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| Developer(s) | Third Millennium Software |
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| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Amiga |
| Release | MS-DOS
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| Genre(s) | Strategy game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Starlord is a science-fiction strategy game developed by Third Millennium Software and published by MicroProse in 1993.
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2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic magazine. As a comics anthology it serialises stories in each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. Since 2000 it has been published by Rebellion Developments.
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Deathcry is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as a former honorary member of the Avengers and later revealed to be the niece of Lilandra Neramani through an as-yet-unidentified mother.
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Groot is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #13. An extraterrestrial, sentient tree-like creature, the original Groot first appeared as an invader that intended to capture humans for experimentation.
Star-Lord is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Cosmo the Spacedog is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Cosmo, a telepathic Soviet dog, is the security chief of the space station Knowhere and a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. The character was created by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning as a reference to Laika and first appeared in Nova vol. 4 #8.
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