2000 AD #468
(3 May 1986)

IPC, 1977 Series
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Price
0.26 GBP
Pages
32
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every Monday
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
IPC Magazines Ltd.
Editing
Steve MacManus [as Tharg]

Issue Notes

9th anniversary issue.

Three new stories start in this issue.

Tharg's 9th Birthday Presents (Table of Contents)

Anderson PSI Division / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Brett Ewins (signed as Brett Ewins)
Inks
Brett Ewins (signed as Brett Ewins)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
detective-mystery; horror-suspense; science fiction
Characters
Psi Judge Anderson (featured)
Reprints

9 Zarjaz Years of 2000 AD (Table of Contents: 1)

Tharg the Mighty / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Tharg the Mighty
Synopsis
Introduction to the comic plus facts about Tharg.

Sooner or Later, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Sooner or Later / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Milligan (credited as Milligan)
Pencils
Brendan McCarthy (credited as McCarthy)
Inks
Tony Wright (credited as Riot)
Letters
Tom Frame (credited as Frame)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Micky Swift (featured)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits are: McCarthy/Riot for Art.

Let the Galaxy Celebrate! (Table of Contents: 3)

Tharg the Mighty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ian Gibson (credited) (signed as GIBSON)
Inks
Ian Gibson (credited) (signed as GIBSON)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Tharg (featured); Burt
Keywords
Cinderella

Indexer Notes

Tharg takes Burterella to the birthday ball in a space carriage with horses.

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

Biggles / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Possessed, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 5)

Anderson PSI Division / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Grant (credited as R. Clark); John Wagner (credited as R. Clark)
Pencils
Brett Ewins (credited)
Inks
Brett Ewins (credited)
Letters
Tom Frame (credited as T. Frame)

Genre
detective-mystery; science fiction
Characters
Psi Judge Anderson (featured); Gord Hannah; Hammy Blish
Synopsis
Judge Anderson gets sent to work a poltergeist case.
Reprints

It Pays to Be Mental (Table of Contents: 6)

Judge Dredd / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Grant (credited as T. B. Grover); John Wagner (credited as T. B. Grover)
Pencils
Ian Gibson (credited as Q. Twerk)
Inks
Ian Gibson (credited as Q. Twerk)
Colors
? (first two pages only)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited as Starkings)

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

The Doppelgarp, Part 18 (Table of Contents: 7)

Ace Trucking Co. / comic story / 3 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
Tony Jacob (credited)

Genre
humour; science fiction
Characters
Tharg (guest); Rooster Cogburn
Reprints

Bad City Blue, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 8)

Bad City Blue / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Grant (credited as Craig Lipp)
Pencils
Robin Smith (credited)
Inks
Robin Smith (credited)
Letters
Steve Potter (credited)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Blue

Indexer Notes

Episode 1

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Tharg's 9th Birthday Presents
    Anderson PSI Division
  2. 1. 9 Zarjaz Years of 2000 AD
    Tharg the Mighty
  3. 2. Sooner or Later, Part 1
    Sooner or Later
  4. 3. Let the Galaxy Celebrate!
    Tharg the Mighty
  5. 4. ["New York Dateline April 5 1986"]
    Biggles
  6. 5. The Possessed, Part 1
    Anderson PSI Division
  7. 6. It Pays to Be Mental
    Judge Dredd
  8. 7. The Doppelgarp, Part 18
    Ace Trucking Co.
  9. 8. Bad City Blue, Part 1
    Bad City Blue
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Thomas Jan