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| Year = 1988 |
| Year = 1988 |
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− | | Editor-in-Chief = |
+ | | Editor-in-Chief = Tom DeFalco |
| CoverArtist1 = Geoff Senior |
| CoverArtist1 = Geoff Senior |
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+ | | BlockQuote = |
+ | {{Conversation |
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+ | |Tell me. Where'd you learn to make something so corrupt and criminal sound so all round beneficial? |
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+ | |[[Dragon (Earth-5555)|Dragon]] |
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+ | | Image1 = |
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+ | |Oh, I had good teachers---the best, in fact. |
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+ | |[[High Father (Starick) (Earth-5555)|Starick]] |
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+ | | Image2 = High Father (Starick) (Earth-5555) from Dragon's Claws Vol 1 3 0001.jpg |
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+ | |My god---it ''is'' him! It's Starick!.. Control? Stop the broadcast---now! |
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+ | | Image3 = Silas Stenson (Earth-5555) from Dragon's Claws Vol 1 3 0001.jpeg |
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+ | }} |
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| StoryTitle1 = Heroes' Welcome! |
| StoryTitle1 = Heroes' Welcome! |
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| Inker1_1 = Geoff Senior |
| Inker1_1 = Geoff Senior |
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| Colourist1_1 = Steve White |
| Colourist1_1 = Steve White |
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− | | Letterer1_1 = Annie |
+ | | Letterer1_1 = Annie Halfacree |
| Editor1_1 = Richard Starkings |
| Editor1_1 = Richard Starkings |
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| Appearing1 = |
| Appearing1 = |
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** {{a|[[Mercy Connaught (Earth-5555)|Mercy]]}} |
** {{a|[[Mercy Connaught (Earth-5555)|Mercy]]}} |
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** {{a|[[Scavenger (Earth-5555)|Scavenger]]}} |
** {{a|[[Scavenger (Earth-5555)|Scavenger]]}} |
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− | + | ** {{a|[[Shonin Ikeda (Earth-5555)|Steel]]}} |
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− | ** {{a|[[ |
+ | ** {{a|[[Gan Ayerson (Earth-5555)|Digit]]}} |
− | ** {{ |
+ | ** {{1st|[[Scratch (Earth-5555)|Lady Killer]]}} {{Joins}} |
'''Supporting Characters:''' |
'''Supporting Characters:''' |
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+ | * {{a|[[National Union of Retired Sports Experts (Earth-5555)|National Union of Retired Sports Experts (N.U.R.S.E.)]]}} |
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+ | ** {{a|[[Silas Stenson (Earth-5555)|Silas Stenson]]}} {{green|First name revealed in FASTFAX}} |
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+ | ** {{a|[[Deller (Earth-5555)|Deller]]}} |
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'''Antagonists:''' |
'''Antagonists:''' |
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* {{only|[[Split Infinity (Earth-5555)|Split Infinity]]}} |
* {{only|[[Split Infinity (Earth-5555)|Split Infinity]]}} |
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* {{only|[[Vanishing Ladies (Earth-5555)|Vanishing Ladies]]}} |
* {{only|[[Vanishing Ladies (Earth-5555)|Vanishing Ladies]]}} |
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− | * {{ |
+ | * {{Only|[[High Father (Starick) (Earth-5555)|High Father (Starick)]]}} |
'''Other Characters:''' |
'''Other Characters:''' |
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− | * {{ |
+ | * {{mentioned|[[World Development Council (Earth-5555)|World Development Council]]}} |
− | + | * {{mentioned|[[Game (Earth-5555)|Game]]}} |
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+ | ** League Of Nations {{Mentioned}} |
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* {{1st|[[Fury (Kurran) (Earth-5555)|Kurran]]}} |
* {{1st|[[Fury (Kurran) (Earth-5555)|Kurran]]}} |
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− | * {{ |
+ | * {{Corpse|[[Tiger (Barry) (Earth-5555)|Tiger (Barry)]]}} {{1st Real Name}} {{Last}} |
− | + | * {{mentioned|[[Wildcats (Earth-5555)|Wildcats]]}} |
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* {{a|[[Michael Dragon (Earth-5555)|Michael Dragon]]}} |
* {{a|[[Michael Dragon (Earth-5555)|Michael Dragon]]}} |
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* {{a|[[Tanya Dragon (Earth-5555)|Tanya Dragon]]}} |
* {{a|[[Tanya Dragon (Earth-5555)|Tanya Dragon]]}} |
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* {{a|[[Saul Tesing (Earth-5555)|Saul]]}} |
* {{a|[[Saul Tesing (Earth-5555)|Saul]]}} |
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+ | * [[Character Index/Earth-5555#Katie|Katie]] {{only}} |
+ | '''Races and Species:''' |
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− | * {{mentioned|[[World Development Council (Earth-5555)|World Development Council]]}} |
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+ | * {{a|[[Homo sapiens|Humans]]}} |
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+ | * {{a|[[Robots]]}} |
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+ | * {{a|[[Cyborgs]]}} |
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− | * {{ |
+ | * {{a|[[Dogs]]}} |
+ | * {{a|[[Seagulls]]}} |
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− | * {{mentioned|[[League Of Nations (Earth-5555)|League Of Nations]]}} |
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+ | * {{Minor|Tigers|Tigers|Hide}} |
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+ | * {{a|[[Cows]]}} |
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+ | * {{a|[[Chickens]]}} |
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+ | * {{a|[[Pigs]]}} |
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+ | * {{a|[[Sheep]]}} |
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+ | * {{a|[[Goats]]}} |
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+ | * {{Drawing|[[Lions]]}} |
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'''Locations:''' |
'''Locations:''' |
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* {{a|[[Earth-5555]]}} |
* {{a|[[Earth-5555]]}} |
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− | ** {{a|[[ |
+ | ** {{a|[[Earth]]}} |
− | *** {{a|[[ |
+ | *** {{a|[[Greater Britain]]}} |
− | **** {{a|[[ |
+ | **** {{a|[[England]]}} |
− | ***** {{a|[[ |
+ | ***** {{a|[[London (England)|London]]}} |
− | **** {{ |
+ | ****** {{a|[[N.U.R.S.E. Central]]}} |
+ | ***** South Coast |
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+ | ****** {{only|[[Channel City]]}} |
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− | ***** Tanya Dragon's parents' farm |
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+ | ***** Morgue {{only}} |
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+ | ***** {{1st|[[East Anglia]]}} |
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+ | ****** {{1st|[[Norfolk (England)|Norfolk]]}} |
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+ | ******** Ritinskis' farm {{1st}} |
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+ | ***** Wildcats' lair {{only}} |
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+ | *** {{Mentioned|[[Luna (Moon)|Moon, Earth Orbit]]}} |
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'''Items:''' |
'''Items:''' |
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− | * {{ |
+ | * {{mentioned|FASTFAX|FASTFAX|Named in FASTFAX}} |
* {{a|[[Magnesium flares]]}} |
* {{a|[[Magnesium flares]]}} |
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* {{a|[[Sonic squeal]]}} |
* {{a|[[Sonic squeal]]}} |
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+ | * Vanishing Ladies' suits |
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'''Vehicles:''' |
'''Vehicles:''' |
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− | * {{ |
+ | * {{1st Real Name|[[Pig (Vehicle)|The ''Pig'']]}} |
+ | * Dragon's Claws' sleds |
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+ | | Synopsis1 = The [[World Development Council (Earth-5555)|World Development Council]] and [[National Union of Retired Sports Experts (Earth-5555)|National Union of Retired Sports Experts (N.U.R.S.E.)]] dispatch [[Dragon's Claws (Earth-5555)|Dragon's Claws]] to liberate [[Channel City]] on the South Coast of [[England]] from the mysterious [[High Father (Starick) (Earth-5555)|High Father]] and his army of ex-[[Game (Earth-5555)|Game]] teams who keep the local population hostage. However, Dragon's Claws are surprised to see people hostile to their mission. Overcoming the resistance of several teams, including the [[Split Infinity (Earth-5555)|Split Infinity]] and [[Vanishing Ladies (Earth-5555)|Vanishing Ladies]], they enter the city, where the High Father has amassed stolen livestock, and confront him. When the High Father is revealed to be a supposedly dead former N.U.R.S.E. employee Starick, N.U.R.S.E. executive [[Silas Stenson (Earth-5555)|Silas Stenson]] is so distressed by this news that he orders the public broadcast of the event terminated immediately. |
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+ | While reprimanding [[Deller (Earth-5555)|Deller]], who was wounded by [[Slaughterhouse (Earth-5555)|Slaughterhouse]] in [[the 'Pool]]{{r|Dragon's Claws Vol 1 2}} and had to stay behind, Stenson reveals that it was N.U.R.S.E lobbying the World Development Council to reactivate Dragon's Claws, and not the other way around. |
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+ | [[File:Wildcats' lair from Dragon's Claws Vol 1 3 0001.jpeg|300px|right|thumb|Wildcats' lair]] |
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+ | After the fight on Dragon's farm{{r|Dragon's Claws Vol 1 1}} [[Saul Tesing (Earth-5555)|Saul]] helped [[Tanya Dragon (Earth-5555)|Tanya Dragon]] take her son [[Michael Dragon (Earth-5555)|Michael]] to her parents' farm. She still tries to come to grips with [[Dragon (Earth-5555)|Dragon]]'s decision to reactivate his team and is not yet ready to reach out to him, despite Saul's advocacy. |
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+ | The body of [[Tiger (Barry) (Earth-5555)|Tiger]], who was killed by Dragon during his fight with the [[Wildcats (Earth-5555)|Wildcats]],{{r|Dragon's Claws Vol 1 1}} is visited in the morgue by Tiger's brother [[Fury (Kurran) (Earth-5555)|Kurran]], who embarks on a quest to revenge his brother's death. Kurran learns that it was Deller who hired the Wildcats to hassle Dragon. |
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| StoryTitle2 = Tales from a Post-Apocalyptic World! |
| StoryTitle2 = Tales from a Post-Apocalyptic World! |
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| Letterer2_1 = Zed |
| Letterer2_1 = Zed |
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| Editor2_1 = |
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− | | Synopsis2 = One-page story. |
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'''Featured Characters:''' |
'''Featured Characters:''' |
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+ | * Reverend P. Gunn |
'''Supporting Characters:''' |
'''Supporting Characters:''' |
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+ | | Notes = * In preparation to [[Death's Head (Earth-TRN234)|Death's Head]]'s cameo in {{c|Dragon's Claws Vol 1 4}} and guest appearance in {{c|Dragon's Claws Vol 1 5}}, the back cover of the issue featured [[High Noon Tex]], a one-page strip about Death's Head, which had already been used in {{c|Transformers (UK) Vol 1 167}} to promote the ''Dragon's Claws'' title itself. |
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+ | * Ritinski as Tanya's maiden name and [[Norwich]] as the location of Ritinskis' farm are revealed in {{c|Dragon's Claws Vol 1 6}}. |
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| Recommended = |
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Revision as of 10:02, 17 December 2019
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