The 2000 AD ABC: B.L.A.I.R.1

Following New Labour’s victory in the UK general election, the pages of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic were lit up by the first Prime Minister to be successfully activated by Bio-Enhancement Link-Up via Artificial Intelligence Relays. – he was B.L.A.I.R.1!

Riffing off M.A.C.H.1, one of 2000 AD’s first stories, and aided by the artificial intelligence implanted in his brain called Doctor Spin, B.L.A.I.R.1 was overtly political, totally over-the-top, and very silly.

But was the strip a landslide win or a candidate for deselection?

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