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First Look: Doctor Who Magazine’s first Thirteenth Doctor comic

By John Freeman on October 17, 2018

Doctor Who Magazine has teased its first Thirteenth Doctor comic adventure. “The Warmonger” by Scott Gray, who also penned the first Twelfth Doctor story for the title and John Ross (whose work on Who stretches back to the first issue of the original Doctor Who Adventures comic), begins in Doctor Who Magazine Issue 531, on sale tomorrow, Thursday 18th October.

Leading with an interview with new companion Bradley Walsh (who plays Graham O’Brien), the new issue also celebrates 50 years of UNIT, offers spoiler-free previews of upcoming episodes, background features ot the making of the show and much more.

Scott Gray began his career writing and illustrating comic stories for Razor Magazine, Time Space Visualiser and Timestreams, publications of the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club under his given name of Warwick Gray, adopting the pen-name Scott in 1995. His first strip for Doctor Who Magazine was the Seventh Doctor tale “Memorial”, drawn by John Ridgway, which ran in Issue 191 back in 1992.

He moved to the UK and went on to become the Magazine’s assistant editor and was the title’s regular comic strip writer between 1998 and 2004, covering most of the Eighth Doctor’s stories. He’s also the editor of Panini UK’s superhero comics and has written comics for Marvel Comics in the US, including Fin Fang Four, working with fellow Who comics creator Roger Langridge.

John Ross started working for Panini Comics in 1996, working on titles such as Masked Rider, Action Man and Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures. A regular artist on the Doctor Who Magazine strip, he was also the regular artist on Immediate Media’s Doctor Who Adventures, and much more.

• Doctor Who Magazine is sold in all good newsagents, some run by Rill and comic shops. A digital edition is also available. More information at https://doctorwhomagazine.com

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.