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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published June 3rd 1978
Cover Price 0.12 GBP
Pages 32
Editing Kelvin Gosnell; Steve MacManus (sub-editor)

Cover Details

Pencils Carlos Ezquerra
Inks Carlos Ezquerra
Colors Carlos Ezquerra
Letters Typeset

5 page Mind Wars story "Push The Kids Out So We Can See Them Die"

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.

6 page Ro-Busters story "Mek Quake Do You Know What On You Know Who"

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)

5 page Strontium Dog story "Death Is no Stranger To A Strontium Dog"

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)

2 page Strontium Dog activity "Hell Planet"

Synopsis First part of a Strontium Dog board game devised by Pat Mills.
Script Pat Mills
Pencils King
Inks King
Colors King
Letters Typeset

5 page Planet of the Damned story "What Are All These Bones?"

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.

Timequake story "The Nazis Won The Second World War"

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.