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title="circa">c.</abbr> 1950 (age 74–75)<br />UK</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Area(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data role">Writer, Publisher</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Notable works</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/BEM_(magazine)" title="BEM (magazine)">BEM</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Bemusing_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Bemusing Magazine">Bemusing Magazine</a></i>)<br /><i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Advertiser" title="Fantasy Advertiser">Fantasy Advertiser</a></i><br /><a href="/wiki/Harrier_Comics" title="Harrier Comics">Harrier Comics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Award_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Award (comics)">Eagle Award</a> (1977, 1978, 1980, 1981)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Martin Lock</b> (born <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1950<sup id="cite_ref-Willis3_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>) is a British <a href="/wiki/Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic book</a> critic, writer, and publisher. As publisher of the <a href="/wiki/Fanzines" class="mw-redirect" title="Fanzines">fanzines</a> <i><a href="/wiki/BEM_(magazine)" title="BEM (magazine)">BEM</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Advertiser" title="Fantasy Advertiser">Fantasy Advertiser</a></i>, and then publisher of <a href="/wiki/Harrier_Comics" title="Harrier Comics">Harrier Comics</a>, he was an important figure in British comics fandom in the 1970s and 1980s. </p><p>All during his publishing career, Lock had a day job in the sales department of a company in the <a href="/wiki/Chemical_industry" title="Chemical industry">chemical industry</a>, the income from which helped finance his printing bills. When his employer moved its offices from <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> to <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_England" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a> in the late 1970s, Lock relocated as well.<sup id="cite_ref-Willis3_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time he started Harrier in the mid-1980s, he had returned to London, settling in <a href="/wiki/Northwood,_Middlesex" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwood, Middlesex">Northwood, Middlesex</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fanzines">Fanzines</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Lock&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Fanzines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Growing up as a comics enthusiast in the U.K., Lock became a reader of, and eventual a contributor to,<sup id="cite_ref-Willis2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> British comics <a href="/wiki/Fanzines" class="mw-redirect" title="Fanzines">fanzines</a> like <a href="/wiki/Nick_Landau" title="Nick Landau">Nick Landau</a> & <a href="/wiki/Richard_Burton_(comics)" title="Richard Burton (comics)">Richard Burton</a>'s Comic Media properties and Alan Austin's <i>Fantasy Unlimited</i> (later known as <i>Comics Unlimited</i>). He also worked as an editor for a time on Mark Ellis' fanzine <i>Fantasy Trader</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Willis2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BEM"><i>BEM</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Lock&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: BEM"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/BEM_(magazine)" title="BEM (magazine)">BEM (magazine)</a></div> <p>In November 1973, Lock launched his own comics fanzine, <i><a href="/wiki/Bemusing_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Bemusing Magazine">Bemusing Magazine</a></i> (later known as <i>BEM</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Billed as "The Comics News Fanzine," the fanzine featured industry news and gossip, interviews, comic reviews, essays, columns, and comic strips. Early issues of <i>Bemusing Magazine</i> were sold to customers waiting outside the frequent <a href="/wiki/Comic_Mart" title="Comic Mart">comic marts</a> held in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Willis1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the annual edition of the <a href="/wiki/British_Comic_Art_Convention" title="British Comic Art Convention">British Comic Art Convention</a> ("Comicon"). </p><p>One of <i>Bemusing Magazine</i>'s key features was its publication of U.S.-based comics industry news that Lock acquired from the long-running American fanzine <i><a href="/wiki/The_Comic_Reader" title="The Comic Reader">The Comic Reader</a></i> (<i>TCR</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Willis1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>BEM</i> was generally published on alternate months of Burton's <i><a href="/wiki/Comic_Media_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic Media News">Comic Media News</a></i>, which also used <i>TCR</i> news, thus providing a dose of monthly comic industry news for readers of both publications.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Lock served as features editor for <i>Comic Media News</i> from 1973 to 1977,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> even after he launched <i>BEM</i>.)<sup id="cite_ref-Willis1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>BEM</i> was also famed for its lengthy <a href="/wiki/Comic_book_letter_column" title="Comic book letter column">letters pages</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-TCJ50_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCJ50-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Reaction</i>. Lock became a member of the <a href="/wiki/British_Amateur_Press_Association_(comics)" title="British Amateur Press Association (comics)">British Amateur Press Association</a>, which was formed in 1977 in part due to a letter published in <i>Reaction</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Willis1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As time went, the fanzine also became more of a "<a href="/wiki/Strip-zine" class="mw-redirect" title="Strip-zine">strip-zine</a>," with original comics content — some of it written by Lock — increasing year by year. Notable contributors over the years to <i>BEM</i> included <a href="/wiki/Brian_Bolland" title="Brian Bolland">Brian Bolland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_McMahon_(comics)" title="Mike McMahon (comics)">Mike McMahon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Talbot" title="Bryan Talbot">Bryan Talbot</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Gibbons" title="Dave Gibbons">Dave Gibbons</a>. </p><p>By the late 1970s <i>BEM</i> had become the UK's leading comics zine;<sup id="cite_ref-TCJ50_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCJ50-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lock's efforts with led to him winning two <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Award_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Award (comics)">Eagle Awards</a> — the 1977 Eagle for Favourite British Fan Personality<sup id="cite_ref-Eagle77_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eagle77-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 1978 Eagle for Favourite British Writer.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Lock was also nominated for the 1977 Eagle for Favourite British Comics Writer.)<sup id="cite_ref-Eagle77_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eagle77-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>BEM</i> was thrice nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Fan Publication, winning the award in 1980<sup id="cite_ref-BEM31_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEM31-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-TCJ81_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCJ81-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>BEM</i> was acquired by the U.S.-based <a href="/wiki/New_Media_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="New Media Publishing">New Media Publishing</a> (NMP) in 1981,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ostensibly to distribute <i>BEM</i> in the U.S. and widen its readership. But production delays and the emphasis on British comics prevented the magazine from gaining a foothold. NMP produced only two issues before <i>BEM</i> faded away.<sup id="cite_ref-Willis1_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the end, <i>BEM</i> publishes 36 issues from 1973 to 1982. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fantasy_Advertiser"><i>Fantasy Advertiser</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Lock&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fantasy Advertiser"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Quickly pivoting, Lock revived <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Advertiser" title="Fantasy Advertiser">Fantasy Advertiser</a></i>, a popular British fanzine dating back to 1965 which had been dormant for a years. He edited <i>Fantasy Adveriser</i> from 1981 to 1985,<sup id="cite_ref-burrows2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burrows2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> putting out 20 issues<sup id="cite_ref-Willis2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before handing over the editorial reins to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Skidmore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Martin Skidmore (page does not exist)">Martin Skidmore</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-burrows1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burrows1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in order for Lock to focus on his next venture, <a href="/wiki/Harrier_Comics" title="Harrier Comics">Harrier Comics</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Harrier_Comics">Harrier Comics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Lock&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Harrier Comics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Harrier_Comics" title="Harrier Comics">Harrier Comics</a></div> <p>From 1984 to 1989, Lock ran <b>Harrier Publishing</b>, popularly known as <a href="/wiki/Harrier_Comics" title="Harrier Comics">Harrier Comics</a>. The success of <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Eastman" title="Kevin Eastman">Kevin Eastman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Laird" title="Peter Laird">Peter Laird</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles" title="Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</a></i> led to a short-lived explosion of black-and-white independent comics in the United States in the mid-1980s. Harrier's titles followed the same mold, unlike most British comics publishers, who favored the <a href="/wiki/British_comics" title="British comics">comic magazine</a> format. Lock himself wrote the company's first few titles, <i>Conqueror</i> and <i>Swiftsure</i>. (<i>Conqueror</i> traced its roots back to 1979, when Lock and artist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Harwood&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Harwood (page does not exist)">Dave Harwood</a> created the first stories for <i>BEM</i>.) </p><p>A number of top UK comics professional gave their support to Harrier by contributing covers and introductions<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to the company's various titles.<sup id="cite_ref-Willis3_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harrier's <a href="/wiki/Alternative_comics" title="Alternative comics">alternative comics</a> imprint, <b>New Wave</b>, featured a number of notable creators, including <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Campbell" title="Eddie Campbell">Eddie Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Elliott" title="Phil Elliott">Phil Elliott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Dakin" title="Glenn Dakin">Glenn Dakin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Grist_(comics)" title="Paul Grist (comics)">Paul Grist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Hillyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Hillyer">Ed Hillyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rian_Hughes" title="Rian Hughes">Rian Hughes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trevs_Phoenix" class="mw-redirect" title="Trevs Phoenix">Trevs Phoenix</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Pleece" title="Warren Pleece">Warren Pleece</a>. </p><p>By the spring of 1989, low sales forced Harrier to shut down.<sup id="cite_ref-Willis3_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willis3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Harrier's short existence, the company published more than 120 issues of over 30 titles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Lock&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1977 <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Award_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Award (comics)">Eagle Award</a> for Favourite British Fan Personality</li> <li>1977 (nomination) Eagle Award for Favourite British Comics Writer</li> <li>1978 Eagle Award for Favourite British Writer</li> <li>1978 (nomination) Eagle Award for Favourite Fan Publication — UK for <i>BEM</i></li> <li>1980 Eagle Award for Favourite Fan Publication — UK for <i>BEM</i></li> <li>1981 Eagle Award for Favourite Fan Publication — UK for <i>BEM</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Lock&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Comics writing:<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/2000_AD_(comics)" title="2000 AD (comics)">2000 AD</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/IPC_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="IPC Media">IPC Media</a>): <ul><li>“Space Prospector” (<a href="/wiki/Tharg%27s_Future_Shocks" title="Tharg's Future Shocks">Tharg's Future Shocks</a>), #40 (26 Nov. 1977) — with <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Goring_(comics)" title="Trevor Goring (comics)">Trevor Goring</a></li> <li>"Time Past” (Tharg's Future Shocks), #42 (10 Dec. 1977) — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jose_Luis_Ferrer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jose Luis Ferrer (page does not exist)">Jose Luis Ferrer</a></li> <li>"[Time Was]” (Tharg's Future Shocks), #46 (7 Jan. 1978) — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramon_Sola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ramon Sola (page does not exist)">Ramon Sola</a></li> <li>"The Illusion Man” (Tharg's Future Shocks) #76 (5 Aug. 1978) — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pierre_Frisano&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pierre Frisano (page does not exist)">Pierre Frisano</a> [as Frisano]</li></ul></li> <li>"Unicorn on Winchester” (Marvel Showcase), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_World_of_Marvel" title="The Mighty World of Marvel">The Mighty World of Marvel</a></i> #16 (<a href="/wiki/Marvel_UK" title="Marvel UK">Marvel UK</a>, Sept. 1984) — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Harwood&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Harwood (page does not exist)">Dave Harwood</a></li> <li><i>Conqueror</i> (<a href="/wiki/Harrier_Comics" title="Harrier Comics">Harrier Comics</a>): <ul><li>“The Intruders,” #1 (Oct. 1984) — with Dave Harwood</li> <li>“Kidnap,” #3 (Dec. 1984) — with Dave Harwood</li></ul></li> <li>"Open Planet” (Lieutenant Fl'ff), #4 (Feb. 1985) — with Dave Harwood <ul><li>"Ball Game” (Lieutenant Fl'ff), #4 (Feb. 1985) — with Dave Harwood</li> <li>"Let's Be Frank," #5 (Apr. 1985) — with Dave Harwood</li> <li>"New Boots,” #5 (Apr. 1985) — with Dave Harwood</li> <li>"Interlude,” #5 (Apr. 1985) — with <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hopgood" class="mw-redirect" title="Kevin Hopgood">Kevin Hopgood</a></li> <li>"Shadows,” #5 (Apr. 1985) — with Dave Harwood</li> <li>"With Your Musket, Fife and Drum,” #5 (Apr. 1985) — with Dave Harwood</li></ul></li> <li><i>Swiftsure</i> (Harrier): <ul><li>"Arrival” (Lieutenant Fl'ff), #1 (May 1985) — with Dave Harwood and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Farmer" title="Mark Farmer">Mark Farmer</a></li> <li>"The Assassin” (Ram: Assassin), #1 (May 1985) — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=R._F._O%27Roake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. F. O'Roake (page does not exist)">R. F. O'Roake</a></li> <li>"The Rescue” (Ram: Assassin), #3 (Aug. 1985) — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Anderson_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeff Anderson (comics) (page does not exist)">Jeff Anderson</a></li> <li>"Strike Point!” (Lieutenant Fl'ff), #4 (Sept. 1985) — with <a href="/wiki/Mike_Collins_(comics)" title="Mike Collins (comics)">Mike Collins</a></li> <li>"Pressure Point” (Lieutenant Fl'ff), #5 (Nov. 1985) — with Mike Collins</li> <li>"The Castle” (Ram: Assassin), #5 (Nov. 1985) — with Jeff Anderson</li></ul></li> <li><i>Conqueror Universe</i> #1 (Harrier, Dec. 1985) <ul><li>"Castle in the Air” — with Dave Harwood</li> <li>"Sacrifice” — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_O%27Donnell_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tony O'Donnell (comics) (page does not exist)">Tony O'Donnell</a></li> <li>"The Naming” — with Mike Collins and <a href="/wiki/David_A._Roach" class="mw-redirect" title="David A. Roach">David A. Roach</a></li> <li>"Captain Thunder” — with Kevin Hopgood</li> <li>"A Short History of the Conqueror Universe” — with <a href="/wiki/Graham_Bleathman" title="Graham Bleathman">Graham Bleathman</a></li> <li>"The Conqueror Universe Story Chronology, 2470 to 2492” — with Dave Harwood</li></ul></li> <li><i>Swiftsure and Conqueror</i> (Harrier): <ul><li>"Entrapment” (Lieutenant Fl'ff), #8 (May 1986) — with <a href="/wiki/Steve_Yeowell" title="Steve Yeowell">Steve Yeowell</a></li> <li>"The Dungeon” (Ram: Assassin), #8 (May 1986) — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_C._Perkins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tim C. Perkins (page does not exist)">Tim C. Perkins</a></li> <li>"Fair Exchange” (Redfox), #9 (July 1986) — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fox_(cartoonist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fox (cartoonist) (page does not exist)">Fox</a>; <a href="/w/index.php?title=C._Cropley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C. Cropley (page does not exist)">C. Cropley</a> (art assist)</li> <li>"Fl'ff's Story Part One” (Lieutenant Fl'ff), #9 (July 1986) — with Dave Harwood</li> <li>"Points of View” (Lieutenant Fl'ff ), #10 (Sept. 1986) — with Dave Harwood</li> <li>"Ice Winds” (Lieutenant Fl'ff), #11 (Nov. 1986) — with Steve Yeowell</li> <li>"Assault on Valley Thirteen” (Lieutenant Fl'ff), #11 (Nov. 1986) — with Dave Harwood</li> <li>“The Foundation” (Ram: Assassin), #12 (Jan. 1987) — with Dave Harwood</li> <li>"Nowhere to Run” (Lieutenant Fl'ff ), #13 (Mar. 1987) — with Steve Yeowell and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashley_Watkins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashley Watkins (page does not exist)">Ashley Watkins</a></li> <li>"Wild One” (Lieutenant Fl'ff), #14 (May 1987) — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Art_Wetherell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Art Wetherell (page does not exist)">Art Wetherell</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tem_Latham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tem Latham (page does not exist)">Tem Latham</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Barbarienne</i> (Harrier): <ul><li>"Memree: The Girl in the Iron Gag” (Charol), #1 (Marc. 1987) — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nick_Neocleous&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nick Neocleous (page does not exist)">Nick Neocleous</a></li> <li>"Captives of the Churmuk," #2 (1987) — with Nick Neocleous</li> <li>"Escape Clause" (Charol), #3 (1987) — with Nick Neocleous</li> <li>"Fever Dream” (Charol), #4 (Nov. 1987) — with Nick Neocleous</li> <li>"The Slavers," #5 (1988) — with John H. Marshall</li> <li>"Cold Vengeance” (Charol), #6 (Apr. 1988) — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_H._Marshall_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John H. Marshall (comics) (page does not exist)">John H. Marshall</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Darrell_Andrews&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Darrell Andrews (page does not exist)">Darrell Andrews</a></li> <li>"Crossover with Cuirass, Part 2 of 3: Night in Castle," #7 (1988) — with John H. Marshall</li> <li>"Crossover with Cuirass, Part 3 of 3: Red Dawn," #8 (1988) — with John H. Marshall</li></ul></li> <li>"The Fallen Star” (Cuirass), <i>Harrier Preview</i> #1 (Harrier, March 1988) — with <a href="/wiki/Cam_Smith_(artist)" title="Cam Smith (artist)">Cam Smith</a></li> <li>"Compact of Fire” <i>Nightbird</i> #1 (Harrier, May 1988) — with Cam Smith</li> <li><i>Sabina</i> (Fantagraphics/<a href="/wiki/Eros_Comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Eros Comics">Eros</a>): <ul><li>"["I'd seen the advertisement in The Stage…”], #1 (Dec. 1993) — with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Naring&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Naring (page does not exist)">Paul Naring</a></li> <li>"["This was my first appearance as Sabina's assistant…”], #2 (Jan. 1994) — with Paul Naring</li> <li>"The Big Picture!”, #3 (May 1994) — with Paul Naring</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Lock&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Amazing_Heroes" title="Amazing Heroes">Amazing Heroes</a></i> #128 (Nov. 1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Sabin" title="Roger Sabin">Sabin, Roger</a>. <i>Adult Comics: an Introduction</i> (London: Routledge, 1993), p. 69.</li> <li>Wiater, S. and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_R._Bissette" title="Stephen R. Bissette">Bissette, S.R</a>. <i>Comic Book Rebels</i> (New York: D.I. Fine, 1993), p. 176.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Lock&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Willis3-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Willis3_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis3_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis3_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis3_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Willis, Russell. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://stufffromunderthestairs.tumblr.com/post/36497569973/an-interview-with-martin-lock-part-three-the">"AN INTERVIEW WITH MARTIN LOCK (PART THREE | THE HARRIER COMICS YEARS),"</a> <i>Under the Stairs</i> (2013). Accessed Feb. 8, 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Willis2-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Willis2_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis2_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis2_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Willis, Russell. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://stufffromunderthestairs.tumblr.com/post/36421760939/an-interview-with-martin-lock-part-two-the">"AN INTERVIEW WITH MARTIN LOCK (PART TWO | THE FANTASY ADVERTISER YEARS),"</a> <i>Under the Stairs</i> (2013). Retrieved Feb. 8, 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>BEM</i> #15 (Sept. 1977).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Willis1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Willis1_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis1_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis1_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis1_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Willis1_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Willis, Russell. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://stufffromunderthestairs.tumblr.com/post/36040059860/an-interview-with-martin-lock-part-1-the-bem">"AN INTERVIEW WITH MARTIN LOCK (PART 1 | THE BEM YEARS),"</a> <i>Under the Stairs</i> (2013). Retrieved Jan. 8, 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lock. Martin. "News at BEM," <i>BEM</i> #15 (Sept. 1977), p. 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Burton, Richard. "Meditorial," <i>Comic Media News</i> #31 (June/July 1977).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TCJ50-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TCJ50_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TCJ50_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Fan Press," <i>The Comics Journal</i> #50 (Oct. 1979), p. 19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Eagle77-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Eagle77_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eagle77_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120404034513/http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/1977/">Previous Winners: 1977</a>, at the official Eagle Awards website, archived at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. (Retrieved 9 September 2018.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120404030611/http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/1978/">Previous Winners: 1978</a>, at the official Eagle Awards website, archived at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. (Retrieved 9 September 2018.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BEM31-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BEM31_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The Eagle Awards 1979," <i>BEM</i> #31 (Dec. 1980), p. 32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TCJ81-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TCJ81_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Marvel's X-Men Sweep British Eagle Awards," <i>The Comics Journal</i> #69 (Dec. 1981).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Newswatch: New Media Distribution out of Business," <i>The Comics Journal</i> #72 (May 1982), p. 16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-burrows2-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-burrows2_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gavin Burrows, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lucidfrenzy.blogspot.com/2010/11/bookmark-this-comic-fans-return-of.html">"Bookmark this, comic fans! 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