2000 AD
#1
(26 February 1977)
IPC,
1977 Series
- Price
- 0.08 GBP
- Pages
- 32
- Indicia Frequency
- every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1977-02-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- IPC Magazines Ltd.
- Editing
- Kelvin Gosnell (credited as Tharg the Mighty) (editor)
Issue Notes
Cover says "in orbit every Saturday," indicia says "published every Monday."
On sale date from advertisement in Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant #103.
Free Gift is a Space Spinner disc.Keywords free gift
On sale date from advertisement in Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant #103.
Free Gift is a Space Spinner disc.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Characters
- Dan Dare; M.A.C.H. 1; Tharg the Mighty
- Reprints
-
in 2000 AD (IPC, 1977 series) #513 (14 March 1987)
-
Welcome To Your Future!
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Giant; Earl Reagan; Bill Savage; M.A.C.H. 1; Dan Dare
- Synopsis
- Introduction and details about the contents of this issue, with a small advertisement for the free gift in next week's issue.
[The Resistance Part 1]
Invasion! / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is B.B.C. Three!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Marshal Vashkov; Lady Shirley Brown; King Charles The Third; Bill Savage; Whitey
- Synopsis
- The Volgan Republic of Asia attacks Britain, conquering it in The Eight Hour War. Bill Savage returns home to find his house destroyed, and his family killed.
- Reprints
-
in Force X (Mon Journal, 1980 series) #1 (5 juin 1980) - in 2000 AD Extreme Edition (Rebellion, 2003 series) #3 (18 May 2004)
- in Invasion! (Rebellion, 2007 series) (March 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[Flesh Book 1 Part 1]
Flesh / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Pat Mills
- Pencils
- Joan Boix; Rubén Pellejero
- Inks
- Joan Boix; Rubén Pellejero
- Letters
- Bill Nuttall
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- By the 23rd century most animals had been destroyed...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Earl Reagan; Joe Brontowski; Maverick (death)
- Synopsis
- Earl Reagan and The Rangers of the Trans-Time Corporation herd ten ton styracosaurs while fending off lurking tyrannosaurs.
- Reprints
-
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #107/1 (2. Mart 1978) - in 2000 AD Annual (Fleetway Publications, 1978 series) #1982 (1981) which is reprinted
- in Judge Dredd Megazine (Egmont Fleetway Ltd, 2001 series) #4 (November 2001)
-
in Campus (Dendros, 1982 series) #2 (1982) -
in Scavengers (Fleetway/Quality, 1988 series) #1 [US] (January 1988) -
in Magnum Spesial (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #5/1991 ([juni] 1991) - in Flesh (Rebellion, 2009 series) (2009)
- in Flesh: The Dino Files (Rebellion, 2016 series) (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[Dan Dare Part 1]
Dan Dare / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Ken Armstrong; Pat Mills
- Pencils
- Massimo Belardinelli
- Inks
- Massimo Belardinelli
- Colors
- ? (pages 1 and 2 only)
- Letters
- Bill Nuttall
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 2177 A.D.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Dare
- Synopsis
- Dan Dare's space freighter Sirius is destroyed and he spots something "alien" in the red spot of Jupiter. Facing court martial for losing his ship, he escapes onto the Odyssey, which will be passing Jupiter before entering star drive.
- Reprints
[Vulcan Part 1]
M.A.C.H. 1 / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Subject: Secret agent John Probe.
- Genre
- science fiction; spy
- Characters
- John Probe; Sharpe
- Synopsis
- John Probe becomes the first "man to be Activated by Compu-Puncture Hyperpower" and stops a group of terrorists who attacked R.A.F. Base Cottesdale.
- Reprints
- in Force X (Mon Journal, 1980 series) #1 (5 juin 1980)
- in 2000 AD Annual (Fleetway Publications, 1978 series) #1982 (1981)
- in M.A.C.H. 1 (Fleetway/Quality, 1991 series) #1 ([February] 1991)
- in 2000 AD Extreme Edition (Rebellion, 2003 series) #6 (28 Dec 2004)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[Harlem Heroes Part 1]
Harlem Heroes / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Tom Tully; Pat Mills
- Pencils
- Dave Gibbons
- Inks
- Dave Gibbons
- Colors
- ? (page 5 only)
- Letters
- Dave Gibbons; Bill Nuttall
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Raaay! Seventh air-strike in a row to the Harlem Heroes!
- Genre
- science fiction; sport
- Characters
- Giant; Hairy; Louis Mayer; Slim
- Synopsis
- The Harlem Heroes win the first round of the Aeroball world championship only to have their hover-powered "road-liner" crash, killing nearly the entire team.
- Reprints
- in 2000 AD Annual (Fleetway Publications, 1978 series) #1983 (1982)
- in Robo-Hunter (Eagle Comics, 1984 series) #1 (April 1984)
- in Robo Hunter (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #1 (avril 1985)
- in Sam Slade, RoboHunter (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #12 (November 1987)
- in 2000 AD Extreme Edition (Rebellion, 2003 series) #13 (24 January 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Ends on Back Cover in colour.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Welcome To Your Future!
-
2.
[The Resistance Part 1]
Invasion! -
3.
[Flesh Book 1 Part 1]
Flesh -
4.
[Dan Dare Part 1]
Dan Dare -
5.
Meet Tharg
-
6.
[Vulcan Part 1]
M.A.C.H. 1 -
7.
[Harlem Heroes Part 1]
Harlem Heroes
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Brumbaugh
- Peter Croome
- Jay Flash
- Jochen G.
- Merlin Haas
- Denys Howard
- Morbus Iff
- Thomas Jan
- Steve Jenner
- Derek Reinhard
- Karsten S.
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