2000 AD – January 1986.
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Some seekers of world unity can even fair dream of hands across the water nonetheless, in January 1986, it became once a case of hands below the ocean, as the UK and France launched plans to originate a tunnel below the English Channel. One which would enable folks to safe on a explain in a single of these worldwide locations and trail it the total technique to the heart of the deal of.


And it wasn’t the particular relate of European partnership underway at the time. It became once, finally, the month in which Spain and Portugal joined the European Neighborhood which would scoot on to change into the European Union.

Not so happily for the human tear, January furthermore seen distress when the Web web site online Shuttle Challenger blew up ideal 73 seconds after launch, killing its total crew of seven astronauts.

Over on the UK singles chart, the month became once dominated by factual two songs. In the starting up, the Pet Store Boys’ West Cease Girls and then a-ha’s The Solar Continuously Shines on TV.

The album chart, meanwhile, became once at the foundation topped by Now That’s What I Call Track! 6 before even that had to destroy technique for the unstoppable behemoth that became once Dire Straits’ Brothers in Palms which had already been on the chart for 35 weeks at that level.

But what of the Galaxy’s ideal comic? What became once it as much as as that twelve months began its lengthy hard scuttle in direction of the next Christmas?


It became once as much as The Ballad of Halo Jones, Sláine, Ace Trucking Co, Reach to a decision Dredd and Strontium Dogs. The observant verify might perhaps perhaps perchance bear seen that no contemporary strips seem to bear looked all the tactic thru that period.


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