2000 AD #30
(17 September 1977)

IPC, 1977 Series
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Price
0.09 GBP
Pages
32
Indicia Frequency
Every Monday
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
IPC Magazines Ltd.
Editing
Kelvin Gosnell [as Tharg the Mighty]

Issue Notes

Credits and story titles from 2000 AD website

Time-Travellers from Titan! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Brian Bolland
Inks
Brian Bolland
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Credits from the artist. Noted as Supercover 12.

Dirty Jocks [Part 4] (Table of Contents: 1)

Invasion! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Finley-Day
Pencils
Carlos Pino
Inks
Carlos Pino
Letters
Peter Knight

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

The Return of Rico (Table of Contents: 2)

Judge Dredd / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Pat Mills
Pencils
Mike McMahon
Inks
Mike McMahon
Letters
Tony Jacob

Genre
detective-mystery; science fiction
Characters
Maria Cosgrove (guest); Judge Dredd (flashback, origin) (featured); Rico Dredd (flashback, origin) (antagonist); Chief Judge Goodman (guest)
Synopsis
Judge Dredd's identical clone, his "brother" Rico, returns from the penal colony on Titan, where he has served a 20-year sentence for corruption and murder. Now he seeks revenge on Dredd, who turned him in. In the subsequent gun fight, Judge Dredd draws faster and Rico is killed.
Reprints
Keywords
Mega-City 1; Titan

Indexer Notes

Dredd's first name is revealed as Joe. The character Rico was used in the Judge Dredd movie in 1995.

Shako [Part 11] (Table of Contents: 3)

Shako / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
John Wagner (credited)
Pencils
César López (credited as Lopez-Vera)
Inks
César López (credited as Lopez-Vera)
Letters
Jack Potter (credited)

Genre
science fiction; adventure; animal
Characters
Shako
Reprints

[Legion Part 3] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Gerry Finley-Day
Pencils
Dave Gibbons
Inks
Dave Gibbons
Letters
Dave Gibbons

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dan Dare
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Title from 2000AD website. Part 3 of 6.

UFO, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Pat Mills
Pencils
Carlos Freixas
Inks
Carlos Freixas
Letters
Tom Frame

Genre
science fiction; spy
Characters
John Probe [M.A.C.H. 1]; 'Simple' Simon; Dutch Abe; Sheriff McGruder
Synopsis
A UFO crashes near Pine City and Probe is sent to investigate. The natives led by Dutch Abe want to destroy it.
Reprints
Keywords
Pine City

Beautiful World (Table of Contents: 6)

Tharg's Future-Shocks / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ron Turner (credited)
Inks
Ron Turner (credited)
Letters
Peter Knight (credited)

Genre
science fiction
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Time-Travellers from Titan!
  2. 1. Dirty Jocks [Part 4]
    Invasion!
  3. 2. The Return of Rico
    Judge Dredd
  4. 3. Shako [Part 11]
    Shako
  5. 4. [Legion Part 3]
    Dan Dare
  6. 5. UFO, Part 1
    M.A.C.H. 1
  7. 6. Beautiful World
    Tharg's Future-Shocks
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Peter Croome
  • Thomas Jan
  • Steve Jenner
  • Gordon Keys
  • Karsten S.
  • Jim Van Dore