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Issue: Starlord #13th May 1978 (1)

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Publication Date: May 1978

Issue #13th May 1978 (1)

Detail

Issues: #13th May 1978 (1) of 22 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

IPC

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Indicia Publisher: IPC Magazines Ltd.

On Sale Date: 05/08/1978

Volume: none

Pages: 32

ISBN:

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Price: $0.35 AUD
£0.12 GBP
RM1.20 MYR
$0.35 NZD
R 0.35 ZAR

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Kelvin Gosnell; Steve MacManus (sub-editor)

Notes: Each copy of the comic came with one of six free metallic badges designating a rank of Starlord Trooper. One could be a Laser Specialist, Pilot, Tank Commander or Time Warden, or assigned to the Mek War Controller Robot Regiment or Skateboard Strike Force.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color Cover; Mostly Black & White Interior

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Paper Stock: Newsprint

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Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- Max Quirxx (Part 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]0
- Day Of The Robot [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (7 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Ramon Solá (painting)

Inker(s): Ramon Solá (painting)

Colorist(s): Ramon Solá (painting)

Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Strontium Dog

Character(s): Johnny Alpha; Wulf Sternhammer

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Planet of the Damned [Chapter One]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Pat Mills [as R. E. Wright]

Penciller(s): Horacio Lalia

Inker(s): Horacio Lalia

Letterer(s): Bill Nuttal

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Planet Of The Damned

Character(s): Lew Kerr; Stan Hackmann; Bosun Flint; Captain Roker

First Line: Everything's wrong!

Synopsis: A transatlantic jet is sucked through a hole in the sky in the region of the Bermuda Triangle and crash lands on a hostile planet that isn't in Kansas. There they meet refugees from other vessels that have disappeared in the vicinity of Bermuda.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: R. E. Wright is an alias. The strip was conceived and thrashed out by Pat Mills for the launch of 2000 AD a year previously, but discarded. When IPC switched the frequency of Starlord from monthly to weekly just prior to launch new strips were needed and Planet of the Damned was pulled from the files. Editor Kelvin Gosnell re-jigged the strip, and assorted others scripted issues.

The credits in the 2016 collection "Planet of the Damned & Death Planet" confirms that Pat Mills wrote this opening segment.

Timequake [Chapter One]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Chris Lowder [as Jack Adrian]

Penciller(s): Ian Kennedy

Inker(s): Ian Kennedy

Colorist(s): Ian Kennedy

Letterer(s): Peter Knight

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Timequake

Character(s): James Blocker; Marcus Geladius; Harl Vinda; Suzi Cho; Quexalcholmec

First Line: London, New York and Moscow hit by nuclear strikes

Synopsis: Jim Blocker is pulled out of time to the Cretacious era and told he is the direct cause of 20th century London being devastated by nuclear barrage.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Only the first two story pages are in colour, painted by Kennedy, who produced the remainder in a grey wash.

Hail, Star-Troopers - Welcome to Your First Starzine!

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Kelvin Gosnell [as Starlord]

Penciller(s): Ian Gibson

Inker(s): Ian Gibson

Letterer(s): Typeset

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Editor Kelvin Gosnell, in the guise of Starlord, introduces readers to the new comic.

Max Quirxx (Part 1)

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): John Wagner [as T. B. Grover]

Penciller(s): Carlos Ezquerra

Inker(s): Carlos Ezquerra

Colorist(s): Carlos Ezquerra

Letterer(s): Jack Potter

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Strontium Dog

Character(s): Johnny Alpha; Wulf Sternhammer

First Line: Die, dogs!

Synopsis: In the 22nd century bounty hunting is left to universally despised cadre of mutants known as Strontium Dogs after the radiation that deformed them. Foremost among them is the team of Johnny Alpha and Wulf Sternhammer armed with an array of fantastic weapons to help them.

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In Issue:

Strontium Dog Search/Destroy Agency Files #1 published January 2007

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Free Gift

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jesús Redondo

Inker(s): Jesús Redondo

Letterer(s): ?

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: House ad for the next issue, including a glimpse at its free gift and a half page preview of the upcoming strip "Mind Wars".

Day Of The Robot

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Pat Mills

Penciller(s): Carlos Pino

Inker(s): Carlos Pino

Colorist(s): Carlos Pino

Letterer(s): Tom Frame

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Ro-Busters

Character(s): "Flash" Harry Loweder; Hammerstein; Ro-Jaws; Mek-Quake; Howard Quartz; Angel; Chatterbox

Synopsis: Billionaire Howard Quartz is creating a team of robots to respond to disasters humans can't cope with, and their first mission is underwater at the North Sea Tunnel.

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In Issue:

The Complete Ro-Busters #[nn] published November 2008

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 11

Notes: Story pages 3, 4, and 11 are in colour, and Pino illustrates 5-10 in a grey wash. The Ro-Busters were actually designed by Kevin O'Neill, who never got to draw the strip in Starlord.