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Issue Details

Issue #68
Published 10 June 1978
Cover Price 0.09 GBP (9p)
Pages 32
Editing Kelvin Gosnall

Cover Details - "Clay, Now You're Gonna Die"

Characters John Clay; Artie Gruber
Genre Science Fiction
Script Tom Tully
Pencils Dave Gibbons
Inks Dave Gibbons
Colors Dave Gibbons
Letters Dave Gibbons (?)

1 page letters page "2000AD Nerve Centre"

Characters Tharg
Letters Typeset

5 page MACH Zero story "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil"

Characters The Three; Gimpy, Lightning; Cousin George; Mach Zero
Synopsis Tramp Gimpy, with help from The Three, sets out to find Zero, who is being blackmailed into appearing in stuntman Cousin George's stage show.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Steven McManus
Pencils Mike Dorey
Inks Mike Dorey
Letters Jack Potter

1 page advertisement

Letters Typeset

5 page Dan Dare story "Have We Hit A Timewarp?"

Characters Dan Dare; Hitman; Bear; Gunnar Johanssen; Obadiah Crowe
Synopsis Dare lands on an uncharted world and discovers a community of pilgrims whose ancestors were transported there in 1621. After beating off a Vrakk attack Dare and his men are just settling down for the night when Johannsen shows up in a state of shock.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Jack Adrian
Pencils Dave Gibbons
Inks Dave Gibbons
Letters Dave Gibbons

1 page Walter The Wobot story "Grin And Bear It!"

Characters Walter; Doc Frankenheim; Ygor
Genre Science Fiction
Script Joe Collins
Pencils Brian Bolland
Inks Brian Bolland
Letters Steve Potter

1 page advertisement

Characters Johnny Alpha
Letters Typeset
Notes Includes ad for Star Lord.

7 page Judge Dredd story "The Cursed Earth Chapter 8: The Sleeper Awakes"

Characters Dredd; Robert L. Booth; Spikes Harvey Rotten; Snap; Crackle; Pop; Ikkabod
Synopsis Bob Booth, last president of the USA, is accidentally freed from suspended animation by some hillbillies who think he's a vampire. Dredd shows up in time and explains Booth was sentenced to 100 years suspended animation for starting the Atomic Wars. Then sentences him to life - helping the hillbillies reclaim the badlands.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Pat Mills
Pencils Mike McMahon
Inks Mike McMahon
Colors Mike McMahon
Letters Tom Frame
Notes Only first two pages in colour.

4 page Death Planet story "(Part 7) The Lady In Black "

Characters Mike Herschal; Lorna varn; Richard Cory
Synopsis Friendly, telepathic, creatures lead Lorna and Mike to safety in a blizzard. The rest of the survivors catch up. Next day, as they are exploring, the Lady In Black shows up and lures away one of the colonist's children.
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; Artie Gruber; Louis Mayer; Moody Bloo; Melvin; Zack Harper
Synopsis In the middle of the cup match between the Hellcats and the Freaks, Clay goes toe-to-toe with the homicidal Gruber. Gruber eventually puts Clay down, then douses him with petrol as the rest of the players stand helplessly by on the sidelines.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Tom Tully
Pencils Massimo Belardinelli
Inks Massimo Belardinelli
Letters Tom Frame

1 page advertisement

Characters The Texan; Bald Eagle
Letters Typeset
Notes Strip ad for a wall poster offer from Rowntrees.