2000 AD
#4
(19 March 1977)
IPC,
1977 Series
- 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]
Dan Dare / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Dare; Logan; M.A.C.H. 1
[The Resistance Part 4]
Invasion! / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bill Savage; Peter Silk; Brigadier Bentley Pearson; Blossom (death)
- Synopsis
- As Savage is shown around the secret base of the Official British Resistance, he discovers a traitor in their midst who then takes the Brigadier hostage.
- Reprints
-
in Super Force (Mon Journal, 1980 series) #1 (3e trimestre 1980) -
in Invasion! (Rebellion, 2007 series) (March 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[Flesh Book 1 Part 4]
Flesh / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Old One Eye; Earl Reagan; Joe Brontowski; Robot Marshal; "Claw" Carver
- Synopsis
- "The hag monster", a giant female tyrannosaur, "wants blood!" as she follows Earl and Joe to Carver City, where Joe desperately needs the services of the doctor there. His only cure? A living gland from a tyrannosaur's throat.
- Reprints
-
in Scavengers (Fleetway/Quality, 1988 series) #14 [UK] -
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #107/1 (2. Mart 1978) - in Scavengers (Fleetway/Quality, 1988 series) #2 [US] (February 1988)
-
in Magnum Spesial (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #5/1991 ([juni] 1991) - in Judge Dredd Megazine (Egmont Fleetway Ltd, 2001 series) #5 (December 2001)
- in Flesh: The Dino Files (Rebellion, 2016 series) (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[Harlem Heroes Part 4]
Harlem Heroes / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; sport
- Characters
- Zack Harper; Giant; Hairy; Lannigan; Chico Travis; Slim; Louis Mayer
- Synopsis
- Zach's unprofessional aeroball playing gets him a stern lecture from Giant, as disembodied brain Louis Mayer recalls startling details about the car crash that took the lives of the original Harlem Heroes teammates.
- Reprints
- in 2000 AD Annual (Fleetway Publications, 1978 series) #1983 (1982)
- in Sam Slade, RoboHunter (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #13 (December 1987)
-
[Dan Dare Part 4]
Dan Dare / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kelvin Gosnell
- Pencils
- Massimo Belardinelli
- Inks
- Massimo Belardinelli
- Colors
- ? (pages 1 and 2 only)
- Letters
- Jack Potter
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Dare; Commander Monday; Logan (death); Dr. Ziggy Rodann
- Synopsis
- Monday, Dare, and the other spacers explore the dangerous surface of Jupiter, where they discover aliens of a different sort then what remains on their ship, the Odyssey.
- Reprints
Nerve Centre
letters page / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- Tharg demonstrates how he can grow to giant proportions to repair his spacecraft, which is disguised as a 32 floor office block.
[To Kill A President]
M.A.C.H. 1 / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; spy
- Characters
- John Probe; Colonel Krall (death); President Mudar (death); Sharpe
- Synopsis
- Probe must stop an invasion of Turkostan by assassinating the mad president of Irania but, with time running out, he lets himself be captured and tortured in a risky attempt at completing his mission.
- Reprints
- in Super Force (Mon Journal, 1980 series) #1 (3e trimestre 1980)
- in M.A.C.H. 1 (Fleetway/Quality, 1991 series) #1 ([February] 1991)
- in 2000 AD Extreme Edition (Rebellion, 2003 series) #6 (28 Dec 2004)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[The Brotherhood of Darkness]
Judge Dredd / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Judge Dredd (featured); The Brotherhood of Darkness
- Synopsis
- Judge Dredd must rescue the Mayor's son from the mutants in The Brotherhood of Darkness.
- Reprints
- in Judge Dredd Annual (IPC, 1981 series) #1982 (September 1981)
- in Judge Dredd (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #18 [US] (May 1988)
- in The Complete Judge Dredd (Fleetway Publications, 1992 series) #1 (February 1992)
- in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (Rebellion, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[Flesh]
Flesh / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Earl Reagan
- Synopsis
- "This is the story of how flesh - Tender! Juicy! Full of Flavour! Reaches your dinner table!" Includes the catchy jingle "Flesh is fresh and good to eat... Flesh is lots of juicy meat! Flesh... it's the REAL thing!"
Indexer Notes
This is a 2000AD "Future Advert[isement]", but since it's a story-based "advertisement" for Flesh, I've labeled it as a "pinup" and not a literal "advertisement". The 2000AD website refers to this as a "futuregraph" (which tend to be pinups).
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Dan Dare -
1.
[The Resistance Part 4]
Invasion! -
2.
[Flesh Book 1 Part 4]
Flesh -
3.
[Harlem Heroes Part 4]
Harlem Heroes -
4.
[Dan Dare Part 4]
Dan Dare -
5.
Nerve Centre
-
6.
["Only 14, but he's a marksman in the ATC."]
Air Training Corps -
7.
[To Kill A President]
M.A.C.H. 1 -
8.
[The Brotherhood of Darkness]
Judge Dredd -
9.
[Flesh]
Flesh
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Brumbaugh
- Max Capp
- Merlin Haas
- Morbus Iff
- Thomas Jan
- Steve Jenner
- Gordon Keys
- Mike Nielsen
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