Issue Details

Issue	#469
Published	May 10, 1986
Cover Price	0.26 GBP
Pages	36
Editing	? [as Tharg the Mighty]

Cover Details - "Strontium Rage"

Characters	Strontium Dog
Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	Carlos Ezquerra (signed) [as Ezquerra]
Inks	Carlos Ezquerra (signed) [as Ezquerra]

1 page letters page "Nerve Centre"

Synopsis	Letters and artwork from readers.
Script	? [as Tharg the Mighty]
Pencils	Kelvin Cox; Barry Brown
Inks	Kelvin Cox; Barry Brown
Letters	Typeset

5 page Anderson Psi Division story "The Possessed [Part 2] [The Exorcists!]"

Characters	Judge Anderson; Gargarax [Hammy Blish]; Mrs. Papanek
Synopsis	Judge Anderson battles a possessed guy claiming to be Gargarax, then her intuition leads her to the wife of the man who conjured Gargarax up.
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	John Wagner; Alan Grant [both as R. Clark]
Pencils	Brett Ewins [as B. Ewins]
Inks	Brett Ewins [as B. Ewins]
Letters	Tom Frame [as T. Frame]
Reprinted	in 2000 AD Presents (Quality, 1986 series) #9; in Judge Anderson: Anderson, Psi-Division (DC, 2005 series) #1

5 page Bad City Blue story "Bad City Blue [Part 2]"

Characters	Blue
Synopsis	Blue thinks he is hallucinating when he hears repeats on the news.
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Alan Grant [as Craig Lipp]
Pencils	Robin Smith (credited)
Inks	Robin Smith (credited)
Letters	Steve Potter (credited)
Notes	Episode 2

4 page Ace Trucking story "The Doppelgarp [Part 19]"

Characters	Rooster Cogburn
Synopsis	Rooster Cogburn wipes out the Capon Mob.
Genre	Humor; Science Fiction
Script	Alan Grant [as Grant]; John Wagner [as Grover]
Pencils	Massimo Belardinelli [as Belardinelli]
Inks	Massimo Belardinelli [as Belardinelli]
Letters	Tony Jacob (credited)

4 page Oink! promo (ad from the publisher) "Newsflash!"

Synopsis

Ad for new comic called Oink!, including some panels.

5 page Strontium Dog story "Rage [Part 1]"

Characters	Johnny Alpha; Middenface McNulty
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Alan Grant (credited)
Pencils	Carlos Ezquerra [as Ezquerra]
Inks	Carlos Ezquerra [as Ezquerra]
Letters	Tony Jacob

2 page Tharg's Future-Shocks story "Alien Aid"

Synopsis	In a post-apocalyptic world, a bunch of starving humans come across aliens raised on old TV signals.
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Grant Morrison [as G. Morrison]
Pencils	John Stokes (credited)
Inks	John Stokes (credited)
Letters	Starkings (credited)
Notes	In colour. Between pages 3 and 4 of Strontium Dog story.

Half page activity "Ghostbusters Competition Results!"

Synopsis

Results of a Ghostbusters contest in Prog 446.

Half page Biggles advertisement "Jim Ferguson suddenly finds himself in World War One..."

Notes

Comic strip ad for Biggles movie. (continuing story).

6 page Judge Dredd story "Rumours Can Kill"

Characters	Judge Dredd; Rover Johnson
Synopsis	Rover Johnson gets beaten up because people think they heard that he might have done something.
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	John Wagner; Alan Grant [both as T. B. Grover]
Pencils	Ian Gibson [as Q. Twerk]
Inks	Ian Gibson [as Q. Twerk]
Letters	Tom Frame [as T. Frame]
Notes	Title from 2000AD website. Story takes place in Hank Wangford Underblock.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Next Prog"

Synopsis

Ad for next issue, back issues of the Quality series from Forbidden Planet and a reservation coupon to notify the newsagent that you would like them to reserve a copy of 2000 AD every week.

1 page Sooner or Later story "Sooner or Later [Part 2]"

Characters	Micky Swift
Synopsis	Micky Swift finds himself 1000 years in the future in Ether City.
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Peter Milligan [as Milligan]
Pencils	Brendan McCarthy [as McCarthy]
Inks	Tony Wright [as Riot]
Colors	Tony Wright ?;Brendan McCarthy ?
Letters	Tom Frame [as Frame]
Notes	Credits are: McCarthy/Riot for Art. In colour, on back cover of magazine.