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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published August 5th 1978
Frequency Every Monday
Cover Price 0.12 GBP
Pages 32
Editing Kelvin Gosnell; Steve MacManus (sub-editor)

Cover Details

Characters Johnny Alpha; Billy Joe
Pencils Carlos Ezquerra
Inks Carlos Ezquerra
Colors Carlos Ezquerra

6 page Mind Wars story "They're Heading For The Heart Of The Sun"

Characters Ardeni Lakam; Doctor Varn; Yosay Tilman; Cosmol Na-Rutha; Klee-Fang
Synopsis Ardeni is too exhausted to stop her ship heading into the sun.
Genre Science-Fiction
Script Alan Hebden
Pencils Jesus Redondo
Inks Jesus Redondo
Letters Tom Frame
Notes The title is taken from the ‘Next Week’ panel of the previous issue.

7 page Ro-Busters story "The Farnborough Droid Show Part 1"

Characters Hammerstein; Ro-Jaws; Overseer; Mek-Quake; Howard Quartz; Roger; Navigator; Call Me Sarah; Miss Marilyn
Synopsis Howard Quartz has the Ro-Busters provide a staged rescue at the Farnborough Droid Show.
Genre Science-Fiction
Script Vernon Gross
Pencils Ian Kennedy
Inks Ian Kennedy
Colors Ian Kennedy
Letters John Aldritch
Notes 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)

6 page Strontium Dog story "Two-Faced Terror Part 2"

Characters Johnny Alpha; Wulf Sternhammer; Billy Joe
Synopsis Johnny and Wulf discover that bringing in the bounty for Billy Joe might not be as easy as they assumed.
Genre Science-Fiction
Script John Wagner [as T. B. Grover]
Pencils Carlos Ezquerra
Inks Carlos Ezquerra
Colors Carlos Ezquerra
Letters Paul Bensberg
Reprinted In Strontium Dog: Search/Destroy Agency Files (Rebellion, 2007 series) #1 (2007)

2 page letters page "Starlord's Stargrams"

Script Kelvin Gosnell [as Starlord]; Various
Pencils Jess Fabian
Inks Jess Fabian
Letters Typeset

7 page Timequake story "By Tlalloc! The Dead Are Rising!"

Characters James Blocker; Harl Vinda; Suzi Cho; Quexalcholmec; Christopher Columbus
Synopsis The Aztec threat is ended.
Genre Science-Fiction
Script Ian Mennell
Pencils Magallanes Salinas
Inks Magallanes Salinas
Colors Magallanes Salinas
Letters Paul Bensburg
Notes The title is taken from the ‘Next Week’ panel of the previous issue. This is the final episode.

1 page Starlord's Hardware Profile illustration "The Sky Bolt Mk.II"

Pencils Martin Bower
Inks Martin Bower
Colors Martin Bower
Letters Typeset