The Bug Hunters is a serialised comic created by Jerry Paris and Pedro Henry and published in Computer and Video Games, running from October 1985 until February 1987. It spawned a short spin-off series by Jerry Paris and Garry Leach, also in Computer and Video Games, entitled Lieut. Laww about the titular character which ran from March 1987 to July 1987. The whole of The Bug Hunters series was published in a collection in 1990, by Trident Comics.[1]
The plot of The Bug Hunters revolves around the darkly humorous adventures of a team of humans and robots responsible for fixing bugs in computer games.[1]
Major Characters[]
- Jackson T Kalliberen - An ex-military man and the leader of The Bug Hunters[2]
- Mellisa Ravenflame - An employee of IDEAS Central, assigned the project of being the Information Controller of The Bug Hunters.[2]
- OTISS (Overt Technical Information Suburban System) - A robot from IDEAS Development Labs, designed for organising, fast problem analysis and communications.[2]
- B-Con - A security droid who previously worked at the Isle of Dogs Security penitentiary until it was involved (either through incompetence or corruption) in a break-out, after which it was sold to Garibaldi's Game of God Parlour to work as a spotlight and projectionist.[2]
- Lieutenant Laww - A four-armed police robot on loan from London Metropolitan police.[3]
- Big Red (Relocation of Explosives for Demolition) - A giant bomb disposal droid, previously working for a subsidiary of IDEAS before it accidentally destroyed a children's home[2]. An act it repeated later in the story.[4]
- Grill - A pyro-tech robot, who previously worked at IDEAS Corp Petro-Chem Division.[3]
- X - A "Facsim-Droid" who could provide copies of anything. Was working as a Bouncer-Bot at Garibaldi's Game of God Parlour where it met B-Con.[2]
C+VG Episodes[]
The Bug Hunters[]
| C+VG Issue | Date | Pages | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | October 1985 | 45-47 | - | Pedro Henry | Jerry Paris |
| 49 | November 1985 | 54-55 | - | Pedro Henry | Jerry Paris |
| 50 | December 1985 | 64-65 | - | Pedro Henry | Jerry Paris |
| 51 | January 1986 | 117-118, 120-122 | The Snow Job! | Pedro Henry | Jerry Paris |
| 53 | March 1986 | 85-87, 89 | Magnets | Pedro Henry | Jerry Paris |
| 54 | April 1986 | 91-92, 94-95 | Playing God | Pedro Henry | Jerry Paris |
| 55 | May 1986 | 85-87, 89 | Red Goes Ape | Pedro Henry | Jerry Paris |
| 56 | June 1986 | 101-103 | Assault on I.C. | Jerry Paris | Jerry Paris |
| 57 | July 1986 | 97-98, 100 | Sherman | Jerry Paris | Jerry Paris |
| 58 | August 1986 | 98, 100-101 | The Man | Jerry Paris | Jerry Paris |
| 59 | September 1986 | 97-98, 100 | The Creature Must Die! | Jerry Paris | Jerry Paris |
| 60 | October 1986 | 111-112, 114 | The Steel Madness Part One | Jerry Paris | Jerry Paris |
| 61 | November 1986 | 129-130, 132 | The Steel Madness Part Two | Jerry Paris | Jerry Paris |
| 63 | January 1987 | 157-158, 160-161 | The Steel Madness Part Three | Jerry Paris | Jerry Paris |
| 64 | February 1987 | 124-125, 127-128 | The Steel Madness Part Four | Jerry Paris | Jerry Paris |
Lieut. Laww[]
| C+VG Issue | Date | Pages | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | March 1987 | 110-113 | - | Jerry Paris, Garry Leach | Jerry Paris |
| 66 | April 1987 | 109-110, 112-113 | Episode Two | Jerry Paris, Garry Leach | Jerry Paris |
| 67 | May 1987 | 109-110 | Episode Three | Jerry Paris, Garry Leach | Jerry Paris |
| 68 | June 1987 | 126, 128 | Episode Four | Jerry Paris, Garry Leach | Jerry Paris |
| 69 | July 1987 | 125-127 | Episode Five | Jerry Paris, Garry Leach | Jerry Paris |