| Issue | #53 |
| Published | 25 February 1978 |
| Cover Price | 0.09 GBP (9p) |
| Pages | 32 |
| Editing | Kelvin Gosnell |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Jack Adrian (?) |
| Pencils | Dave Gibbons (?) |
| Inks | Dave Gibbons (?) |
| Colors | Dave Gibbons (?) |
| Letters | Dave Gibbons (?) |
| Characters | Dan Dare; Polanski; Hitman; Bear; Alien Doppelganger |
| Synopsis | Dare's Doppelganger changes the Ship's destination. Dare comes out of hiding and zaps the alien. Autopsy shows it to have been some kind of organic vegetable matter. The ship then arrives at its new destination. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Jack Adrian (?) |
| Pencils | Dave Gibbons (?) |
| Inks | Dave Gibbons (?) |
| Letters | Dave Gibbons (?) |
| Notes | Credits missing from sequence. I'm assuming they are the same as published on previous episode. |
| Characters | John Probe; Sharpe |
| Synopsis | Sharpe sends some heavies to track Probe down in New York. He is on the skids and losing his powers but still puts up a fight. Eventually they overcome him and take him Back. Sharpe has him cleaned up and makes it clear he owns Probe, body and soul. Probe plays along as he is only interested in getting even. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Roy Preston |
| Pencils | (José Pérez) Montero |
| Inks | (José Pérez) Montero |
| Letters | Bill Nuttall |
| Notes | There are several Monteros. Tracked this one's forenames down via Lambiek. |
| Characters | Commander Hunter; Prof. Vandenberg |
| Synopsis | Missing submarine Drake is found in the middle of a South American village, miles from the sea. When Hunter and the Prof arrive they discover the alien being responsible, and it promptly destroys their gunships. As they observe from cover, a huge spaceship just drops from the sky. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Jim Watson |
| Pencils | Jim Watson |
| Inks | Jim Watson |
| Letters | Steve Potter |
| Characters | Tharg |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Tharg answers readers letters. Fan illos. Some advertising. |
| Characters | Dredd; Dave Paton; Elvis The Car; Judge Che; Judge Chico |
| Synopsis | Dave Paton damages Elvis's responsibility circuits and the car goes on the rampage, killing Paton, among others. Dredd and his men track Elvis down to a Parking Tower only to find Elvis has messed with the circuits of the other cars and now has a gang of like-minded motors behind him. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | John Howard |
| Pencils | Ian Gibson |
| Inks | Ian Gibson |
| Colors | Ian Gibson |
| Letters | Tom Frame |
| Notes | Only first two pages are in colour. |
| Characters | Judge Dredd; Walter The Wobot |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | O'Neill (signed) |
| Pencils | O'Neill (signed) |
| Inks | O'Neill (signed) |
| Letters | O'Neill (signed) |
| Notes | Schematics of Walter The Wobot. |
| Characters | Robert McKinnon |
| Synopsis | Horoscope-obsessed actor McKinnon flees America after a computer predicts he will die on Fifth Avenue. The actor meets his fate, however, on a sound-stage in London done up to look like Fifth Avenue. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Robert Flynn |
| Pencils | Bret Ewins |
| Inks | Bret Ewins |
| Letters | Peter Knight |
| Notes | Adverts on bottom of last page. |
| Characters | John 'Giant'Clay; Louis; Pearly; Marvin; Moody Bloo; Zack Harper; Junk Jackson |
| Synopsis | Louis has partly reassembled the android Pearly, and gets a lead on who built her before she finally overloads. Next night the team's Hover-Liner has an apron-blowout as they travel to a game in Long Island. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Tom Tully |
| Pencils | Massimo Belardinelli |
| Inks | Massimo Belardinelli |
| Letters | Tom Frame |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Walter; Judge Dredd |
| Synopsis | On the run Walter gets mugged. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Joe Collins |
| Pencils | Brian Bolland |
| Inks | Brian Bolland |
| Colors | Brian Bolland |
| Letters | Tony Jacob |