2000 AD and Starlord #89

(4 November 1978)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Nerve Centre / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Tharg the Mighty]

Letters

typeset

Characters

Tharg the Mighty

Indexer Notes

Letters from Steve Winder and Martin Wilde. Also includes the coupon for voting on this issue's stories.

The Day the Law Died! Part 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

John Wagner (credited as John Howard)

Pencils

Mike McMahon (credited)

Inks

Mike McMahon (credited)

Letters

Tom Frame (credited as T. Frame)

Genre

detective-mystery; science fiction

Characters

Council of Five: Chief Judge Cal (antagonist); Chief Judge Goodman (death) (guest)
Mega-City One Judges: Judge Dredd (featured); Judge Quincy (antagonist); Judge Schultz (antagonist)
Walter the Wobot (guest)

Synopsis

The Chief Judge is assassinated. Dredd is badly wounded. And a tyrant becomes Chief Judge. Bad stuff all around.

Reprints

• in Judge Caligula (Titan, 1982 series) #1
• in Judge Dredd (Eagle Comics, 1983 series) #9 (July 1984)
which is reprinted
• in Judge Dredd (Arédit-Artima, 1984 series) #7 (mai 1985)
• in Magnum Spesial (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #5/1990 ([juni ?] 1990) [2. translation]
• in The Complete Judge Dredd (Fleetway Publications, 1992 series) #8 (September 1992)
• in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (Rebellion, 2005 series) #2 (February 2006)

[200 MPH! Right There in the Palms of Your Hands] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[This is the Real Thing] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Hammerstein's War Memoirs, Part 2: Baptism of Fire (Table of Contents: 5)

Ro-Busters / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Pat Mills

Pencils

Mike Dorey

Inks

Mike Dorey

Letters

Jack Potter

Genre

science fiction; war

Characters

Sarge; Ro-Busters [Hammerstein; Ro-Jaws; Mek-Quake]

Reprints

• in 2000 AD Annual (Fleetway Publications, 1978 series) #1988 (1987)
• in The Complete Ro-Busters (Rebellion, 2008 series) (November 2008)
• in Ro-Busters: The Disaster Squad of Distinction! (Rebellion, 2014 series) (April 2014)
• in Ro-Busters: The Complete Nuts and Bolts (Rebellion, 2015 series) #1 (October 2015)

Flesh Book II, Part 4 (Table of Contents: 6)

Flesh / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Preston (credited as Geoffrey Miller)

Pencils

Massimo Belardinelli (credited as Belardinelli)

Inks

Massimo Belardinelli (credited as Belardinelli)

Colors

?

Letters

Jack Potter (credited)

Genre

science fiction; western-frontier

Reprints

• in Scavengers (Fleetway/Quality, 1988 series) #9 [US] (September 1988)
• in Flesh: The Dino Files (Rebellion, 2016 series) (2017)

Indexer Notes

First two pages in colour.

Preying Mantis (Table of Contents: 7)

2000 A.D. Futuregraph / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Child's Play (Table of Contents: 8)

Tharg's Future-Shocks / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Cruden (credited as M. Cruden)

Pencils

Trevor Goring (credited as T. Goring)

Inks

Trevor Goring (credited as T. Goring)

Letters

Steve Potter (credited as S. Potter)

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in The Complete Future Shocks (Rebellion, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

Keywords

Stonehenge

[Help Raise 10,000 for Sick Animals] (Table of Contents: 9)

public service announcement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

PSA from Nabisco and the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals.

The Galaxy Killers, Part 4 (Table of Contents: 10)

Strontium Dog / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

John Wagner (credited as T. B. Grover)

Pencils

Carlos Ezquerra (credited)

Inks

Carlos Ezquerra (credited)

Letters

Carlos Ezquerra (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Johnny Alpha; Wulf Sternhammer; The Gronk; Sergeant Kark (villain)

Reprints

• in Cimoc (Antonio San Román/Riego Ediciones, 1979 series) #10 (1980)
• in Strontium Dog (Quality Periodicals, 1987 series) #1 (January 1987)
• in Strontium Dog: The Early Cases (DC, 2005 series) ([June] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Title and writing credit from the 2000 AD website.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Ro-Jaws and Hammerstein's Laugh-In / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Ro-Jaws and Hammerstein]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

[The Wild Mo of the Mountains] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[It's a Great Magazine] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Judge Dredd's Lawmaster (Table of Contents: 14)

2000 A.D. Futuregraph / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset