2000 AD and Tornado
#143
(15 December 1979)
IPC,
1979 Series
- Price
- 0.12 GBP
- Pages
- 32
- Indicia Frequency
- every Monday
- On-sale Date
- 1979-12-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- IPC Magazines Ltd.
- Printer
- Southernprint Ltd.
- Editing
- Steve MacManus (credited as Tharg the Mighty) (editor)
The Ultimate War-Machine!
Stainless Steel Rat / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Carlos Ezquerra (signed as Ezquerra)
- Inks
- Carlos Ezquerra (signed as Ezquerra)
- Colors
- Carlos Ezquerra (signed as Ezquerra)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stainless Steel Rat
[no title indexed]
Tharg's Nerve Centre / letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- Tharg the Mighty; Judge Dredd; Cosmic Samurai
Indexer Notes
Letters and artwork by Patrick O'Meara, Gary Bowen, Jackie Carroll, Craig Davison and Rakesh Savani
[The Black Plague! Part 4]
Judge Dredd / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- John Wagner (credited as John Howard)
- Pencils
- Ron Smith (credited)
- Inks
- Ron Smith (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Frame (credited)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Judge Dredd (featured); Henry Ford (guest); Chief Judge Griffin (guest)
- Synopsis
- The mutant spiders invade Mega-City One.
- Reprints
-
in 2000 A.D. [2000 A.D. Monthly] (Eagle Comics, 1985 series) #2 (May 1985) - in Judge Dredd Annual (IPC, 1981 series) #1987 (September 1986)
- in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (Rebellion, 2005 series) #3 (April 2006)
- in Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection (Hachette Partworks, 2015 series) #66 - Missionary Man: Goin' South ([11 May] 2016)
-
[Part 4]
The V.C.s / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Gerry Finley-Day (credited as G. Finley-Day)
- Pencils
- Cam Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Cam Kennedy (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Frame (credited)
- Genre
- science fiction; war
- Characters
- The V.C.s
- Reprints
-
in 2000 A. D. Presents (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #16 (September 1987)
-
[20 Christmasses Ahead of its Time]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Judge Dredd
Indexer Notes
Promotional advertisement for the 2000 A.D. Annual 1980
[Platignum's Wonderful World]
advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Picka Platignum.
[Lord Klep (Part 3)]
Captain Klep / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Klep [Clark Klep]; Lord Crock; Monkey in a Hat
[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]
Ro-Jaws' Robo-Review / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; science fiction
The Stainless Steel Rat [Part 4]
Stainless Steel Rat / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harry Harrison (credited) (original novel); Kelvin Gosnell (credited) (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Carlos Ezquerra (credited as Ezquerra)
- Inks
- Carlos Ezquerra (credited as Ezquerra)
- Colors
- Carlos Ezquerra (credited as Ezquerra) (first two pages only)
- Letters
- Jack Potter (credited)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stainless Steel Rat
- Reprints
- in The Stainless Steel Rat (Eagle Comics, 1985 series) #1 (October 1985)
-
Indexer Notes
Adaptation of Harry Harrison's 1961 novel The Stainless Steel Rat.
[Night of the Carnivore Part 12]
The Mind of Wolfie Smith / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Tom Tully (credited)
- Pencils
- Eduardo Vañó Ibarra (credited as Vano)
- Inks
- Eduardo Vañó Ibarra (credited as Vano)
- Letters
- John Aldrich (credited as Aldrich II)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Wolfie Smith (featured); Tara Lawson; villagers; camera crew; The Wendigore (villain)
- Reprints
[Part 35]
Black Hawk / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Alan Grant (credited as Alvin Gaunt)
- Pencils
- Ramon Solá (credited)
- Inks
- Ramon Solá (credited)
- Letters
- Peter Knight (credited as Pete Knight)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, shut up your moan-groan, Zog!
- Genre
- history; science fiction
- Characters
- Black Hawk; Ursa; Zog
Alien Design Winners
illustration / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Drawings submitted by Dean Thody, Dean Walker and David Leach
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Ultimate War-Machine!
Stainless Steel Rat -
1.
[no title indexed]
Tharg's Nerve Centre -
2.
[The Black Plague! Part 4]
Judge Dredd -
3.
[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]
-
4.
[Part 4]
The V.C.s -
5.
[20 Christmasses Ahead of its Time]
-
6.
[Platignum's Wonderful World]
-
7.
[Lord Klep (Part 3)]
Captain Klep -
8.
[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]
Ro-Jaws' Robo-Review -
9.
The Stainless Steel Rat [Part 4]
Stainless Steel Rat -
10.
[Night of the Carnivore Part 12]
The Mind of Wolfie Smith -
11.
[Part 35]
Black Hawk -
12.
Alien Design Winners
-
13.
How to Assemble Your Guide to the Galaxy
-
14.
The Smelly One Returns
-
15.
Starlord's Guide to the Galaxy
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- Peter Croome
- Thomas Jan
- John Kerry
- Karsten S.
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