Tragg and the Sky Gods

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Tragg and the Sky Gods
Publication information
Publisher Gold Key Comics
First appearance Mystery Comics Digest #3 (Apr. 1972)
Created by Donald F. Glut and Jesse Santos
In-story information
Species Cro-Magnon
Place of originPrehistoric Earth
PartnershipsLorn
Tragg and the Sky Gods
Publication information
Publisher Gold Key Comics
ScheduleFour times a year
Format Ongoing series
Genre Science fiction/Fantasy
Publication dateJune 1975 – Feb. 1977
No. of issues8
Main character(s)Tragg
Creative team
Written by Donald F. Glut
Artist(s) Jesse Santos, Dan Spiegle

Tragg and the Sky Gods was a comic-book title published by Gold Key Comics in the mid-1970s. The series was created by writer Donald F. Glut and artist Jesse Santos. [1] Later, artist Dan Spiegle would work on the title.

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Appearances

The character first appeared in Mystery Comics Digest #3, published in April 1972. [2] His next appearance was in Mystery Comics Digest #9 in January 1973. A series, Tragg and the Sky Gods, would then run from #1 (June 1975) to #8 (February 1977). [3] The last original Tragg story appeared in Gold Key Spotlight #9 in September 1977. Whitman, the successor to Gold Key, later reprinted the first issue as #9 in May 1982.

Description

Tragg and the Sky Gods was a mix of science fiction and prehistoric fiction. The book narrated the tale of a group of advanced aliens who landed on Earth in the distant past and experimented on the Neanderthals they found there, producing two Cro-Magnons, who would become Tragg and his mate, Lorn. Tragg and Lorn would thus be the ancestors of all modern humans. Writer Glut tied Tragg into other series he created at Gold Key, by having Tragg's Neanderthal brother Jarn appear in Dagar the Invincible .

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References

  1. Markstein, Don (2007). "Tragg and the Sky Gods". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on May 27, 2024. Writer Don Glut...and artist Jesse Santos...supplied the comic, in which aliens from interstellar space had a profound effect on a tribe of Stone Age people.
  2. Fischer, Stuart (March 2018). "Those Unforgettable Super-Heroes of Dell & Gold Key". Alter Ego (#151). TwoMorrows Publishing: 63.
  3. Tragg and the Sky Gods at the Grand Comics Database