Diceman (comics)
Diceman | |
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Fleetway | |
Schedule | Every 2 months |
Format | Comics anthology |
Publication date | Feb. 1986 – Oct. 1986 |
No. of issues | 5 |
Editor(s) | Simon Geller |
Diceman was a short-lived British comic which ran for five issues in 1986. It was a spin-off from
Stories
The comic mostly contained stories based on characters who already appeared regularly in 2000 AD. Its
The only other story in the comic which was not derived from 2000 AD was "You are Ronald Reagan in: Twilight's Last Gleaming", a satirical spoof in which the reader, playing the part of the American president, must prevent nuclear war breaking out. In contrast to the strip Diceman, this strip also had a sanity score, but if it got too high, then the Secret Service assume that the president must have been replaced with an imposter (a comment on Reagan's perceived intellectual limitations). This game was exceptionally difficult compared with the others in the comic, as the player must make irrational decisions to avoid arrest and execution, while trying to make the right decisions to prevent a nuclear launch by either side. In fact the player transpires to have very little control over the outcome, and almost every option inevitably results in World War III, suggesting that nuclear diplomacy is very difficult to control once Cold War tensions have begun.
The other strips which appeared in Dice Man were .
Creators
Writers
- Pat Mills: Diceman, Nemesis, Sláine, Rogue Trooper, ABC Warriors, Judge Dredd (with John Wagner), You Are Ronald Reagan!
- Simon Gellar: Rogue Trooper
- John Wagner: Judge Dredd (with Pat Mills)
Artists
- Steve Dillon: Diceman, ABC Warriors, Rogue Trooper
- Bryan Talbot: Judge Dredd, Nemesis
- Kevin O'Neill: Nemesis
- David Lloyd: Sláine
- Nik Williams: Sláine
- Mark Farmer: Sláine
- Graham Manley: Diceman
- John Ridgway: Diceman
- Mike Collins: Rogue Trooper
- Hunt Emerson: You Are Ronald Reagan!
List of stories
Judge Dredd Nemesis The Warlock You Are Torquemada: The Garden Of Alien Delights Sláine Dragoncorpse The Ring Of Danu Diceman |
Dark Powers Bitter Streets Murder One ABC Warrior Rogue Trooper Space Zombies! You Are Ronald Reagan! |