Sun-Suckers are lumps like the Krells, but have four ears according to Kremmen. Further appearances In 1977 a comic book was released by Corgi, explaining Kremmen's time before he became a space hero. In his earlier years, Kremmen was more of an anti-hero, offering to allow the Krells to destroy Birmingham instead of his hometown of Liverpool. The story was quite surreal, and portrayed Kremmen as a womaniser as well as a control freak. The Krells planned to dump poisonous Thronn over Liverpool to destroy it, but the Thronn quickly turns into jelly when it reacts with grease from various fish-and-chip shops en route. The comic also introduced several new characters, with some politically incorrect ones, such as the Jewish Moyshe Pukestein, and the Jamaican nightnurse, Dr. Winston. There was also a one-sided 7 inch flexi-disc to promote the book titled "Captain Kremmen & The Krells". The single "Captain Kremmen (Retribution)" was a UK chart hit for Kenny Everett and Mike Vickers, peaking at No.32 in late November 1977. Its main lyric, "Tread boldly, men", was a skit on Star Trek'''s opening monologue. A Captain Kremmen daily comic strip began in the Evening Standard in June 1978. The series became an animated cartoon in The Kenny Everett Video Show in July 1978.This was produced for the series by Cosgrove Hall Films. The characters were designed and animated by Graham Kennedy. The characters of Kremmen and Carla also appeared in live-action sketches in the final series. In 1979, a View-Master three-reel blister card was produced titled "Kenny Everett's Captain Kremmen". The View-Master company was well known for creating products aimed at children during the years the Captain Kremmen set was produced. The cover art features the three main characters with the Carla character drawn with erect nipples, a rare sexual image for a View-Master product. In autumn 1979 "Kenny Everett's Video Show Annual 1980" was published (64 page, large format hardback), featuring Captain Kremmen, Carla and Gitfinger on the cover. In the summer of 1980, a 25 minute film entitled Kremmen: The Movie'' was released. Like the comic book, it was unusual. As well as several new characters, the only original characters were Kremmen, Carla and Gitfinger. The plot itself centered on Kremmen finding a giant space-monster that was eating planets. When his new spaceship is eaten by the monster, Kremmen is able to help the ship escape by pumping oxygen