The Computer Warrior is a comic strip in the British anthology Eagle.
The very first four-part story was called ‘The Ultimate Warrior’ before changing to ‘The Computer Warrior’ with issue 163.
Bobby Patterson’s best friend Martin French has been trapped inside his home computer’s ‘real-life’ facility. To rescue him, Bobby must become the computer warrior. This perilous quest requires Bobby to physically enter his computer and beat The Warlord’s ten computer game challenges for real.
After beating all ten games, Bobby becomes The Computer Warrior. But more challenges follow as he faces the creatures from the Nightmare Zone. If he fails these challenges, the Nightmare Zone will consume the world.
The games Bobby competed in were mostly based on real computer games of the time. A new story arc would usually coincide with a competition in Eagle to win a copy of the game (for example, see issue 168).
Computer Warrior story index (issue numbers in brackets)
Eagle:
- The Ultimate Warrior – Zyklon Attack (159-162) (4 episodes)
- Wizard of Wor – the first test (163-167) (5 episodes)
- Pastfinder! – the second test (168-173) (6 episodes)
- Rescue of Fractalus! – the third test (174-179) (6 episodes)
- The Great American Cross-Country Road Race – the fourth test (180-186) (7 episodes)
- Ghostbusters – the fifth test (187-192) (6 episodes)
- Walls of Jericho – the sixth test (193-199) (7 episodes)
- Desert Fox – the seventh test (200-205) (6 episodes)
- Trapped in the Nightmare Zone (206-211) (6 episodes)
- PSI-5 Trading Company – the eighth test (212-215) (4 episodes)
- Uggabulla – Escape from the Nightmare Zone (216-219) (4 episodes)
- Silent Service – the ninth test (220-225) (6 episodes)
- Kung-Fu Master – the tenth test (226-231) (6 episodes)
- Infiltrator – the ultimate test (232-241) (10 episodes)
-after 83 issues Bobby beats the computer and sets his friend Martin free-
- Gauntlet (249-258) (10 episodes)
- Express Raider (259-266) (8 episodes)
- World Games (267-272) (5 episodes)
- Ace of Aces (273-280) (8 episodes)
- Metrocross (281-284) (4 episodes)
- Impossible Mission (285-293) (9 episodes)
- Side Arms (294-300) (7 episodes)
- Black Christmas (301-305) (5 episodes)
- Wizard Warz (306-313) (8 episodes)
- Battlefield 3000 (314-317) (4 episodes)
- 4th and Inches (318-323) (6 episodes)
- Dream Warrior (324-329) (6 episodes)
- Blood of Dracula (330-335) (6 episodes)
- Bionic Commandos (336-344) (9 episodes)
- RoadBlasters (345-353) (9 episodes)
- Thunder Blade (355-362) (8 episodes)
- The Deep (363-371) (9 episodes)
- Zac McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders (372-380) (9 episodes)
- Forgotten Worlds (381-389) (9 episodes)
- Thunder Blade (390-395) (6 episodes) (the one and only time a Computer Warrior story returns to a previous game)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (396-404) (9 episodes)
- Slay Ride (405-408) (4 episodes)
- Turbo Outrun (409-414) (6 episodes)
- Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts (415-422) (8 episodes)
- Black Tiger (423-430) (7 episodes)
- Crack Down (431-436) (6 episodes)
- Dynasty Wars (437-445) (8 episodes)
- U.N. Squadron (446-454) (9 episodes)
- Time Warrior (455-463) (9 episodes)
- ESWAT (464-470) (7 episodes)
- Space Attack (471-478) (8 episodes)
- Mercs (479-482) (4 episodes)
- The Target! (483-484) (2 episodes)
- Nightmare Zone (485-493) (9 episodes)
- Street Fighter II (494-499) (6 episodes)
- Nightmare Zone (500-502) (3 episodes)
- Another World (503-505) (3 episodes)
Eagle Holiday Special:
- untitled ‘Airbourne’ (Eagle Holiday Special 1988)
- untitled ‘Top Ace Fighter Pilot’ (Eagle Holiday Special 1989)
- untitled ‘Cavern of Doom’ (Eagle Holiday Special 1990)
Eagle Annual:
- untitled ‘Alpha Commando’ (Eagle Annual 1989)
- untitled ‘Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb’ (Eagle Annual 1990)
- Pirates! (Eagle Annual 1991)
Eagle Yearbook:
- untitled ‘Combat Castle’ (Eagle Yearbook 1992)