Captain Sternn

Captain Lincoln F. Sternn is an American comic book character first published in Heavy Metal during the 1980s.

Personality

Captain Sternn is considered "part Han Solo, part James Garner from The Great Escape".[1] The character, as written by Wrightson, is an amoral space captain whose adventures are set in the future. Sternn is sometimes considered a criminal with charges ranging from rape to piracy.

He is associated with supporting characters Hanover Fiste and Justin Tyme.

He is drawn as a caricature of Superman, although his clothing is different; he wears a pseudo-military uniform. He is always accompanied by a small, levitating one-eyed robot, named Beezer, that is his most faithful companion.

Creation

First conceptualized in the late 1970s, Captain Sternn was developed by artist Bernie Wrightson during his time at The Studio. The character's first published adventure was developed on spec for Heavy Metal Magazine.

Publication history

the series was first serialized in Heavy Metal Magazine starting from June 1980. A limited series, entitled Captain Sternn: Running Out of Time was published, for a total of five issues, by Kitchen Sink Press from September 1993.[2]

Film adaptation

The character of Captain Sternn was the focus of the segment "Captain Sternn" of the 1981 film Heavy Metal. In this film adaptation he was voiced by Eugene Levy.

References in other works

Hanover Fiste was mentioned by name a couple of times in the Dreadstar book, both in the Bernie Wrightson stories starring Aldo Gorney published in issue #6-7 [3] [4] and by Tuetun in issue #12.

Notes

  1. ↑ captainsternn.com
  2. ↑ atomicavenue.com
  3. ↑ Grand Comics Database http://www.comics.org/issue/37769/. Retrieved 23 February 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ Grand Comics Database http://www.comics.org/issue/37950/. Retrieved 23 February 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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