2000 AD #226

(22 August 1981)

The Gronk Affair, Part 3 (Table of Contents: 1)

Strontium Dog / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Grant (credited)

Pencils

Carlos Ezquerra (credited as Ezquerra)

Inks

Carlos Ezquerra (credited as Ezquerra)

Letters

Jack Potter (credited)

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

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

Reprints

• in Strontium Dog (Eagle Comics, 1985 series) #4 (March 1986)
• in Judge Dredd Megazine (Egmont Fleetway Ltd, 1996 series) #79 (July 2001)

Nemesis the Warlock Book I: The World of Termight, Part 5: Vengeance! (Table of Contents: 2)

Nemesis the Warlock / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Pat Mills (credited)

Pencils

Kevin O'Neill (credited)

Inks

Kevin O'Neill (credited)

Letters

Steve Potter (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Characters

Nemesis the Warlock (featured)

Reprints

• in Nemesis the Warlock (Titan, 1983 series) #1 (1983)

Indexer Notes

Story title from the previous prog.

Scrambled Eggs (Table of Contents: 3)

Tharg's Future-Shocks / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Hebden (credited)

Pencils

Garry Leach (credited)

Inks

Garry Leach (credited)

Letters

Bill Nuttall (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

The inhabitants of Aeth watch as a giant bird-like creature destroys the planets in their solar system.

Reprints

• in Time Twisters (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #6 ([February 1988])
• in The Complete Future Shocks (Rebellion, 2018 series) #2 (6 August 2019)

Judge Death Lives, Part 3: The Four Dark Judges! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Alan Grant (credited as T. B. Grover); John Wagner (credited as T. B. Grover)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited)

Colors

? (pages 2-3)

Letters

Tom Frame (credited as T. Frame)

Genre

detective-mystery; science fiction

Characters

Dark Judges [Judge Death (antagonist); Judge Fear (antagonist); Judge Fire (antagonist); Judge Mortis (antagonist)]; Mega-City One Judges [Psi Judge Anderson (guest); Judge Dredd (featured)]

Synopsis

Judge Anderson comes to help and gets herself and Judge Dredd through Death's psi-shield.

Reprints

• in Judge Death (Titan, 1983 series) (June 1983)
• in Judge Dredd (Eagle Comics, 1983 series) #3 (January 1984) [in color]
which is reprinted
• in Judge Dredd (Arédit-Artima, 1984 series) #1 (septembre 1984)
• in The Best of 2000 AD Monthly (IPC, 1985 series) #12 (September 1986)
• in The Complete Judge Dredd (Fleetway Publications, 1992 series) #22 (November 1993)
• in Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death (DC, 2005 series) ([May] 2005)
• in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (Rebellion, 2005 series) #5 (16 October 2006)
• in Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection (Hachette Partworks, 2015 series) #6 - Judge Death Lives ([13 April] 2016)

Indexer Notes

Pages 2-3 of the story are also marked as a "2000 AD Postergraph".

The Penzance Riggers, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 5)

The Mean Arena / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Tully (credited)

Pencils

Eric Bradbury (credited)

Inks

Eric Bradbury (credited)

Letters

Peter Knight (credited)

Genre

science fiction

The Meltdown Man, Part 49: Tiger on the Loose! (Table of Contents: 6)

Meltdown Man / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Hebden (credited)

Pencils

Massimo Belardinelli (credited as Belardinelli)

Inks

Massimo Belardinelli (credited as Belardinelli)

Letters

Tony Jacob (credited)

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Meltdown Man

Reprints

• in 2000 A. D. Showcase (Fleetway/Quality, 1988 series) #54 (September 1990)
• in Meltdown Man (Rebellion, 2010 series) (November 2010)

Indexer Notes

Story title from the previous prog.