It’s a New Year for The Twelfth Doctor, and writer Robbie Morrison is back on board for the book, joined by terrific artist Rachael Stott as regular artist. It’s a terrific opener for a new story, with the creative team firing on all cylinders.
On sale from tomorrow in all good comic shops, “Clara Oswald and the School of Death” (Part One) has all the makings of a classic Who horror mystery, set in a Scottish boarding school that has both some singularly unpleasant staff and other menaces to contend with.
As usual, we’re spoilt for choice in terms of cover options and the story itself is a real treat right from the opening pages, as the Doctor’s bests an angry alien mercenary in the opening scenes of this new issue while downing a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.
Wonderfully realised throughout by Stott, as the story progresses we’re Robbie delivers some great scenes between Clara and the Doctor and there’s lots of creepy old-school Who horror moments, too. Great stuff!
Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor – Year Two #1
Writer: Robbie Morrison
Artist: Rachael Stott
Colorist: Ivan Nunes
Letterer: Comicraft
Cover A: Alice X. Zhang
Cover B: Photo cover by Will Brooks
Cover C: Rachael Stott & Ivan Nunes
Cover D: JaKE
Cover E: Blank sketch variant cover
Publisher: Titan Comics
Format: Softcover
Price: $3.99
On Sale: 6th January 2016
The Golden Years of the Doctor and Clara begin, as the Twelfth Doctor comics leap into Series 9! Writer Robbie Morrison is back with a year-long extravaganza that kicks off with an excellent jumping-on point for new readers – while Rachael Stott (Star Trek) joins us as new regular series artist!
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. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek 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.
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