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2000AD: 6
Extras: 3

Covers
2000AD: 1
Reprints: 1
Star Scans: 1

lukekJournal of Luke Kirby

Created by Alan McKenzie, John Ridgway

FIRST APPEARANCE IN 2000AD

Journal of Luke Kirby

Summer Magic 7 episodes (Progs 571 to 577) 36 pages
Script: Alan McKenzie, Artist: John Ridgway
Reprinted
The Best of 2000AD 111
Quality: Sláine the Berserker/King 22 (??), Colour: Unknown
Quality: Sláine the Berserker/King 23, Colour: Unknown

MOST RECENT APPEARANCE IN 2000AD

The Price 1 episode (Prog 972) 8 pages
Script: Alan McKenzie, Artist: John Ridgway, Colour: Tim Perkins, Letters: Ellie De Ville

STARRING
Luke Kirby

STATUS
Apprentice alchemist, heir to the Kirby dynasty

DATELINE
Summer, 1964

WEAPONRY
None

MOTIVATION
As the young Kirby has the potential to be the greatest alchemist of all, he feels it is his duty to learn and perfect his craft.

PARTNERS
His uncle Elias Kirby and the tramp known as Zeke.

BACKSTORY
Forced to kill his own uncle, Luke learned of his magical inheritance. With this knowledge he was able to halt an outbreak of vampirism in his home town; he then travelled to the Underword to free the soul of his father. Under the tutelage of his new mentor, Zeke, the young Kirby still has much to learn.