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Issue Details

Issue #63
Published 6 May 1978
Cover Price 0.09 GBP (9p)
Pages 32
Editing Kelvin Gosnall

Cover Details - "The Devil's Lapdogs"

Characters Judge Dredd
Genre Science Fiction
Script Pat Mills
Pencils Mike McMahon
Inks Mike McMahon
Colors Mike McMahon
Letters R.O. Bott (?)

1 page letters page "2000 AD Nerve Centre"

Characters Tharg
Letters Typeset

4 page Dan Dare story "Nightmare Planet Part 3"

Characters Dan Dare; Hitman; Bear
Synopsis Aliens wipe the crew's memory of having discovered their planet and return them to space.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Jack Adrian
Pencils Brian Lewis
Inks Brian Lewis
Letters Steve Potter

2 page advertisement

Characters Starlord
Letters Typeset
Notes Includes ad for new Starlord comic.

6 page M.A.C.H. 1 story "The Final Encounter Part 3"

Characters John Stroud; Dennis Sharpe; Fred
Synopsis Sharpe sets a trap for the aliens using the unsuspecting Fred as bait. Stroud is imprisoned to prevent him interfering, but he escapes and arrives at the landing site just as things start to happen.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Pat Mills
Pencils Jose Perez Montero
Inks Jose Perez Montero
Letters Jack Potter

1 page advertisement

Letters Typeset

7 page Judge Dredd story "The Cursed Earth Chapter 3"

Characters Judge Dredd; Samuel; Rebecca; Lawgiver; Spikes Harvey Rotten; Judge Jack
Synopsis Dredd and Rotten chance upon the town of Deliverance, where two citizens are about to become victims of mob law. Dredd, thinking Rotten has his back, rides to the rescue but is captured as Rotten disappears. It appears the citizens are to be victims of mutated flying rats which plague the town. As Dredd stews in jail, a swarm descends.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Pat Mills
Pencils Mike McMahon
Inks Mike McMahon
Colors Mike McMahon
Letters R.O. Bott (?)
Notes Colour on first two pages only.

4 page Death Planet story "Desert Of The Vultures"

Characters Richard Cory; Lorna Varn; Mike Herschal
Synopsis Colonists struggle to survive after their ship crash-lands on an inhospitable planet.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Alan Hebden
Pencils Solano Lopez
Inks Solano Lopez
Letters Bill Nuttall

5 page Inferno story "The Return Of Artie Gruber"

Characters John Clay; Zack Harper; Dimples Devine; Mr. Chubb; Artie Gruber
Synopsis Philadelphia Freaks Flier Dimples Devine is murdered by Chubb and replaced by lookalike Gruber, who's mission is to kill John Clay.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Tom Tully
Pencils Massimo Belardinelli
Inks Massimo Belardinelli
Letters Peter Knight

1 page Batman; Treborland advertisement

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre Superhero
Letters Typeset
Notes Five panel strip-advertisement for Treborland sweets, featuring Batman and Robin.