Random Happenstance

We blogged the last issue of this one some years back, but this one is making me want to fill in the gap! From 1988, Scavengers #12. Cover by Butch Guice.

This would be the second-to-last chapter for "Flesh" in this reprint series: in the 23rd century, man was using time-travel to go back to the triassic...for meat. And to become meat, as a lot of them get eaten by dinosaurs. The square-jawed lead, Peters, manages to finish a fist-fight with 'Claw' Carver, a rat who had already caused several deaths in a quest for gold. Carver is thrown in the brig, but quickly escapes and begins a mutiny; which isn't even their biggest problem, as Nothosaur "Big Hungry" had retaken lead of his former pack, since he needed their help, to wipe out the hated humans. Peters tries to get any of this through the thick skull of corporate man Grose, who is far too confident in Atlantis Station's defensive capability; probably because the station could always just return to the 23rd century...(Written by Roy Preston (credited as Geoffrey Miller) and art by Massimo Belardinelli.)

The other two features, we did see their conclusions previously: "Ant Wars," written by Gerry Finley Day, art by Jose Luis Ferrer; and "the Helltrekkers," written by Alan Grant and John Wagner, art by Horacio Lalia and Jose Ortiz. The "Ant Wars" strip is interesting, as the war with the mutated giant ants is headed toward Rio's Carnival, and the ants may have built a float to infiltrate it! In "the Helltrekkers," the drive across the Cursed Earth claims more of the caravan: Trekmaster Lucas had previously been a desk jockey, but it only took 10 days in the Cursed Earth to toughen him up, as he's forced to kill more of the treacherous Nebb family. The sole survivor, Ma Nebb, is invited to continue with them; but declines to stay with her dead kids and curse them as they pass. If this had gotten an adaptation, you can almost hear British character actors going to town with it! The Helltrekkers had started with 111 and were down to 38, with only 300 kilometers to go...