Posted on October 19, 2024October 22, 2024The Food of the Gods (continued . . .) Janno recovered consciousness, to find himself totally paralysed. Peric, you . . . you’ve got to listen to me. I am all attention. To begin with, you will explain your motives for attacking the Air Fleet base and causing such havoc ! Janno told all. Peric listened with growing amazement and horror . . . Are you telling me that these . . . mere children are capable of all these things ? I swear it, Peric ! They speak of making themselves masters of Elekton, and they feast off what they call the food of the gods ! Presently, the feeling came back into the young man’s limbs. We must go to the Emperor at once. Yes ! I’ve seen what they’re capable of, Peric. At that very moment, the boys were chatting with the soldiers of the Trigan armoured corps. Right, lads. We’ve shown you how to work the controls, what else do you want to find out ? I think we know all we need to know . . . Strike ! Aaaaaghh ! Start up your war-machines. Surround the city from all sides, then close in, shooting as you go ! Disaster was about to envelop the heart of the Trigan Empire. Yet another peril threatened. A herd of zargots, savage killers of the Vorg plains, came upon some of the alien plants and ate the fruit. The effect of eating the food of the gods was to increase their normal strength and killing-instinct a hundredfold. The news spread like a forest fire through the small villages and townships bordering the plains. The zargots are coming ! The maddened beasts tore through the streets. They are now heading for . . . Trigan City ! This instalment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 666 on 19 October 1974.
Posted on September 7, 2024September 11, 2024The Secret Assassin (continued . . .) This instalment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 660 on 7 September 1974.
Posted on August 31, 2024September 2, 2024The Secret Assassin (continued . . .) Following Janno’s grave news that there would be an assassination attempt, the great amphitheatre was ringed by armed guards. Alone, in a favoured place near the roof, was Zith. There was no one to see him produce his deadly gun ! And now, proud Emperor, with the helpful connivance of your family, I will eliminate you ! The professional assassin took aim at the same moment that Janno’s broad back obscured the Emperor from his view. Move, curse you, or I’ll have to eliminate you to get a shot at your uncle ! I can’t kill Janno in cold blood . . . Not someone who saved my life at the risk of his own ! Then, a voice behind him, a menacing, hissing voice. Shoot them both now ! You ? IT WAS THE OLD BLIND MAN ! Not blind, and at closer inspection, not so very old ! Yes ! My task was to follow you and make sure that you did your task ! This instalment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 659 on 31 August 1974.
