🔄 Flip-Book Special — Asylum #5 Published: June 1996 • Publisher: Maximum Press Series: Asylum (1995) • Issue #5 • Flip-Book (Cover on Each Side) Creators (per feature): • Black Seed (Untitled): Script & Art by Dan Fraga • Resurrection (Chrysalis Part 4): Script by Rob Liefeld, Garrett Omata & Robert Napton • Pencils: Sam Liu • Inks: Lary Stucker • The Big Game: Script by Rob Liefeld & Robert Loren Fleming • Pencils: Pop Mhan • Inks: Marlo Alquiza • Beanworld – Chapter Five: Script & Art by Larry Marder • Battlestar Galactica (Part 2 of 3): Script by Chris Scalf & Robert Napton • Art: Chris Scalf Cover: Pencils by Dan Fraga • Inks by Marlo Alquiza • Cover Price: $2.95 The issue begins with an untitled Black Seed story, in which Raiden provides an introduction to the world and tone of the Black Seed narrative, setting up future conflict and mythology. In Resurrection (Chrysalis Part 4), Prudence and Marcus infiltrate the Quiet Palace, while Jonah shares crucial intel with Preacher John to help bypass the facility’s defenses. The Chrysalis arc continues to escalate as alliances tighten and motives sharpen. The Big Game follows Christian once again serving as bodyguard to Jelly Baxter, whose visit to an amusement park creates the perfect setting for tension, danger, and unexpected challenges. Beanworld – Chapter Five continues Larry Marder’s surreal storytelling, delivering another installment of his distinctively abstract world. The issue concludes with Battlestar Galactica Part 2 of 3. After a Colonial viper is saved by the Seraphs, it crash-lands on Arilos, where young Adama discovers Lt. Colonel Athena aboard. Athena recognizes Adama’s medallion as belonging to her father—also named Adama—suggesting a deeper connection between timelines and destinies. The Cylons soon locate the wreck and launch an attack, escalating the conflict.
