2000 AD Annual #1981

(1981)

Deadlock The Mystic A.B.C. Warrior (Table of Contents)

2000AD Star Pin-Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Kevin O'Neill (signed)

Inks:

Kevin O'Neill

Colors:

Kevin O'Neill ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Deadlock

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Tharg

Indexer Notes

Contents page.

The Space Shuttle (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Two-page cut-away painting of the shuttle in orbit. Short text piece.

Night Of The Blood-Freaks (Table of Contents)

Strontium Dog / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Strontium Dog

Indexer Notes

Pin-up forms intro/illustration to the following text story.

Night Of The Blood-Freaks (Table of Contents)

Strontium Dog / text story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carlos Ezquerra ?

Inks:

Carlos Ezquerra ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Johnny Alpha; Wulf Sternhammer

Indexer Notes

Text story with two illos, apparently by Ezquerra.

Special Effects In Sci-Fi Movies (Table of Contents)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

(photographs)

Inks:

(photographs)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

A look at the use of special effects in movies over the years.

10 Ways To Destroy The World (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Characters:

The Mekon

The Mumps From Beyond The Moon (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Alan Grant [as Staccato]

Pencils:

Robin Smith

Inks:

Robin Smith

Letters:

Jack Potter

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

The Mighty Tharg's Cosmic Puzzle Page (Table of Contents)

activity / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Tharg; Ro-Jaws

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein's Mini Annual (Table of Contents)

Ro-Busters / filler / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Ro-Jaws; Hammerstein;

Indexer Notes

Ro-Jaws and Hammerstein answer readers letters. Some readers cartoons, and some fan art.

["Mayday! Mayday! San Andreas Fault!"] (Table of Contents)

Ro-Busters / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Chris Stevens

Pencils:

Dave Harwood

Inks:

Dave Harwood

Letters:

Peter Knight

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Ro-Jaws; Hammerstein; Robot Lucifer; Howard Quartz; Great Aunt Lizzie

Synopsis:

Aunt Lizzie puts Howard in his place after he tries to claim ownership of Robot Lucifer because Lucifer is using a leg made by Howard's company.

Ro-Jaws Robo-Facts (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Ro-Jaws

Indexer Notes

Seven facts about robots.

Human On My Back (Table of Contents)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Ro-Jaws; Benjy; Felix

Indexer Notes

First page is a B&W illustration of Benjy and Felix.

The A.B.C. Warriors (Table of Contents)

character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Moran (signed)

Inks:

Moran

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Joe Pineapples; Mongrol; The Mess; Happy Schrapnel; Deadlock; Blackblood; Hammerstein

Indexer Notes

One-page illo and one page of character bios.

The Man From 2000 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Oleh Stepaniuk

Pencils:

D. Hine

Inks:

D. Hine

Letters:

Steve Potter

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bylor; Lantus; King Grandvelt; Trooper 34839/Ax

Synopsis:

Alien gamblers pull four warriors from Earths past and set them against each other, betting on the outcome of the fight. But the warriors work together and beat the aliens.

2000AD Heroes Fact-File (Table of Contents)

character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Ursa; Zog

Indexer Notes

Profile of Ursa and Zog, with bios.

Death-Dive (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / text story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

Illo on first page and a half.

The Guinea Pig (Table of Contents)

The Guinea Pig / comic story / 4.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Brian Lewis (signed)

Inks:

Brian Lewis

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Mike Lane; Prof. Dee

Synopsis:

Foreign agents try and hijack a new plane Mike is testing. He rams their helicopter and captures them. Returns them to their mother-ship the next day.

Reprints:

• From The Eagle 1965(?)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Judge Dredd

Indexer Notes

Dredd introduces the next feature.

2000 A.D. Hall Of Villains (Table of Contents)

character profile / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

Four pages of illustrated character profiles. Red spot colour used throughout.

Duel In The Dunes (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Oleh Stepaniuk

Pencils:

Rob Moran

Inks:

Rob Moran

Colors:

? (Tones)

Letters:

Aldrich II

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Kain; Tharg

Synopsis:

Kain takes part in battle after battle in some kind of arena. At the end he disovers he is an android. We discover the arena is actually a child's toy, and the players are miniature robots.

Indexer Notes

Art has red tones throughout

The Being From Betelgeuse Six! (Table of Contents)

character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Tharg

Indexer Notes

Profile of Tharg, with illo.

The Retreat From Volgow (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Brendan McCarthy (signed)

Inks:

Brendan McCarthy (signed)

Colors:

? (Tones)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

Two-page spread which acts as illo for the following text story. Art coloured in red tones.

The Retreat From Volgow (Table of Contents)

A.B.C. Warriors / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Brendan McCarthy

Inks:

Brendan McCarthy

Colors:

? (Tones)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Story recounts the end of the Volgan war, told from the perspective of a Volgan robot.

Indexer Notes

Art illo reprints a character from the intro pin-up.

A Thargian Vocabulary (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Tharg

Indexer Notes

Red toned illo of Tharg, along with a short list of Betelgeusian words.

"[The Belminster Jewel Robbery]" (Table of Contents)

Smokeman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jose Ortiz (signed)

Inks:

Jose Ortiz

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Major Grant; 'Boffin' Bailey; Inspector Hanson; Tragg; Lynch

Synopsis:

The Zetans return Grant and Bailey to Earth, but remove Grant's Smokeman power. The two policemen join the C.I.D. in Belminster, where they work with Hanson. Grant uses his fading powers to solve a series of jewel robberies.

Indexer Notes

Reprint. Dates from 1967. Possibly from The Eagle? This appears to have originally been published in colour.

Tharg's Guide To How 2000 A.D. Is Produced (Table of Contents)

filler / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Tharg

Indexer Notes

Tharg explains the process of making the comic, from scripting, to lettering, from pencils to inks. Some new art used as a framing sequence, finished off with a repro of a Brian Bolland page from Judge Dredd.

Bang Bang! Said The Green Cheese Man (Table of Contents)

text story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

Text story which contains several strip sequences to continue the story.

Starlord (Table of Contents)

2000 A.D. Pin-Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dave Gibbons ?

Inks:

Dave Gibbons ?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Starlord

Indexer Notes

Pin-up with a text reprise of Starlord's mission.

The Case Of The Urban Gorillas! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

A. A. Grant

Pencils:

Brett Ewins

Inks:

Brett Ewins

Colors:

Brett Ewins

Letters:

Tom Frame

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Judge Dredd; Big Zak

Synopsis:

Dredd reclaims the Mickey Dolenz block from ape control.

Indexer Notes

First all-colour Dredd story(?)

["We're In The North Sea."] (Table of Contents)

The Phantom Patrol / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Willie Patterson

Pencils:

Gerry Embleton

Inks:

Gerry Embleton

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Sgt. Joe Timm; Paddy; Jock

Synopsis:

The Phantom Patrol travel back in time to the ice age, where they help a starving tribe hunt mammoth.

Reprints:

• From Swift Circa 1962(?)

Assembled By Robots (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Indexer Notes

Answers to the puzzles, along with an illo of some of the characters.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dave Gibbons

Inks:

Dave Gibbons

Colors:

Dave Gibbons ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Judge Dredd; Tharg; Johnny Alpha

Indexer Notes

Reprint of the front cover on back cover.