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A weekly rummage in the attic of sci-fi
Anyone else recall this short-lived sister title to 2000 AD? Launched in 1978, a year after the debut of Tharg's mighty organ, Starlord delivered a similar mix of SF thrills on slightly more upmarket paper. It eventually merged with its big sis - a fate heralded with the familiar doomladen words "Exciting news inside for all readers!", a phrase that still has the power to chill our bones - but it bequeathed such much-loved icons as Ro-Busters and Strontium Dog to the 2000 AD gene pool.
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Nick Setchfield is the Editor-at-Large for SFX Magazine, writing features, reviews, interviews, and more for the monthly issues. However, he is also a freelance journalist and author with Titan Books. His original novels are called The War in the Dark, and The Spider Dance. He's also written a book on James Bond called Mission Statements.