2000 AD #469

(10 May 1986)

Nerve Centre (Table of Contents: 1)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Steve MacManus (credited as Tharg)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Letters and artwork from readers.

Indexer Notes

Fan art by Barry Brown and Kelvin Cox.

The Possessed, Part 2: The Exorcists! (Table of Contents: 2)

Anderson PSI Division / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Grant (credited as R. Clark); John Wagner (credited as R. Clark)

Pencils

Brett Ewins (credited as B. Ewins)

Inks

Brett Ewins (credited as B. Ewins)

Letters

Tom Frame (credited as T. Frame)

Genre

detective-mystery; science fiction

Characters

Psi Judge Anderson (featured); Gargarax [Hammy Blish]; Mrs. Papanek

Synopsis

Judge Anderson battles a possessed guy claiming to be Gargarax, then her intuition leads her to the wife of the man who conjured Gargarax up.

Reprints

• in 2000 AD Presents (Quality Periodicals, 1986 series) #9 (December 1986)
• in Judge Anderson: Death's Dark Dimension (Titan, 2002 series) (October 2002)
• in Judge Anderson: Anderson, Psi-Division (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([July] 2005)
• in Judge Anderson: The Psi Files (Rebellion, 2009 series) #01 (December 2009)

Indexer Notes

Story title from previous Prog.

Bad City Blue, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 3)

Bad City Blue / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Grant (credited as Craig Lipp)

Pencils

Robin Smith (credited)

Inks

Robin Smith (credited)

Letters

Steve Potter (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Blue

Synopsis

Blue thinks he is hallucinating when he hears repeats on the news.

Indexer Notes

Episode 2

The Doppelgarp, Part 19 (Table of Contents: 4)

Ace Trucking Co. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Massimo Belardinelli (credited as Belardinelli)

Inks

Massimo Belardinelli (credited as Belardinelli)

Letters

Tony Jacob (credited)

Genre

humour; science fiction

Characters

Rooster Cogburn

Synopsis

Rooster Cogburn wipes out the Capon Mob.

Reprints

• in The Best of 2000 AD Monthly (Fleetway Publications, 1991 series) #93 (June 1993)

Newsflash! (Table of Contents: 5)

Oink! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Synopsis

Ad for new comic called Oink!, including some panels.

Rage, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Tony Jacob (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Johnny Alpha (featured); Middenface McNulty (supporting)

Alien Aid (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited as G. Morrison)

Pencils

John Stokes (credited)

Inks

John Stokes (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Richard Starkings (credited as Starkings)

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

In a post-apocalyptic world, a bunch of starving humans come across aliens raised on old TV signals.

Indexer Notes

In colour. Between pages 3 and 4 of Strontium Dog story.

Ghostbusters Competition Results! (Table of Contents: 8)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Synopsis

Results of a Ghostbusters contest in Prog 446.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Biggles / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Arthur Ranson

Inks

Arthur Ranson

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jim Ferguson suddenly finds himself in World War One...

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for Biggles movie. (continuing story).

Rumours Can Kill (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

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

Pencils

Ian Gibson (credited as Q. Twerk)

Inks

Ian Gibson (credited as Q. Twerk)

Letters

Tom Frame (credited as T. Frame)

Genre

detective-mystery; science fiction

Characters

Judge Dredd (featured); Rover Johnson

Synopsis

Rover Johnson gets beaten up because people think they heard that he might have done something.

Reprints

• in Judge Dredd (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #25 (October 1988)
• in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (Rebellion, 2005 series) #9 (November 2007)

Indexer Notes

Title from 2000AD website. Story takes place in Hank Wangford Underblock.

Next Prog (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Synopsis

Ad for next issue, back issues of the Quality series from Forbidden Planet and a reservation coupon to notify the newsagent that you would like them to reserve a copy of 2000 AD every week.

Sooner or Later, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 12)

Sooner or Later / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Peter Milligan (credited as Milligan)

Pencils

Brendan McCarthy (credited as McCarthy)

Inks

Tony Wright (credited as Riot)

Colors

Tony Wright ?; Brendan McCarthy ?

Letters

Tom Frame (credited as Frame)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Micky Swift (featured)

Synopsis

Micky Swift finds himself 1000 years in the future in Ether City.

Reprints

• in Halo Jones (Fleetway/Quality, 1987 series) #10 (June 1988)
• in The Best of Milligan & McCarthy (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #[nn] (September 2013)
• in Sooner or Later (Rebellion, 2016 series) (2016)

Indexer Notes

Credits are: McCarthy/Riot for Art. In colour, on back cover of magazine.