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  The nightmares continue unabated in the third installment of writer/artist Oliver Francisco's Parched Earth Chronicles anthology series. Human survivors of a world-ravaging apocalypse are pitted against horrific mutations indistinguishable from hell-spawned demons. Stranger brings together the threads from two previous stories as wannabe journeyman Henry and his grandfather hunt down a creature that used to be human until a quest for immortality led to a hideous transformation... Porter part two follows the body horror tale of a man infested with a spectacularly bizarre and destructive parasite... The Mountain (script and art by Jorge) is the story of a man who has also been altered by the wasteland, but who uses his new abilities like a superhero. Adventures of Corben and Ezquerra is the story of a fishing expedition, but the catch of the day is something that will take more than a flick of the wrist to reel in... Intruder (art by Mauro Vargas) is a dog's eye view of a

    Wolf Titan Base, February 20, 2050... Lieutenant Gason is woken by the base computer. It is time to get up and get to work tracking an anomalous signal that has been detected somewhere on the moon... Climbing aboard a trover, accompanied by his robot driver TC, he begins the search. A few kilometres from the base, they pick up the signal. There should be no other people on Titan, so who could be transmitting? They pinpoint the source: a deep, narrow cavern where the trover cannot follow. To investigate further, Gason must suit up and proceed on foot through the hostile atmosphere of Saturn's moon. It could be the discovery of the century... or something he never could have imagined. In The Signal by writer/artist Pizo Meyer, one man's venture into the unknown takes a turn for the bizarre. Meyer's rough-hewn style, with a restrained palette of cold blues, creates the chilling atmosphere of an unsettling dream. There are shades of 2001 in this mystery, wit

  In Digital issue 3 by writers Rich Watkin and Zaky Hnana and artist Alex Paterson, the saga of three refugees from an Earth overrun by robots continues. Having discovered a child stowaway on the spacecraft they stole, they then had to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet in order to make repairs. Bear, Noose and Aisha venture out with their new addition, young Eve. The planet is life-bearing, including some cute, cuddly pink, six-eyed tiger cubs... but there are other inhabitants also, who may not be quite so charming. Will the natives turn out to be friendly? Or have our hapless heroes jumped out of a fearsome frying pan and into a ferocious fire? New artist Paterson carries the baton from Flaviu Pop, who drew the previous issues, and manages to keep a consistent look. The reader has no trouble recognising the characters and the change of style is not at all jarring. Paterson's linework is a little softer but with no loss of dramatic impact. Back on Earth, the escape

 Dommie loves you .   Who is Dommie? That would be Dominaytra, also known as 'Big Sister', head of the Global Freedom Authority. As the GFA is the world government, she is effectively the ruler of the planet. Her statues are everywhere, but the woman herself is elusive. Does she even exist, or is she just a symbol, a personification of the totalitarian regime that controls the populace? Rammur does not give it much thought, to be honest. All he really cares about is his work. He is a professional thief, aided in his exploits by his 'fusion rig', a wearable contraption incorporating wrist blasters and jet boots.  Being able to fly is a definite plus when it comes to being a career criminal. In this brave new dystopia, however, the police are also airborne. Not only that, but being robots ('Ruptors') they are ruthlessly efficient. In Rammur by writer Charles Santino and artists Paulo Peres, Andrew Wendel and Joe Stanton, the emphasis is on action right from the b