2000 AD #261

(24 April 1982)

Galactic Lasergram (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

To: All Earthlets, planet Earth.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tharg; Ro-Jaws; Judge Dredd; Judge Death

Indexer Notes

Letters and art from: Steven and Christopher, Simon Ayres, and George Bakovic.
Ad for Judge Dredd colour T-shirts.
Indicia at bottom of page.

The Beast of Blackheart Manor, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 2)

Sam Slade Robo-Hunter / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Grant (credited)

Pencils

Ian Gibson (credited)

Inks

Ian Gibson (credited)

Letters

Steve Potter (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Blackheart Manor, a stately home West of Brit-Cit where you old pal Same Slade had been hired to track down...

Genre

detective-mystery; science fiction

Characters

Sam Slade (featured)

Reprints

• in Sam Slade, Robo-Hunter (Quality Periodicals, 1986 series) #1 (October 1986)
• in Robo-Hunter (DC, 2004 series) #2 - Day of the Droids ([June] 2005)

Dick Turpin (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

KP Griddles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Bagman Blues, Part 2: Anatomy of a Bagman! (Table of Contents: 4)

Rogue Trooper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Finley-Day (credited as G. Finley-Day)

Pencils

Brett Ewins (credited as B. Ewins)

Inks

Brett Ewins (credited as B. Ewins)

Letters

Tony Jacob (credited as T. Jacob)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a town destroyed by volcanic ash Rogue Trooper is surrounded by Nort soldiers.

Genre

science fiction; war

Characters

Rogue Trooper (featured)

Synopsis

A damaged Bagman empties himself all over the battlefield, coming back to himself when Rogue uses him to block a bayonet thrust.

Reprints

• in Rogue Trooper (DC, 2005 series) #1 - The Future of War ([April] 2005)
• in Rogue Trooper Classics (IDW, 2014 series) #6 (October 2014)

Indexer Notes

Bagman contained: 4 lazooka shells, camouflage cape, laz scalpel, 3 G rations, GI paybook, identi-scan, drill, 10 chem cartridges, decontam kit, 2 suit patches, walkie-talkie, 'The Scheme's The Thing Guide to Nu Earth War', Scum Sea survival kit, vid tape, atmo-keak, las-flare, 2 plasma spheres, digi-map, 3 gamma grenades, binoculars, 5 ammo magazines, chem kit, 5 aerosols, Digi-Pin-Ups, filter agents, and micro-mines.
Next Prog: Check-Up or Check-Out?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Whizzer and Chips / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Free Competition! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Apocalypse War, Part 17: A Bullet For... Who? (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

Carlos Ezquerra (credited as C. Ezquerra)

Inks

Carlos Ezquerra (credited as C. Ezquerra)

Colors

Carlos Ezquerra ? (first two pages only)

Letters

Tom Frame (credited as Frame)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mega-City One's grand Hall of Justice, where the once-proud Eagle of Justice has been defiled by blood-soaked emblems...

Genre

detective-mystery; science fiction; war

Characters

Judge Dredd (featured); Chief Judge Griffin (death) (guest); East Judge Gogol (deceased); East Judge Podgorny (deceased); Mikhael Parkinov

Synopsis

Judge Dredd sneaks into the Hall of Justice and executes judgement on Chief Judge Griffin and gets his confession live on-air during 'Curfew Talk' before turning the gun on himself.

Reprints

• in Judge Dredd (Eagle Comics, 1983 series) #23 (September 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)

Keywords

Curfew Talk; Judge Fargo's Sepulchre

Indexer Notes

References Prog 107 and the secret tunnel beneath Judge Fargo's Sepulchre.
Next Prog:...?

Last Lug to Abbo Dabbo, Part 2: Don't Bet on It! (Table of Contents: 9)

Ace Trucking Co. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Massimo Belardinelli (credited as Belardinelli)

Inks

Massimo Belardinelli (credited as Belardinelli)

Letters

Steve Potter (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Alien space trucker Ace Garp has chanced upon the apparently deserted interstellar clipper Bloo Maru.

Genre

humour; science fiction

Reprints

• in The Best of 2000 AD Monthly (IPC, 1985 series) #74 (November 1991)
• in Magnum Comics (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1990 series) #11/1992 (1992)

The Prize Fighter (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Airfix / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Allerton Ants, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

A. Ridgway (credited as A. Ridgeway)

Pencils

Mike White (credited as M. White)

Inks

Mike White (credited as M. White)

Letters

Peter Knight (credited as P. Knight)

Genre

science fiction

[Total War Part 2] (Table of Contents: 12)

Rogue Trooper / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave Gibbons

Inks

Dave Gibbons

Colors

Dave Gibbons

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tell Junior that we haven't seen any action yet.

Genre

science fiction; war

Characters

Rogue Trooper

Indexer Notes

2nd part of a 4 page poster.