(7 January 1978)

IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.09 GBP (9p)
Pages:
32
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
ISBN:
?
Barcode:
?
Editing:
Kelvin Gosnell
Format:
Mostly black and white interior; full color cover; newsprint cover; newsprint interior; weekly

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dan Dare / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gerry Finlay-Day
Pencils:
Dave Gibbons
Inks:
Dave Gibbons ?
Colors:
Dave Gibbons ?
Letters:
Dave Gibbons

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Dan Dare; The Dark Lord

Indexer Notes

Cover is also page 1 of this issue's Dan Dare story.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dan Dare / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Dan Dare; The Dark Lord; Hitman; Bear

Indexer Notes

Dan Dare escapes capture as his men are imprisoned in the hold of the Dark Lord's ship.


Tharg's Future Shocks (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Martin Lock
Pencils:
Ramon Sola
Inks:
Ramon Sola
Letters:
Peter Knight

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Tharg; Tim Matthews

Indexer Notes

Advert on bottom of last page.


Bonjo From Beyond The Stars (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Kevin O'Neill
Pencils:
Kevin O'Neill
Inks:
Kevin O'Neill
Letters:
Kevin O'Neill

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction; Humour
Characters:
Dr. Lu-Ney; Mach-Elephant; Mach-Sponge; Mach Aardvaark

Indexer Notes

Continuing quarter page strip. Adverts on rest of page.


Double L.P. Competition (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Tharg

Indexer Notes

Competition to win Star Wars LPs.


M.A.C.H. 1 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Steve MacManus
Pencils:
Ramon Sola
Inks:
Ramon Sola
Letters:
Jack Potter

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
John Probe (MACH 1); MACH 0; Denis Sharpe
Synopsis:
Probe manages to placate the child-like Mach 0, and prevents Sharpe's men from killing him. Sharpe promises he will get the scientists to try and reverse the procedure and turn Zero back to normal. But he lies and Zero is murdered once his ambulance is out of sight. Probe finds out and swears vengeance on Sharpe, who has meanwhile gone on vacation.

Indexer Notes

Last episode in current run.


2000 AD Nerve Centre (Table of Contents)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Tharg; Walter The Wobot

Indexer Notes

Readers letters, competition results, readers illos, and some adverts.


Meet Mr. Moonie (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
John Wagner [as John Howard]
Pencils:
Ian Gibson
Inks:
Ian Gibson
Colors:
Ian Gibson
Letters:
Tony Jacob

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Judge Dredd; Walter the Wobot; C.W. Moonie
Synopsis:
Dredd and Walter arrive at C.W. Moonies ranch on Luna 1 intent on arresting him, but have to survive a perilous trip through Moonies Museum Of The Moon before they can lay hands on him.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Only the first two pages are in colour, the rest are in black and white.


Deadlier Than The Male (Table of Contents)

Invasion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gerry Finley-Day
Pencils:
J. Clough
Inks:
J. Clough
Letters:
Peter Knight

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Bill Savage; Rosa Volgaska; Prince John
Synopsis:
Savage and his crew outwit Volgan attempts to capture them as they try to smuggle Prince John out of the country.

Inferno (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Tom Tully
Pencils:
Massimo Belardinelli
Inks:
Massimo Belardinelli
Letters:
Tom Frame

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Giant; Zack Harper; Moody; Junk; Clay; Nat Cullen
Synopsis:
The Harlem Hellcats are trapped in the Crystal Maze Amusement Arcade as they chase Cullen. The holograms turn real and threaten to kill them, but a lucky hit from Moody knocks the power out and they escape, only to be confronted by Novelty Androids programmed to kill.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:
Typeset

Supernova (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Indexer Notes

First in a series of six. Six game-card pictures of Space Ships with their vital statistics. Game modelled on Ace Trumps.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [no title indexed]
    Dan Dare
  2. 2. Tharg's Future Shocks
  3. 3. Bonjo From Beyond The Stars
  4. 4. Double L.P. Competition
  5. 5. M.A.C.H. 1
  6. 6. 2000 AD Nerve Centre
  7. 7. Meet Mr. Moonie
    Judge Dredd
  8. 8. Deadlier Than The Male
    Invasion
  9. 9. Inferno
  10. 10. [no title indexed]
  11. 11. Supernova
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Peter Croome
  • Gordon Keys
  • Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
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  • Morbus Iff
  • Gordon Keys