Last update: April 2008.

And so, as the Daleks enter their fifth decade of comic strip action, we have so far seen them meet the Doctor and his companions only the once, plus special appearances in the Red Nose Day comic spin-off from the Beano. However, with the resurgence in popularity of both the Doctor and his arch enemies, it can only be a matter of time before the comic strips are again ringing with speech bubbles proclaiming ‘Exterminate’!

CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION

The Doctor and Izzy and the crew of the futuristic submarine Argus are taken to a concealed underwater base on Kyrol where the Daleks conditioned with the human factor by the Second Doctor are flourishing under the leadership of Alpha. However, the Daleks are being farmed by the last native Kyrolian who plans to use their power to cleanse Kyrol of all human life.

ARTISTS: Lee Sullivan, Adrian Salmon (colour)
WRITER: Scott Gray
ISSUES: 312-317
COVER DATES: 9th Jan 2002, 6th Feb 2002, 6th Mar 2002, 3rd Apr 2002, 1st May 2002, 29th May 2002.
REPRINTS: Reprinted in full colour as part of Oblivion: The Complete Eighth Doctor Comic Strips Volume 3, published by Panini in October 2006 as a ‘graphic novel’. This version has an extended sequence showing the demise of Kata-Phobus.

The Daleks put in two appearances in the first issue of BeanoMAX, a special spin-off production from the original comic dedicated to promoting the UK’s Red Nose Day.

INVASION OF BASH STREET

DENNIS THE MENACE IN BALLOONATICS

A Red Nose Day hot air balloon containing the unlikely combination of a Dalek, Jonathan Ross, Jamie Oliver and McFly is shot down by Gnashers. Dennis the Menace gets it airborne again.

ARTISTS: Nigel Parkinson
WRITER: Euan Kerr
ISSUE: 1

It is interesting to note that the Dalek featured in this strip is not a new series one.

DOCTOR WHAT

Travelling through time and space in a vaguely familiar blue box, the Futurama crew materialise on a planet ruled by some suspiciously recognisable bad guys...

The Futurama crew are chased by the Deacons (Daleks to you and me), but eventually find a way of defeating them which involves a flight of stairs and lots of squid ink...

ARTISTS: Mike Kazaleh (pencils), Andrew Pepoy (inks), Nathan Hamill (colour)
WRITER: Ian Boothby
ISSUE: 32 (UK issue 49)

This strip was first published in July 2007. K9 puts in a cameo appearance in this story too...

THE FIRST (Part Three)

Another cameo appearance for the Daleks...

The Daleks put in a cameo appearance in the third part of this Doctor Who Magazine strip, their first appearance in the comic strip for over five years.

ARTISTS: Martin Geraghity (pencils), David A Roach (inks), James Offredi (colours), Roger Langridge (letters).
WRITER: Daniel McDaid.
ISSUE: 388.
COVER DATE: 14th Nov 2007.
REPRINTS: Reprinted with undue haste just five months after its first appearance as part of Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition - The Tenth Doctor Collected Comics, published April 2008.

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