Knockabout Comics #9

(1985)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Kevin O'Neill

Inks

Kevin O'Neill

Spellbound (Table of Contents: 2)

Max Zillion / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Hunt Emerson

Pencils

Hunt Emerson

Inks

Hunt Emerson

Letters

Hunt Emerson

Genre

humour

Characters

Max Zillion; Alto-Ego; Ethelle DeLeau; King Biscuit; Meen McMudda; Drainface; Record Plant owner; Antonio; Dansooze Exoteeque

Synopsis

A young Max is sacked as 3rd novelty horn in King Biscuit's orchestra, but he's in love.

Daniel & Meyssac (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Phil Elliott

Pencils

Phil Elliott

Inks

Phil Elliott

Letters

Phil Elliott

Genre

drama

Characters

Daniel; Meyssac

Synopsis

Daniel just can't face the cruise that's been booked for weeks.

Beryl's Fury (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Melinda Gebbie

Pencils

Melinda Gebbie

Inks

Melinda Gebbie

Letters

Melinda Gebbie

Genre

biography

Characters

Beryl Fury

Synopsis

Beryl Fury's attempts to maintain community in the face of the local mine closure.

Globetrotting For Agoraphobiacs (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Eddie Campbell

Inks

Eddie Campbell

Letters

Eddie Campbell; typeset

Genre

humour

Synopsis

How agoraphobiacs can travel.

Reprints

• in Honk! (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #4 (May 1987)

The Sky-Jacker (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Mick Harper

Pencils

Cliff Harper

Inks

Cliff Harper

Letters

Cliff Harper

Genre

biography

Synopsis

The story of a successful ransom demand from hi-jacking a plane.

Last Boat From Greenland (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Tim Rhys

Pencils

Bob Moulder

Inks

Bob Moulder

Letters

Bob Moulder

Genre

historical

Characters

Helgi; Einar The Fox; Orm; Sigurd Ormsson; Hoskuld

Synopsis

The Norwegian Helgi travels to Greenland searching for his love Gudrun.

Abraham Rat Becomes Suddenly Rich (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Glenn Dakin

Pencils

Glenn Dakin

Inks

Glenn Dakin

Letters

Glenn Dakin

Genre

humour

Characters

Abraham Rat

Synopsis

Abe receives cheques, then suitcases full of money. Will this make him happier?

Reprints

• In Abe: Wrong For All The Right Reasons (Top Shelf, 2004 series) #[nn] (2004)

The Mountain (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Knockabout]

Pencils

Paul Bignell

Inks

Paul Bignell

Letters

Paul Bignell

Genre

drama

Synopsis

Every century the top of the mountain must be sharpened.

"Hi-Express" The Travelling Man (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Pinsent

Pencils

Ed Pinsent

Inks

Ed Pinsent

Letters

Ed Pinsent

Genre

humour

Characters

Hi-Express

Synopsis

A traveller's tale.

Indexer Notes

The story is written in rhyme.

The Ballad Of Jack O'Ryan's Bar (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Graham Higgins [as Pokketez]

Pencils

Mike Matthews

Inks

Mike Matthews

Letters

Mike Matthews

Genre

humour

Synopsis

A night at a sleazy bar.

The Kronstadt Kids (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Tony Allen

Pencils

Pete Rigg

Inks

Pete Rigg

Letters

Pete Rigg

Genre

humour

Characters

Connie; Dawn; Lentil; Enoch; Spanner; Enoch's Mother; Enoch's Father

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Kevin O'Neill

Inks

Kevin O'Neill

Indexer Notes

It's likely this illustration was intended for the previous issue. O'Neill was credited, but absent, and this illustration fits that issue's Hell On Earth theme.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Pokketz

Pencils

Pokketz

Inks

Pokketz

Colors

Pokketz