Dead Eyes
Encyclopedia
Dead Eyes is a story in 2000 AD
which started in March 2008
. It was written by John Smith
, with art by Lee Carter
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The story involves a soldier and scientist who have escaped from Porton Down
and their realisation of what is really going on.
being experimented on. Strange lights appear over the buildings and he uses the confusion to grab a doctor and a visiting dignitary to escape.
Government officials start to mobilise resources to chase them down but their psychic nearly kills himself before he can be activated.
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2000 AD (comic)
2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary which was sold...
which started in March 2008
2008 in comics
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. It was written by John Smith
John Smith (comics)
John Smith is a British comics writer best known for his work on 2000 AD and Crisis.Smith's work is characterised by intricate, sometimes obscure plots and an interest in taboos and the occult, told in an elliptic, fractured narrative style reminiscent of Iain Sinclair or the cut-up technique of...
, with art by Lee Carter
Lee Carter (comics)
Lee Carter is a British fantasy artist whose work has appeared in 2000 AD.-Work:Carter's "day job" is as a concept artist for computer games company Bizarre Creations....
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The story involves a soldier and scientist who have escaped from Porton Down
Porton Down
Porton Down is a United Kingdom government and military science park. It is situated slightly northeast of Porton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. To the northwest lies the MoD Boscombe Down test range facility which is operated by QinetiQ...
and their realisation of what is really going on.
Plot
A soldier on manoeuvres in Iraq survives a gas attack and ends up being spirited back to England where he ends up at Porton DownPorton Down
Porton Down is a United Kingdom government and military science park. It is situated slightly northeast of Porton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. To the northwest lies the MoD Boscombe Down test range facility which is operated by QinetiQ...
being experimented on. Strange lights appear over the buildings and he uses the confusion to grab a doctor and a visiting dignitary to escape.
Government officials start to mobilise resources to chase them down but their psychic nearly kills himself before he can be activated.
Crossover
The story turned out to be part of the Smithiverse – at the end Danny's soul is uploaded into a cloned body by Winwood and Cord of Indigo PrimeIndigo Prime
Indigo Prime is the umbrella name for a series of stories written by John Smith for 2000 AD. Originally the agency was named Void Indiga , which was quickly changed once Smith learned of Steve Gerber's graphic novel Void Indigo.-Plot:Indigo Prime itself is an extra-dimensional agency dedicated to...
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