Appearing in the 1st Story[]
Title
Writer
Artist
Colours
- None
Lettering
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Yosay Tilman
- Supreme Cosmol Na-Rutha
- Klee-Fang, the Supreme Cosmol's vicious pet
Villains
- The Jugla
- The Stellar Federation
Other characters
- Doctor Varn, the Federal Controller and most powerful human in the galaxy
Locations
- Space
- The Jugla homeworld
Items
- Na-Rutha's palace
Vehicles
- The Vegan Belle
- A Federation spy-ship
- Jugla warships
Synopsis for the 1st Story[]
Ardeni's mind is taken over by Na-Rutha's pet, Klee-Fang. In retaliation, Ardeni destroys Na-Rutha's palace.
Appearing in the 2nd Story[]
Title
Writer
- Pat Mills (writing as V. Gross)
Artist
Colours
- See above
Lettering
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Other characters
- Overseer droid with built-in whip
- Roger the robo-pilot
- Sarah the stewardess droid
- Miss Marilyn
Locations
- Farnborough Droid Show, 2078 AD
- London Heathrow Aero-Space-Port
Items
- Human clothes for Hammerstein to wear
Vehicles
- The Preying Mantis
- A Buccaneer Airways Boeing 797 Transpacific Jumbo
Synopsis for the 2nd Story[]
A lightning strike causes a pilot robot to go mad, putting 2,500 passengers at risk.
Appearing in the 3rd Story[]
Title
- 'Two-Faced Terror!' (a Strontium Dog story)
Writer
- Alan Grant and John Wagner (writing as T. B. Grover)
Artist
Colours
- See above
Lettering
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Billy Joe's goons
Villains
Other characters
- Two men hanging upside-down
Location
- The town of Humility on the planet Paprika, a windswept outpost on the far reaches of the galaxy
Items
- Laser whip
Vehicles
- Hover bikes
- Hopper
Synopsis for the 3rd Story[]
Johnny Alpha deliberately stops his own heart in order to fake his death.
Appearing in the 4th Story[]
Title
Writer
Artist
Colours
- Seee above
Lettering
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
- Aztecs
- Conquistadors
Other characters
- Harl Vinda, controller of a temporal sub-station
- Quexalcholmec, a pure-strain Aztec
- Christopher Columbus
Locations
- Xycatala City, Toltec, 1524 AD
- South America (roughly), 1492 AD
- Time Control, 85,000,000 BC
Items
- Time-straps
- Spears
Vehicles
- Space ships
- The Santa Maria
Synopsis for the 4th Story[]
History returns to normal.
Notes[]
Published on August 5th 1978, and sold for 12 pence.
Trivia[]
- Starlord addresses his star-troopers on pages twenty-two and twenty-three. He is also on the back page, introducing the comic's third 'Hardware Profile': a Sky Bolt Mk II.
- This issue contains the final episode of Timequake to appear in Starlord (excluding those published in Starlord annuals). It concludes with the words "Survival Blueprint Data ENDS*** all Troopers now programmed for Time-Travel!"
Recommended reading[]
Read the previous twelve issues for more thrilling cosmic action!
Links and references[]
Those who want to buy this comic should check eBay or Amazon (other online retailers are available). The Strontium Dog story is also available in a trade paperback.
Watch the stars!