Posted on June 21, 2025June 22, 2025 by YarriThe Man with a Mission (continued . . .) We found this animal lurking in the shadows. Do I smite him in two, Zorza ? Not yet ! Who are you and what are you doing at the encampment of Zorza ? Lukaz Rann’s quick wits came to his aid. By your leave, Master, I am an entertainer, a tumbler and acrobat of some merit, I have come to amuse you and earn my supper. Then I’ll see your entertainment. If it amuses me, you sup. If it doesn’t—you perish ! Lukaz asked for ropes to be rigged in the surrounding trees, and then climbed high above the camp. As a trained rocketeer, he was, of course, an adept acrobat. If I fail, I shall still enjoy the six months of life left to me. He swung into space over the searing heat of the campfire. Even the battle-hardened barbarians cried out in alarm, as he released the rope and hurtled towards the other. Aaaaaah ! Look at that ! Zorza never saw his peril till it was too late. The rocketeer’s booted foot caught the barbarian leader in the chest, knocking the breath from his powerful body. Uuuuu—u—uhhh ! With one muscular arm around his unconscious victim, Lukaz Rann continued his swing. He landed neatly on the back of a tethered kreed . . . . . . and was away, before the dumbfounded barbarians could raise a finger to rescue their leader. His craft was where he had left it. It’s going to be a close run thing ! It WAS close, indeed, but Lukaz Rann had claimed his FIRST VICTIM. It was to the picturesque old Vorg castle out- side Trigan City, which he had bought with the proceeds of his daredevil rocketeering, that Lukaz Rann took his prisoner. No sooner had he locked the dungeon door upon Zorza, than he reached for the next dossier. Now for another dangerous and detestable creature ! This instalment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 701 on 21 June 1975.
