The Last Starfighter: Beta
Nov 2026 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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THE BELOVED DUPLICATE GETS HIS DUE!
When the Ko-Dan Armada sent an assassin to kill small-town boy Alex Rogan, it was Alex’s simuloid duplicate “Beta” who saved the day, sacrificing himself to convince the Ko-Dan that Alex was dead. The move bought the Last Starfighter valuable time—enough to sabotage the Ko-Dan mothership and save the planet Rylos. That’s been the story for forty years. Now, the original film writer Jonathan Betuel joins a star-studded creative team to reveal Beta’s true fate! Beta survived the Ko-Dan assault, but he’s not the only alien entity left on Earth. And with Alex far away, Beta’s stranded and alone. Can an organic robot with no orders to execute find his own purpose on an alien planet? Not if the Zando-Zan have anything to say about it!
A hilarious and heartwarming one-shot from writers Benjamin Raab and Deric A. Hughes (Syfy's WAREHOUSE 13, The CW's ARROW, NBC’s QUANTUM LEAP & more) and artist David Cutler (Marvel’s Voices, Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird), and a can’t-miss installment in The Last Starfighter mythos!
When the Ko-Dan Armada sent an assassin to kill small-town boy Alex Rogan, it was Alex’s simuloid duplicate “Beta” who saved the day, sacrificing himself to convince the Ko-Dan that Alex was dead. The move bought the Last Starfighter valuable time—enough to sabotage the Ko-Dan mothership and save the planet Rylos. That’s been the story for forty years. Now, the original film writer Jonathan Betuel joins a star-studded creative team to reveal Beta’s true fate! Beta survived the Ko-Dan assault, but he’s not the only alien entity left on Earth. And with Alex far away, Beta’s stranded and alone. Can an organic robot with no orders to execute find his own purpose on an alien planet? Not if the Zando-Zan have anything to say about it!
A hilarious and heartwarming one-shot from writers Benjamin Raab and Deric A. Hughes (Syfy's WAREHOUSE 13, The CW's ARROW, NBC’s QUANTUM LEAP & more) and artist David Cutler (Marvel’s Voices, Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird), and a can’t-miss installment in The Last Starfighter mythos!
THE BELOVED DUPLICATE GETS HIS DUE!
When the Ko-Dan Armada sent an assassin to kill small-town boy Alex Rogan, it was Alex’s simuloid duplicate “Beta” who saved the day, sacrificing himself to convince the Ko-Dan that Alex was dead. The move bought the Last Starfighter valuable time—enough to sa...
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The dynamic writing duo of Benjamin Raab and Deric A. Hughes have spent the past 20+ years turning their passion for pop culture into a career into television, film, and comics. Their notable credits include NBC’s Quantum Leap; Arrow, The Flash, Legacies, and Beauty & the Beast for The CW; VH1’s Scream: Resurrection and Syfy’s Warehouse 13 as well as the feature film adaptation of graphic novel Black Cotton Star, currently in development, The Last Starfighter comic book sequel for Mad Cave Studios, and their creator-owned graphic novel, Before the World Crumbles, from Gungnir Books.
Francesco Segala was born in 1990 and lives in Rome, Italy. Aside from his work with Mad Cave, he is a part of Studio Panopticon and has worked on titles for Boom! Studios, Sky Arte, Magic Press, Bugs Comics, Noise Press, and Wilder Online.
Francesco Segala was born in 1990 and lives in Rome, Italy. Aside from his work with Mad Cave, he is a part of Studio Panopticon and has worked on titles for Boom! Studios, Sky Arte, Magic Press, Bugs Comics, Noise Press, and Wilder Online.
The dynamic writing duo of Benjamin Raab and Deric A. Hughes have spent the past 20+ years turning their passion for pop culture into a career into television, film, and comics. Their notable credits include NBC’s Quantum Leap; Arrow, The Flash, Legacies, and Beauty & the Beast for The CW; VH1’s ...
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