He's got a nice black paint job and he's a Dalek. That probably makes him the Black Dalek, most feared of all Skarosian pepperpots.

A Dalek meets a fiery end in the battle sequence from later in the story.

The Emperor and his assistants survey the Dalek city, now torn apart by internal conflict.

The giant magnets, the brilliant Brain Machine's not-so-brilliant solution to the problem of the rust cloud.

The first appearance of the hoverbouts in the strips. And they are definitely not called trans-solar discs!

A Dalek realises the danger he’s in and does what a Dalek in danger always does: he panics.

The Black Dalek examines the hole in the roof of the wrecked workshops.

The Black Dalek’s magic shows were always spectaculars and eagerly awaited by all young Daleks in the city.

Here he attempts to make the Emperor’s favourite sheet of metal vanish...

The rust cloud claims its first victim.

Rust eats away the Dalek's casing, and the base around it.

The hoverbouts swing into hovery action. With catastrophic results...

The Black Dalek has a surreal moment.

And here's the cause of his surreal moment - a rusty Dalek in the same room!

As fear of the rust contagion spreads, the Daleks fall to internal fighting.

As they do.

Aboard his saucer, the Emperor and his two assistants - with help from a ‘volunteer’ - examine the problem.

The Black Dalek, not looking quite as well as he might.