2000 AD #78

(19 August 1978)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Nerve Centre / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Tharg

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters and artwork from readers. Robert West (photo)

Verdus, Part 3 (Table of Contents: 2)

Sam Slade Robo-Hunter / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

John Wagner (credited as T. B. Grover)

Pencils

Ian Gibson (credited as Gibson); José Ferrer (credited as Ferrer)

Inks

Ian Gibson (credited as Gibson); José Ferrer (credited as Ferrer)

Letters

Steve Potter (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Sam Slade [Robo-Hunter]; Jim Kidd; QT

Synopsis

Sam Slade and Jim Kidd are captured by robots and find out what happened to all the humans.

Reprints

• in Campus (Dendros, 1982 series) #3 (1982)
• in Robo-Hunter (Titan, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
• in Robo-Hunter (Eagle Comics, 1984 series) #1 (April 1984)
• in Robo Hunter (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #1 (avril 1985)
• in Robo-Hunter (DC, 2004 series) #1 - Verdus (2004 [February 2005])

Indexer Notes

Main part of artwork is by Ferrer, characters of QT and Jim Kidd as a baby redrawn by Ian Gibson when he took over art chores for the series after the first three episodes had been written and drawn but not published.

Nothing on Earth! (Table of Contents: 3)

Tharg's Future-Shocks / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Lowder (credited as Jack Adrian)

Pencils

Pierre Frisano (credited as Frisano)

Inks

Pierre Frisano (credited as Frisano)

Letters

Jack Potter (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

The army destroys an enemy spaceship filled with revolting octopus creatures but spares one with aliens that look like teddy bears.

Reprints

• in Axel F. (Bastei Verlag, 1988 series) #11 (1989)
• in Dare the Impossible (Fleetway/Quality, 1991 series) #7 ([May] 1992)
• in The Complete Future Shocks (Rebellion, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

Mutiny! Part 6 (Table of Contents: 4)

Dan Dare / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Lowder

Pencils

Dave Gibbons (credited)

Inks

Dave Gibbons (credited)

Letters

Dave Gibbons (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Dan Dare

Reprints

• in Sunny Sun (Mon Journal, 1977 series) #41 (août 1983)
• in 2000 A. D. Presents (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #20 (January 1988)
• in Dare the Impossible (Fleetway/Quality, 1991 series) #7 ([May] 1992)
• in Dan Dare The 2000 AD Years (Rebellion, 2015 series) #2 (November 2016)

Indexer Notes

End of storyline

The Cursed Earth Game Part 4 (Table of Contents: 5)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Synopsis

Part of the board for the Cursed Earth game.

The Cursed Earth, Part 18: Soul Food (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Chris Lowder (credited as Jack Adrian)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited)

Colors

Brian Bolland (credited) (first page only)

Letters

Tom Frame (credited)

Genre

detective-mystery; science fiction

Characters

Mega-City One Judges [Judge Dredd (featured); Judge Jack (guest)]; Spikes Harvey Rotten (guest); Tweak (guest); Jolly Green Giant; Colonel Sanders; Speedy Alka-Seltzer; The Michelin Man

Synopsis

Judge Dredd escapes from Colonel Sanders when the various invented clones attack the Jolly Green Giant.

Reprints

• in Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth Uncensored (Rebellion, 2016 series) (2016)

Indexer Notes

Only the first two pages are in colour. This is one of very few vintage Judge Dredd stories not to have been reprinted for a long time, with the owners of the trademarked characters used not happy and only agreeing not to take any further action after an agreement that the stories would never see print again. Legal letters were also sent to webpages presenting the story online.

In October 2015 it was announced that due to changes in UK law concerning parody that these chapters would be reprinted.

Captain Staedtler and His Cosmic Colours (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Free Soccer Wallchart (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

You Too Can Be a Guardian of the Skies (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Ant Wars, Part 8 (Table of Contents: 10)

Ant Wars / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Finley-Day (credited)

Pencils

Alfonso Azpiri (credited as Azpiri)

Inks

Alfonso Azpiri (credited as Azpiri)

Letters

Steve Potter (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Scavengers (Fleetway/Quality, 1988 series) #25 [UK]
• in Ant Wars (Rebellion, 2018 series) (February 2018)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Nerve Centre Extra / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Tharg]

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers.

Free League Ladders (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Judge Dredd Wins Eagle Award (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Cursed Earth Game (Table of Contents: 14)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Synopsis

Death Zone Move Cards

Indexer Notes

Back cover of comic