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Issue: Abslom Daak: Dalek Killer #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1990
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel UK
Brand: Marvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Ltd.
On Sale Date: 1990
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: 1854001132
UPC/EAN: 9781854001139
Price: $10.95 CAD
£5.96 GBP
$8.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Freeman
Disclose Notes: Based upon a spin-off character from the Doctor Who comic strip.

Reprints from Doctor Who Weekly (Marvel UK, 1979 series) and the later Doctor Who Magazine. However, unlike previous reprints of this nature, the strips have been left in their original black and white.

Blank inside front and back covers.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 8.25 in. x 11 in. (20.95 cm x 27.94 cm)
Paper Stock: cardboard cover, newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound graphic novel
Publishing Format: one-shot collected edition
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Steve Dillon; John Higgins (finished art)
John Higgins (finished art)
John Higgins (finished art)
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak
Abslom Daak; Daleks
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Introduction to The Children of Davros

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ben Aaronovitch
Typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak
Daleks
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
An except from a fictional work called The Children of Davros (supposedly written by one Njeri Ngugi but actually by Aaronovitch, who is credited at the bottom of the article, making Ngugi not a pseudonym).
Abslom Daak ... Dalek Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Moore
Steve Dillon
Steve Dillon
?
Dez Skinn (original publication)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak
Abslom Daak; Daleks; Taiyin; J-17; The Doctor (introduces story)
Reprinting
FlagDoctor Who Weekly #18 published February 1980
FlagDoctor Who Weekly #17 published February 1980
FlagDoctor Who Weekly #20 published ?with one image updated to reflect the then-current TV incarnation of the Doctor
FlagDoctor Who Weekly #19 published ?
 
Miscellaneous
16
Features one panel of the seventh incarnation of the Doctor (as played by Sylvester McCoy) introducing the strip. This replaces art from the original publication which showed the fourth Doctor (as played by Tom Baker) introducing the strip. The artist of this one panel is not credited.
Star Tigers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Moore
Steve Dillon; David Lloyd
Steve Dillon; David Lloyd
Elitta Fell
Dez Skinn (original publication)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak
Abslom Daak; Tailyn; Daleks; Prince Sssalander; Draconians; Harma; Vol Mercurious; Klikbrain; the Doctor (introduces story)
Reprinting
FlagDoctor Who Weekly #29 published April 1980
FlagDoctor Who Weekly #27 published April 1980
FlagDoctor Who Weekly #28 published April 1980
FlagDoctor Who Weekly #30 published May 1980
FlagDoctor Who: A Marvel Monthly #46 published ?
FlagDoctor Who: A Marvel Monthly #45 published ?
FlagDoctor Who: A Marvel Monthly #44 published ?
 
Miscellaneous
29
One panel at the start of the story is changed to show the then-current Seventh Doctor introducing the story rather than the Fourth Doctor featured in the original publication.
The Kill Wagon

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lee Sullivan; John Freeman
Lee Sullivan
Lee Sullivan
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak
Cutaway schematics of Abslom Daak's vessel.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Located between p. 12 and 13 of "Star Tigers".
Welcome to Paradise!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak
Faux advertisement for a location featured in the Star Tigers story.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Located between p. 17 and 18 of "Star Tigers".
Between the Wars: A Slow Night in Paradise

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Tomlinson
Lee Sullivan
Lee Sullivan
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak
Abslom Daak; Klikbrain; Kadak
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Omnibus-exclusive short story with illustrations set between Star Tigers and Nemesis of the Daleks. The book credits John Tomlinson on the story, but the credits page at the end credits Steve Alan as writer.
Nemesis of the Daleks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Alan; Richard Alan (plot)
Lee Sullivan
Lee Sullivan
Zed
Richard Starkings (original publication)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak; Doctor Who
Abslom Daak; The Doctor; Daleks; Prince Sssalander; Taiyin; Emperor Dalek
Reprinting
FlagDoctor Who Magazine #154 published November 1989
FlagDoctor Who Magazine #155 published December 1989
FlagDoctor Who Magazine #153 published ?
FlagDoctor Who Magazine #152 published ?
 
Miscellaneous
32
Features the Seventh Doctor, as portrayed by Sylvester McCoy on television. One panel includes illustration of all 6 preceding Doctors. Story includes a dedication to Steve Moore and Steve Dillon (creators of Abslom Daak) and Terry Nation and Ray Cusick (creator and designer, respectively, of the Daleks)
Anti-Dalek Weapons

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lee Sullivan; John Freeman
Lee Sullivan
Lee Sullivan
Typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Diagram of weaponry. Located between p. 8 and 9 of Nemesis of the Daleks.
Dalek

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak
Dalek
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Untitled standalone illustration of a Dalek. Located between p. 8 and 9 of Nemesis of the Daleks.
Emperor Dalek

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak; Doctor Who
Emperor Dalek
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Standalone illustration of the Emperor Dalek. Located between p. 16 and 17 of Nemesis of the Daleks.
The Dalek Death Wheel

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lee Sullivan; John Freeman
Lee Sullivan
Lee Sullivan
Typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Cutaway schematic of the Dalek vessel featured in Nemesis of the Daleks.
Production Notes

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Various
Various
Typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
Writing and story reprint credits, plus biographical notes on the writers and artists. Credits Steve Alan with writing the short story Between the Wars, although John Tomlinson is credited on the story itself.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Abslom Daak
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back-page description of the book's contents.

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