Garth – Strip Checklist – Part 07

Garth from the Daily Mirror
Garth by Martin Asbury

Strip dates given are those of their original appearance in the British newspaper the Daily Mirror, first compiled by Geoffrey Wren and Ann Holmes and updated by Ant Jones and Philip Harbottle. With thanks also to Lee Grice and Ron Tiner for some images featured in this section of downthetubes

See Also: Garth: An Introduction

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Days of Doom
Story Number: 151
Writer: John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 16th June 1994 – 14th September 1994 (C143 – C220)
Number of Episodes: 78

Twilight World
Story Number: 152
Writer: Philip Harbottle
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 15th September 1994 – 23rd November 1994 (C221 – C280)
Number of Episodes: 60

In remote futurity, the sun is dying, the Earth freezing. To solve the problem scientists construct the Arbiter, a super computer incorporating human brains. It telepathically forces its creators to encase their brains in cybernetic units—machine men, impervious to the cold. Humanity is culled, and only a few hundred retained as servitors in the City of Machines.

One scientist, Gofal, remains free of the Arbiter’s control. He transports his ancestor, Garth, across time to help save humanity. Immune to the Arbiter’s telepathic control, Garth is able to remove one of its brains encased in a super metal, urillium. Duplicating this metal, Gofal encases a spaceship in it, enabling Garth to fly close enough to the sun to drop a super bomb that will restore the sun.

The sun melts the ice on Earth and the resultant floods destroy the City of Machines. Gofal then restores Garth to his own time.

Synopsis by Philip Harbottle

Stag Night
Story Number: 153
Writer: Martin Asbury
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 24th November 1994 – 18th January 1995 (C281 – D15)
Number of Episodes: 48

Devil Woman
Story Number: 154
Writer: Philip Harbottle
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 19th January 1995 – 29th March 1995 (D16 – D75)
Number of Episodes: 60

Garth and Professor Lumiere witness an experiment to transmute metals, conducted by physicist Jeff Barclay. But alongside transmuted metal, there appears the almost nude body of a beautiful woman, who speaks an unknown language. Barclay is suspended pending a scientific inquiry. Lumiere assumes care of the mysterious girl, Iana, and with the besotted Barclay, teaches her English.

At the inquiry, Lumiere asserts that Iana is an alien who died in space, but whose body atoms miraculously reassembled in the laboratory. He is not believed, and Barclay is dismissed. Garth’s reservations about Iana are justified when she murders Lumiere’s housekeeper and paralyzes Barclay with the power of her mind. She seeks to destroy humanity as revenge for the destruction of her planet (now the Asteroid Belt) and begins murdering leading scientists, including Garth’s old girlfriend Dr. Carol Highton. A vengeful Garth succeeds in utterly destroying Iana by atomic bombardment with her transmutation machine.

Synopsis by Philip Harbottle

Home Run
Story Number: 155
Writer: Angus Allan
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 30th March 1995 – 7th June 1995 (D76 – D135)
Number of Episodes: 60

Sub mission
Story Number: 156
Writer: Martin Asbury
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 8th June 1995 – 16th August 1995 (D136 – D195)
Number of Episodes: 60

Garth - Bigfoot | Writer: James Tomlinson | Artist: Martin Asbury

Bigfoot
Story Number: 157
Writer: James Tomlinson
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 17th August 1995 – 25th October 1995 (D196 – D255)
Number of Episodes: 60

Garth tracks down the legendary Bigfoot in the wilds of North America, but even more danger comes from his murderous companions…

Garth - Bigfoot | Writer: James Tomlinson | Artist: Martin Asbury
Garth - Bigfoot | Writer: James Tomlinson | Artist: Martin Asbury
Garth - Bigfoot | Writer: James Tomlinson | Artist: Martin Asbury

With thanks to Lee Grice for the scans

Railhead
Story Number: 158
Writer: Angus Allan
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 26th October 1995 5th January 1996 (D256 – E4)
Number of Episodes: 60

Room 202
Story Number: 159
Writer: Martin Asbury
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 6th January 1996 – 14th March 1996 (E5 – E64)
Number of Episodes: 60

Mistress Orange
Story Number: 160
Writer: Martin Asbury
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 15th March 1996 – 23rd May 1996 (E65 – E124)
Number of Episodes: 60

Nasuanna
Story Number: 161
Writer: Martin Asbury
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 24th May 1996 – 8th August 1996 (E125 – E190)
Number of Episodes: 66

Sal’s Island
Story Number: 162
Writer: Peter Tranter
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 9th August 1996 – 17th October 1996 (E191 – E250)
Number of Episodes: 60

The Picture
Story Number: 163
Writer: Martin Asbury
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 18th October 1996 – 28th December 1996 (E251 – E310)
Number of Episodes: 60

Dam Drivers
Story Number: 164
Writer: Martin Asbury
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 31st December 1996 – 8th February 1997 (E311 – F34)Number of Episodes: 36

Z File
Story Number: 165
Writer: Martin Asbury
Artist: Martin Asbury
Published: 10th February 1997 – 22nd March 1997 (F35 – F70)
Number of Episodes: 36

Garth in Space
Story Number: (166)
Writer: Ken Roscoe
Artist: Steve Dowling/ John Allard
Published: Daily Mirror Book for Boys 1970
Number of Episodes: 24

Double Diamonds
Story Number: (167)
Writer: Ken Roscoe
Artist: John Allard
Published: Daily Mirror Book for Boys 1970
Number of Episodes: 24

Note on Garth strip codes / serial numbers, etc:

Each code letter (running A to Z, excluding the letter I) represents a year’s worth of Mondays to Saturdays, the days on which The (Daily) Mirror newspaper of London is published Thus in any given year there will be a maximum of 314 numbers assigned to a serial code Figures in brackets denote number of days the newspaper appeared that year.Before 1982, the Mirror was not published Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. From 1982 it was published every day except Sunday and Christmas Day. The later stories, “The Picture” (1996), “Dam Drivers” (1997) and “Z File” (1997) only appeared in the Mirror‘s Northern Ireland edition.

Thick writing = leap years

1943 = B (310)
1944 = C (310)
1945 = D (308)
1946 = E (309)
1947 = F (310)
1948 = G (311)
1949 = H (310)
1950 = J (309)
1951 = K (310)
1952 = L (310)
1953 = M (310)
1954 = N (310)
1955 = O (308)
1956 = P (310)
1957 = Q (310)
1958 = R (310)
1959 = S (310)
1960 = T (311)
1961 = U (309)
1962 = V (310
1963 = W (310)
1964 = X (311)
1965 = Y (310)
1966 = Z (311)
1967 = A (309)
1968 = B (311)
1969 = C (309)
1970 = D (305)
1971 = E (304)
1972 = F (307)
1973 = G (309)
1974 = H (306)
1975 = J (307)
1976 = K (310)
1977 = L (310)
1978 = M (307)
1979 = N (309)
1980 = O (307)
1981 = P (309)
1982 = Q (309)
1983 = R (311)
1984 = S (313)
1985 = T (307)
1986 = U (310)
1987 = V (311)
1988 = W (314)
1989 = X (311)
1990 = Y (312)
1991 = Z (312)
1992 = A (313)
1993 = B (312)
1994 = C (313)
1995 = D (311)
1996 = E (312)
1997 = F (312)

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