''Harke & Burr'' are two

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characters who appeared in their own stories for thirteen episodes in issues of British comic ''

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''. The majority of the ''Harke & Burr'' stories were written by

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and drawn by

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Gordon Rennie Gordon Rennie is a Scottish comics writer, responsible for ''White Trash: Moronic Inferno'', as well as several comic strips for '' 2000 AD'' and novels for ''Warhammer Fantasy''. In May 2008, he announced he was leaving comics to concentrate f ...

co-wrote one story and

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provided the artwork for another. The name is a

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based on infamous body-snatchers

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and

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who committed the

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They have only appeared in their own,

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ous strip: *"Antique and Curious" (by

Si Spencer Si Spencer (1961 – 16 February 2021)Si Spencer, 1961-2021
at ''

and

, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #2.27-2.28, 1993) *"Hamster Horror" (by Si Spencer and Dean Ormston, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #2.40-2.42, 1994) *"Grief Encounter" (by Si Spencer and Dean Ormston, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #2.47-2.49, 1994) *"Secret Origin" (by Si Spencer and

, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #2.83, 1995) *"Satanic Farces" (by

/Si Spencer and Dean Ormston, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #3.04-3.07, 1995) The characters also make a cameo appearance in the

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novel ''Cursed Earth Asylum'', by

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(

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, December 1993, ) "Antique and Curious", "Hamster Horror" and "Grief Encounter" were reprinted as a giveaway with the 350th edition of the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' in July

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