2000 AD #443

(9 November 1985)

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

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

Script

? [as Tharg]

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Hugh Paxton, James Ayers, A. G. Varty & Duncan Wilson.

Fan art from Crispin Barker & Matt Timson.

Matt Timson would go on to do art for Image/Top Cow.

Nemesis the Warlock, Book V: The Vengeance of Thoth, Part 9 (Table of Contents: 2)

Nemesis / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Pat Mills (credited)

Pencils

Bryan Talbot (credited)

Inks

Bryan Talbot (credited)

Letters

Steve Potter (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kill him, Nemesis! He's served his purpose

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Characters

A.B.C. Warriors [ABC Warriors] [Blackblood (guest); Hammerstein (guest); Mongrol (guest); Joe Pineapples (guest); Ro-Jaws (guest)]; Nemesis the Warlock (featured); Torquemada (antagonist); Purity Brown

Reprints

• in Spellbinders (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #8 (September 1987)

Indexer Notes

No dialogue on first page, first line speech bubble is at the top of the second page.

Farewell, My Billions, Part 9 (Table of Contents: 3)

Sam Slade Robo-Hunter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Ian Gibson (credited)

Inks

Ian Gibson (credited)

Letters

Richard Starkings (credited as Starkings)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ay-yi-yi! Hoagy!

Genre

detective-mystery; science fiction

Characters

Sam Slade (featured)

Reprints

• in Sam Slade, RoboHunter (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #31 (April 1989)

Death of a Politician (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

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

Pencils

Steve Dillon (credited)

Inks

Steve Dillon (credited)

Colors

? (first two pages only)

Letters

Tom Frame (credited as T. Frame)

Genre

detective-mystery; science fiction

Characters

Dave the Orang Utan (death) (guest); Judge Dredd (featured); Billy the Monkey

Reprints

• in Judge Dredd (Quality Periodicals, 1986 series) #7 (April 1987)
• in Judge Dredd Classics (Fleetway/Quality, 1991 series) #63 (December 1991)
• in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (Rebellion, 2005 series) #9 (November 2007)

Mean Team, Part 7 (Table of Contents: 5)

Mean Team / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Grant (credited as The Beast); John Wagner (credited as The Beast)

Pencils

Massimo Belardinelli (credited as Belardinelli)

Inks

Massimo Belardinelli (credited as Belardinelli)

Letters

Tony Jacob (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fight well for me.

Genre

science fiction; sport

Psmith's Farewell (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Tharg (credited as T. M. O.)

Pencils

Carlos Ezquerra (credited as Ezquerra)

Inks

Carlos Ezquerra (credited as Ezquerra)

Colors

? (last page only)

Letters

Gordon Robson (credited as Robson)

Editing

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tharg (featured)

Synopsis

Tharg has the Psmith art droid sent to the crusher but changes his mind at the last minute when he needs someone to draw "Bad City Blue" by Alan Grant.

Indexer Notes

The first installment of "Bad City Blue" ended up appearing in 2000 AD prog#468, approximately 6 months after this story appeared.