Other Spin-offs
DC Comics published an 18-issue V comic book series from February 1985 – July 1986, with stories set to be concurrent with the events of V: The Series. The editor of the comic reported at one point in the letter (fan mail) column that DC was working to acquire permission to continue the storyline of the television series should it not be renewed for a second season. In the end, either such permission was denied or DC decided not to pursue the matter further.The cover of the 18th issue did state "Final Issue", but actually featured (with issue 17) a flashback story featuring Elias Taylor. (Issue 16 led into the opening scene of the final television episode).
In Japan, Go Nagai wrote a manga adaptation of the series with art by Tatsuya Yasuda.
In 1986 Ocean Software released a video game based on the series for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum: V (video game).
A number of factual books, covering all aspects of the saga,including interviews,articles and episode guides have been published, most notably the 6 volumes of "The V files", written By James van Hise and Ed Gross, published by New Media Books/Psi Fi movie Press in the mid 1980s, and the two French books, "V:l'autre guerre des mondes" (V:The other war of the worlds) by Francis valery,first published in paperback in 1993 by DLM editions,(and reissued in 1995),covering the entire original saga up to and including, the unfilmed episode #20 "The Attack", and "V:les miroirs du passe", by Didier liardet, published by Yris Editions in 2011, this paperback features a full episode guide to both the 1980s original and the modern reboot, details the history of the show, and also includes photos of merchandise from the series over the years.
Also of note is John L. Flynn's "Future threads:costume design for the science fiction world", published in 1985 by New Media books, which has instructions and patterns for creating several different Visitor costumes, amongst others.
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