Requiem For Atari Force

Back in the 80s when the Atari 2600 was king, DC comics produced
"Atari Force" is a set of comics following a single story arc that was set at a later date than the five smaller Atari force issues that were included with various 2600 games.

I can hear the detractors out there on the internet. They had to be awful, terrible, horrible. Because everything in the 80s was simply too awful.
Wrong
Wait, so Mike Baron wrote for it and José Luis García-López penciled some amazingly fluid art!?
From Wikipedia:

Atari Force was the name of multiple comic books published by DC Comics from 1982 to 1986. It was loosely based on trademarks ofAtari, Inc.

All of this great artwork can be seen  Here & obviously all images are copyrighted to their respective owners

 Want To know more?  The best site for Atari Force

 The basic plot went something like :

The original Atari Force was a group of five individuals from around Old Earth brought together to explore the Multiverse inScanner One, the first spaceship with the newly invented multiverse drive. As all inhabitants of New Earth know, they were successful. The second Atari Force was led by the leader of the original group, Martin Champion. He, along with two children of the original team plus an eclectic mix of aliens, prevented the Dark Destroyer from destroying New Earth before returning to Old Earth. Sadly, they have not been heard from since.
If  you want to read the original issues of the comics that preceded this one you can find those right Here
 ATARI FORCE & THE OSR 

Atari Force has alot to offer the OSR dungeon master, the art is gorgeous & there are several unique characters who would make kill ass npcs for your party to encounter!
 It probably informs a lot of how I run outer space settings.  Some stuff right off the top of my head about this series include: 

• Plane traveling & a neat little variant on the wagon train across the stars. 
• Lots of aliens that can be "borrowed" & exploited 
• Some cool gadgets that you can use for your game 
• A chaos god that isn't in the mold of 40k or it might be an Outer God 
•  How to use the thief class effectively in a science fiction setting that isn't annoying or simply there for comic relief. See Pack rat for details 
• How to use the assassin in a science fiction setting & retain a neutral good alignment 
  
  

Yeah the just don't make em' like this anymore.  I'd say that a dungeon master could do much worse then to use this series as a starting point.