The BraveStarr Bible

Interesting. I was a little too old for Filmation’s last gasp there when it came out, but when I dug into it years later it was obvious some of the creative team was pushing for a more adult and less cloyingly preachy show than was apparent at the surface level. This seems to support that aspect of things.

I remain faintly surprised that Rifts (with its endless Kitchen Sink cribbing) didn’t include some kind of D-Bee species modeled on Thirty/Thirty in their Western books. Cyborg horses with giant guns seem right up Palladium’s alley.

Also have to wonder, if the timing had been different and Bravestarr had existed during or before Star Frontiers’ development cycle, how much influence might that have had? There were times when the game felt like it was flirting with Wild West tropes (Star Law deputies and marshals, the whole choice of Frontier as the setting name, some of the artwork) as-is, might it have gone farther with a little inspiration from the cartoon and given us something with a bit more of a scifan Boot Hill vibe?