Changes: Fraggle Rock (Marvel)

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In 1985, Star Comics, a division of Marvel Comics, began a comic book series based on the Fraggle Rock TV show. The series lasted only 8 issues, ending in 1986. The first two issues featured original stories, while adaptations of plots from the TV series were used from issue three onwards. The titles of the adapted stories were often changed, along with some minor plot and story details.

Stan Kay wrote all eight issues, and all of the artwork was drawn by Marie Severin (with the exception of the cover art of issue 1). Severin would go on to draw the two page Fraggle Rock comics found in later issues of Muppet Magazine.

After the animated series debuted, Marvel reprinted the series in 1988, without including the Star comics logo. The reprint series ended with issue 5.

Condor Verlag distributed the comics' German language translation Die Fraggles in the mid-1980s.

1 Issue 1: The Magic Time Machine
2 Issue 2: Number One
3 Issue 3: The Monster That Could Be Anything
4 Issue 4: The Doozer Who Wanted To Be A Fraggle
5 Issue 5: The Mean Genie
6 Issue 6: Exploring the Unknown
7 Issue 7: The Great Radish Caper
8 Issue 8: The Greatest Race There Ever Was
9 International publications
10 See also

Issue 1: The Magic Time MachineEdit

In this original story Gobo ends up stealing a metronome from Doc's workshop. The device gets stuck in the 'on' position and begins going faster and faster, causing the Fraggles and Doozers to also move (and work) at increasing speeds.

Issue 2: Number OneEdit

After performing the "greatest dive of all time", Red claims to be "number one" at everything possible, and her ego begins to get the best of her. Gobo brings back a collapsible top hat from Doc's workshop and Red uses it to hide from herself from "all her fans".

Issue 3: The Monster That Could Be AnythingEdit

A comic adaptation of "Believe It Or Not".

Issue 4: The Doozer Who Wanted To Be A FraggleEdit

A comic adaptation of "All Work and All Play".

Issue 5: The Mean GenieEdit

A comic adaptation of "Wembley and the Mean Genie".

Issue 6: Exploring the UnknownEdit

A comic adaptation of "Gobo's School for Explorers".

Issue 7: The Great Radish CaperEdit

A comic adaptation of "The Great Radish Caper".

Issue 8: The Greatest Race There Ever WasEdit

A comic adaptation of "The Beanbarrow, the Burden and the Bright Bouquet".

International publicationsEdit

Die Fraggles, Germany
Los Fraguel, Spain

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 In this original story [[Gobo Fraggle|Gobo]] ends up stealing a metronome from [[Doc's workshop]]. The device gets stuck in the 'on' position and begins going faster and faster, causing the Fraggles and Doozers to also move (and work) at increasing speeds.
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 After performing the "greatest dive of all time", [[Red Fraggle|Red]] claims to be "number one" at everything possible, and her ego begins to get the best of her. Gobo brings back a collapsible top hat from Doc's workshop and Red uses it to hide from herself from "all her fans".
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 A comic adaptation of "[[Episode 308: Believe It Or Not|Believe It Or Not]]".
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 A comic adaptation of "[[Episode 208: All Work and All Play|All Work and All Play]]".
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 A comic adaptation of "[[Episode 309: Wembley and the Mean Genie|Wembley and the Mean Genie]]".
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 A comic adaptation of  "[[Episode 312: Gobo's School for Explorers|Gobo's School for Explorers]]".
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 Image:FraggleComic6.jpg|Issue Six
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 A comic adaptation of "[[Episode 314: The Great Radish Caper|The Great Radish Caper]]".
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 A comic adaptation of "[[Episode 311: The Beanbarrow, the Burden and the Bright Bouquet|The Beanbarrow, the Burden and the Bright Bouquet]]".
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