Clash of the Guards

About Alan Hebden

Alan Hebden scripted a number of comics in the late 1970s and early 1980s including strips for Battle such as The Rat Pack with artists Carlos Ezquerra Massimo Belardinelli and Eric Bradbury Major Eazy with Carlos Ezquerra War Dog and Fighting Mann with Cam Kennedy and both Death Squad and Crazy Keller with Eric Bradbury. For Starlord he wrote Mind Wars which featured the art of Jesus Redondo and he scripted the majority of Planet of the Damned (its opening having been scripted by Pat Mills). His prolific work for 2000 AD included Meltdown Man and the sequel to Harlem Heroes with Massimo Bellardinelli. He also scripted Death Planet which featured the first female lead in a 2000 AD strip. Alan is still working in the industry today writing various war stories for DC Thomsons Commando and is also currently working on a violent sexy novel that follows a blood-soaked trail of retribution from the India of the Raj on the eve of WW1 to England and Italy at the start of the Swinging Sixties. Cam Kennedy is another hugely popular 2000 AD artist having illustrated many Judge Dredd strips and co-created luckless wannabe creator Kenny Who? and the Taxidermist. A key early Rogue Trooper artist he has also drawn Batman/Judge Dredd: Vendetta in Gotham Judge Dredd Tharg the Mighty Thargs Future Shocks and The V.C.s. His extracurricular work includes Axel Pressbutton Batman Lobo Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Star Wars.