Commander Adama

Commander Adama leads the surviving fleet of humanity after the Twelve Colonies fall to the Cylon onslaught, guiding a ragtag convoy of refugee ships on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth. Based on the Battlestar Galactica television series.

Few characters carry the weight of an entire civilization on their shoulders quite like Commander Adama, who made his comics debut in Marvel Super Special #8 in 1978 — a Bronze Age arrival brought to the page by Roger McKenzie, Glen A. Larson, and Ernie Colón. As a commanding presence in the Battlestar Galactica universe, he's kept remarkable company across the decades, sharing adventures with Lieutenant Starbuck, Captain Apollo, Colonel Tigh, and other iconic figures from that storied saga. What's genuinely impressive is his staying power: from that oversized 1978 tabloid debut all the way through Dynamite Entertainment's ongoing stewardship of the license into 2019, Adama has endured across roughly 41 years of comics history. If you love sweeping space opera with a leader at its heart, Commander Adama is absolutely worth tracking down.