Starblazer Checklist: Starblazer Abroad

A reprint of Starblazer: Jaws of Death, believed to be a one-off for the US or Canadian market

A reprint of Starblazer: Jaws of Death, believed to be a one-off for the US or Canadian market

Starblazer has been re-published across the globe, including, according to former editor Bill McLoughlin, editions in Bosnia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Serbia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Further information and covers are very welcome.

This downthetubes page on non-UK editions of DC Thomson’s Starblazer title is part of our Starblazer section on the site. 

• Click Here for Jeremy Briggs article on Starblazer: Blazing Through the Secrecy

• Click Here for From the Command Deck: Starblazer editor Bill McLoughlin’s history of the title

• Click Here for Starblazer Ray Aspden’s feature on writing for the title

• Click Here for Starblazer Recalled: Forgotten Fantasy Fiction – With Pictures by series writer Mike Chinn

• Click Here for a complete Starblazer Cover Gallery (off site)

Starblazer Checklist

Issues 1 – 75 | Issues 76 – 150 | Issues 151 – 200 | Issues 201 – 250 | Issues 251 – 281 | Starblazer Abroad

FINLAND
Starblazer appeared in Finland in the magazine Ilmojen Korkeajannitys, which also featured stories from Commando.
For more information on this title (in Finnish) please visit: users.tkk.fi/~rauta/scifi/korkkarit.html. This is just part of a brilliant site on Finnish comics discovered by Richard Sheaf for downthetubes. 
ISSUE TITLE COVER NOTES
1980:12 Kauhu-satelliitti
Kauhu Satelliitti
Translation : Fright Satellite
UK Number 10 – Terror Satellite
1981:1 Roso Planeetta
Roso Planeetta
 Translation : Planetary Robber
UK Number 15 – Algol The Terrible
1981:9 Taistelurobotti
Taistelurobotti
 UK Issue 36 – Death Ship
1981:10 Tuomiopaivan Ase
Tuomiopaivan AseTuomiopaivan ase
 UK issue 37 – Planet Cracker
Note: Some covers of look like they should be Starblazer but we have been unable to identify these with any certainty
 

FRANCE
Re-lettered Starblazer art by Keith Page for Force X

Re-lettered Starblazer art by Keith Page for Force X
Interior art for Aux Frontières De L'Infini (The Edge Of Infinity) which ran in Super Force #1

Interior art for Aux Frontières De L’Infini (The Edge Of Infinity) which ran in Super Force #1

Section compiled by Jeremy Briggs (With thanks to Shaqui LeVesconte and Richard Sheaf)

Starblazer was translated into French and published in France throughout the 1980s in various digest sized bandes dessinees albums which also reprinted other British material. Starting in the title Force X (Force Xbeing the French name for 2000AD’s MACH One) the Starblazer reprints then moved into Collection Super Force before beginning a long run in the title Antares. Other British strips in Antares included Valiant’s The Leopard Of Lime Street. 

The final run of FrenchStarblazer stories was in the title Janus Stark. Since these titles were anthologies Starblazer did not always make the cover and, when it did, the original DC Thomson covers were normally redrawn into a four colour format. The cover of Force Xissue 1 was a redrawn version of the cover of Starblazer issue 5. 

Some of these individual issues were also combined into special albums such as the first Collection Super Force Album which reused the cover from Collection Super Force Issue 2, which was a redrawn version of issue 21 of British Starblazer.

• More details on the French titles which reprinted Starblazer can be found at these French websites – comicbd.dyndns.org/Ep_Starblazer.html#S0 and pimpf.ovh.org/monjournal/sforce

FORCE X
1 June 1980 forceX_no01La Dévoreuse De L’Espace UK Issue 5: The Ship Eater

SUPER FORCE
1 September 1980 superforce001frontAux Frontières De L’Infini UK issue 4: The Edge Of Infinity
2 October 1980 Jeux Mortels UK Issue 6: Killer Robot
3 November 1980 Wazzal Le Malfaisant UK Issue 7: Holocaust Hogan
4 December 1980 Le Défenseur De La Loi
5 January 1981 L’Infernale “Chose”
6 February 1981 Les Mutins De L’Espace
7 March 1981 Vengeur II
8 April 1981 Le Massacre Des Machines
9 May 1981 L’Empire De Sinns
10 June 1981 Le “Cerveau”
11 July 1981 Les Grottes De Korad UK Issue 17: The Caverns Of Korad
12 August 1981 Les Barons De L’Espace
13 September 1981 Opération Spartacus
14 October 1981 Trans-solaire 2488
ANTARES
55 April 1983 Le Robot Rebelle UK Issue 21: Robot Rebellion
56 May 1983 Les Pirates De Vega III
57 June 1983 Reine De Simala
58 July 1983 L’Ange Vengeur
59 August 1983 A La Derive
60 September 1983 La Terre Est Sauvée
61 October 1983 Le Vaisseau De La Mort
62 November 1983 La Mort Blanche
63 December 1983 Voleurs De Lunes
64 January 1984 L’Ordinateur Fou
65 February 1984 Le Canon Positronique
66 March 1984 Cheval De Troie
67 April 1984 L’Odyssée Du Slarm
68 May 1984 La Planète Perdue
69 June 1984 La Fin Des Conquérants
70 July 1984 Lord Kain
71 August 1984 Le Briseur De Planètes
72 September 1984 Les Chiens De La Mort
73 October 1984 Unis Pour Survivre
74 November 1984 Le Compteur De Planètes
75 December 1984 Les Immortels
76 January 1985 La Mort Blanche (? Same title as issue 62)
77 February 1985 Le Marécage De L’Oubli
78 March 1985 Le Fléau De La Galaxie
79 April 1985 Le Monde Aveugle
80 May 1985 Le Groupe Des Trois
81 June 1985 Le Samouraî De L’Espace
82 July 1985 La Guerre De Triton
83 August 1985 La Cité Des Robots
84 September 1985 Le Choc Des Planètes
85 October 1985 Prisonniers De Zorr
86 November 1985 Andromède Contre Terre
87 December 1985 Les Esclaves De L’Empire
88 January 1986 La Galaxie Des Ténèbres
89 February 1986 Le Justicier Robot
90 March 1986 La Pyramide De Pugnaria
91 April 1986 Guerre Solaire
92 May 1986 Les Tunnels De L’Espace
93 June 1986 La Voix Qui Venait De L’Espace
(No July 1986 Issue)
94 August 1986 La Mafia Galactique
95 September 1986 Herne Le Hors-La-Loi
96 October 1986 La Forteresse Errante
97 November 1986 Un Mystérieux Justicier
98 December 1986 Achos, Le Destructeur
99 January 1987 Les Évadés De Catraz
100 February 1987 Les Machoires De La Mort
101 March 1987 Le Cerveau De Meredith Morgan
102 April 1987 Les Serpents De Sirius
103 May 1987 Au-Delà Du Trou Noir
104 June 1987 La Lune Du Diable
105 July 1987 Feu D’Enfer
106 August 1987 Les Mâchoires Du Diable
107 September 1987 Duel Spacial
108 October 1987 La Lande Noire
109 November 1987 Le Chasseur De Cyborg
110 December 1987 Alerte Au Virus
111 January 1988 Les Grottes De Fer
112 February 1988 La Hache D’Or
113 March 1988 (No Starblazer Story)
114 April 1988 Les Amazones De L’Espace
115 May 1988 Les Yeux De Zénorbia
116 June 1988 L’Empire Des Krals
117 July 1988 Le Chevalier Des Ténèbres
118 August 1988 Les Caméléons Attaquent
119 September 1988 Un Grain De Folie
120 October 1988 Terreur Sur Végas
121 November 1988 Le Seigneur Noir
122 December 1988 Le Messager Des Dieux
123 January 1989 Le Robot Shérif
124 February 1989 La Menace Du Sorcier Maudit
125 March 1989 Le Survivant Bionique
126 April 1989 La Patrouille De L’Espace
(No May 1989Issue)
127 June 1989 Le Midas Géant
128 July 1989 La Porte Du Temps
129 August 1989 Le Triangle De La Terreur
JANUS STARK
127 August 1989 La Fortresse Invincible
128 September 1989 Le Siège De La Cité Marine
129 October 1989 Les Balises Cosmiques
130 November 1989 Le Libérateur
131 December 1989 L’Arme Ultime

GREECE
Starblazer was published in Greece, not once but twice. Unfortunately, we don’t yet have full information on the number of issues or dates of publication. The covers featured here are with thank to David McDonald at Hibernia Comics
ISSUE TITLE COVER NOTES
1 First Series? Information Welcome
Information Welcome
2 Information Welcome
Information Welcome
3 Information Welcome
Starblazer - Greek Edition 3
 Information Welcome
1 Second Series? Information Welcome
Starblazer - Greek Edition
 Information Welcome

HOLLAND
The Starblazer series was also published in the Netherlands between 1981 and 1982. For synopses of these editions in Duthch, visit the Wonderland comic shop’s page about the edtions
ISSUE TITLE COVER NOTES
1 Terreur Satelliet
01_terreur_satelliet
 UK Issue 10 – Terror Satellite
2 De Rode Planeet
02_de_rode_planeet
 UK issue 11 – Purple Planet
3 Het Web van Arcon
03_het_web_van_arcon
 “The Web of Arcon” – Issue 12 of the UK edition
4 Het Geheim van Soma
04_het_geheim_van_soma
 “The Secret Of Soma” – Issue 16 of the UK edition
5 Slavenschip van Simala
05_slavenship
 “Slaveship of Simala ” – Issue 23 of the UK edition
6 Schurken van de Melkweg
06_schurken
 UK issue 25 – Galactic Shootout
7 Zwervelingen van Darga
07_zwervelingen
 The Drifters of Darga – #27 of the UK edition
8 De Maandieven
08_maandieven
 UK issue 29 – Moon Stealers
9
10 Paddestoel Des Doods “Mushrooms of Death” – #2 of the UK edition

SPAIN
(With thanks to Paco Olivares): The first nine issues of Starblazer were published in Spanish from November 1979 to March 1980 by Barcelona-basedEditorial Vértice as Odiseas del Espacio presenta: Starblazer. The covers were drawn by Rafael Lopez Espí (www.lopezespi.com).

Espi did not draw any UK Starblazer covers but he has contributed covers to Commando, with two of his covers being used in the Commando Covers Of Yesteryear calendar for 2007

Thanks to Isidro Campos for covers below
1 El experimento Omega Starblazer Spain Issue One - El experimento Omega UK Issue 1 – The Omega Experiment
2 Cúpulas de muerte UK Issue 2 – The Domes of Death
3 Ataque galáctico UK Issue 3 – Alien Attack
4 Al borde del infinito UK Issue 4 – The Edge of Infinity
5 Holocausto devorador Starblazer - Spain - Issue 5 - Holocausto devorador UK Issue 5 – The Shipeater
6 El robot asesino Starblazer - Spain - Issue 6 - El robot asesino UK Issue 6 – Killer Robot
7 Holocausto Hogan Starblazer - Spain Issue 7 - Holocausto Hogan UK issue 7 – Holocaust Hogan
8 Planeta del miedo Starblazer - Spain - Issue 8 Planeta del miedo UK issue 8 – Planet of Fear
9 Lancer, el señor de la ley UK Issue 9 – Lancer the Law Lord
This article is © 2006 Jeremy Briggs and must not be reprinted without his express permission. Starblazer is © DC Thomson. The images featured in this article are done so for review purposes only and no copyright infringement is intended.

This page is part of our Starblazer section on downthetubes. 

• Click Here for Jeremy Briggs article on Starblazer: Blazing Through the Secrecy

• Click Here for From the Command Deck: Starblazer editor Bill McLoughlin’s history of the title

• Click Here for Starblazer Ray Aspden’s feature on writing for the title

• Click Here for Starblazer Recalled: Forgotten Fantasy Fiction – With Pictures by series writer Mike Chinn

• Click Here for a complete Starblazer Cover Gallery (off site)

Starblazer Checklist

Issues 1 – 75 | Issues 76 – 150 | Issues 151 – 200 | Issues 201 – 250 | Issues 251 – 281 | Starblazer Abroad

 

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