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A healthy dose of Thrill Power for February




Robo-Hunter

Sam Slade used to be one of the best robo-hunters in the business. But he's getting old, and old means slow - which means dead!

That is, until Sam takes on the biggest case of his life: Verdus was a paradise planet, and while colonists made their long journey there, a self-replicating robot was sent out to prepare the planet. Since the humans arrived, all contact with the colony has been lost. But the lightspeed journey to Verdus has been sabotaged, and relativistic effects have made Slade a much younger man - and now his trouble's just starting!

ABC Warriors

The Volgan war has raged for years, spreading off Earth and on to Mars. Now a team of advanced robots - capable of withstanding atomic, biological or chemical attack - have been assembled to finally conquer the "devil planet".

They are Hammerstein, a war-droid whose chest "puffs" with pride when he hears the national anthem; Joe Pineapples, a secretive, ice-cool sniper; Blackblood, so evil he drinks the oil of fallen robots; Mongrol, a mindless killing machine; Happy Shrapnel, a sharp-shooting old-timer; Steelhorn, the self-styled "greatest robot ever created"; and Deadlock, the mysterious Khaos magician. Together, they are the A.B.C. Warriors. Spread the word!

Shimura

In 2117 AD, Hondo City - the Japan of Judge Dredd's world - straddles the border between ancient Samurai values and bleeding-edge technology. Law is enforced by the Judge-Inspectors, merging ancient and modern into a justice system ready for this new world - but the past is hard to forget...

...Especially for Judge-Inspector Shimura. Determined to stop the organised "Yakuza" crime syndicates, he fights corruption and crime wherever he can find it, with the help of Aiko Inaba, a rare female Judge trainee in a world that ignores women.



Reporter: Kristien Wendt