2000 AD #543
(10 October 1987)

Fleetway Publications, 1987 Series
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Price
0.28 GBP
Pages
32
Indicia Frequency
Every Monday
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fleetway Publications
Editing
Richard Burton [as Tharg the Mighty]

Somehow I Don't Think I'm in Muswell Hill Any More! (Table of Contents)

Freaks / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Higgins (signed as J. B. Higgins)
Inks
John Higgins (signed as J. B. Higgins)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

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

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

Script
? [as Tharg the Mighty]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Richard Alozdl, J. Jorgensen and Robert Bloch (the reply to the last letter affirms that the Elder Gods in Zenith and The Great Olde Ones in Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos are the same beings).

Enter The Dragon! (Table of Contents: 2)

Zenith / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison (credited)
Pencils
Steve Yeowell (credited)
Inks
Steve Yeowell (credited)
Letters
Mark King (credited)

Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Ruby Fox (guest); Rhys Siadwel (guest); Zenith (featured)
Reprints

[Another Zarjaz 2000 AD Freebie] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Contest with the prize of 25 The Real Ghostbusters videos.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the recording Here Cum Germs by Alien Sex Fiend.

Universal Soldier, Book I, Part 6: Blood in the Snow (Table of Contents: 5)

Universal Soldier / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Alan McKenzie (credited)
Pencils
Will Simpson (credited)
Inks
Will Simpson (credited)
Letters
John Aldrich (credited as Aldrich.3)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Max Brewster; Iger; board members
Reprints

Freaks, Part 2: Howlin' Woolf (Table of Contents: 6)

Freaks / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Milligan (credited)
Pencils
John Higgins (credited as J. B. Higgins)
Inks
John Higgins (credited as J. B. Higgins)
Letters
Jack Potter (credited)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Karl Woolf; Kilgo; Cuddles; Kilquo; General Stunal (villain)
Reprints

Killcraze, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 7)

Judge Dredd / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
John Wagner (credited as Wagner); Alan Grant (credited as Grant)
Pencils
Liam Sharp (credited)
Inks
Liam Sharp (credited)
Colors
? (first two pages only)
Letters
Tom Frame (credited as T. Frame)

Genre
detective-mystery; science fiction
Characters
Judge Dredd (featured)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story is between pages two and three of The Freaks.

A Sorry Case, Part 4 (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Alan Grant (credited)
Pencils
Colin MacNeil (credited)
Inks
Colin MacNeil (credited)
Letters
Mark King (credited)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Johnny Alpha (featured); Sorry Bobbs

[Free Stickers in MASK] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Johnny Alpha; Middenface McNulty

Indexer Notes

Promotional advertisement for the story 'The Rammy' starting in the next issue.

A 2000 AD Star Scan: Nemesis the Warlock (Table of Contents: 11)

Nemesis / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Hicklenton (signed as H2) (painting)
Inks
John Hicklenton (signed as H2) (painting)
Colors
John Hicklenton (signed as H2) (painting)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A different kind of Nemesis the Warlock coming soon in... "The Two Torquemadas"
Genre
science fiction; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Nemesis the Warlock (featured)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Somehow I Don't Think I'm in Muswell Hill Any More!
    Freaks
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Nerve Centre
  3. 2. Enter The Dragon!
    Zenith
  4. 3. [Another Zarjaz 2000 AD Freebie]
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Universal Soldier, Book I, Part 6: Blood in the Snow
    Universal Soldier
  7. 6. Freaks, Part 2: Howlin' Woolf
    Freaks
  8. 7. Killcraze, Part 1
    Judge Dredd
  9. 8. A Sorry Case, Part 4
    Strontium Dog
  10. 9. [Free Stickers in MASK]
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Strontium Dog
  12. 11. A 2000 AD Star Scan: Nemesis the Warlock
    Nemesis
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Thomas Jan
  • Steve Jenner
  • John Kerry
  • Karsten S.