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|image= Y...TY.jpg | |image= Y...TY.jpg | ||
|series=[[DWM backup comic stories]] | |series = [[DWM backup comic stories]] | ||
|main character= | |main character= | ||
|featuring= | |featuring= | ||
|enemy= [[Great Intelligence]], [[Robot Yeti]] | |enemy= [[Great Intelligence]], [[Robot Yeti]] | ||
|setting= | |setting= [[Himalayas]], [[Nepal]] and [[Tibet]], [[1980]]s | ||
|editor= [[Dez Skinn]] | |editor= [[Dez Skinn]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Steve Moore | ||
|artist= [[David Lloyd]] | |artist= [[David Lloyd]] | ||
|colourist= [[Andy Yanchus]] ([[DW84 13|reprint]]) | |colourist= [[Andy Yanchus]] ([[DW84 13|reprint]]) | ||
|letterer= | |letterer= | ||
|publication= | |publication= [[DWM 31]]-[[DWM 34|34]] | ||
|release date= | |release date= 8 - 29 May 1980 | ||
|publisher= Marvel Comics | |publisher= Marvel Comics | ||
|format= | |format= Comic | ||
|epcount = 4 | |||
|prev= Star Tigers (comic story) | |prev= Star Tigers (comic story) | ||
|next= Black Legacy (comic story) | |next= Black Legacy (comic story) | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Two [[Australia]]ns, Bruce and Angela Healy, and a [[Japan]]ese traveller, Shiro Sugimoto, search the [[Himalayas]] for the [[Tibetan Yeti|Yeti]]. Feeling unwelcome at the [[monastery]], they continue their search. That night, Shiro is killed by the [[Robot Yeti]] and the [[Great Intelligence]] takes over his body, unknown to the others. Lama [[Gampo]] appears the next day, urging them to turn back, but when they see a Yeti, they go in pursuit. However, it is a trap and the Great Intelligence reveals itself and its desire to better understand the world. Gampo arrives and rescues them. Summoning the real Yetis, he defeats the Great Intelligence and wipes the memories of the two Australians. | Two [[Australia]]ns, Bruce and Angela Healy, and a [[Japan]]ese traveller, Shiro Sugimoto, search the [[Himalayas]] for the [[Tibetan Yeti|Yeti]]. Feeling unwelcome at the [[monastery]], they continue their search. That night, Shiro is killed by the [[Robot Yeti]] and the [[Great Intelligence]] takes over his body, unknown to the others. Lama [[Gampo]] appears the next day, urging them to turn back, but when they see a Yeti, they go in pursuit. However, it is a trap and the Great Intelligence reveals itself and its desire to better understand the world. Gampo arrives and rescues them. Summoning the real Yetis, he defeats the Great Intelligence and wipes the memories of the two Australians. Bruce and Angela continue on their trek, but Angela has the strangest feeling there was someone with them a little while ago... | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* Lama [[Gampo]] | * Lama [[Gampo]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Yeti can fly, using what look like [[hoverbout|transolar disks]]. | * The Yeti can fly, using what look like [[hoverbout|transolar disks]]. | ||
* A monastery was attacked by Yetis sixty years ago in the [[1920s]]. | * A monastery was attacked by Yetis sixty years ago in the [[1920s]]. | ||
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[[Category:Great Intelligence stories]] | [[Category:Great Intelligence stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 1980s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1980s]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:07, 5 February 2024
Yonder... The Yeti was a comic story published by Marvel Comics. It was written by Steve Moore.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Two Australians, Bruce and Angela Healy, and a Japanese traveller, Shiro Sugimoto, search the Himalayas for the Yeti. Feeling unwelcome at the monastery, they continue their search. That night, Shiro is killed by the Robot Yeti and the Great Intelligence takes over his body, unknown to the others. Lama Gampo appears the next day, urging them to turn back, but when they see a Yeti, they go in pursuit. However, it is a trap and the Great Intelligence reveals itself and its desire to better understand the world. Gampo arrives and rescues them. Summoning the real Yetis, he defeats the Great Intelligence and wipes the memories of the two Australians. Bruce and Angela continue on their trek, but Angela has the strangest feeling there was someone with them a little while ago...
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Yeti can fly, using what look like transolar disks.
- A monastery was attacked by Yetis sixty years ago in the 1920s.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This back up strip was introduced by the Fourth Doctor.
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Publication with page count and closing captions
- DWM 31 (2) Next Week - Captured!
- DWM 32 (2) More Next Week
- DWM 33 (2) More Next Week!
- DWM 34 (2) End
Reprints[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Coloured and reprinted in Doctor Who (1984) Issue 13
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Intelligence exists in deep space, remotely possessing a dead body on Earth and commanding Yeti with web-guns. (TV: The Web of Fear)
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