
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 |
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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. |
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ISSUE | TITLE | COVER | NOTES | ||||
1980:12 | Kauhu-satelliitti | Translation : Fright Satellite UK Number 10 – Terror Satellite |
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1981:1 | Roso Planeetta | Translation : Planetary Robber UK Number 15 – Algol The Terrible |
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1981:9 | Taistelurobotti | UK Issue 36 – Death Ship | |||||
1981:10 | Tuomiopaivan 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 |
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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 |
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FORCE X |
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1 | June 1980 | ![]() |
UK Issue 5: The Ship Eater | ||||
SUPER FORCE |
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1 | September 1980 | ![]() |
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 |
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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 |
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Information Welcome | ||||
1 | Second Series? Information Welcome |
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Information Welcome | ||||
HOLLAND |
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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 | UK Issue 10 – Terror Satellite | |||||
2 | De Rode Planeet | UK issue 11 – Purple Planet | |||||
3 | Het Web van Arcon | “The Web of Arcon” – Issue 12 of the UK edition | |||||
4 | Het Geheim van Soma | “The Secret Of Soma” – Issue 16 of the UK edition | |||||
5 | Slavenschip van Simala | “Slaveship of Simala ” – Issue 23 of the UK edition | |||||
6 | Schurken van de Melkweg | UK issue 25 – Galactic Shootout | |||||
7 | Zwervelingen van Darga | The Drifters of Darga – #27 of the UK edition | |||||
8 | De Maandieven | UK issue 29 – Moon Stealers | |||||
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10 | Paddestoel Des Doods | “Mushrooms of Death” – #2 of the UK edition | |||||
SPAIN |
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(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 |
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1 | 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 | ![]() |
UK Issue 5 – The Shipeater | ||||
6 | El robot asesino | ![]() |
UK Issue 6 – Killer Robot | ||||
7 | Holocausto Hogan | ![]() |
UK issue 7 – Holocaust Hogan | ||||
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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