Posted on April 26, 2025April 26, 2025The Man from the Future (continued . . .) This instalment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 693 on 26 April 1975.
Posted on April 19, 2025July 2, 2025The Man from the Future (continued . . .) It was at that moment that the Emperor Trigo entered the council room. What’s all the excitement, General ? This madman, Imperial Majesty, is babbling about a Caton attack. We are just going to have him thrown out. The Trigan Bay bridge, vital link between the capital and the sprawling frontiers of the wide empire. It was sunset. They came in low over the water—A FORCE OF SPEEDY CATON BOMBING CRAFT. Anti-air batteries on the bridge went into action immediately. Open rapid fire ! Then the first projectiles began to fall. This instalment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 692 on 19 April 1975.
Posted on February 8, 2025July 2, 2025The Heat Controller On the third hour of the twenty-fifth day of the year of Hoth, people in the streets of Trigan City began suddenly to act in a most remarkable manner. Aaaaah ! The cold ! The icy cold ! What’s happening to us ? Within instants, ice was forming everywhere. Get under cover, before we all freeze to death ! Help me with this old man before he perishes. Down in the harbour, the sudden and fantastic fall in temperature froze the sea. Ships were crushed in the grip of the mountainous ice formations. The Trigan Bay bridge, weighed down by the sudden addition of the ice mass, sagged and broke . . . . . . with disastrous results ! At noonday, the temperature rocketed back to normal and the streets of the city ran deeply with melted ice. It’s unbelievable ! Fantastic ! The Emperor Trigo summoned an Imperial Council meeting, to discuss the strange disaster. Peric, Elekton’s top scientist, gave his opinion. It is my theory that the phenomenon of the falling temperature had no natural cause. Are you suggesting, Peric, that it was caused deliberately ? I am, Majesty ! I believe that a person or persons unknown have discovered a means to control the magnetic field of this planet, and conse- quently control the weather and climate. I do not have to remind you that such total command over life on Elekton makes this person or persons virtual dictators. I am convinced, however, that the source of this mag- netic power can be detected from the air. So I have devised a piece of equipment which can be carried in an ordinary air craft. The great silence was interrupted by Janno, the Emperor’s nephew. I’ll do it ! I’ll fly the detector craft ! I half guessed that my young friend would volunteer ! Two days later, Janno took off in his specially-equipped air craft. His task, to circumnavigate the planet at zero height, searching for the source of the sinister power. That same day, totally without warning . . . it happened ! Aaaaah ! The heat, the heat ! I must have water ! All the continent of Victris lay under a searing heat wave ! The temperature rose to dizzy heights. In the great square of Trigan City, people staggered to the fountains, trying to slake their thirsts in the overheated waters. We are all going to die ! No one can live through this heat ! This instalment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 682 on 8 February 1975.
