Abel's Story (comic story)

Abel's Story
Main character(s):	Abel Gantz
Featuring:	Sixth Doctor, Peri, Frobisher, Kane
Main enemy:	Skeletoids
Main setting:	Altair IV, 82nd century
Key crew
Publisher:	Marvel Comics
Editor:	Cefn Ridout
Writer:	Alan McKenzie
Artist:	John Ridgway
Letterer:	Annie Halfacree
Release details
Number of parts:	1
Printed in:	DWM 105
Release date:	12 September 1985
Reprinted in:	DWCC 20, The World Shapers
Format:	Comic
DWM comic stories
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Abel's Story was a Sixth Doctor comic published in Doctor Who Magazine. It was the second consecutive script to be themed around the Skeletoids. It largely featured Abel Gantz, with the Sixth Doctor, Frobisher and Peri relegated to non-speaking roles. After being introduced here, Gantz would appear in The Warrior's Story and Frobisher's Story.

Summary

The Skeletoids are coming! As the galaxy prepares itself, Abel Gantz's life is changed forever.

Plot

to be added

Characters

• Abel Gantz
• GBC news anchor
• Daved Sachet
• Sixth Doctor
• Frobisher
• Peri Brown
• Kane

Worldbuilding

• The Skeletoids attack Altair IV.
• Abel Gantz studied alchemy.
• Davros appears in a GBC news broadcast explaining that he has been invited to a Galactic Alliance summit but, unlike the Draconian High Commission and the Cyber-Emperor, has yet to reply.

Notes

The colour reprint of the above panel.

• This story was reprinted in DWCC 20 and Voyager.
• The title Abel's Story, when paired with Kane's Story, forms a reference to Cain and Abel, two siblings mentioned in the book of Genesis of the Bible.

Continuity

• Abel Gantz's laboratory was destroyed by a rogue chunk of the Time Vortex created when the TARDIS breaks free of the Funhouse. (COMIC: Funhouse ^[+]Loading...["Funhouse (comic story)"])

External links

• Abel's Story at the Doctor Who Reference Guide