Jinty Vol. 1: The Human Zoo & The Land of No Tears

by Pat Mills, Guy Peeters, Malcolm Shaw

A luxury treasury collection featuring stories from the bestselling British girl comics phenomenon – restored and remastered for the first time! Whilst undergoing surgery on her lame leg, Cassy Shaw is transported into a dystopian future in which people with genetic defects are regarded as second class citizens.  Unable to accept such objectionable discrimination, Cassy attempts to rally her peers (the Gamma girls) into beating the Alpha girls in several sporting events. Can she win the Golden Girl award and prove herself an equal? Twin sisters Shona and Jenny are kidnapped along with their classmates  by a superior race of telepathic aliens. Brought back to the aliens’ home planet, Shona and some other human captives are kept in cages where they are treated and displayed like animals, while Jenny is sold to another owner. Will the twins ever be able to reunite and escape by to Earth?  

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

112 pages, Paperback

Published June 28, 2018

About the author

Pat Mills, born in 1949 and nicknamed 'the godfather of British comics', is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since.

His comics are notable for their violence and anti-authoritarianism. He is best known for creating 2000 AD and playing a major part in the development of Judge Dredd.

Reviews

[Chris Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

Land of no Tears is pretty good but the best story here is The Human Zoo, written by Malcolm Shaw.
Shaw, who died aged only 37, wrote some excellent stories for IPC, including Return to Armageddon for 2000AD, and The Four Faces of Eve for Misty.