Issue | #1 |
Published | 13th May 1978 |
Frequency | Every Monday |
Cover Price | 0.12 GBP |
Pages | 32 |
Editing | 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. |
Characters | Johnny Alpha; Wulf Sternhammer |
Genre | Science-Fiction |
Pencils | Ramon Sola (painting) |
Inks | Ramon Sola (painting) |
Colors | Ramon Sola (painting) |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Lew Kerr; Stan Hackmann; Bosun Flint; Captain Roker |
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. |
Genre | Science-Fiction |
Script | R. E. Wright |
Pencils | Horacio Lalia |
Inks | Horacio Lalia |
Letters | Bill Nuttall |
Notes | 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; Marcus Geladius; Harl Vinda; Suzi Cho; Quexalcholmec |
Synopsis | Jim Blocker is pulled out of time to the Cretacious era and told he is the dirsct cause of 20th century London being devastated by nuclear barrage. |
Genre | Science-Fiction |
Script | Jack Adrian |
Pencils | Ian Kennedy |
Inks | Ian Kennedy |
Colors | Ian Kennedy |
Letters | Peter Knight |
Notes | Only the first two story pages are in colour, painted by Kennedy, who produced the remainder in a grey wash. |
Script | Kelvin Gosnell [as Starlord] |
Pencils | Ian Gibson |
Inks | Ian Gibson |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Johnny Alpha; Wulf Sternhammer |
Synopsis | In the 22nd century bountry hunting is left to universally despidred 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 fantstic weapons to help them. |
Genre | Science-Fiction |
Script | John Wagner [as T. B. Grover] |
Pencils | Carlos Ezquerra |
Inks | Carlos Ezquerra |
Colors | Carlos Ezquerra |
Letters | Jack Potter |
Reprinted | In Strontium Dog: Search/Destroy Agency Files (Rebellion, 2007 series) #1 (2007) |
Characters | "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. |
Script | Pat Mills |
Pencils | Carlos Pino |
Inks | Carlos Pino |
Colors | Carlos Pino |
Letters | Tom Frame |
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. |
Reprinted | In The Complete Ro-Busters (Rebellion, 2008 series) #[nn] (November 2008) |