List of Crisis (British comics) stories

A list of stories published in the Fleetway Publications comic Crisis between 1989 and 1991.

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Artoons

Published: #15-24 (1 April to 5 August 1989)

Artist: Brendan McCarthy

Surreal back-page single frame cartoons.

Bible John - A Forensic Examination

Main article: Bible John - A Forensic Meditation

Published: #56-61 (March to August 1991)

Writer: Grant Morrison

Artist: Daniel Vallely

An examination of the Bible John killings in Glasgow.

China in Crisis 1989

Published: #42 (14 April 1990) and #45 (26 May 1990)

Writer: Tony Allen

Artist: David Hine

An account of the Tiananmen Square protests, and the authorities' brutal crackdown.

The Crooked Mile/Angels Amongst Us

Published: #28-38 (30 September 1989 to 17 February 1990)

Writer and Artist: Philip Bond

Cartoons printed on the rear cover; "The Cooked Mile" was a surreal, unsettling painted one-frame image, while "Angels Amongst Us" was a four-panel strip featuring an amiable, wisecracking angel.

Dare

Published: #56 (March 1991)

Writer: Grant Morrison

Artist: Rian Hughes

Retired Colonel Dan Dare finds the future far than idyllic.

Continued from Revolver. A summary of the story to date was printed in Crisis #55.

For a Few Troubles More

Main article: For a Few Troubles More

Published: #40-43 (17 March to 28 April 1990) and #45-46 (28 May to 9 June 1990)

Writer: Garth Ennis

Artist: John McCrea

Belfast layabout Dougie Patterson is set to marry his long-suffering, pregnant girlfriend Valerie. The only sticking point is that Dougie insists on making his even more crass friend Ivor Thompson his best man, despite the inherent contradiction in terms.

Sequel to "Troubled Souls". Collected in 1991 by Fleetway Publications as For a Few Troubles More. Dougie and Ivor were later resurrected by Ennis and McCrea for the 1997 Caliber Comics series Dicks, where the pair made a bungled attempt to become private detectives, and have subsequently appeared in titles published by Avatar Press.

The General and the Priest

Published: #54-55 (January to February 1991)

Writer: Igor Goldkind

Artist: Jim Baikie

A Panamanian padre receives a visitor from his dark past, a former army general on the run from the American military.

The story was published on the second anniversary of the United States invasion of Panama, which was compared to the then-contemporary Iraqi invasion of Kuwait by the editorial.

Happenstance and Kismet

Published: #56-61 (March to August 1991)

Writer: Paul Neary

Artist: Steve Parkhouse

The misadventures of jazz musician Monty Happenstance and translator Lucius Kismet.

Continued from Revolver.

Insiders

Published: #54-59 (January to June 1991)

Writer: Mark Millar

Artist: Paul Grist

Frank Murray begins a 12-year stint in the dehumanising jail system of Northern Ireland.

The New Adventures of Hitler

Main article: The New Adventures of Hitler

Published: #46-49 (9 June to 21 July 1990)

Writer: Grant Morrison

Artist: Steve Yeowell

In 1912 Liverpool, Austrian immigrant Alois and his wife Bridget reluctantly host the former's brother Adolf, a failed painter searching for the Holy Grail.

Originally created for publication in Cut.

New Statesmen

Main article: New Statesmen

Published: #1-14 (17 September 1988 to 18 March 1989), #28 (30 September 1989)

Writer: John Smith

Artists: Jim Baikie (#1-4, #9-12 and #28), Sean Phillips (#5-6 and #13-14), Duncan Fegredo (#7-8)

In 2047, the 51 states of America (including England as the 51st) each possess genetically modified Optimen. Created with superhuman 'hard' and 'soft' talents, these are essentially biological weapons, and the world is in the grip of fear of genetic engineering and political warmongering.

Repackaged as the five-issue limited series New Statesmen for the American market in 1989, and later compiled as The Complete New Statesmen by Fleetway.

The Real Robin Hood

Published: #56-61 (March to August 1991)

Writer: Michael Cook

Artist: Gary Erskine

Unemployed artist Danny lands the role of Robin Hood at a new Nottingham theme part designed to commercialise the memory of the folk hero.

Sinner: Viet Blues

Published: #52-55 (November 1990 to February 1991)

Writer: Carlos Sampayo

Artist: José Antonio Muñoz

Cop turned private eye Alack Sinner gets involved in a racially-charged case in Harlem.

Originally printed in the 1986 Alack Sinner album "Viet Blues". Coloured for Crisis by Steve Whitaker.

Sticky Fingers

Published: #15-21 (1 April to 24 June 1989) and #23-27 (22 July to 16 September 1989)

Writer: Myra Hancock

Artist: David Hine

Tomboyish Weeny begins flat-sharing with Holly in Camden Town while trying to escape the temptation of returning to her former life of theft.

Straitgate

Published: #50-53 (September to December 1990)

Writer: John Smith

Artist/s: Sean Phillips

A young homosexual man wrestles with the stigma of being gay in contemporary Britain.

Two pages of the story were deemed not fit for publication, and removed.

Third World War

Main article: Third World War (comics)

Published: #1-27 (17 September 1988 to 16 September 1989), #29-38 (14 October 1989 to 17 February 1990), #40-51 (17 March to October 1990), #53 (December 1990)

Writers: Pat Mills (all) with Alan Mitchell (#17-21, #24-48 and #53), Malachy Coney (#22-23), Tony Skinner (#49-51)

Artists: Carlos Ezquerra (#1-6, #9-14, #17-18, #20-21), D'Israeli (#7), Angela Kincaid (#8, #15; as Angie Mills), John Hicklenton (#16, #25, #29, #35, #53), Duncan Fegredo (#19, #26), Sean Phillips (#22-24, #27, #31, #33-34), Richard Piers Rayner (#30), Glyn Dillon (#32, #40-44), David Pugh(#36, #49-51), Robert Blackwell (#37, #45-48), Tim Perkins (#38)

In the near future, global corporations are exploiting commercial opportunities in the developing world under the guise of FreeAid, a military security force. Eve Collins, an unemployed university graduate, is conscripted as a soldier working for FreeAid.

Material from Crisis #1-14 was reprinted for the American market as the 1990 limited series Third World War.

Trip to Tulum

Published: #60-63 (July to October 1991)

Writer: Federico Fellini

Artist: Milo Manara

After falling into a pond chasing Federico Fellini's hat, a beautiful woman finds herself in a strange, magical world.

Originally published in Italian as Viaggio a Tulum by Rizzoli Libri in 1990. A collected album of the English translation was issued by Catalan Communications the same year.

Troubled Souls

Main article: Troubled Souls (comics)

Published: #15-27 (1 April to 16 September 1989

Writer: Garth Ennis

Artist: John McCrea

In 1989 Belfast, protestant youth Tom Boyd finds himself unwittingly drawn into an IRA plot - and becoming friends with catholic volunteer Damian McWilliams.

Followed by "For a Few Troubles More". Later collected as Troubled Souls - A Crisis Graphic Novel.

True Faith

Main article: True Faith (comics)

Published: #29-38 (14 October 1989 to 17 February 1990)

Writer: Garth Ennis

Artist: Warren Pleece

After growing increasingly cynical about the Christians he encounters in day-to-day life, teenager Nigel Gibson becomes fascinated after a chance encounter with Terry Adair, a man who plans to kill God by using a terror campaign against organised religion to draw the deity out into the open.

Wroom

Published: #52-58 (November 1990 to May 1991)

Writer: Igor Goldkind (as IZ)

Artist: Dix

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One-off stories

To Serve and Protect

Published: #21 (24 June 1989)

Writer/artist: Floyd Hughes (as Floyd R. Jones-Hughes)

The Geek

Published: #22 (8 July 1989)

Writer: Malachy Coney

Artist: Jim McCarthy

The Student Konstabel

Published: #28 (30 September 1989)

Writer/artist: Phillip Swarbrick

Her Parents

Published: #31 (11 November 1989)

Writer: Mark Millar

Artist: John McCrea

The Clicking of High Heels

Published: #32 (25 November 1989)

Writer: Sarah Bromley-Anderson

Artist: Floyd Hughes

Two Pretty Names

Published: #33 (9 December 1989)

Writers: Si Spencer and Sue Swasey

Artists: Phil Laskey and Carol Swain

Squirrels in Carroll Street

Published: #34 (23 December 1989)

Writer/artist: Floyd Hughes

Feedback

Published: #34 (23 December 1989)

Writer/artist: Al Davison

Didn't You Love My Brother?

Published: #35 (6 January 1990)

Writer: Tony Allen

Artist: David Hine

Suburban Hell

Published: #36 (20 January 1990)

Writer: Garth Ennis

Artist: Phillip Swarbrick

Banged Up

Published: #37 (3 February 1990)

Writer: Jack Blackburn

Artist: David Lloyd

The Death Factory

Published: #39 (3 March 1990)

Writer: Pat Mills

Artist: Sean Phillips

Produced in association with Amnesty International.

A Kind of Madness

Published: #39 (3 March 1990)

Writer: Pat Mills

Artist: Sean Phillips

Produced in association with Amnesty International.

A Day in the Life

Published: #39 (3 March 1990)

Writer: Igor Goldkind

Artist: Glenn Fabry

Produced in association with Amnesty International.

Murky Waters

Published: #40 (17 March 1990)

Writer: James Robinson

Artist: Tony Salmons

Brighton Gas

Published: #41 (31 March 1990)

Writer: Gary Pleece

Artist: Warren Pleece

C-Rap

Published: #41 (31 March 1990)

Writer: Peter Hogan

Artist: Edmund Bagwell (as Anoniman)

Passion and Fire

Published: #42 (14 April 1990)

Writer: Carlos Sampayo

Artist: Oscar Zárate

Faceless

Published: #42 (14 April 1990)

Writer/artist: Floyd Hughes

The Ballad of Andrew Brown

Published: #43 (28 April 1990)

Writer: Garth Ennis

Artist: Phil Winslade

Try a Little Tenderness

Published: #44 (12 May 1990)

Writer: Si Spencer

Artist: Steve Sampson

Masters of Disguise

Published: #44 (12 May 1990)

Writer/artist: Tomoko Rei Sato

The Farmer and the Soldiers

Published: #44 (12 May 1990)

Writer: Igor Goldkind

Artists: David Lloyd and Caroline Della Porta

Felicity

Published: #47 (23 June 1990)

Writer: Chris Standley

Artist: Pete Doherty

The Soldier & the Painter

Published: #48 (7 July 1990)

Writer: Igor Goldkind

Artist: Phil Winslade

Chicken Run

Published: #49 (21 July 1989)

Writer: Gary Pleece

Artist: Warren Pleece

No Messin' with Rupert

Published: #50 (September 1990)

Writer: Carlos Sampayo

Artist: Oscar Zárate

Your Death, My Life

Published: #50 (September 1990)

Writer/artist: Milo Manara

Suddenly, Last Week

Published: #51 (October 1990)

Writer: Nicholas Vince

Artist: Paul Johnson

The Wall

Published: #51 (October 1990)

Writer: Tony Allen

Artist: Enki Bilal

The Power of the Pen

Published: #51 (October 1990)

Writer/artist: Alberto Breccia

Prisoner of Justice

Published:#52 (November 1990)

Writer: Alan Mitchell

Artist: Glenn Fabry

The Happiest Days

Published: #52 (November 1990)

Writer: Martine d'Ellard

Artist: Caroline Della Porta

The School

Published: #53 (December 1990)

Writer: Martine d'Ellard

Artist: Ed Hillyer

In Cages, There is No Escape

Published: #54 (January 1991)

Writer/artist: Paul Johnson

Passing Through

Published: #55 (February 1991

Writer/artist: Miguelanxo Prado

Lord Jim

Published: #59 (June 1991)

Writer: Igor Goldkind

Artist: Steve Sampson

Unlikely Stories, Mostly: End Game

Published: #60 (July 1991)

Writer/artist: Miguelanxo Prado

Light Me

Published: #61 (August 1991)

Writer: Garth Ennis

Artist: Phil Winslade

Worms