2000 AD #483
(16 August 1986)

IPC, 1977 Series
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Price
0.26 GBP
Pages
32
Indicia Frequency
every Monday
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
IPC Magazines Ltd.
Editing
? [as Tharg the Mighty]

Issue Notes

Issue was distributed in a plastic bag with a free copy of Oink (IPC, 1986 series) #7, labelled NOT FOR SALE.

Metalzoic (Table of Contents)

Metalzoic / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kevin O'Neill (signed as O'Neill)
Inks
Kevin O'Neill (signed as O'Neill)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction

Nerve Centre (Table of Contents: 1)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tharg (credited as Tharg the Mighty)
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Letters and artwork from readers.

Indexer Notes

Fan art by John Gilhearny and Nathan Rinnell

The Urge, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 2)

Judge Dredd / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Grant (credited as T. B. Grover); John Wagner (credited as T. B. Grover)
Pencils
Robin Smith (credited as PSmith)
Inks
Robin Smith (credited as PSmith)
Letters
Tom Frame (credited as T. Frame)

Genre
detective-mystery; science fiction
Characters
Judge Dredd (featured); Skid Mullard
Synopsis
Skid Mullard can't control his petty crime urges any more and is arrested by Judge Dredd.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Original progs had titles "The Urge" for part 1 and "The Urge Part 2" for part 2. "Perp Aid" is the title from the 2000 AD website.

Metalzoic, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 3)

Metalzoic / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Pat Mills (credited)
Pencils
Kevin O'Neill (credited)
Inks
Kevin O'Neill (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Nemesis the Warlock, Book VI: Torquemurder, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 4)

Nemesis / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Pat Mills (credited)
Pencils
Bryan Talbot (credited)
Inks
Bryan Talbot (credited)
Colors
? (first 2 pages)
Letters
Steve Potter (credited)

Genre
science fiction; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ro-Jaws (guest); Torquemada (antagonist); Candida de Torquemada; Purity Brown; Nostradamus; Grand Dragon Mazarin
Reprints

The Garpetbaggers, Part 9 (Table of Contents: 5)

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
The Aces Garp; Feek The Freek; G-B-H; Evil Guts

Indexer Notes

Not in next prog, returns in prog 485.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Sooner or Later, Part 16 (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Peter Milligan (credited as Milligan)
Pencils
Brendan McCarthy (credited as McCarthy)
Inks
Brendan McCarthy (credited as McCarthy)
Letters
Tom Frame (credited as Frame)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Micky Swift (featured); Ear'ole; Sharon
Synopsis
Micky Swift runs off to the TBC (Temporal Broadcasting Corporation).
Reprints

Rage, Part 15 (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Alan Grant (credited)
Pencils
Carlos Ezquerra (credited as C. Ezquerra)
Inks
Carlos Ezquerra (credited as C. Ezquerra)
Letters
Gordon Robson (credited as Kid Robson)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Johnny Alpha (featured)

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

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Metalzoic
    Metalzoic
  2. 1. Nerve Centre
  3. 2. The Urge, Part 2
    Judge Dredd
  4. 3. Metalzoic, Part 1
    Metalzoic
  5. 4. Nemesis the Warlock, Book VI: Torquemurder, Part 2
    Nemesis
  6. 5. The Garpetbaggers, Part 9
    Ace Trucking Co.
  7. 6. ["Our Griffin Savers Account has a lot to offer young savers."]
  8. 7. Sooner or Later, Part 16
    Sooner or Later
  9. 8. Rage, Part 15
    Strontium Dog
  10. 9. ["Ancient, battle-scarred, ferocious..."]
    Metalzoic
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Thomas Jan
  • Terry Jeffress
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Karsten S.
  • Matt Tauber
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore