The Glorious Dead (graphic novel)
- You may be looking for the titular comic story.
The Glorious Dead was the fifth volume of the Panini Publishing series of Doctor Who Magazine comic collections. It was the second to feature the Eighth Doctor.
Like all in the series, it was notable for its high quality digital restoration of the comics. It was the first chance readers had of seeing the original, monochromatic version of the comics since they were initially published in DWM in the late 1990s.
Publisher's summary
Collected comic strips from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine!
The Eighth Doctor faces new perils in this bumper collection of classic comic adventures!
This volume features eight amazing stories: THE FALLEN, UNNATURAL BORN KILLERS, THE ROAD TO HELL, THE COMPANY OF THIEVES, THE GLORIOUS DEAD, THE AUTONOMY BUG, HAPPY DEATHDAY and TV ACTION!
The Doctor and his best friend Izzy are joined in the TARDIS by Kroton, a Cyberman with a heart and soul! The action comes faster than ever as our heroes encounter genocidal Sontarans, vicious space pirates, demented robots, mad gods, deadly samurai warriors … and the actor Tom Baker!
But the ultimate challenge is approaching: an epic, star-spanning battle that will decide the fate of all reality! An old friend is waiting to be reunited with the Doctor, while an even older enemy is lurking in the shadows of time and space …
PLUS two bonus stories from the early days of Doctor Who Weekly, THROWBACK: THE SOUL OF A CYBERMAN and SHIP OF FOOLS, telling the origins of Kroton the Cyberman! AND a six page behind-the-scenes feature where writers Scott Gray, Alan Barnes and Adrian Salmon reveal background information on the stories’ origins alongside never-befor-seen sketches and character designs from Salmon and fellow artists Martin Geraghty and Roger Langridge!
AN ESSENTIAL COLLECTION FOR FANS OF DOCTOR WHO AND CLASSIC BRITISH COMICS!
Comic strip stories
The Fallen
Travelling Companion: Izzy Additional features:
- Grace Holloway
- Leighton Woodrow (Head of M16)
- Professor Donald Stark
- Morphant
- The Preacher
Unnatural Born Killers
Travelling Companions: None (The Doctor does not appear)
Additional features:
The Road to Hell
Travelling Companions: Izzy
Additional features:
- Katsura Sato
- Lord Rikushira
- The Gaijin
- Lady Asami
The Company of Thieves
Travelling Companions: Izzy
Additional features:
- Captain Grast Horstrogg
- Mr Shakka
- Kroton
- Tobal Reist
- The Eraser
The Glorious Dead
Travelling Companions: Izzy, Kroton
Additional features:
- Esterath
- Jynx
- Paradost
- Cardinal Morningstar
- The Odostra
- Dhakanians
- Ash Wraiths
- Grace Holloway
- The Glory
- The Omniversal Spectrum
- Dhakan
- Katsura Kato
- the Master
The Autonomy Bug
Travelling Companions: Izzy, Fey
Additional features:
- Dr. Andrelina Hastoff
- Emperor Nero
- Duchess Nora
- Simon
- Salvador
- Otto
- Branson and Bronson
Happy Deathday
Travelling Companions: Izzy
Additional features:
- All eight Doctors
- The Beige Guardian
- Host of TV enemies
TV Action!
Travelling Companions: Izzy
Additional features:
Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman
Back-up Comic Strip Story without the Doctor
Featuring:
- Kroton
- Pendar
- Marilka
Ship of Fools
Back-up Comic Strip Story without the Doctor
Featuring:
- Kroton
- Willoughby
- Krylic the Poet
- Rolf
- Cassandra
- Leonart
Additional features
- Full page of rough sketches of the eight Doctors by Roger Langridge
- Commentary (by Scott Gray, Adrian Salmon and Alan Barnes)
- About the Authors
Credits
Project Editor and Designer: Clayton Hickman
Artwork scanning and digital cleanup: Peri Godbold
Additional scanning and clean-up: Imad Douglas @ DL Repro, James Clarkson and Clayton Hickman
Cover artwork: Martin Geraghty
Colours: Adrian Salmon
Production: Mark Irvine
Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
Managing Director: Mike Riddell
Thanks to: Alan Barnes, Martin Geraghty, Scott Gray, Roger Langridge Harriet Newby-Hill and Tom Spilsbury.
Notes
- This is the second of four collections featuring the run of Eighth Doctor stories and contains 242 high quality printed pages and a new cover by Martin Geraghty and priced at £15.99 (UK).
- All the comic strip stories featured in this first volume have been cleaned up and are presented as they first appeared in the pages of Doctor Who Monthly (DWM), complete with opening and closing captions.
