2000 AD #242

(12 December 1981)

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

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Borag Thungg, Earthlets, Take heed of this advice: renew your thrill-circuits now!

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Tharg; Tharg Lisa; Judge Dredd

Indexer Notes

Letters and art from: Agent Baldock, Earthlet Hill, Earthlet Wakefield, Earthlet Dorber, Earthlet Haddelsy, the Underwood Earthlets, Stephen Jennings, and Danny Rendall.
At first I thought they were skipping first names.
Indicia at bottom of page.

Hell's Pocket, Part 4 (Table of Contents: 2)

Ace Trucking Co. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Grant (credited as Grant); John Wagner (credited as Grover)

Pencils

Ian Gibson (credited)

Inks

Ian Gibson (credited)

Letters

Tony Jacob (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Sam Slade, RoboHunter (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #23/24 [US] (September 1988)

Real Christmas Crackers (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

IPC Magazines Ltd. / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Recruitment Quiz (Table of Contents: 4)

Rogue Trooper / activity / 0.67 page (report information)

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Have you got what it takes to be a G.I.?

Genre

military; science fiction; war

Characters

Rogue Trooper

Synopsis

Rogue Trooper 20 question quiz with upside down answers.

Johnny and Heller - Looking Forward to Christmas (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Heller Plastic Kits / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Edinburgh Executioners, Part 4 (Table of Contents: 6)

The Mean Arena / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Tully (credited)

Pencils

Mike White (credited)

Inks

Mike White (credited)

Letters

Peter Knight (credited as Pete Knight)

Genre

science fiction

Love Thy Neighbour! (Table of Contents: 7)

Tharg's Future-Shocks / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Kelvin Gosnell (credited as K. Gosnell)

Pencils

Jesús Redondo (credited as J. Redondo)

Inks

Jesús Redondo (credited as J. Redondo)

Letters

Steve Potter (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in The Complete Future Shocks (Rebellion, 2018 series) #2 (6 August 2019)

Block Mania, Part 7 (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Alan Grant (credited as T. B. Grover); John Wagner (credited as T. B. Grover)

Pencils

Steve Dillon (credited)

Inks

Steve Dillon (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Tom Frame (credited as T. Frame)

Genre

detective-mystery; science fiction

Characters

Mega-City One Judges: Judge Dredd (featured); Judge Giant (death) (guest)
Chief Judge Griffin (guest); Max Normal (guest); Orlok the Assassin (antagonist)

Reprints

• in Block Mania (Titan, 1984 series) (September 1984)
• in Judge Dredd (Eagle Comics, 1983 series) #19 (May 1985)
• in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (Rebellion, 2005 series) #5 (16 October 2006)
• in Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection (Hachette Partworks, 2015 series) #36 - The Apocalypse War ([15 February] 2015)
• in Juiz Dredd Essencial (Mythos Editora, 2021 series) #1 - A Guerra do Apocalipse (agosto 2021)

Indexer Notes

Judge Giant is killed by Orlok.

Mister, Could You Use a Squonge? (Table of Contents: 9)

Tharg's Future-Shocks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited as A. Moore)

Pencils

Ron Tiner (credited as R. Tiner)

Inks

Ron Tiner (credited as R. Tiner)

Letters

Tim Skomski (credited as T. Skomski)

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Time Twisters (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #1 (September 1987)
• in The Complete Alan Moore Future Shocks (Rebellion, 2006 series) (May 2006)
• in The Complete Future Shocks (Rebellion, 2018 series) #2 (6 August 2019)

Poison, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 10)

Rogue Trooper / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Finley-Day (credited)

Pencils

Mike Dorey (credited)

Inks

Mike Dorey (credited)

Letters

Bill Nuttall (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Genetically-Engineered Infantrymen immunity chart

Genre

military; science fiction; war

Characters

Rogue Trooper (featured)

Synopsis

Rogue Trooper finds something he's not immune to.

Reprints

• in Rogue Trooper (DC, 2005 series) #1 - The Future of War ([April] 2005)

Keywords

Lazooker; Snow Troops; Speeders

Indexer Notes

Next Prog: Shout!

2000 AD Star Pin-Up (Table of Contents: 11)

Star Lord / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

science fiction