 The comics have been released by various publishers including Marvel Comics, Malibu Comics, Dark Horse Comics and IDW Publishing.The series began after Simonson joined the Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) after graduating college in the early 1970s with a Geology degree and did some work on the "WSFA Journal".As part of their bid to host the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention (WSFC), he created what would become "Star Slammers", which the group would personally print and distribute at various conventions, with each six-page episode appearing every three to four months.