After the launch event (at Forbidden Planet Megastore) a bunch of us retired to a local hostelry, and I quizzed Dan about his comics writing. We then started to reminisce about the cheesy humourous era of the 80s, when Giffen and DeMatteis were writing various Justice League titles, and when Doctor Fate was interesting (my quote, not Dan’s).

It seems over the last 20-odd years I’ve missed all of Dan’s titles, and he recommended his Guardians of the Galaxy for me as a jumping-on point, as it was intended to capture the daftness of 80s JLA.

Two days later, a parcel arrived for me at the Angry Robot offices – Dan had sent me a copy of Guardians.

Swine.

Why “swine”? Because it was good! Huge fun, and highly enjoyable. It meant I had to start hunting out his other titles. As a direct result, in the last month I’ve bought five Abnett graphic novels at a cost of around £80 (Nova, volumes 1 to 5). I’m now hooked! And I now have a 20 year back catalogue to collect – it’s going to cost a fortune!

Thanks, Dan!