A list of stories published in the Fleetway Publications comic Crisis between 1989 and 1991.
Artoons Published: #15-24 (1 April to 5 August 1989) Artist: Brendan McCarthy Surreal back-page single frame cartoons.
Bible John - A Forensic Examination
Published: #56-61 (March to August 1991) Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Daniel Vallely An examination of the Bible John killings in Glasgow.
China in Crisis 1989 Published: #42 (14 April 1990) and #45 (26 May 1990) Writer: Tony Allen Artist: David Hine An account of the Tiananmen Square protests, and the authorities' brutal crackdown.
The Crooked Mile/Angels Amongst Us Published: #28-38 (30 September 1989 to 17 February 1990) Writer and Artist: Philip Bond Cartoons printed on the rear cover; "The Cooked Mile" was a surreal, unsettling painted one-frame image, while "Angels Amongst Us" was a four-panel strip featuring an amiable, wisecracking angel.
Dare Published: #56 (March 1991) Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Rian Hughes Retired Colonel Dan Dare finds the future far than idyllic. Continued from Revolver. A summary of the story to date was printed in Crisis #55.
For a Few Troubles More
Published: #40-43 (17 March to 28 April 1990) and #45-46 (28 May to 9 June 1990) Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: John McCrea Belfast layabout Dougie Patterson is set to marry his long-suffering, pregnant girlfriend Valerie. The only sticking point is that Dougie insists on making his even more crass friend Ivor Thompson his best man, despite the inherent contradiction in terms. Sequel to "Troubled Souls". Collected in 1991 by Fleetway Publications as For a Few Troubles More. Dougie and Ivor were later resurrected by Ennis and McCrea for the 1997 Caliber Comics series Dicks, where the pair made a bungled attempt to become private detectives, and have subsequently appeared in titles published by Avatar Press.
The General and the Priest Published: #54-55 (January to February 1991) Writer: Igor Goldkind Artist: Jim Baikie A Panamanian padre receives a visitor from his dark past, a former army general on the run from the American military. The story was published on the second anniversary of the United States invasion of Panama, which was compared to the then-contemporary Iraqi invasion of Kuwait by the editorial.
Happenstance and Kismet Published: #56-61 (March to August 1991) Writer: Paul Neary Artist: Steve Parkhouse The misadventures of jazz musician Monty Happenstance and translator Lucius Kismet. Continued from Revolver.
Insiders Published: #54-59 (January to June 1991) Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Paul Grist Frank Murray begins a 12-year stint in the dehumanising jail system of Northern Ireland.
The New Adventures of Hitler
Published: #46-49 (9 June to 21 July 1990) Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Steve Yeowell In 1912 Liverpool, Austrian immigrant Alois and his wife Bridget reluctantly host the former's brother Adolf, a failed painter searching for the Holy Grail. Originally created for publication in Cut.
New Statesmen
Published: #1-14 (17 September 1988 to 18 March 1989), #28 (30 September 1989) Writer: John Smith Artists: Jim Baikie (#1-4, #9-12 and #28), Sean Phillips (#5-6 and #13-14), Duncan Fegredo (#7-8) In 2047, the 51 states of America (including England as the 51st) each possess genetically modified Optimen. Created with superhuman 'hard' and 'soft' talents, these are essentially biological weapons, and the world is in the grip of fear of genetic engineering and political warmongering. Repackaged as the five-issue limited series New Statesmen for the American market in 1989, and later compiled as The Complete New Statesmen by Fleetway.
The Real Robin Hood Published: #56-61 (March to August 1991) Writer: Michael Cook Artist: Gary Erskine Unemployed artist Danny lands the role of Robin Hood at a new Nottingham theme part designed to commercialise the memory of the folk hero.
Sinner: Viet Blues Published: #52-55 (November 1990 to February 1991) Writer: Carlos Sampayo Artist: José Antonio Muñoz Cop turned private eye Alack Sinner gets involved in a racially-charged case in Harlem. Originally printed in the 1986 Alack Sinner album "Viet Blues". Coloured for Crisis by Steve Whitaker.
Sticky Fingers Published: #15-21 (1 April to 24 June 1989) and #23-27 (22 July to 16 September 1989) Writer: Myra Hancock Artist: David Hine Tomboyish Weeny begins flat-sharing with Holly in Camden Town while trying to escape the temptation of returning to her former life of theft.
Straitgate Published: #50-53 (September to December 1990) Writer: John Smith Artist/s: Sean Phillips A young homosexual man wrestles with the stigma of being gay in contemporary Britain. Two pages of the story were deemed not fit for publication, and removed.
Third World War
Published: #1-27 (17 September 1988 to 16 September 1989), #29-38 (14 October 1989 to 17 February 1990), #40-51 (17 March to October 1990), #53 (December 1990) Writers: Pat Mills (all) with Alan Mitchell (#17-21, #24-48 and #53), Malachy Coney (#22-23), Tony Skinner (#49-51) Artists: Carlos Ezquerra (#1-6, #9-14, #17-18, #20-21), D'Israeli (#7), Angela Kincaid (#8, #15; as Angie Mills), John Hicklenton (#16, #25, #29, #35, #53), Duncan Fegredo (#19, #26), Sean Phillips (#22-24, #27, #31, #33-34), Richard Piers Rayner (#30), Glyn Dillon (#32, #40-44), David Pugh(#36, #49-51), Robert Blackwell (#37, #45-48), Tim Perkins (#38) In the near future, global corporations are exploiting commercial opportunities in the developing world under the guise of FreeAid, a military security force. Eve Collins, an unemployed university graduate, is conscripted as a soldier working for FreeAid. Material from Crisis #1-14 was reprinted for the American market as the 1990 limited series Third World War.
Trip to Tulum Published: #60-63 (July to October 1991) Writer: Federico Fellini Artist: Milo Manara After falling into a pond chasing Federico Fellini's hat, a beautiful woman finds herself in a strange, magical world. Originally published in Italian as Viaggio a Tulum by Rizzoli Libri in 1990. A collected album of the English translation was issued by Catalan Communications the same year.
Troubled Souls
Published: #15-27 (1 April to 16 September 1989 Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: John McCrea In 1989 Belfast, protestant youth Tom Boyd finds himself unwittingly drawn into an IRA plot - and becoming friends with catholic volunteer Damian McWilliams. Followed by "For a Few Troubles More". Later collected as Troubled Souls - A Crisis Graphic Novel.
True Faith
Published: #29-38 (14 October 1989 to 17 February 1990) Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Warren Pleece After growing increasingly cynical about the Christians he encounters in day-to-day life, teenager Nigel Gibson becomes fascinated after a chance encounter with Terry Adair, a man who plans to kill God by using a terror campaign against organised religion to draw the deity out into the open.
Wroom Published: #52-58 (November 1990 to May 1991) Writer: Igor Goldkind (as IZ) Artist: Dix
One-off stories To Serve and Protect Published: #21 (24 June 1989) Writer/artist: Floyd Hughes (as Floyd R. Jones-Hughes) The Geek Published: #22 (8 July 1989) Writer: Malachy Coney Artist: Jim McCarthy The Student Konstabel Published: #28 (30 September 1989) Writer/artist: Phillip Swarbrick Her Parents Published: #31 (11 November 1989) Writer: Mark Millar Artist: John McCrea The Clicking of High Heels Published: #32 (25 November 1989) Writer: Sarah Bromley-Anderson Artist: Floyd Hughes Two Pretty Names Published: #33 (9 December 1989) Writers: Si Spencer and Sue Swasey Artists: Phil Laskey and Carol Swain Squirrels in Carroll Street Published: #34 (23 December 1989) Writer/artist: Floyd Hughes Feedback Published: #34 (23 December 1989) Writer/artist: Al Davison Didn't You Love My Brother? Published: #35 (6 January 1990) Writer: Tony Allen Artist: David Hine Suburban Hell Published: #36 (20 January 1990) Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Phillip Swarbrick Banged Up Published: #37 (3 February 1990) Writer: Jack Blackburn Artist: David Lloyd The Death Factory Published: #39 (3 March 1990) Writer: Pat Mills Artist: Sean Phillips Produced in association with Amnesty International. A Kind of Madness Published: #39 (3 March 1990) Writer: Pat Mills Artist: Sean Phillips Produced in association with Amnesty International. A Day in the Life Published: #39 (3 March 1990) Writer: Igor Goldkind Artist: Glenn Fabry Produced in association with Amnesty International. Murky Waters Published: #40 (17 March 1990) Writer: James Robinson Artist: Tony Salmons Brighton Gas Published: #41 (31 March 1990) Writer: Gary Pleece Artist: Warren Pleece C-Rap Published: #41 (31 March 1990) Writer: Peter Hogan Artist: Edmund Bagwell (as Anoniman) Passion and Fire Published: #42 (14 April 1990) Writer: Carlos Sampayo Artist: Oscar Zárate Faceless Published: #42 (14 April 1990) Writer/artist: Floyd Hughes The Ballad of Andrew Brown Published: #43 (28 April 1990) Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Phil Winslade Try a Little Tenderness Published: #44 (12 May 1990) Writer: Si Spencer Artist: Steve Sampson Masters of Disguise Published: #44 (12 May 1990) Writer/artist: Tomoko Rei Sato The Farmer and the Soldiers Published: #44 (12 May 1990) Writer: Igor Goldkind Artists: David Lloyd and Caroline Della Porta Felicity Published: #47 (23 June 1990) Writer: Chris Standley Artist: Pete Doherty The Soldier & the Painter Published: #48 (7 July 1990) Writer: Igor Goldkind Artist: Phil Winslade Chicken Run Published: #49 (21 July 1989) Writer: Gary Pleece Artist: Warren Pleece No Messin' with Rupert Published: #50 (September 1990) Writer: Carlos Sampayo Artist: Oscar Zárate Your Death, My Life Published: #50 (September 1990) Writer/artist: Milo Manara Suddenly, Last Week Published: #51 (October 1990) Writer: Nicholas Vince Artist: Paul Johnson The Wall Published: #51 (October 1990) Writer: Tony Allen Artist: Enki Bilal The Power of the Pen Published: #51 (October 1990) Writer/artist: Alberto Breccia Prisoner of Justice Published:#52 (November 1990) Writer: Alan Mitchell Artist: Glenn Fabry The Happiest Days Published: #52 (November 1990) Writer: Martine d'Ellard Artist: Caroline Della Porta The School Published: #53 (December 1990) Writer: Martine d'Ellard Artist: Ed Hillyer In Cages, There is No Escape Published: #54 (January 1991) Writer/artist: Paul Johnson Passing Through Published: #55 (February 1991 Writer/artist: Miguelanxo Prado Lord Jim Published: #59 (June 1991) Writer: Igor Goldkind Artist: Steve Sampson Unlikely Stories, Mostly: End Game Published: #60 (July 1991) Writer/artist: Miguelanxo Prado Light Me Published: #61 (August 1991) Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Phil Winslade Worms Published: #62 (September 1991) Writer/artist: David Hine Waddle on the Wild Side Published: #62 (September 1991) Writer/artist: Al Davison Charlie Lives with Fan and Snuggles Published: #62 (September 1991) Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Ian Oldham Body Snatchers Published: #62 (September 1991) Writers: Ian Abnett & Alan Cowsill Artist: Andrew Currie Strange Hotel Published: #62 (September 1991) Writer: Si Spencer Artist: Adrian Dungworthy The Big Voice Published: #63 (October 1991) Writer: Nick Abadzis Artist: Edmund Bagwell (as Edmund Perryman) Operation Massacre Published: #63 (October 1991) Writer: Gabriel López Artist: Francisco Solano López Commuter's Journey Published: #63 (October 1991) Writer/artist: Nick Abadzis
References