Appearing in "Invasion!"[]
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- Miners
Villains:
- A Volgan pretending to be a miner
Other characters:
- More Volgans
Location:
- Tyne Tunnel
Items:
- Silenced Volgir pistol
- Spade (used by Savage to kill a Volgan)
Vehicles:
- Prison vans
- Coal lorry
- Armoured car
Synopsis for "Invasion!"[]
Bill Savage fights Volgans in the Tyne Tunnel.
Appearing in "Harlem Heroes"[]
Writer:
Artist:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
Villains:
- Hojo
- Tanaka
- Other Bushido Blades
Other characters:
- Ulysses Cord
Location:
- Tokyo
Items:
- Jetpacks
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "Harlem Heroes"[]
The Harlem Heroes are having difficulty defeating the Bushido Blades, who are willing to commit suicide for the glory of their team.
Appearing in "Shako"[]
Writers:
Artist:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- Buck Dollar, an ecologist
Villains:
- Jake K. Falmuth, CIA agent
Other characters:
- Surgeons
Location:
- Ice Station Delta, the Arctic
Items:
- X-ray machine
Vehicles:
- Snow tractor
Synopsis for "Shako"[]
Since Shako has been knocked out by an anaesthetic dart, he is taken to Ice Station Delta to be operated on. However, he wakes up before the capsule in his stomach is extracted, bites Falmuth's arm off, and escapes. The best line in the episode is "Shako wanted Falmuth... outside!", as if the bear were in a pub and Falmuth had knocked over his pint.
Appearing in "Dan Dare"[]
Writer:
Artist:
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Supporting characters:
Villains:
- The Mekon
Other characters:
Location:
- Verath, a hollow planet
Items:
- Dare's gun
Vehicles:
- The Mekon's flying chair
- The Doric-5, a spaceship
Synopsis for "Dan Dare"[]
The hollow planet Verath is destroyed. Dare foolishly assumes that the Mekon has perished with the planet. But he hasn't, 'cos he's the Mekon.
Appearing in "M.A.C.H One"[]
Writer:
Artist:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- James Peel
Villains:
- Russians
Other characters:
- Wolves
Location:
- Dog Forest
Items:
- James Peel's gun and parachute
Vehicles:
- T-47 hover glider
- Russian Sno-Cat
Synopsis for "M.A.C.H One"[]
John Probe rescues a fellow secret agent, James Peel, who has a film containing vital information about a new radar camera. Peel's plane has crashed in a snowy forest full of wolves and Russians.
Appearing in "Judge Dredd"[]
Writer:
Artist:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- Tobacconist
Villains:
- Bank robbers
Other characters:
- Bank teller (dies)
- Officer from the 'bank squad'
Location:
Items:
- Cigar butt from sector 7
Vehicles:
- Lawmaster
- Flying car
Synopsis for "Judge Dredd"[]
Dredd catches a lawbreaker by hiding in a tobacconist's and pretending to be a wooden Indian. He is revealed in a flare of light when the perp strikes a match on him. A classic, with some lovely art by Mike McMahon.
Notes[]
Published by Fleetway on July 30th 1977. Sold for 9p in the UK.
Trivia[]
The Nerve Centre contains a short story to accompany the 'supercover'.
Recommended reading[]
Some of these stories are also collected in trade paperbacks.
Links and references[]
The official website of 2000 AD includes an online shop.