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Issue Details

Issue #22
Published October 7th 1978
Frequency Every Monday
Cover Price 0.12 GBP
Pages 32
Editing Kelvin Gosnell; Steve MacManus (sub-editor)
Notes This was the final issue of Starlord as a separate comic. With effect from Prog 86 2000A.D. became 2000A.D. and Starlord as Ro-Busters and Strontium Dog joined regular 2000AD features. Starlord was dropped from the cover with Prog 127 as Tornado was merged with 2000A.D.

Cover Details

Pencils Graham Cotton (painting)
Inks Graham Cotton (painting)
Colors Graham Cotton (painting)
Letters Typeset

6 page Mind Wars story "Is Ardeni Dead?"

Characters Ardeni Lakam; Yosay Tilman; Doctor Varn; Tarsh; Cosmol Na-Rutha; Klee-Fang
Synopsis Aredeni forces peace between the Jugla and humanity.
Genre Science-Fiction
Script Alan Hebden
Pencils Jesus Redondo
Inks Jesus Redondo
Letters John Aldritch; David Gould
Notes The title is taken from the ‘Next Week’ panel of the previous issue. This is the concluding episode.

8 page Ro-Busters story "The Taxman Cometh Part 3"

Characters Bulstrode; Mek-Quake; Aerials; Hammerstein; Miss Marilyn; Ro-Jaws; Taxman 1; Howard Quartz; Evbenezer Quartz
Synopsis Hammerstein and Ro-Jaws solve the mystery of Quartz's tax problems.
Genre Science-Fiction
Script Jack Adrian
Pencils José Ferrer
Inks José Ferrer
Colors José Ferrer
Letters Peter Knight
Notes Only the first two pages of the strip are in colour. The Ro-Busters strip survived the cancellation of Starlord, and is next seen in 2000A.D. & Starlord Prog 87.
Reprinted In The Complete Ro-Busters (Rebellion, 2008 series) #[nn] (November 2008)

5 page Strontium Dog story "The Fun's Over You Scum"

Characters Johnny Alpha; Wulf Sternhammer; Gronk; The Brain; Cornelius
Synopsis Johnny and Wulf learn just what the Brain's ultimate weapon is.
Genre Science-Fiction
Script John Wagner [as T. B. Grover]
Pencils Carlos Ezquerra
Inks Carlos Ezquerra
Colors Carlos Ezquerra
Letters Paul Bensberg
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 Strontium Dog strip survived the cancellation of Starlord, and is next seen in 2000A.D. & Starlord Prog 87.
Reprinted In Strontium Dog: Search/Destroy Agency Files (Rebellion, 2007 series) #1 (2007)

1 page letters page "Starlord's Stargrams"

Script Various
Pencils Various
Inks Various
Letters Typeset

7 page Holocaust story "Your Man Hunter Is Dead"

Characters Carl Hunter; J. Edgar; Colonel Minsky
Synopsis Hunter takes control of the zombies and turns them against the aliens.
Genre Drama
Script Alan Hebden
Pencils Mike White ?
Inks Mike White ?
Colors Mike White ?
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. This is the final episode.