The surface of most of these characters had barely been scratched, however, when Clone started to peter out at issue #5 with a well illustrated but lackluster prose wrap-up of sorts following a fantastic character-driven side story. In a way, it is the antithesis of subsequent licensee Antarctic Press's take on ROBOTECH Clone concerns the continuing adventures of an all-new cast of characters in an unfamiliar place fighting with and being manipulated by all-new alien races.ĭespite an extremely labored premise, Clone comes off as one of Academy's more professional efforts, with fantastic, distinctive character designs by Wolfgarth-Simons, striking mechanical stylings by Simons and John Scharmen, interesting twists that seek to explain and explore aspects of the nature of Protoculture, and a fascinating cast of diverse characters. Of course, Harmony Gold had absolutely nothing to do with it short of signing off on it it spun out of Simons and Wolfgarth-Simons' three-issue stint on Aftermath, in which they introduced ROBOTECH fans to Gilles, Demont, and the Isle of the IHE. "Does being immortal mean only this: that the only death I should fear is a violent death?"īACKGROUND INFO Rikki Simons and Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons' Clone was the first Harmony Gold-authorized attempt made to create a new generation of characters in an all-new series of adventures beyond the end of the original ROBOTECH TV series. As the flames of battle began to scorch his mighty fortress, the question struck him: However, once Vaudell's ship folded for Andromeda, he soon discovered what the rest of the Earth already knew-that wherever Robotechnology goes, war soon follows. And he had immortality-a method he discovered called the Xalon Process provided him and his people with the opportunity to watch their plans unfold over the next several generations. ![]() He had a plan, the "First Manifesto," to populate the Andromeda Galaxy with colonies of clones raised by Mordecai citizens. He had for himself a ship, the Super Dimensional Fortress Mordecai, and a crew of loyalists and clones. ![]() In the early 21st century, as the Robotech Defense Force toiled to understand the secrets of the Super Dimension Fortress One, Vaudell and his wife, Demont, along with a cadre of well-trained and well-paid operatives, did the same from their base of operations on the Isle of the IHE (Immuno Heredity Enigma).įorty years and three Robotech Wars later, Vaudell's dream became a reality. THE LOWDOWN It began as the dream of one man, the wealthy Dr. And we shall unite to be known as the Empire of the Eye. The Mordecai shall become the great father, forever seeding the universe with the souls of colossal laborers of art, mind and invention. Regular series / December 1994 - August 1995, February 1996Ĭreated by Rikki Simons & Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons
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