Cyber Crush: Robots in Revolt

    (Fleetway Quality, 1990-1991)
™ and ©1990 Fleetway Editions, Ltd.

(From the Slings & Arrows Comic Guide)

Reprints of early 2000 A.D. stories with covers bearing no relation to the contents. Ironically for a comic selling itself on the idea of robots, it’s the humanity of the robots within that makes the strips work. “Ro-Busters” is a Thunderbirds-style rescue squad wherein the team revolt against their masters. There’s nice Mike McMahon on some chapters, but little worth noting otherwise until #14, which has an Alan Moore and Steve Dillon tale. Better by far are the earliest Robo-Hunter stories, finally reproduced sympathetically in color. John Wagner (under the alias of T.B. Grover) and Alan Grant write hilarious scripts, matched by Ian Gibson’s whimsical, detailed art. Issues #1–8 have Sam Slade accompanied by a foul-mouthed, cigar-chomping pilot regressed to childhood on a planet where robots are eliminating humans, and the even funnier “Day Of The Droids” in #9–14 has all of the city’s leaders replaced by robot duplicates. ~WJ
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  • 1
    #1
    Sep 1991
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Pat Mills, Alan Grant, John Wagner  ·  A: Ian Gibson, José Luis Ferrer
    Some writing is attributed to “T.B. Grover,” a pseudonym for Alan Grant and John Wagner
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    #4
    Dec 1991
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    W: Pat Mills  ·  A: Mike White
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    #6
    Mar 1992
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    W: Pat Mills, John Wagner, Alan Grant, John Tomlinson  ·  A: Dave Gibbons, Ian Gibson, Simon Coleby
    Some lettering is attributed to “Pigboy Zee,” a pseudonym of Nick Abadzis; Some writing is attributed to “T.B. Grover,” a pseudonym for Alan Grant and John Wagner
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    #8
    May 1992
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    W: Pat Mills  ·  A: Kevin O’Neill
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    #9
    Jun 1992
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    W: Pat Mills, John Wagner, Alan Grant  ·  A: Mike McMahon, Ian Gibson
    Some writing is attributed to “T.B. Grover,” a pseudonym for Alan Grant and John Wagner
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    #10
    Jul 1992
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    W: Pat Mills  ·  A: Mike McMahon
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    #11
    Aug 1992
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    W: Pat Mills  ·  A: Mike Dorey
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    #12
    Sep 1992
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    W: Pat Mills  ·  A: Kevin O’Neill
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    #13
    Oct 1992
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    W: Pat Mills  ·  A: Mike McMahon
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    #14
    Nov 1992
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Steve Dillon
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