''Bob, the Galactic Bum'' was a four-issue comic
miniseries
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published by
DC Comics
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in 1995. Written by
Alan Grant and
John Wagner and illustrated by
Carlos Ezquerra
Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (12 November 1947 – 1 October 2018) was a Spanish comics artist who worked mainly in British comics. He is best known as the co-creator of ''Judge Dredd''.
Biography
Early work
Born in Ibdes, province of Zaragoza, Arag ...
, it was a science-fiction comedy about a vagrant called Bob and his sidekick, Buck Fifty. It also featured
Lobo
Lobo may refer to:
Places
*Lobo, Batangas, a municipality in the Philippines
*Lobo, Texas, a ghost town
*Lobo, Indonesia
*Lobo, Cameroon, a town in Cameroon
*Lobo Hill, near Belchite, Aragon, Spain
* Lobo, Ontario, near London, Ontario, Canada
Pe ...
as a
guest star
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.
Premise
Bob is a homeless con man travelling the galaxy with his hapless sidekick whom he routinely mistreats. When stumbling upon a lost prince, Bob attempts to take advantage of the situation while guiding the man home. Unfortunately, several hostile forces are also after the royal member.
Reprint
The series was reprinted (in black and white) over eight issues of the ''
Judge Dredd Megazine'' in 2008 (issues 266–273). While the copyright for the story and the character Bob is owned by the series' creators, copyright for Lobo is owned by DC, and so in the reprint Lobo was replaced by a large butch lesbian called
Asbo.
External links
Summary at Atomic Avenue.com
1995 comics debuts
Comics by Alan Grant (writer)
Comics by John Wagner
DC Comics titles
Lobo (DC Comics)
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