The Young Astronauts: first episode script

With thanks to yanchagraffiti, the Sunbow Marvel Archive is proud to present the first episode script from Marvel Productions' ill-fated series The Young Astronauts.  Written by Karl Geurs, with a story by Jack Mendelsohn and Michael O'Mahony, A Fall Of Marsdust would have introduced viewers of CBS' 1985 Saturday morning lineup to the Hampton family and the crew of the mothership Courageous.

To read the script, and to hear dialogue audio from the first episode to actually be produced, Ghost Ship, head to Marvel Network Shows

The series was first delayed, then cancelled following the Challenger tragedy, but that was not the end of the story for this particular script.  Even after Challenger, hope remained that the already-planned Marvel comic could still be published in the summer of 1986, on the STAR Comics imprint.  As described by writer Denny O'Neil in Marvel Age #37, he adapted this animation script to become the first issue of the comic, drawn by June Brigham and inked by Pat Redding.

Alas, this too was not to be, as the Young Astronauts Council chose to extricate itself from their agreement with Marvel.  A decision that would later spark a lawsuit in 1988..

Transformers: The Ultimate Doom and Countdown To Extinction storyboards

Thanks to Ryan King and originally owned by contributing artist Peter "Aeon Flux" Chung, the Sunbow Marvel Archive now hosts full storyboard sets for The Ultimate Doom, Part 3 and Countdown to Extinction.

These storyboards see the moment FIRRIB was born as Frenzy makes his cartoon debut, as well as Jetfire's adventures in his original toy-based design.

To view these sets as galleries, head to: Storyboard Viewing Gallery

Or for downloadable versions, alongside the virtual library of material for seasons 1 and 2, head to: The Transformers, Part 1

Transformers: The Immobilizer storyboards

The Archive now hosts storyboards for The Transformers episode The Immobilizer, which marks the debut of Carly to the franchise.  The 12th full set and the 21st episode overall to have storyboards showcased at the Archive, they include art by Vincenzo Trippetti, Peter Chung, David Russell, Gregg Davidson and others.

To view in gallery form, head to: The Immobilizer storyboard gallery

Assorted additions

Over the last two months, several small and ongoing additions have been made to the Archive

On the Marvel Muppet Connection page, storyboard samples have been added for three Muppet Babies episodes: Who's Afraid Of The Big, Bad Dark?, Raiders Of The Lost Muppet and From A Galaxy, Far, Far Away.  Additionally, storyboards for the animated segments on two commercials advertising Fraggle Rock's promotional tie-in with McDonalds Happy Meal.

On the Marvel's New World page, an expanding collection for the 1990 series Kid 'n Play.  Storyboards for Play's Place and Quantum Rap, as well as model sheets for Rap-O-Mania.  Also, samples from a storyboard test sequence, drawn by Larry Houston, for the ultimately unproduced Siegfried & Roy cartoon in 1992.  As detailed in the promotional flyer photographed below.