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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published 19 March 1977
Cover Price 0.08 GBP
Pages 32
Editing ? [as Tharg the Mighty]

Cover Details

Characters Dan Dare; Logan; M.A.C.H. 1
Pencils Carlos Ezquerra
Inks Carlos Ezquerra

4 page Invasion story "The Resistance Part 4"

Characters Bill Savage; Peter Silk; Brigadier Bentley Pearson; Blossom (death)
Synopsis As Savage is shown around the secret base of the Official British Resistance, he discovers a traitor in their midst who then takes the Brigadier hostage.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Gerry Finley-Day
Pencils Pat Wright
Inks Pat Wright
Letters Tom Frame
Notes Story title is from 2000 AD website.

5 page Flesh story "Flesh Book 1 Part 4"

Characters Old One Eye; Earl Reagan; Joe Brontowski; Robot Marshal; "Claw" Carver
Synopsis "The hag monster", a giant female tyrannosaur, "wants blood!" as she follows Earl and Joe to Carver City, where Joe desperately needs the services of the doctor there. His only cure? A living gland from a tyrannosaur's throat.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Ken Armstrong
Pencils Ramon Sola
Inks Ramon Sola
Letters Bill Nuttall
Notes Story title is from 2000 AD website.

5 page Harlem Heroes story "Harlem Heroes Part 4"

Characters Zack Harper; Giant; Hairy; Lannigan; Chico Travis; Slim; Louis Mayer
Synopsis Zach's unprofessional aeroball playing gets him a stern lecture from Giant, as disembodied brain Louis Mayer recalls startling details about the car crash that took the lives of the original Harlem Heroes teammates.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Tom Tully
Pencils Dave Gibbons
Inks Dave Gibbons
Letters Dave Gibbons

5 page Dan Dare story "Dan Dare Part 4"

Characters Dan Dare; Commander Monday; Logan (death); Dr. Ziggy Rodann
Synopsis Monday, Dare, and the other spacers explore the dangerous surface of Jupiter, where they discover aliens of a different sort then what remains on their ship, the Odyssey.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Kelvin Gosnell
Pencils Massimo Belardinelli
Inks Massimo Belardinelli
Colors ? (pages 1 and 2 only)
Letters Jack Potter

Half page letters page "Nerve Centre"

Synopsis Tharg demonstrates how he can grow to giant proportions to repair his spacecraft, which is disguised as a 32 floor office block.
Script ? [as Tharg the Mighty]
Letters Typeset

Half page advertisement "Advertisement"

Synopsis Air Training Corps ad.

6 page M.A.C.H. 1 story "To Kill A President"

Characters John Probe; Colonel Krall (death); President Mudar (death); Sharpe
Synopsis Probe must stop an invasion of Turkostan by assassinating the mad president of Irania but, with time running out, he lets himself be captured and tortured in a risky attempt at completing his mission.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Pat Mills
Pencils Enio
Inks Enio
Letters John Aldrich
Notes Story title is from 2000 AD website.

4 page Judge Dredd story "The Brotherhood of Darkness"

Characters Judge Dredd
Synopsis The "peace is shattered when mutants break into the city -- looting and spreading terror", and capturing the Mayor's son. Fighting off "hundreds of these crazy guys is just the sort of soft job" that Judge Dredd needs!
Genre Science Fiction
Script Malcolm Shaw
Pencils Mike McMahon
Inks Mike McMahon
Letters Bill Nuttall
Notes Story title is from 2000 AD website.

1 page Flesh illustration "Flesh"

Characters Earl Reagan
Synopsis "This is the story of how flesh - Tender! Juicy! Full of Flavour! Reaches your dinner table!" Includes the catchy jingle "Flesh is fresh and good to eat... Flesh is lots of juicy meat! Flesh... it's the REAL thing!"
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Kevin O'Neill
Inks Kevin O'Neill
Notes This is a 2000AD "Future Advert[isement]", but since it's a story-based "advertisement" for Flesh, I've labeled it as a "pinup" and not a literal "advertisement". The 2000AD website refers to this as a "futuregraph" (which tend to be pinups).