Trans-Time's Guide To Mega-City One!

NAME
Trans-Time's Guide To Mega-City One!

FIRST PUBLISHED
Judge Dredd Annual 1981

DATELINE
1 Sept 80

PAGE COUNT
10

REPRINTS
Judge Dredd: The Restricted Files 04.

SYNOPSIS
A holiday brochure for Mega-City One.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First real insight into the present era in Flesh.

INFORMATION
(This Brochure is copyright Trans-Time Holidays, 2300)

Robots, aliens and animals with the ability to speak are less common in the 23rd Century than they are in the 22nd. Portable Time-Converters are a time travel device. Biz-Wiz Enterprises are a printing company. Trans-Time is a registered corporation. Trans-Time beams its customers' mail back to the time they left.

Among the tours offered by Trans-Time offer a 'Hell Trip' to an undisclosed point in the 20th Century, an opportunity to see Hitler's V1s over London, the A-Bomb explode above Hiroshima, the Lion's tea party in Ancient Rome, a point after the Atomic War, France during the Reign of Terror, the American Civil War, England during the Volgan Invasion of 1999, a 20th Century package tour to Spain's Costa Del Sol, Germany during Nazi rule, Russia during the KGB, China during Mao's Long March, Australia during its settlement by criminals, Sicily during a feud between the Capone family and their neighbours and Mega-City One in 2101.

The Surgeon General has issued a health warning that time travel can be hazardous to health. Trans-Time acknowledge the warning and state that they are not obliged to pay compensation.

Trans-Time's Mega-City One tour arrives at Kennedy Space-Port. Despite the city's accommodation crisis Trans-Time have secured rooms in Charlton Heston Block. Located in the southern sector of the city, 750 crimes are committed in the cityblock every day, but each tour group is supplied with a Securi-droid. The tour includes a free journey to the laundry that Walter visits every week and a trip to the Cursed Earth. Trans-Time publishes a handbook entitled The Streets Of Mega-City One.

Only 13% of Mega-City One's population are in employment. Robots are available in various size, from tiny shoe-polishing models to huge demolition droids. 2101's Robot Of The Year Show features Heavy Metal Kids Mk II. The city has an Alien Relations Board. There are 312 Holovision stations broadcasting in Mega-City One and the Morning News-Fax is a newspaper. The Weather Congress collates the weather preference votes of citizens. Usually the city is hot and sunny, but occasionally a rain storm is ordered to wash the streets. The Mega-City 5000 race was stopped in 2099.

The Judge system is headed by a triumvirate called The Grand Council Of Judges. The Justice Day Parade is an annual event. Tours of The Academy of Law are conducted regularly. Queues form long before the Statue of Judgement opens for business and last all day.
Although derelict the Empire State Building features a reconstruction of Judge Dredd's battle with the Whitey Gang.
As many as fifty thousand Judges could be working in the Grand Hall of Justice at any one time.

ARTHUR RAYMOND
Nicknamed Art 'Ain't-He-Awful' Raymond.

OTHER CHARACTERS
LINDA
Trans-Time's chief courier. She took a Hell Trip to the 20th Century and came back with a dart in her nose.

JUDGE DREDD
The most famous Judge in Mega-City One.

WALTER THE WOBOT
Trans-Time includes a free journey to the laundry that Walter visits every week.

ROCKY VOLLO
A great friend of Johnny Teardrop.

JOHNNY TEARDROP
A great friend of Rocky Vollo.

OTTO SUMP
His face is being used as the Before by The New You Face Parlour

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES


WORST LINES
The Ed. jokes are not very funny.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
Obviously this draws heavily on Flesh. Arthur Raymond opens this brochure with another letter and the Surgeon General's health warning includes an image from Flesh, Book One part 18.

There is a mention of a "recent scandal involving a researcher at the city's Department of Science passing the system's secrets to the Sov-Cities" in Battle Of The Black Atlantic, a reference to the laundry that Walter visits every week as seen in A Tale From Walter's Scwapbook.

There are references to Charlton Heston Block from Cityblock 1, the smokatorium from Smoker's Crime, John Nobody, the Dream Palace and the Annual Justice Day Parade from Dream Palace, The New You Face Parlour from The New You, Aeroball the focus of Harlem Heroes, The Robot Of The Year Show that featured in Robots, The Mega-City 5000 seen in a strip of the same name, You Bet Your Life and the Mines Of Mutieland from You Bet Your Life, Devil's Island, the Empire State Building and Judge Dredd's battle with the Whitey Gang from Judge Whitey, the Palais de Boing and Pinboing Wizard, Sob Story, Johnny Teardrop and Otto Sump from Sob Story, Medicine Today and Call-Me-Kenneth 'Robot Wars', part 2 and Crime Time seen in part 8, Sensor-Round from Krong, the Power Tower and Barney first seen in Father Earth, the Mega-City Standard and the Daily News mentioned in The Invisible Man, part 2, the Mega-Times, Rocky Vollo and Mawxus (sic) Slym from Crime And Punishment, the Weather Congress named in The Solar Sniper, The Academy of Law, Futsies and the Harlem Heroes stadium from The Academy Of Law, cadet's right(s) from Mutie The Pig, part 2, The Statue Of Judgement first seen in The Statue Of Judgement, Mac first seen in The Wreath Murders, Judge Anderson's body in the Hall of Heroes as seen in Judge Death, part 3, Aftermath Square named as such in The Greatest Story Ever Told, Troggies from The Troggies, Don Uggie Apelino and the talking apes first seen in 'The Ape Gang' and his later attempt to raise a billion credits to kill Dredd in The Billion Credit Caper, The Dredd Act from The Guinea Pig That Changed The Law, Conred Conn from The Day The Law Died, part 13, Dino Valdi mentioned in Dredd And the Mob Blitzers, Kleggs first seen in The Day The Law Died, part 6 and an advert for The Forever Towers Home For The Semi-Dead from The Forever Crimes.

A tour to England during the Volgan Invasion of 1999 is obviously a reference to Invasion!

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
The Long March (October 1933-October 1935) was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, which began the ascent to power of Mao Zedong (1893-1976).

MISTAKES
Cadet's Rights is incorrectly stated as Cadet's Right, while Nawxyus Slym is now Mawxus Slym.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Unknown

REVIEW
To effectively see one strip through the eyes of another, without the interaction of a traditional crossover is a real opportunity and it's certainly not one that is squandered here. This is excellent and surprisingly thorough.

Flesh File: Big Hungry!

NAME
Flesh File: Big Hungry!

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
Big Hungry

FIRSTS & LASTS
Last appearance of Big Hungry.

INFORMATION
A warning from Trans-Time: employees please note that they leave Trans-Time stations at their own risk and the company accepts no liability for accidents.

OTHER CHARACTERS
BIG HUNGRY
He has an altercation with a boat and two humans.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
A great star pin-up that never was.

Flesh File: A Day In The Life Of Trans-Time!

NAME
Flesh File: A Day In The Life Of Trans-Time!

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
An advert for Trans-Time.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First explicit mention of a Jurassic operation.

INFORMATION
Trans-Time advertises with a jingle and simultaneously has operations in the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
Unknown.

BEST LINES
Jingle: "Who's working hard on the Jurassic cliffs and creeks, providing Phytosaur to put bubble in your squeak?"

WORST LINES
Jingle: "Who's working hard in the Triassic seas, to provide fresh fish for your frozen chips and peas?"

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
This is great fun and would have made a brilliant Futuregraph. I'll be honest, the existence of this strip is the probably reason for the previous eleven posts and I thank you for putting up with them.

Flesh File: Creatures To Steer Clear Of

NAME
Flesh File: Creatures To Steer Clear Of

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to Cynognathus, Giant Plant-Eaters, Bone-Headed Dinosaurs and Giant Scorpions.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
Cynognathus is a Triassic Period reptile with mammalian qualities and has been nicknamed the 'dog-reptile'. Trans-Time has given it a rating of 7.

Giant Plant-Eaters are the Jurassic Period animals that Trans-Time come to catch, including the Brotosaurus or Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, Camarasaurus and Brachiosaurus. The latter of these grows to thirty metres in length. Trans-Time suggests that employees stay well clear and there are numerous examples of incidents what happened when they didn't. They have given them a rating of 4.

Bone-Headed Dinosaurs are from the Cretaceous Period. Their skulls are five times thicker than that of a human, but their brain is the size of a hen's egg. They use their heads like battering rams.

Giant Scorpions are of unknown lifespan and history. They are seen sparingly.

OTHER CHARACTERS
STUMPY MacPHERSON
The sole survivor of an attack by a pack of Cynognathus after being part of a group that goaded them.

RANGER PRESTON
Responsible for a Brotosaurus herd. He and a fellow Ranger abandoned them to watch some bone-headed dinosaurs fight, his friend was killed when the Brotosaurs stampeded.

DEATHS
Plenty.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
Now this is what you want to an image of. The exploits of Stumpy MacPherson and Ranger Preston would be worthy of strip in themselves.

Flesh File: Tyrannosaurus Rex

NAME
Flesh File: Tyrannosaurus Rex

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
Tyrannosaurus Rex is a Cretaceous Period Carnivorous dinosaur which grows to sixteen metres in length, six metres in height and weighs more than 8,000 kilogrammes. Its teeth can grow up to thirteen centimetres in length.

Trans-Time suggests that the Tyrannosaurus Rex is to be avoided at all costs, but may be less dangerous and lethargic after a large meal. They have given it a rating of 10.

OTHER CHARACTERS
OLD ONE EYE
She drove out all the humans from her area.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
Earl Reagan's surname is mis-spelt Regan.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
This is dull. How do you get T-Rex wrong?

Flesh File: Triceratops

NAME
Flesh File: Triceratops

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to the Triceratops.

FIRSTS & LASTS

INFORMATION
The Triceratops was a Cretaceous Period herbivorous dinosaur. They are eleven metres long and weigh 8,000 kilogrammes.

An old Trans-Time saying is: "If you're fool enough to get caught by a Triceratops' charge, make sure it's a fatal one!".

The company has given them a rating of 6.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
Unknown.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
Another disappointing entry.

Flesh File: Stegosaurus

NAME
Flesh File: Stegosaurus

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to Stegosauruses.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
Stegosaurus was a Jurassic Period herbivorous dinosaur that weighed 6,000kg and was up to nine metres long.

During the establishment of the Jurassic Base, a herd of Stegosaurus were startled by the sound of the arrival of an unscheduled Time Shipment and a number of Trans-Time workers were trampled and impaled.

Time-Time have given them a rating of: 5.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
Probably.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
The case history is nice and better suited to this medium than it would have been to a comic strip.

Flesh File: Pteranodon

NAME
Flesh File: Pteranodon

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to Pteranodons.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
Pteranodons are flying reptiles from the Cretaceous Period. They were three metre long with a wingspan of eight metres and ate fish.

Time-Time have given them a rating of: 5.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
Some. Pteranodons killed a welder on Atlantis Station and a few citizens of Carver City.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
The case histories are both taken from Flesh, Books 1 and 2.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
Pteranodons are an absolute gift to something like this, but they are utterly squandered here.

Flesh File: Monster Timer

NAME
Flesh File: Monster Timer

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to which Dinosaurs lived in which period.

FIRSTS & LASTS

INFORMATION
Trans-Time claim they do not know why the Dinosaurs died out, but are not willing to finance an expedition to find out.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
Tantalisingly Cynognathus, Phytosaur and Gorgosaurus only get name-checked.

Flesh File: Nothosaur

NAME
Flesh File: Nothosaur

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to Nothosaurs.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
Nothosaurs are Triassic reptiles that live on land, but fish at sea. They have an average length of six metres.

Time-Time employees are not permitted to swim in the Triassic sea. The company have given Nothosaurs a rating of: 7.

OTHER CHARACTERS
BIG HUNGRY
He and his pack were for a time Trans-Time's number one enemy.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
Big Hungry appeared throughout Flesh Book 2.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
Again it's nice to see a reference to Big Hungry, but sadly there is very little detail.

Flesh File: Ichthyosaur

NAME
Flesh File: Ichthyosaur

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to Ichthyosaurs.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
Ichthyosaurs lived throughout the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. They range from one to twelve metres in length. As a rule they don't attack man. Trans-Time have given Ichthyosaurs a rating of: 3.

Cybosaurs have been bred by 23rd Century geneticists for speed and strength. They have been referred to as 'violence machines'. They have stronger snouts and a computerised circuit implanted in the brain. Trans-Time have given Cybosaurs a rating of: 9.

OTHER CHARACTERS
EMPLOYEE 68777-B4X
An employee that ordered a Cybosaur to kill a predator only to have it turn on the human giving the order.

DEATHS
One. Employee 68777-B4X

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
There is very little here.

Flesh File: Deinonychus

NAME
Flesh File: Deinonychus

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to Deinonychus.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
Deinonychus, also known as Terrible Claw due to its deadly sickle shaped claw, lived during the Cretaceous Period. It was 2.5 metres long and 1 metre tall.

They only allow two of their claws to drag on the ground and elevate the third to keep it sharp and fight standing on one leg. Trans Time suggest this leaves Deinonychus at a slight disadvantage. They give it a rating of: 10.

OTHER CHARACTERS
CLAW CARVER
Many of his associates believe that his wearing a Deinonychus claw has almost turned him into an animal.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
It's nice to see mention of Claw Carver, nut it's a shame we don't really learn anything new.

Flesh File: Allosaurus

NAME
Flesh File: Allosaurus

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to the Allosaurus.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First case history.

INFORMATION
The Allosaurus is a carnivorous dinosaur from the Jurassic Period that was 10 metres long and weighed 2 tons. It is surprisingly fast and armed with sharp claws and a muscular tail. Inside it's large head is a rather small brain.

Trans Time employees are advised to attack the brittle skull and the company have given the Allosaurus a rating of: 8.

OTHER CHARACTERS
BRIAN McGINTY
Nicknamed 'The Braggart', McGinty boasted that he and others had fought an Allosaurus and that they had killed it with a long staff. When the opportunity to reprise this action single-handed presented itself, he successfully killed the Allosaurus, but due to reflex action after its death, McGinty was killed.

DEATHS
Two. The deaths of McGinty and the Allosaurus are reported.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
The artwork is great, but the case history is a bit odd. 'The Braggart' claimed he once a did a thing and then when given the opportunity, he does exactly that thing.

Flesh File 1: 'A Letter From Arthur Raymond'

NAME
Flesh File: 'A Letter From Arthur Raymond'

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
Arthur Raymond takes time out of his busy day to write to new employees of Trans Time.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First Trans Time internal documentation.

INFORMATION
Trans Time is the only supplier of fresh meat and fish in the 23rd century. Arthur Raymond is the Company Chairman.
The company motto is: time is money. Pay is docked if an employee catches less than the average ration of Flesh. Catching more does not earn a bonus.

Time travel is expensive and hazardous to health, travellers are required to take 'Time-Pills' daily.

One in three Trans Time employees has a serious accident. Any employee found in breach of discipline will face the laser lash. The Golden Rule of Dinosaur hunting is: if in doubt, get out.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
Is Arthur Raymond one of the huge foreheaded Flesh Controllers seen in the 23rd Century sequences of Flesh, Book 1?

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
The letter has a great tone and it's great to see more of 23rd Century Trans Time.

Flesh: Book Two, Part 14

NAME
Flesh: Book Two, Part 14

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. and Starlord Prog 99

DATELINE
10 Feb 79

This strip was featured with Angel, Judge Dredd and Ro-Busters strips, a Futuregraph and a Ro-Busters cover by Dave Gibbons.

PAGE COUNT
6

REPRINTS
Scavengers 25, Extreme Edition 7 and Flesh: The Dino Files.

SYNOPSIS
Atlantis Station departs from the Triassic.

FIRSTS & LASTS
Last appearance of Carver, Peters, Grose, Big Hungry and Atlantis Base. Last work on Flesh by Miller, Pino and Knight.

INFORMATION
Nothosaurs are not normally flesh-eaters, but man's activity seems to have altered this.

Atlantis Station's time travel facility uses a time control crystal. The facility was used to return the base to the 23rd Century, but it was lost in time. Deposited over the sea of another age, it sank and causes rumours of the sunken city of Atlantis.

CLAW CARVER
Big Hungry kills him.

OTHER CHARACTERS
PETERS
He saves Carver's life. Peters dives to reach the base's time controls and successfully returns Atlantis Station to the 23rd Century. He is killed by a Giant Scorpion.

BIG HUNGRY
He kills Carver. He is pulled off the deck of Atlantis Station as it is transported back to the 23rd Century and into the time lanes. He was deposited into Loch Ness.

J.M. GROSE
He abandoned his post and is left behind as the base is transported back to the 23rd Century.

DEATHS
At least five. Two Trans-Time employees die in the pincers of a Giant Scorpion, Peters shoots a Nothosaur dead. Big Hungry kills Carver. A Giant Scorpion kills Peters. Presumably anybody left alive on Atlantis Station drowns when it finally sinks.

BEST LINES
Peters: "Get down, Carver - Unless you want you head shaved...The hard way!"

WORST LINES
Scorpion Victim: "No - Not the pincers! Noooooo!"

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
The earliest report of a monster associated with Loch Ness appears in a 7th century account of the life of St. Columba, but the fashion for modern sightings seem to stem from 1933.

Atlantis is first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written circa 360 BC, described as a naval power that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa in the 10th millennium BC, but sank into the ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune" after a failed attempt to invade Athens.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: G. Miller
Artist: Carlos Pino
Letters: Pete Knight

REVIEW
Book 2 comes to an impressive conclusion. Peters' epic dive, Grose's marooning and the revelation about Nessie are all brilliant, but Carver's death seems rushed.

The End

Flesh: Book Two, Part 13

NAME
Flesh: Book Two, Part 13

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. and Starlord Prog 98

DATELINE
3 Feb 79

This prog also featured Angel, Judge Dredd, Tharg's Future Shocks and Ro-Busters strips, a Judge Dredd cover by Brian Bolland, a Futuregraph and the last part of the Flesh File.

PAGE COUNT
5

REPRINTS
Scavengers 25, Extreme Edition 7 and Flesh: The Dino Files.

SYNOPSIS
Peter walks the plank, the Cybosaurs attack each other and Gunner Ben sinks Atlantis Base.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First work on Flesh by Carlos Pino and Steve Potter.

INFORMATION
Faults to the Cybosaur control system can spread like a chain reaction.

CLAW CARVER
He believes Peters dead and assign Gunner Ben to a Hunter-Killer Submarine to shoot Nothosaurs.

OTHER CHARACTERS
PETERS
He was forced to walk the plank. A Pterosaur attack provided a distraction and he climbed underneath the plank.

BIG HUNGRY
He attacks a Cybosaur and damages the controls. It turns on the other Cybosaurs and somehow this causes a chain reaction leaving all of them free of Trans-Time control.

GUNNER BEN
He is assigned to a Hunter-Killer Submarine to shoot Nothosaurs. Instead he fires multiple torpedoes at Atlantis Base itself causing it to sink.

DEATHS
Probably hundreds. A Cybosaur kills the Trans-Time employee in the Cybosaur testing room. Potentially hundreds more drown as Atlantis Station sinks.

BEST LINES
Gunner Ben: "Yahoooo! I'm gonna get me some target practice!"

WORST LINES
Carver: "What the devil..? The whole rig's moving! I gotta get out of here - save myself if I can!"

CATCHPHRASES
One of the Trans-Time employees exclaims "Drokk!"

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: G. Miller
Artist: C. Pino
Letters: Steve Potter

Steve Potter has also provided letters for A.B.C. Warriors, Judge Anderson, Ant Wars, D.R. & Quinch, Judge Dredd, Finn, Firekind, Holocaust, Tharg's Future Shocks, Halo Jones, Indigo Prime, Marshal Law, The Mean Arena, Mean Machine, Mean Team, Mind Wars, Missionary Man, Nemesis The Warlock, Max Normal, Ro-Busters, Rogue Trooper, Sinister Dexter, Slaine, Strontium Dog, Tales Of Telguuth, Time Twisters, Time Flies, Timequake, Torquemada and Walter The Wobot.

REVIEW
Carlos Pino's art is great, but the change takes a little getting used to. It's good to see Gunner Ben come to the rescue!

Next Prog: Mayhem!

Flesh: Book Two, Part 12

NAME
Flesh: Book Two, Part 12

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. and Starlord Prog 97

DATELINE
27 Jan 79

This strip featured alongside Angel, Judge Dredd, Tharg's Future Shocks and Ro-Busters, a Flesh File, one-off futuregraph by Bill Le Fevre and a cover by Jose Luis Ferrer.

PAGE COUNT
4

REPRINTS
Scavengers 24, Extreme Edition 7 and Flesh: The Dino Files.

SYNOPSIS
Carver's mutiny is successful and Peters is made to walk the plank as Big Hungry waits to devour him.

FIRSTS & LASTS
Last appearance of Grose's parrot. Last Flesh by Massimo Belardinelli.

INFORMATION
The Atlantis Station's Docking Bays are equipped with huge transparent hatches and guns.

CLAW CARVER
His mutiny is successful and he takes over Atlantis Station.

OTHER CHARACTERS
PETERS
He is tied up and made to walk the plank.

BIG HUNGRY
He and his pack are poised to attack Atlantis Station.

DEATHS
One. One of Carver's mutineers pushes a non-mutineer into the machinery at Atlantis Station.

BEST LINES
Peters: "Grose! Damn you man - where are you?"
Grose: "Oh - er...down here, Peters! I - er dropped my compass!"
Parrot: "Damn you Grose! Damn you Grose!"

WORST LINES
Peters: "The bottom of the sea is the place for scum like you - And that's where I aim to put you!"

CATCHPHRASES
We get an "Aiiiii!"

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Smee was Captain Hook's boatswain in J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and 1911 novel Peter and Wendy.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: G. Miller
Artist: Belardinelli
Letters: Peter Knight

REVIEW
Peters walking the plank is a great cliffhanger as Carver's mutiny succeeds and Grose's grip on reality fails.

Next Prog: The Beginning Of The End!

Flesh: Book Two, Part 11

NAME
Flesh: Book Two, Part 11

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. and Starlord Prog 96

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

This prog also featured Angel, Judge Dredd, Tharg's Future Shocks and Ro-Busters strips, an Angel cover by Ian Kennedy, one-off Futuregraph and a Flesh File cut-out-and-keep free gift.

PAGE COUNT
5

REPRINTS
Scavengers 24, Extreme Edition 7, Flesh: The Dino Files

SYNOPSIS
Peters takes Carver back to Atlantis Station, where is locked up, but escapes and starts a mutiny.

FIRSTS & LASTS
The first appearance of Big Hungry's pack.

INFORMATION
Atlantis Station can be transported through time at the push of a button. The Seaman's Rest is the name given to the cell at the very bottom of the station.

CLAW CARVER
Peters knocks him out and returns him to Atlantis Station, where he is locked in The Seaman's Rest. He tricks and threatens Frobisher to let him out. Once free he starts a mutiny.

OTHER CHARACTERS
PETERS
He knocks Carver out and returns him to Atlantis Station.

GUNNER BEN
He shoots to distract Big Hungry from Peters and Carver.

BIG HUNGRY
He is scared off by Gunner Ben's shots. Big Hungry returns to the pack he left years ago, challenges the current leader, replaces him and leads the pack to attack Atlantis Station.

DEATHS
One. Big Hungry kills the current leader of his old pack.

BEST LINES
Grose: "It was Carver who stole the gold, eh? Just like I always suspected. It's a good job I know how to spot a crook when I see one! Yes, sir! I -"

WORST LINES
Peters: "Big Hungry! He's returning to his island!"
Carver: "He's seen us! We're cold meat, Peters!"

CATCHPHRASES
Grose chalks up another "I didn't get where I am today...".

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
The opening caption implies the Triassic was only two million years ago, which is a hundred and ninety-eight million short.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Geoffrey Miller
Artist: Belardinelli
Letters: T Frame

REVIEW
This part succeeds in making Big Hungry more powerful, Carver more dangerous and Grose more pathetic. Quite an achievement for a strip already firing on all cylinders, and yet this still runs the risk of repeating the story of Book 1.

Next Prog: The Battle!

Flesh: Book Two, Part 10

NAME
Flesh: Book Two, Part 10

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. and Starlord Prog 95

DATELINE
13 Jan 79

This Prog also featured Angel, Judge Dredd, Tharg's Future Shocks and Ro-Busters strips, a Judge Dredd Futuregraph and a Ro-Busters cover by Mike Dorey.

PAGE COUNT
5

REPRINTS
Scavengers 23, Extreme Edition 7 and Flesh: The Dino Files.

SYNOPSIS
The gold is discovered, but Big Hungry has found Carver and Peters as well.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First appearance of Frobisher and Drake.

INFORMATION
Giant Scorpions are attracted to blood.

CLAW CARVER
He is in command of a Hunter Killer Submarine called The Saucy Sailor. He orders the trawler above cast off its net to catch Big Hungry. He promises a hundred pieces of gold to whoever finds the hoard.

OTHER CHARACTERS
PETERS
He witnesses Carver killing Isaac and attacks him.

GUNNER BEN
He shoots the Giant Scorpions with a torpedo and the resulting explosion damages the submarine.

BIG HUNGRY
Carver orders the trawler cast off its net. When released the net sinks to the bottom and traps Big Hungry with some giant scorpions. The Nothosaur attacks a Mixosaurus to distract the scorpions and escapes. Aching and bleeding, he returns to his island to discover Carver and Peters fighting.

ISAAC
He discovers the gold and Carver kills him rather than share it with him.

DEATHS
At least three. Big Hungry kills a Mixosaurus, Carver kills a Cynognathus and Isaac.

BEST LINES
Carver: "That'll finish Hungry off! The net'll hold the brute till his lungs burst - If those scorpions don't burst them for him!"

WORST LINES
Carver: "You've bugged me for long enough, Peters! Now I'm gonna teach you a lesson - A lesson in dying!"

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Cynognathus was a metre long predator that lived on land in the Early and Middle Triassic and was closely related to mammals. Fossils have been discovered in South Africa, South America, China and Antarctica. Also a metre in length, Mixosaurus, was a relatively small ichthyosaur.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Geoffrey Miller
Artist: Belardinelli
Letters: Chris Martin

Chris Martin is probably not the lead singer of Coldplay. So there's one thing in his favour.

REVIEW
Another great instalment, Carver's trapping of Big Hungry and 'rewarding' Isaac are brilliant. As our three main characters all end up on the same beach this seems like the beginning of the end.

Next Prog: Snap!

Flesh: Book Two, Part 9

NAME
Flesh: Book Two, Part 9

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. and Starlord Prog 94

DATELINE
6 Jan 78

This first prog of 1979 also featured Judge Dredd, Tharg's Future Shocks, Ro-Busters and Strontium Dog strips and a Judge Dredd cover by Mike McMahon.

PAGE COUNT
6

REPRINTS
Scavengers 23, Extreme Edition 7 and Flesh: The Dino Files.

SYNOPSIS
Peters is knackered, Gunner Ben is off his rocker, the Pterosaurs' attacks are bolder, Grose's discipline is misguided, Carver seizes the opportunity and finds himself in the middle of a fight between Big Hungry and the Giant Scorpions.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First appearance of Grose's parrot.

INFORMATION
A normal Trans-Time employees work shift is eight hours with no breaks. Double shifts are permitted. Among Trans-Time's products is the Sea Food Special. The 250-ton crane used to bring catches of fish aboard the Atlantis Station has been dubbed 'Big Geordie'.

British Ley-Mek are a twenty-third century company with a reputation for losing working hours.

Synthi-Rum is Synthetic Rum.

CLAW CARVER
He volunteers to take a trawler and a hunter killer submarine to increase production.

OTHER CHARACTERS
PETERS
Tired from working a double shift he mixes too much slop into the fish mixture for the Sea Food Special. Carver transfers Peters to his crew.

GUNNER BEN
He is still suffering after his encounter with giant scorpions. Carver transfers Ben to his crew and considers him the best gunner on board.

BIG HUNGRY
He fights the giant scorpions underwater.

DEATHS
Two. Willy gets eaten by a Pterosaur atop Big Geordie, while Willy's friend falls from the crane.

BEST LINES
Grose: "...Cancel all synthi-rum, bacon and eggs!"
Hawkins: "But we haven't had any bacon for months!"
Grose: "Well, then reduce the pieces of meat in the Nothosaur stew from ten to eight!"

WORST LINES
Carver: "Get me a vidscreen sighting of outside!"
Carver's Helmsman: "Reckon you'll wish you hadn't asked for it, Carver!...'cause we're in the middle of a monster scrap between Big Hungry and the Giant Scorpions.......And it's gonna be a fight to the death!"

CATCHPHRASES
J.M. gives us another C.J. with "I didn't get where I am today by not liking spirit."

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
British Ley-Mek were mentioned on the Walter The Wobot Bluepwint. Groats seem to have replaced Stars as the unit of currency in the 23rd Century.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Grose's parrot repeats his orders like Captain Flint, Long John Silver's bird in Treasure Island (1881).

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Geoffrey Miller
Artist: Massimo Belardinelli
Letters: Pete Knight

REVIEW
The opening advert, Willy's friend's outstretched dead hand and Grose's confusing the issue are all fantastic. The cliffhanger is exciting, but the narration is awful.

Next Prog: Screamers Die First!