2000 AD #181

(11 October 1980)

Death's Head, Part 4 (Table of Contents: 1)

Strontium Dog / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Grant (credited as A. A. Grant)

Pencils

Carlos Ezquerra (credited as Ezquerra)

Inks

Carlos Ezquerra (credited as Ezquerra)

Letters

Steve Potter (credited)

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Johnny Alpha (featured); The Gronk (supporting); Wulf Sternhammer (supporting); Willy Blanko

Synopsis

Johnny tracks down Willy Blanko.

Reprints

• in 2000 A.D. [2000 A.D. Monthly] (Eagle Comics, 1985 series) #2 (May 1985)
• in Judge Dredd Megazine (Egmont Fleetway Ltd, 1996 series) #71 (November 2000)
• in Strontium Dog: The Early Cases (DC, 2005 series) ([June] 2005)

The Tidy-Up Droid (Table of Contents: 2)

Ro-Jaws' Robo-Tales / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Rice (credited as G. P. Rice)

Pencils

Dave Gibbons (credited)

Inks

Dave Gibbons (credited)

Letters

Tom Frame (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Ro-Jaws; Norbert Dolittle; Ethel Dolittle; Tidy-Up Droid

Reprints

• in Disaster 1990! (Rebellion, 2012 series) #2 ([12 February] 2013)
• in Ro-Busters: The Complete Nuts and Bolts (Rebellion, 2015 series) #2 (August 2016)

Chapter 3: Death of a Thousand Blinks (Table of Contents: 3)

Dash Decent / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dave Angus (credited as Angus); Kevin O'Neill (credited as O'Neill)

Pencils

Kevin O'Neill (credited)

Inks

Kevin O'Neill (credited)

Letters

Tom Frame (credited)

Genre

humour; science fiction

Reprints

• in Halo Jones (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #5 (January 1988)

Indexer Notes

Parody of Flash Gordon.

The Judge Child, Part 26: Judgement On Fire Mountain! (Table of Contents: 4)

Judge Dredd / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Grant (credited as John Howard); John Wagner (credited as John Howard)

Pencils

Ron Smith (credited)

Inks

Ron Smith (credited)

Colors

Ron Smith ? (first two pages only)

Letters

Tom Frame (credited)

Genre

detective-mystery; science fiction

Characters

The Angel Gang: Elmer 'Pa' Angel (death) (antagonist); Junior Angel (death) (antagonist)
Mega-City One Judges: Judge Dredd (featured); Judge Hershey (guest); Judge Larter (guest)
Judge Child (antagonist); The Grunwalder (antagonist)

Reprints

• in Judge Dredd: The Judge Child Quest (Eagle Comics, 1984 series) #5 (December 1984)
• in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (Rebellion, 2005 series) #4 (8 June 2006)

Keywords

Xanadu

Indexer Notes

First 2 pages in colour only and start at the centerspread.

The Meltdown Man, Part 4 (Table of Contents: 5)

Meltdown Man / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Hebden (credited)

Pencils

Massimo Belardinelli (credited as Belardinelli)

Inks

Massimo Belardinelli (credited as Belardinelli)

Letters

Jack Potter (credited)

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Meltdown Man

Reprints

• in 2000 A. D. Showcase (Fleetway/Quality, 1988 series) #29/30 [US] (September 1988)
• in Meltdown Man (Rebellion, 2010 series) (November 2010)

Tharg Strikes Back! (Table of Contents: 6)

Tharg the Mighty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Carlos Ezquerra (credited as Ezquerra)

Inks

Carlos Ezquerra (credited as Ezquerra)

Colors

Carlos Ezquerra ? (last page only)

Letters

John Aldrich (credited as Aldrich Mk II)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tharg (featured)

Indexer Notes

Last page of the story on back cover.