Back to the Future is all the rage this year, as it’s the 30th Anniversary of the beloved film. The film took time travel and brought it to the mainstream in an awesome 80s way, the likes we’ve never seen before. Creator/Screenwriter Bob Gale has taken this franchise to all sorts of pop culture mediums, but today he announces that we’ll be seeing a four-part comic book!
IDW Publishing (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Edward Scissorhands) will be putting out the new series that Gale’s extremely excited about.
“We’ve subtitled this ‘Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines’ because for years, fans have asked questions about things that happened before the events of the trilogy, in between the events of the trilogy, or in our alternate realities,” said Gale in a press release. “In this series, we’ll finally answer some of those questions, with our focus squarely on the characters everyone loves.”
Gale will be paired up with riters John Barber (Transformers) and Erik Burnham (Ghostbusters), each working on two separate stories. The artists on those stories will be Brent Schoonover (Batman ’66) and Burnham’s long-time collaborator Dan Schoening (Ghostbusters).
“I can honestly say the enthusiasm surrounding BTTF’s inclusion into our vast library of licensed comics is absolutely palpable here at the IDW offices and amongst the talented creators we’ve recruited to help us bring Bob Gale’s new visions to four-color life—enough excitement to energize a flux-capacitor or two, that’s for sure!” said IDW editor Tom Waltz.
The first issue will drop this October and goes back to 1982 to show the first ever meeting between Marty McFly and Doc Brown, before they began their adventures in the original film. The second chapter heads to 1943 and and tells the story of how Doc Brown got himself involved with the Manhattan Project.
We can’t wait to see Marty and Doc and their adventures in the Delorean once again! Let us know what you think of this amazing news in comments!
