Black Sun Rising (comic story)

Black Sun Rising
Main enemy:	Sontaran, Order of the Black Sun
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Marvel Comics]]
Editor:	Dez Skinn
Writer:	Alan Moore
Artist:	Dave Lloyd
Letterer:	no credit given
Release details
Printed in:	Doctor Who Magazine 57
Release date:	October 1981
Format:	B&W 1 part / 4 pages
DWM backup comic stories
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Summary

Delicate trade negotiations for uranium are taking place on Desrault with Lady Rema-Du of Gallifrey accompanied by her escorts Wardog, Cobweb, Millennium and Zeitgeist (the Special Executive), as well as the Order of the Black Sun and the Sontarans. Jealous of the relationship that develops between Lady Rema-Du and Lord Adamath (Black Sun representative for the Rigel sector), the Sontaran uses a psy-snare on Millennium which turns her into an assassin. Millennium attacks the Black Sun leader and accelerating the body of the latter into dust. Wardog kills Millennium, but as the Sontaran prepares to leave the other two sides as enemies, he hadn’t anticipated Wardog’s sudden appearance to return the psy-snare to him personally, uniting the Gallifreyans and the Order to fight the Sontarans together.

Characters

• Lady Rema-Du
• Wardog
• Cobweb
• Millennium
• Zeitgeist
• Lord Adamath
• Brilox - The Sontaran Ambassador

References

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Notes

• This is one of five collaborations between writer Alan Moore and illustrator David Lloyd, who would go on to create the graphic novel V for Vendetta.
• In 2012, Lawrence Miles said, "Alan Moore's back-up strips were an obvious influence on both Marc Platt's view of ye olde Gallifrey and my view of its future."

Original print details

Publication with page count and closing captions

1. DWM 57 (4) End

Reprints

Reprinted by Marvel in The Daredevils issue 7.

Continuity

• This story, along with the comics Star Death and 4-D War, takes place during the Black Sun War.

Footnotes