched a single episode of the series on TV and delivered both his plots to production studio Universal for their approval the next day. [2] The Marvel Comics series was sold individually and released in "packs": one pack contained the first 2 issues, the other all 3 issues. Each pack was in a sealed transparent bag featuring Marvel's logo and a picture of Spider-Man. Marvel released the series in a trade paperback called The A-Team Storybook. ( ISBN 0517553856).
The Marvel US comics were also reprinted by Marvel UK in a variety of formats, including hardback annual book and The A-Team Summer Special 1985 and The A-Team Summer Special #2 (1986). The final Marvel UK hardback A-Team annual was released in 1991, several years after the cancellation of The A-Team TV series, showing its continued popularity in the UK despite this.[ citation needed ]
In 2010, a miniseries titled The A-Team: War Stories was released to promote the film. The miniseries consisted of four one-shot comics based on each team member before they joined the A-Team. Although Chuck Dixon and Erik Burnham are credited as co-writers for each installment, Dixon stated that they split the work, with Dixon writing the installments for John "Hannibal" Smith and Templeton Peck, and Burnham writing the installments for B. A. Baracus and Howling Mad Murdock. The series contains art from Hugo Petrus and Casey Maloney, among others. [3]
Although the story has been updated to the Gulf War like in the film adaption, and the characters take the appearance of the film's cast, Dixon stated that the miniseries is based on the original TV series. [3]
"Both [B.A.'s and Murdock's installments] are very funny, with Murdock's story being packed with laugh-out-loud lines. Erik killed on both of them." [3]
Shotgun Wedding is another miniseries that brings the whole team together. It was written by the film's director Joe Carnahan and Tom Waltz, and illustrated by Stephen Mooney. [3]
Taking place after the events of The A-Team , after their escape, Shotgun Wedding unfolds on a cruise ship. The A-Team is tasked with protecting the daughter of Hannibal's old comrade, after her life is threatened and her upcoming wedding is endangered. Posing as members of the ship's crew and the wedding team, Hannibal becomes the priest, Murdock the chef, B.A. the chauffeur and bodyguard, and Face becomes the couple's wedding planner. There are complications as Murdock's culinary abilities are questionable and Face is already all-too familiar with the bride. [4]
An A-Team comic adaptation appeared in Look-In throughout the 1980s. An A-Team strip also ran in TV Comic sold in UK. The length of its run is unknown.[ citation needed ]
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