Firekind

Infobox comic book title
title= Firekind

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caption=Art by Paul Marshall
schedule= weekly
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publisher= Rebellion"2000 AD"
date=1993
issues=13
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writers= John Smith
artists= Paul Marshall
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creators= John Smith
Paul Marshall
subcat=2000 AD
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"Firekind" ran in the weekly anthology comic "2000 AD" for 13 issues in 1993.

The self-contained story concerns a human botanist named Larsen who travels to the alien jungle planet Gennyo-Leil whose atmosphere is a toxic hallucinogen. Though he initially gains the inhabitants' trust, his mission is compromised by the arrival of a merciless gang of mercenary poacher / torturers. But Gannyo-Leil is not without defenses...

Publication

*"Firekind" (by John Smith and Paul Marshall, in "2000 AD" #828-840, 1993, reprinted in "Extreme Edition" #8, 2005). In its original anthology run, part 7 was missed out due to editorial oversight and published after the story's conclusion.

External links

* [http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=FIREKIND 2000 AD profile]
* [http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/reviews/extra/2005/extreme/08/2000ad_extreme_8.shtml Extreme Edition #8 Review]