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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published June 10th 1978
Frequency Every Monday
Cover Price 0.12 GBP
Pages 32
Editing Kelvin Gosnell; Steve MacManus (sub-editor)

Cover Details

Characters Ro-Jaws; Hammerstein
Pencils Kevin O'Neill
Inks Kevin O'Neill
Colors Kevin O'Neill
Letters Typeset

6 page Mind Wars story "We're Monsters. We Ought To Be Destroyed"

Characters Ardeni Lakam; Arlen Lakam; Yosay Tilman; Doctor Varn
Synopsis The Jugla once again take control of Arlen
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.

5 page Ro-Busters story "You May Be Only Partly Human, But You'll Fry too"

Characters Ro-Jaws; Hammerstein; Howard Quartz
Synopsis A missile is jammed into the Midpoint towers.
Genre Science-Fiction
Script Bill Henry
Pencils Ian Kennedy
Inks Ian Kennedy
Colors Ian Kennedy
Letters Peter Knight
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)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Hail ,Star-Troopers"

Script Kelvin Gosnell [as Starlord]
Letters Typeset

5 page(?) Strontium Dog story "You Let That Pirate Trasj Go Alpha, And Now He's Gonna Kill Us"

Characters Johnny Alpha; Wulf Sternhammer; Gronk; Papa Por-Ka; Captain
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 Second part of a Strontium Dog board game.
Script Pat Mills
Pencils King
Inks King
Colors King
Letters Typoset

5 page Planet of the Damned story "Kerr Is As Good As Dead After What They Did To Him"

Characters Lew Kerr; Charlie Hagen; Jake Flint; CAptain Schmidt; Captain Roker
Synopsis Hagen's true colours are revealed as Flint attempts a rescue.
Genre Science-Fiction
Script R. E. Wright
Pencils Jesus Peña
Inks Jesus Peña
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.

5 page Timequake story "Your Molecules Are Scrambled Over 85 Million Years"

Characters James Blocker; Stein Goldberg; Colonel Garrett
Synopsis Time has altered and London is under Nazi control.
Genre Science-Fiction
Script Jack Adrian
Pencils Magallanes Salinas
Inks Magallanes Salinas
Colors Magallanes 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.