(10 May 1986)

IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.26 GBP
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
ISBN:
?
Barcode:
?
Editing:
? [as Tharg the Mighty]
Format:
Mostly black and white interior; full color cover; newsprint cover; newsprint interior; weekly

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Strontium Rage (Table of Contents)

Strontium Dog / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Carlos Ezquerra (signed) [as Ezquerra]
Inks:
Carlos Ezquerra (signed) [as Ezquerra]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Strontium Dog

Nerve Centre (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Tharg the Mighty]
Pencils:
Kelvin Cox; Barry Brown
Inks:
Kelvin Cox; Barry Brown
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Letters and artwork from readers.

The Possessed [Part 2] [The Exorcists!] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
John Wagner; Alan Grant [both as R. Clark]
Pencils:
Brett Ewins [as B. Ewins]
Inks:
Brett Ewins [as B. Ewins]
Letters:
Tom Frame [as T. Frame]

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Judge Anderson; Gargarax [Hammy Blish]; Mrs. Papanek
Synopsis:
Judge Anderson battles a possessed guy claiming to be Gargarax, then her intuition leads her to the wife of the man who conjured Gargarax up.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Bad City Blue [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Blue
Synopsis:
Blue thinks he is hallucinating when he hears repeats on the news.

Indexer Notes

Episode 2


The Doppelgarp [Part 19] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Alan Grant [as Grant]; John Wagner [as Grover]
Pencils:
Massimo Belardinelli [as Belardinelli]
Inks:
Massimo Belardinelli [as Belardinelli]
Letters:
Tony Jacob (credited)

Content Information

Genre:
Humor; Science Fiction
Characters:
Rooster Cogburn
Synopsis:
Rooster Cogburn wipes out the Capon Mob.

Newsflash! (Table of Contents)

Oink! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 4 pages (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for new comic called Oink!, including some panels.

Rage [Part 1] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Alan Grant (credited)
Pencils:
Carlos Ezquerra [as Ezquerra]
Inks:
Carlos Ezquerra [as Ezquerra]
Letters:
Tony Jacob

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Johnny Alpha; Middenface McNulty

Alien Aid (Table of Contents)

Tharg's Future-Shocks / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Grant Morrison [as G. Morrison]
Pencils:
John Stokes (credited)
Inks:
John Stokes (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Starkings (credited)

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Synopsis:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a bunch of starving humans come across aliens raised on old TV signals.

Indexer Notes

In colour. Between pages 3 and 4 of Strontium Dog story.


Ghostbusters Competition Results! (Table of Contents)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:
Results of a Ghostbusters contest in Prog 446.

["Jim Ferguson suddenly finds himself in World War One..."] (Table of Contents)

Biggles / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for Biggles movie. (continuing story).


[Rumours Can Kill] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
John Wagner; Alan Grant [both as T. B. Grover]
Pencils:
Ian Gibson [as Q. Twerk]
Inks:
Ian Gibson [as Q. Twerk]
Letters:
Tom Frame [as T. Frame]

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Judge Dredd; Rover Johnson
Synopsis:
Rover Johnson gets beaten up because people think they heard that he might have done something.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Title from 2000AD website. Story takes place in Hank Wangford Underblock.


Next Prog (Table of Contents)

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

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for next issue, back issues of the Quality series from Forbidden Planet and a reservation coupon to notify the newsagent that you would like them to reserve a copy of 2000 AD every week.

Sooner or Later [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Sooner or Later / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Peter Milligan [as Milligan]
Pencils:
Brendan McCarthy [as McCarthy]
Inks:
Tony Wright [as Riot]
Colors:
Tony Wright ?;Brendan McCarthy ?
Letters:
Tom Frame [as Frame]

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Micky Swift
Synopsis:
Micky Swift finds himself 1000 years in the future in Ether City.

Indexer Notes

Credits are: McCarthy/Riot for Art. In colour, on back cover of magazine.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Nerve Centre
  2. 2. The Possessed [Part 2] [The Exorcists!]
    Anderson Psi Division
  3. 3. Bad City Blue [Part 2]
    Bad City Blue
  4. 4. The Doppelgarp [Part 19]
    Ace Trucking
  5. 5. Newsflash!
    Oink!
  6. 6. Rage [Part 1]
    Strontium Dog
  7. 7. Alien Aid
    Tharg's Future-Shocks
  8. 8. Ghostbusters Competition Results!
  9. 9. ["Jim Ferguson suddenly finds himself in World War One..."]
    Biggles
  10. 10. [Rumours Can Kill]
    Judge Dredd
  11. 11. Next Prog
  12. 12. Sooner or Later [Part 2]
    Sooner or Later
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