2000 AD #282

(18th September 1982)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Nerve Centre / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steve MacManus (As Tharg The Fat); Warren Ellis; G. Naylor

Pencils:

John Welding

Inks:

John Welding

Letters:

Typeset

Indexer Notes

Warren Ellis of Benfleet, Essex praises the Judge Dredd Apocalypse War storyline ("carved of the stuff of which legends are made"). John Welding would go on to produce his own well-received self-published title in the 1990s.

The Kloistar Run Part 4 (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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

Pencils:

Massimo Belardinelli

Inks:

Massimo Belardinelli

Letters:

Steve Potter

Content Information

Characters:

Ace Garp; GBH; High Priest; Jago Kain; Feek the Freak

Synopsis:

The High Priest of Kloistar is determined to sacrifice Garp.

Reprints:

• In The Complete Ace Trucking Co. (2000AD Books, 2008 series) Vol 1 (2008)

Destiny's Angels Part 2 (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

John Wagner (as T.B. Grover)

Pencils:

Carlos Ezquerra

Inks:

Carlos Ezquerra

Colors:

Carlos Ezquerra

Letters:

Tony Jacob

Content Information

Genre:

Science-Fiction

Characters:

Fink Angel; Mean Machine Angel; Judge Child (Owen Krysler); Grunwalder; Judge Dredd; Body-Belt Man

Synopsis:

While Judge Dredd is searching for Fink, the Judge Child resurrects Mean Machine to cause him more trouble.

Reprints:

• in Judge Dredd (Eagle Comics, 1983 series) #31 (May 1986)
• in The Best of 2000 AD Monthly (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1985 series) #47
• in Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files (Rebellion, 2005 series) #6
• in Judge Dredd: Destiny's Angels (Titan Books, 1990 series) #[nn] (1990)
• in The Complete Judge Dredd (Fleetway Publications, 1992 series) #27 (April 1994)

Tharg's Mighty Micro Page (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Prehistoric computer programming!

The Marauders Part One (Table of Contents)

Rogue Trooper / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gerry Finley-Day

Pencils:

Colin Wilson

Inks:

Colin Wilson

Letters:

Bill Nuttall

Content Information

Genre:

Science-Fiction

Characters:

Rogue Trooper

Synopsis:

Rogue meets the Marauders, a group of deserters from both sides of the war who've united to serve their own ends.

Reprints:

• in Rogue Trooper (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #8 (July 1987)
• in The Best of 2000 AD Monthly (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1985 series) #55
• In Rogue Trooper (Titan Books, 1984 series) #2 (1986)
• in Rogue Trooper: Fort Neuro (Rebellion, 2005 series) #[nn] (2005)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

A. Ridgeway

Pencils:

Mike White

Inks:

Mike White

Letters:

P. Knight

Content Information

Genre:

Science-Fiction

Characters:

Matt Tallon; Kevin O'Connor; Rollo Hartie; Paul Simpson; Brazen

Synopsis:

Tallon finally avenges his brother.

Reprints:

• In 2000A.D. Extreme Edition (Rebellion, 2006 series) #28 (May 2008)

Indexer Notes

Correctly or otherwise, it is widely assumed that A. Ridgway is a pseudonym for main series writer Tom Tully. This is the final episode of Mean Arena in its original incarnation.

Sunburn (Table of Contents)

Tharg's Future Shocks / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alan Moore

Pencils:

Jesus Redondo

Inks:

Jesus Redondo

Colors:

Jesus Redondo ?

Letters:

Jack Potter

Content Information

Genre:

Science-Fiction; humour

Characters:

Roschach Skubbs

Synopsis:

In 2250 Earth has colonised the Sun, and one of the colonists has a problem: he's just murdered his wife and needs to dispose of her corpse.

Reprints:

• in Alan Moore's Shocking Futures (Titan Books, 1986 series) #[nn] (November 1986)
• in Complete Alan Moore Future Shocks (Rebellion, 2006 series) #[nn] (May 2006)
• in The Best of 2000 AD Monthly (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1985 series) #59
• in Halo Jones (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Only the final story page, on the back cover, is in colour.