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Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	January 1989
Cover Price	1.50 USD;1.95 CAD;.75 GBP
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Rich Larson
Inks	Mark Pennington

5 page Tharg's Future Shocks story "Curse Your Lucky Star!"

Synopsis	The luckiest man alive causes doom for the rest of the planet.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Grant Morrison
Pencils	Barry Kitson
Inks	Barry Kitson
Letters	Mark King
Reprinted	from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #482

4 page Tharg's Future Shocks story "Daffy Daffid!"

Synopsis	A magician time-travels to the future to get a gun, but doesn't know how to aim it properly.
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Oleh Stepaniuk
Pencils	Mark Dunn
Inks	Mark Dunn
Letters	Tom Frame
Reprinted	from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #479

5 page Tharg's Future Shocks story "Ten"

Synopsis	Lightslingers hunt each other in 2049 Hamburg.
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	David Pugh; Steve MacManus [as Rogan]
Pencils	David Pugh
Inks	David Pugh
Letters	Tom Frame
Reprinted	from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #480

2 page story "Conversation Piece"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Neil Gaiman
Pencils	David Wyatt
Inks	David Wyatt
Letters	Tom Frame
Reprinted	from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #489

5 page Tharg's Future Shocks story "You're Never Alone with a Phone!"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Neil Gaiman
Pencils	John Hicklenton
Inks	John Hicklenton
Letters	Tom Frame
Reprinted	from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #488

5 page story "A Change of Scenery"

Genre	science fiction
Script	John Smith
Pencils	Nik Williams
Inks	Nik Williams
Letters	Steve Potter
Reprinted	from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #490

4 page Tharg's Future Shocks story "The Ship That Liked to Dance!"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Jamie Delano
Pencils	Barry Kitson
Inks	Barry Kitson
Letters	Mark King
Reprinted	from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #501

2 page story "Blood Sport!"

Synopsis	A professional hunter takes a "city slug" on the hunt of a lifetime.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jamie Delano
Pencils	David Pugh
Inks	David Pugh
Letters	Tom Frame
Reprinted	from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #484