2000 AD
#12
(14 May 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
No true indicia. Copyright notice for IPC Magazines Ltd. on page two.
Death Line
Invasion! / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bill Savage; Peter Silk
- Synopsis
- Savage commandeers the Death Train, and uses it to blow up the Liquidation Camp at the end of the line.
- Reprints
-
in Super Force (Mon Journal, 1980 series) #2 (4e trimestre 1980) -
in Invasion! (Rebellion, 2007 series) (March 2007)
-
[Flesh Book 1 Part 12]
Flesh / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Earl Reagan; Controller; "Claw" Carver; Joe Brontowski; Old One Eye
- Synopsis
- The dinosaurs break through the laser fence, causing the fleshdozers to shut off as every man is used for defense.
- Reprints
-
in Scream! (Bastei Verlag, 1988 series) #3 -
in Scavengers (Fleetway/Quality, 1988 series) #4 [US] (April 1988) -
in Magnum Spesial (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #5/1991 ([juni] 1991) - in Judge Dredd Megazine (Egmont Fleetway Ltd, 2001 series) #6 (January 2002)
- in Flesh: The Dino Files (Rebellion, 2016 series) (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[Harlem Heroes Part 12]
Harlem Heroes / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; sport
- Characters
- Artie Gruber; Giant; Slim; Hairy; 'Red' Macardle
- Synopsis
- Giant, Slim, and Hairy tour a sports museum and meet up with their next opponent's team leader, 'Red' Macardle.
- Reprints
- in Sam Slade, RoboHunter (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #14 (January 1988)
-
Programme 12 Reader Data
Nerve Centre / letters page / 0.95 page
Indexer Notes
Tharg thanks the readers for the plastic cups they've been sending in and answers letters from Fergus Buchanan; David Izzard and Michael Jamieson. Robot design by Frank Williams.
[Stamp Competition]
D. J. Hanson Ltd / advertisement / 0.05 page
Indexer Notes
A "Stamp Quiz" from D. J. Hanson Ltd.
[Hollow World Part 1]
Dan Dare / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Steve Moore
- Pencils
- Massimo Belardinelli
- Inks
- Massimo Belardinelli
- Colors
- ? (pages 1 and 2 only)
- Letters
- Peter Knight
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Dare; Rok; The Mekon; Two of Verath
- Synopsis
- Dan Dare accepts a job as a new navigator on Rok's ship the Titan I.C., while The Mekon and The Two of Verath make evil plans.
- Reprints
- in Sunny Sun (Mon Journal, 1977 series) #29 (août 1980)
- in Dan Dare The 2000 AD Years (Rebellion, 2015 series) #1 (2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[In Next Week's Tiger]
Tiger and Scorcher / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for next week's (9 May) Tiger magazine.
Fly Humbrol
Humbrol / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Illustrated ad for Humbrol flying model airplanes.
[The Laser Hound]
M.A.C.H. 1 / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; spy
- Characters
- John Probe; Sharpe
- Synopsis
- Probe's "gotta strip for action" defeat the metal-hunting Laser Hound tank.
- Reprints
- in Super Force (Mon Journal, 1980 series) #3 (4e trimestre 1980)
- in M.A.C.H. 1 (Fleetway/Quality, 1991 series) #2 ([March] 1991)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[Robot Wars, Part 3]
Judge Dredd / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Call-Me-Kenneth (antagonist); Maria Cosgrove (guest); Judge Dredd (featured); Heavy Metal Kids
- Synopsis
- "Make War - Not Breakfast!" The robot uprising continues with the Heavy Metal Kids!
- Reprints
- in Super Force (Mon Journal, 1980 series) #12 (3e trimestre 1981)
-
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #420 (4. decembar 1984) [Only first 4 pages reprinted here.] - in Judge Dredd: The Early Cases (Eagle Comics, 1986 series) #1 (February 1986)
- 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.
Martian Mirror
Dan Dare / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Commander Monday
- Synopsis
- The front page of the Martian Mirror, commemorating a new statue of "Monday of Mars" (Commander Monday).
Indexer Notes
The 2000 AD website lists this as a Futuregraph (per some of their previous back-page items) with the title of "Dan Dare".
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Return of Mekon
Dan Dare -
1.
Death Line
Invasion! -
2.
[Flesh Book 1 Part 12]
Flesh -
3.
[Harlem Heroes Part 12]
Harlem Heroes -
4.
Programme 12 Reader Data
Nerve Centre -
5.
[Stamp Competition]
D. J. Hanson Ltd -
6.
[Hollow World Part 1]
Dan Dare -
7.
[In Next Week's Tiger]
Tiger and Scorcher -
8.
Fly Humbrol
Humbrol -
9.
[The Laser Hound]
M.A.C.H. 1 -
10.
[Robot Wars, Part 3]
Judge Dredd -
11.
Martian Mirror
Dan Dare
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Brumbaugh
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Morbus Iff
- Thomas Jan
- Steve Jenner
- Gordon Keys
- Mike Nielsen
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