The Thirteenth Floor (comics)
| The Thirteenth Floor | |
|---|---|
Max and some of his virtual minions from the cover of the 5 May 1984 edition of Scream!. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | IPC Magazines 1984 to 1987 Rebellion Developments 2017 onwards |
| Schedule | Weekly |
| Title(s) | Scream! 24 March to 30 June 1984 Eagle 1 September 1984 to 28 February 1987 Scream! & Misty Halloween Special 2017 to 2018 |
| Formats | Original material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) Scream! Eagle Scream! and Misty Special. |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | 24 March 1984 – 28 February 1987 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | John Wagner and Alan Grant |
| Artist(s) | José Ortiz |
| Editor(s) | Ian Rimmer Dave Hunt |
| Reprints | |
| Collected editions | |
| The Thirteenth Floor Vol. 01 (TP/HB) | ISBN 9781781086537 |
| The Thirteenth Floor Vol. 02 (TP/HB) | ISBN 9781781087725 |
| The Thirteenth Floor Vol. 03 (TP/HB) | ISBN 9781781089347 |
| The Thirteenth Floor Vol. 04 (TP) | ISBN 9781837860180 |
| The Thirteenth Floor Vol. 04 (HB) | ISBN 9781837861019 |
"The Thirteenth Floor" is a British science fiction strip character, appearing in titles published by IPC Magazines. The strip debuted in the weekly anthology Scream! on 24 March 1984, before continuing in Eagle until 28 February 1987. The stories were written by John Wagner and Alan Grant; art was provided by José Ortiz. Since 2016 the property has been owned by Rebellion Developments, who have revived the strip in several specials. The plot was set in a tower block called Maxwell Tower, controlled by an experimental sentient computer called Max located on the 13th floor of the flats. Max himself narrated the strip, and as befitting a computerised custodian of hundreds of people, was quite chatty and light-hearted. However, he was also portrayed as having a programming flaw; programmed to love and protect his tenants, he could remorselessly kill anyone who threatened or even just annoyed them.