*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: From 1978, the entire run of the sci-fi weekly Starlord, a quality item which featured a number of innovative strips – “Strontium Dog”, “Ro-Busters”, “Planet of the Damned”, “Timequake” and more – and with more colour pages and slicker paper, seemed to be attempting to upgrade the 2000 AD model. Sadly, mass audiences didn’t care whether there were higher production standards or not, and after only 22 issues, Starlord was absorbed into 2000 AD, with Strontium Dog and Ro-Busters being the long-term survivors. All 22 issues new in, in mid-high grades, plus the one and only Summer Special, also from 1978 (FN £30).