2000 AD #3
(12 March 1977)

IPC, 1977 Series
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Price
0.08 GBP
Pages
32
Indicia Frequency
every Monday
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
IPC Magazines Ltd.
Editing
Pat Mills (credited as Tharg the Mighty)

Issue Notes

indicia says "published every Monday." Cover says "in orbit every Saturday."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Flesh / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ramon Solá
Inks
Ramon Solá
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Earl Reagan; Joe Brontowski

[The Resistance Part 3] (Table of Contents: 1)

Invasion! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Finley-Day
Pencils
Jesús Blasco
Inks
Jesús Blasco
Letters
Jack Potter

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Simon Creepton; Bill Savage; Peter Silk; Brigadier Bentley Pearson
Synopsis
The mysterious stranger offers Bill Savage a position in the British Resistance. Savage has different ideas.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story title is from 2000 AD website.

[Secret Red Alert Survival Wallet] (Table of Contents: 2)

Invasion! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Bill Savage

Indexer Notes

An ad for the Red Alert Survival Wallet, and an admonition that "Now's your chance to join the British Revolution and fight the Invaders! ... Look out for more secret data for your Red Alert Wallet soon!"

[Flesh Book 1 Part 3] (Table of Contents: 3)

Flesh / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Ken Armstrong
Pencils
Ramon Solá
Inks
Ramon Solá
Letters
Bill Nuttall

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Joe Brontowski; Earl Reagan; Old One Eye
Synopsis
Reagan saves Joe from the clutches of a female tyrannosaur, "more vicious than any male." Careful, Reagan! "Old One Eye would be avenged!"
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story title is from 2000 AD website.

[Harlem Heroes Part 3] (Table of Contents: 4)

Harlem Heroes / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Tully
Pencils
Dave Gibbons
Inks
Dave Gibbons
Letters
Dave Gibbons

Genre
science fiction; sport
Characters
Giant; Slim; Hairy; Conrad King; Zack Harper
Synopsis
In their first match after the deadly crash that killed most of the original Harlem Heroes, Zack overestimates his abilities during professional aeroball play.
Reprints

[Dan Dare Part 3] (Table of Contents: 5)

Dan Dare / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Kelvin Gosnell
Pencils
Massimo Belardinelli
Inks
Massimo Belardinelli
Colors
? (pages 1 and 2 only)
Letters
Jack Potter

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dan Dare; Guard Eleven; Commander Monday; Dr. Ziggy Rodann
Synopsis
The alien from Jupiter's red spot is immobilized, and one of the Odyssey's staff doctors exclaims they're "dealing with a creature not of ordinary flesh and blood". Monday and Dare descend to Jupiter to find out more.
Reprints

Nerve Centre (Table of Contents: 6)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tharg (as Tharg the Mighty)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Sub-Editor Mark IV (death)

Indexer Notes

No letters yet; instead we witness the disintegration of Sub-Editor Mark IV due to his misspelling of two words.

[Battleship] (Table of Contents: 7)

M.A.C.H. 1 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Nick Allen
Pencils
Massimo Belardinelli
Inks
Massimo Belardinelli
Letters
Tony Jacob

Genre
science fiction; spy
Characters
John Probe; Sharpe
Synopsis
"A mysterious explosion sends a secret NATO mini-battleship to a watery grave" and it's up to John Probe to determine if a nearby eastern fishing trawler is secretly attempting a recovery mission.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story title is from 2000 AD website.

[The New You] (Table of Contents: 8)

Judge Dredd / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Kelvin Gosnell
Pencils
Mike McMahon
Inks
Mike McMahon
Letters
John Aldrich

Genre
detective-mystery; science fiction
Characters
Judge Dredd (featured); 'Scarface' Joe Levine
Synopsis
Lawbreaker Scarface gets a new face at a face-changing parlor, but is still apprehended by Judge Dredd when his voice print identifies him in ways his new face cannot.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story title is from 2000 AD website.

[2000 AD Futuregraph: Mega-City One] (Table of Contents: 9)

Judge Dredd / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carlos Ezquerra (signed as Ezquerra)
Inks
Carlos Ezquerra (signed as Ezquerra)
Colors
Carlos Ezquerra (signed as Ezquerra)
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction; detective-mystery
Synopsis
"By 2099, the great eastern cities of America had swollen into a vast Mega-City -- stretching from Montreal in the north to Georgia in the south. A teeming mass of 100,000,000 people - that was Mega-City 1!"

Indexer Notes

The indexed title is from the 2000 AD website, but the title of the printed futuregraph is "Mega-City 1" (not "One").

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Flesh
  2. 1. [The Resistance Part 3]
    Invasion!
  3. 2. [Secret Red Alert Survival Wallet]
    Invasion!
  4. 3. [Flesh Book 1 Part 3]
    Flesh
  5. 4. [Harlem Heroes Part 3]
    Harlem Heroes
  6. 5. [Dan Dare Part 3]
    Dan Dare
  7. 6. Nerve Centre
  8. 7. [Battleship]
    M.A.C.H. 1
  9. 8. [The New You]
    Judge Dredd
  10. 9. [2000 AD Futuregraph: Mega-City One]
    Judge Dredd
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Brumbaugh
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Morbus Iff
  • Thomas Jan
  • Steve Jenner
  • Gordon Keys
  • Mike Nielsen