| Issue | #282 |
| Published | 18th September 1982 |
| Frequency | Every Monday |
| Cover Price | 0.18 GBP |
| Pages | 32 |
| Editing | Steve MacManus |
| Characters | Ace Garp |
| Genre | Humour |
| Pencils | Massimo Belardinelli |
| Inks | Massimo Belardinelli |
| Colors | Massimo Belardinelli ? |
| Script | Steve MacManus (As Tharg The Fat); Warren Ellis; G. Naylor |
| Pencils | John Welding |
| Inks | John Welding |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Warren Ellis of Benfleet, Essex praises the Judge Dredd Apocalypse War storyline ("carved of the stuff of which legends are made"). John Welding would go on to produce his own well-received self-published title in the 1990s. |
| Characters | Ace Garp; GBH; High Priest; Jago Kain; Feek the Freak |
| Synopsis | The High Priest of Kloistar is determined to sacrifice Garp. |
| Script | John Wagner (as Grant Grover); Alan Grant (as Grant Grover) |
| Pencils | Massimo Belardinelli |
| Inks | Massimo Belardinelli |
| Letters | Steve Potter |
| Reprinted | In The Complete Ace Trucking Co. (2000AD Books, 2008 series) Vol 1 (2008) |
| Characters | Fink Angel; Mean Machine Angel; Judge Child (Owen Krysler); Grunwalder; Judge Dredd; Body-Belt Man |
| Synopsis | While Judge Dredd is searching for Fink, the Judge Child resurrects Mean Machine to cause him more trouble. |
| Genre | Science-Fiction |
| Script | John Wagner (as T.B. Grover) |
| Pencils | Carlos Ezquerra |
| Inks | Carlos Ezquerra |
| Colors | Carlos Ezquerra |
| Letters | Tony Jacob |
| Reprinted | In Judge Dredd (Eagle Comics, 1983 series) #31 (May 1986); in The Best Of 2000A.D. Monthly (Fleetway, 1985 series) #47 (August 1989); in Judge Dredd: Destiny's Angels (Titan Books, 1990 series) #[nn] (1990); in The Complete Judge Dredd (Fleetway Publications, 1992 series) #27 (April 1994); in Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (Rebellion, 2005 series) vol 6 (2006) |
| Synopsis | Prehistoric computer programming! |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Rogue Trooper |
| Synopsis | Rogue meets the Marauders, a group of deserters from both sides of the war who've united to serve their own ends. |
| Genre | Science-Fiction |
| Script | Gerry Finley-Day |
| Pencils | Colin Wilson |
| Inks | Colin Wilson |
| Letters | Bill Nuttall |
| Reprinted | In Rogue Trooper (Titan Books, 1984 series) #2 (1986); in The Best Of 2000A.D. (Fleetway, 1985 series) #55 (April 1990); in Rogue Trooper (Quality Periodicals, 1986 series) #8 (July 1987); in Rogue Trooper: Fort Neuro (Rebellion, 2005 series) #[nn] (2005) |
| Characters | Matt Tallon; Kevin O'Connor; Rollo Hartie; Paul Simpson; Brazen |
| Synopsis | Tallon finally avenges his brother. |
| Genre | Science-Fiction |
| Script | A. Ridgeway |
| Pencils | Mike White |
| Inks | Mike White |
| Letters | P. Knight |
| Notes | Correctly or otherwise, it is widely assumed that A. Ridgway is a pseudonym for main series writer Tom Tully. This is the final episode of Mean Arena in its original incarnation. |
| Reprinted | In 2000A.D. Extreme Edition (Rebellion, 2006 series) #28 (May 2008) |
| Characters | Roschach Skubbs |
| Synopsis | In 2250 Earth has colonised the Sun, and one of the colonists has a problem: he's just murdered his wife and needs to dispose of her corpse. |
| Genre | Science-Fiction; humour |
| Script | Alan Moore |
| Pencils | Jesus Redondo |
| Inks | Jesus Redondo |
| Colors | Jesus Redondo ? |
| Letters | Jack Potter |
| Notes | Only the final story page, on the back cover, is in colour. |
| Reprinted | In Alan Moore's Shocking Futures (Titan Books, 1986 series) #[nn] (1986); in Halo Jones (Quality Publications, 1987 series) #1 (September 1987); in The Best Of 2000A.D. (Fleetway, 1985 series) #59 (August 1990); in The Complete Alan Moore Future Shocks (Rebellion, 2006 series) #[nn] (2006) |