''William Shatner's TekWorld'' (or ''Tek World'') was a comic book series published by

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, from 1992 to 1995. It is based on the ''

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Publication history

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, who was the principal artist on the series (providing the art for 16 issues and all the covers), had worked with

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on Marvel's ''RoboCop'' series, and it was Skolnick who recommended Sullivan to the editor

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when they lost the original artist for the project.An Interview With Comic Artist Lee Sullivan
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when it was in production Despite being more closely tied-into the expanding ''TekWar'' franchise, the title was one of those which got cut during Marvel's financial problems in the mid-nineties, with the last issue

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d August 1994.

Issues

# "Born Again" # "Across the Border" # "Warbride Revisited" # "Fatal Reunion" # "Tek War" # "Moon Kill" # "Space Jack" # "Welcome Back Cardigan" # "Prison Bound" # "Fugitives" # "Disorder at the Border" # "Chasing Shadows" # "Bionic Duel" # "Attack of the Zombies" # "Plague?" # "Back to the Freezer" # "Destination Kyoto" # "Showdown at the Shrine" # "SIMS of the Father" # "Hand of the Rising Son" # "Who Aren't in Heaven" # "Fathers & Guns" # "We'll Be Right Back..." # "A Matter of Innocence"

Collected editions

Part of the series has been collected into a trade paperback: *''TekWorld'' (129 pages, February 1994, )

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