Scumbags are everywhere and sometimes right on the doorstep. For every Fulwood there is an Ingol. For every Glendowie, there is a Glen Innes. Back in Orlok’s hometown of Birkenhead they constructed a new batch of well to do homes right on the border of the North End, which is just like putting a chicken farm right next door to a slum filled with foxes. That shit got very messy very quickly…
DATELINE:
April 2106 (Prog 364).
WHO’S RESPONSIBLE?:
John Wagner and Alan Grant deconstruct society while Ian Gibson gets to go to space.
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT (IN ONE SENTENCE)?:
An orbital conurb becomes a slum.
WHO’S THAT IN THE HELMET?:
Chief Judge Hilda McGruder appears to add weight to the proceedings.
IT’S CULTURAL, INNIT?:
Nelson Rockefeller was a rich was an American businessman who served as the 41st Vice President of the United States.
Chas Clore was a British financier, retail and property magnate and philanthropist.
(Andrew) Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist.
Vestey may refer to Samuel Vestey the British peer, landowner, and businessman.
Midas was a mythological king noted for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. Including his penis.
ANY LAW LORE?:
The Slum Clearance Act of 2015 Subsection 12 states that all new private housing developments must provide a 29% donation to the public sector.
Four Judges are assigned to permanent patrol of the Orbital Slum.
WHAT’S THE ART LIKE?:
Typical Gibson fare, really. There’s nothing overly great in it nor anything poor but you can see he is starting to go mental on the shoulder pads.
HOW MANY LINKS?:
The reversal of fortune for the Orbital suburb is a nice dig at the reverse gentrification once you get some bad eggs in. Three links.
Everything Comes Back To 2000AD 