Issue | #4 |
Published | June 3rd 1978 |
Cover Price | 0.12 GBP |
Pages | 32 |
Editing | Kelvin Gosnell; Steve MacManus (sub-editor) |
Pencils | Carlos Ezquerra |
Inks | Carlos Ezquerra |
Colors | Carlos Ezquerra |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Ardeni Lakam; Arlen Lakam; Yosay TilmanCommadore De Suza; Kola Rshnik; Cosmol Na-Rutha |
Synopsis | Tilman guides the twins to safety aboard a giant alien vessel. |
Genre | Science-Fiction |
Script | Alan Hebden |
Pencils | Jesus Redondo |
Inks | Jesus Redondo |
Letters | Steve Potter |
Notes | The title is taken from the ‘Next Week’ panel of the previous issue. |
Characters | Howard Quartz; Hammerstein; Ro-Jaws; General Denver; Mek Quake |
Synopsis | Quartz is not happy that the Ro-Busters are rescuing endangered school children rather than a senator. |
Genre | Science-Fiction |
Script | Pat Mills |
Pencils | Carlos Pino |
Inks | Carlos Pino |
Colors | Carlos Pino |
Letters | Jack Potter |
Notes | The title is taken from the ‘Next Week’ panel of the previous issue. Only the first two pages of the strip are in colour. The remainder are in a grey wash. |
Reprinted | In The Complete Ro-Busters (Rebellion, 2008 series) #[nn] (November 2008) |
Characters | Johnny Alpha; Wulf Sternhammer; Gronk; Papa Por-Ka |
Synopsis | Johnny and Wulf escape their prison, but they still have to deal with the space pirates. |
Genre | Science-Fiction |
Script | John Wagner [as T. B. Grover] |
Pencils | Carlos Ezquerra |
Inks | Carlos Ezquerra |
Letters | Jack Potter |
Notes | The title is taken from the ‘Next Week’ panel of the previous issue. |
Reprinted | In Strontium Dog: Search/Destroy Agency Files (Rebellion, 2007 series) #1 (2007) |
Synopsis | First part of a Strontium Dog board game devised by Pat Mills. |
Script | Pat Mills |
Pencils | King |
Inks | King |
Colors | King |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Charlie Hagen; Lew Kerr; Stan Hackmann; Captain Roker; Schmidt; Jake Flint |
Synopsis | Hagan and his men are attacked by a submarine crew lodged up a mountain. |
Genre | Science-Fiction |
Script | R. E. Wright |
Pencils | Alfonso Azpiri |
Inks | Alfonso Azpiri |
Letters | Tom Frame |
Notes | The title is taken from the ‘Next Week’ panel of the previous issue. R. E. Wright is an alias. The strip was conceived and thrashed out by Pat Mills for the launch of 2000AD 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. |
Characters | James Blocker; Nazi Policeman; Harl Vinda; Suzi Cho; Dr. Zeidler; Stein Goldberg |
Synopsis | Blocker is not pleased to learn that having travelled millennia through time, he's now trapped as a time trooper. |
Genre | Science-Fiction |
Script | Jack Adrian |
Pencils | Magallenes Salinas |
Inks | Magallenes Salinas |
Colors | Magallenes Salinas |
Letters | Jack Potter |
Notes | The title is taken from the ‘Next Week’ panel of the previous issue. Only the final page of the strip is in colour. The remainder are in a grey wash. |