2000 AD #49

(28 January 1978)

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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; Hitman; Bear; The Dark Lord

Synopsis:

As the Starslayers board his ship, Dare and Bear suit-up and take the battle out into space.

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comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Gag

Characters:

Tharg

Indexer Notes

Four science fiction flavoured single-panel gags submitted by readers, with head-shot and commentary from Tharg.

Fly Guy (Table of Contents)

Tharg's Future Shock / comic story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steve Moore

Pencils:

Ferrer

Inks:

Ferrer

Letters:

Peter Knight

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

'Mayor' Croxley

Reprints:

• in Axel F. (Bastei Verlag, 1988 series) #12 (1989)

Indexer Notes

Ads on bottom of last page.

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Visible Man / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Pat Mills

Pencils:

Montero

Inks:

Montero

Letters:

Jack Potter

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Frank Hart

Synopsis:

Frank breaks into a beauty salon and almost fries his insides when he tries to give himself a tan with a solar lamp. He makes do instead with cosmetics to cover his face and hands, but these start to come off as he queues in a bank the next day, causing panic and terror amongst the staff and customers.

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letters page / 2.75 pages (report information)

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Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Tharg

Indexer Notes

Readers letters, cartoons, and some ads.

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Bonjo From Beyond The Stars / 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; humor

Characters:

Mach Aardvaark; Bonjo

The Oxygen Desert Part 2 (Table of Contents)

Judge Dredd / comic story / 7 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; Wild Bill Carmody; Judge Tex

Synopsis:

After his failure to capture Carmody, and almost dying in the Oxygen Desert, Dredd hands in his badge and gets a job as a street sweeper. But it's only a ruse to lure Carmody out of hiding, enabling Dredd to capture him.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Judge Dredd: The Early Cases (Eagle Comics, 1986 series) #5 (June 1986)
• in Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files (Rebellion, 2005 series) #1 (June 2010)

Indexer Notes

Colour on first two pages only.

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Invasion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gerry Finley Day

Pencils:

Carlos Pino

Inks:

Carlos Pino

Letters:

Peter Knight

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Bill Savage; Silk; Prince John; Georgia; Carter

Synopsis:

Savage suspects there is a Volg spy aboard ship. Silk takes the night watch and goes to investigate a figure with a light at the top of the mast. Figure is crewman Carter, likewise investigating the light. Both men are surprised by Georgia, who kills them, then tells Savage that Silk died fighting the spy.

Indexer Notes

Death of Silk.

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Inferno / 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; Moody Bloo; Zack; Slim; The Hell-Kittens; Pearly; Chubb; Brain

Synopsis:

Pearly's first attempt on Giant's life fails, so she follows him to sick-bay as the game continues. Brain senses something is wrong and comes charging in just as Pearly is about to finish the unconscious Giant.

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activity / 1 page (report information)

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Letters:

Typeset

Indexer Notes

Fourth part of Super Nova game.