) ▁were ▁written ▁by ▁David ▁K yle , ▁published ▁in ▁paper back ▁between ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁and ▁re iss ued ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 : ▁The ▁Dragon ▁L ens man ▁( W ors el , ▁the ▁Vel ant ian ) ▁L ens man ▁from ▁R ig el ▁( T regon see , ▁the ▁R ig elli an ) ▁Z - L ens man ▁( N adre ck ▁the ▁Pal ain ian ) ▁A ▁fourth ▁novel , ▁which ▁was ▁to ▁have ▁told ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁L ens man , ▁was ▁discussed , ▁but ▁never ▁completed . ▁ ▁The ▁events ▁in ▁these ▁books ▁take ▁place ▁between ▁Second - Stage ▁L ens men ▁and ▁Children ▁of ▁the ▁L ens ▁and ▁refer ▁to ▁events ▁and ▁characters ▁in ▁Vor tex ▁Bl aster . ▁ ▁Ada pt ations ▁ ▁L ens man ▁( 1 9 8 4 ▁film ) ▁ ▁L ens man : ▁Secret ▁of ▁The ▁L ens ▁( SF ▁ 新 世 紀 ▁ レ ン ズ マ ン ▁SF ▁Shin se iki ▁L ens man ?) ▁is ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁Japanese ▁animated ▁film ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁L ens man ▁nov els . ▁The ▁movie ▁is ▁a ▁loose ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁series . ▁It ▁was ▁dub bed ▁by ▁Harm ony ▁Gold ▁USA ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁This ▁was ▁re - d ub bed ▁by ▁Stream line ▁Pictures ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁with ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁voice