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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published 05 March 1977
Cover Price 0.08 GBP
Pages 32
Editing ? [as Tharg the Mighty]

Cover Details

Characters Dan Dare
Pencils Massimo Belardinelli
Inks Massimo Belardinelli

4 page Invasion story "The Resistance Part 2"

Characters Marshal Vashkov; Bill Savage; George
Synopsis Bill Savage bursts into a bar and shoots some Volgs; a stranger observes with interest.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Gerry Finley-Day
Pencils Jesus Blasco
Inks Jesus Blasco
Letters Jack Potter
Notes Story title is from 2000 AD website.

5 page Flesh story "Flesh Book 1 Part 2"

Characters Huck (death); Earl Reagan; Joe Brontowski
Synopsis A Fleshdozer malfunctions, killing two men. As Joe and Reagan head out to fetch more beasts for the slaughter, a pteranodon attack leaves Joe in dire straits.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Ken Armstrong
Pencils Juan Boix [as Boix]
Inks Juan Boix [as Boix]
Letters Bill Nuttall
Notes Story title is from 2000 AD website.

5 page M.A.C.H. 1 story "Vulcan Part 2"

Characters John Probe; Sharpe
Synopsis John Probe dives from a RAF Nimrod onto the back of the flying Vulcan aircraft filled with nerve gas. Ripping his way inside, a terrorist's bullet punctures a container, causing hallucinations in our hero before he sets the Vulcan down safely in the Thames Mud Flats.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Robert Flynn
Pencils Enio
Inks Enio
Letters Jack Potter
Notes Story title is from 2000 AD website.

5 page Dan Dare story "Dan Dare Part 2"

Characters Dan Dare; Guard Seventeen; Commander Monday; Zarkos
Synopsis Dan Dare fights his way to the commander of the Odyssey, Mr. Monday, to explain his fears about the alien presence in the red spot of Jupiter, only to have the alien itself materialize on the ship.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Kelvin Gosnell
Pencils Massimo Belardinelli
Inks Massimo Belardinelli
Colors ? (pages 1 and 2 only)
Letters Bill Nuttall

1 page letters page "Nerve Centre"

Script ? [as Tharg the Mighty]
Letters Typeset
Notes Tharg's "letter-opening robot" is not yet assembled, so this first edition of the Nerve Center contains merely his intro and an ad for the free gift in the next issue.

5 page Harlem Heroes story "Harlem Heroes Part 2"

Characters Giant; Slim; Hairy; Conrad King; Zack Harper
Synopsis As the Harlem Heroes tries to rebuild their team after the deadly crash, they take on old-timer Conrad King, and street aeroball player Zack Harper.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Tom Tully
Pencils Dave Gibbons
Inks Dave Gibbons
Letters Dave Gibbons

4 page Judge Dredd story "Judge Whitey"

Characters Judge Dredd; "Whitey" Logan; Judge Goodman; Judge Alvin (death)
Synopsis After criminal Whitey kills Judge Alvin, Dredd arrests him and sends him to Devil's Island, "a huge traffic island in the middle of a vast inter-city highway complex."
Genre Science Fiction
Script Peter Harris
Pencils Mike McMahon; Carlos Ezquerra (first picture of Judge Dredd)
Inks Mike McMahon; Carlos Ezquerra (first picture of Judge Dredd)
Colors ? (page 4 only)
Letters McGowan (?)
Notes Story title is from 2000 AD website.