2000 AD
#5
(26 March 1977)
IPC,
1977 Series
- Price
- 0.08 GBP
- Pages
- 32
- Indicia Frequency
- every Monday
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- IPC Magazines Ltd.
- Editing
- Pat Mills (credited as Tharg the Mighty)
Issue Notes
indicia says "published every Monday." Cover says "in orbit every Saturday."
The Comic of Tomorrow - Today!
Judge Dredd / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Judge Dredd (featured)
[The Resistance Part 5]
Invasion! / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bill Savage; Peter Silk; Marshal Vashkov; Blaster
- Synopsis
- Bill Savage and The Mad Dogs unleash their fury on the Volg army, taking up position in Trafalgar Square then moving to their hideout in the Isle of Dogs.
- Reprints
-
in Super Force (Mon Journal, 1980 series) #1 (3e trimestre 1980) -
in Invasion! (Rebellion, 2007 series) (March 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[Flesh Book 1 Part 5]
Flesh / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Old One Eye; Earl Reagan; Joe Brontowski; "Claw" Carver
- Synopsis
- First Old One Eye, now "Claw" Carver. Will Earl Reagan ever get a break, and will the tyrannosaur gland save Joe's life?
- Reprints
-
in Scavengers (Fleetway/Quality, 1988 series) #14 [UK] -
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #107/1 (2. Mart 1978) - in Scavengers (Fleetway/Quality, 1988 series) #2 [US] (February 1988)
-
in Magnum Spesial (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #5/1991 ([juni] 1991) - in Judge Dredd Megazine (Egmont Fleetway Ltd, 2001 series) #5 (December 2001)
- in Flesh: The Dino Files (Rebellion, 2016 series) (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[Harlem Heroes Part 5]
Harlem Heroes / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; sport
- Characters
- Zack Harper; Giant; Slim; Hairy; Conrad King; Ulysses Cord
- Synopsis
- Against all odds, the Harlem Heroes win their match against the Baltimore Bulls. As they leave the Aero-drome, the head of Trans-world Networks, Ulysses Cord, offers them luxuries that put Giant on edge.
- Reprints
- in 2000 AD Annual (Fleetway Publications, 1978 series) #1983 (1982)
- in Sam Slade, RoboHunter (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #13 (December 1987)
-
[Dan Dare Part 5]
Dan Dare / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kelvin Gosnell
- Pencils
- Massimo Belardinelli
- Inks
- Massimo Belardinelli
- Colors
- ? (pages 1 and 2 only)
- Letters
- Jack Potter
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Dare; Commander Monday; French (death)
- Synopsis
- As Dare and Monday continue to explore the surface of Jupiter, the vile biologically advanced aliens attack. When Dare and Monday regain consciousness, they discover they're "inside a living nightmare!"
- Reprints
[Probesnatch]
M.A.C.H. 1 / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; spy
- Characters
- John Probe; Karen; Otto Brandt (death)
- Synopsis
- While on vacation, Britain's deadliest secret agent is accosted by Otto Brandt who wants the secrets of hyperpower.
- Reprints
- in Super Force (Mon Journal, 1980 series) #1 (3e trimestre 1980)
- in 2000 AD Annual (Fleetway Publications, 1978 series) #1983 (1982)
- in M.A.C.H. 1 (Fleetway/Quality, 1991 series) #2 ([March] 1991)
- in 2000 AD Extreme Edition (Rebellion, 2003 series) #6 (28 Dec 2004)
-
Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website.
[Krong]
Judge Dredd / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Malcolm Shaw
- Pencils
- Carlos Ezquerra (signed as Ezquerra)
- Inks
- Carlos Ezquerra (signed as Ezquerra)
- Colors
- Carlos Ezquerra (page 5 only)
- Letters
- Stan Richardson
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Maria Cosgrove (guest); Judge Dredd (featured); Kevin O'Neill (death); Krong (death)
- Synopsis
- When the curator of a movie special effects museum gets a little frisky with his animatronics, Judge Dredd is called in to enforce the law.
- Reprints
-
in Cimoc (Antonio San Román/Riego Ediciones, 1979 series) #9 - in 2000 AD Annual (Fleetway Publications, 1978 series) #1982 (1981)
- in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #457 (6. Avgust 1985.)
- in Judge Dredd (Quality Periodicals, 1986 series) #34 (August 1986)
- in Judge Dredd (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #29 (February 1989)
- in The Complete Judge Dredd (Fleetway Publications, 1992 series) #1 (February 1992)
- in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (Rebellion, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005)
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Indexer Notes
Story title is from 2000 AD website. Kevin O'Neill was an employee of IPC at the time, so it seems likely that this character was named after him.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Comic of Tomorrow - Today!
Judge Dredd -
1.
[The Resistance Part 5]
Invasion! -
2.
[Flesh Book 1 Part 5]
Flesh -
3.
[Harlem Heroes Part 5]
Harlem Heroes -
4.
[Dan Dare Part 5]
Dan Dare -
5.
[Probesnatch]
M.A.C.H. 1 -
6.
[Krong]
Judge Dredd
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Steve Brumbaugh
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Morbus Iff
- Thomas Jan
- Steve Jenner
- Gordon Keys
- Mike Nielsen
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