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Sapphire & Steel
"Finger of Blood"
Sapphire & Steel Annual 1981
World International Publishing
Written by: Clive Hopwood (?)
Art by: Paul Crompton and Genn Rix (?) |
Sapphire and Steel deal with four converging realities around an
assassination attempt on the President of the United States.
Read the story summary at Animus Web
Didja Know?
"Finger of Blood" is a 7-page text story that appeared in
Sapphire & Steel Annual 1981 published by
World International Publishing.
According to Steve Holland at the
Bear Alley Books website, this story was probably written by
Clive Hopwood, with art by Paul Crompton and Genn Rix.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this story
Sapphire
Steel
U.S. President Hennessy (dies in this story)
M.P. Sergeant (unnamed)
Mr. Makepeace
Governor Graham (mentioned only)
Didja Notice?
The U.S. President in this story is President Hennessy. This
is a fictitious political figure. In the real world at the
time this story was written, the president was Ronald
Reagan.
On page 5 of the story, Sapphire remarks on the president's
visit to see Governor Graham at the State Governor's
headquarters. Governor Graham is also a fictitious figure
for the time.
Sapphire and Steel are forced to correct an errant timeline
to ensure the assassination of the U.S. President. Somehow,
they know that if the president had survived, he would have
been responsible for a nuclear war two years later. How do
they know the future?
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