Appearing in "Invasion!"[]
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
Villains:
Other characters:
- Big Abe and other Scottish resistance fighters
Location:
- Hadrian's wall
Items:
- Manseeker missiles
- Chunks of Roman stone
Vehicles:
- Volgan tanks
Synopsis for "Invasion!"[]
Savage and Silk fight the Volgans by catapulting stones from Hadrian's wall at them.
Appearing in "Harlem Heroes"[]
Writer:
Artist:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
Villains:
- Bushido Blades
- Artie Gruber
Other characters:
- Ulysses Cord
Location:
- Tokyo
Items:
- Jetpacks
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "Harlem Heroes"[]
The Harlem Heroes beat the Bushido Blades 7-2.
Appearing in "M.A.C.H One"[]
Writer:
Artist:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- Jacko, a smuggler
Villains:
- 'King Karat'
Other characters:
- Henchmen
Location:
- Island off the coast of Dubai
Items:
- Lots of gold
Vehicles:
- Car
- Boat
Synopsis for "M.A.C.H One"[]
John Probe drowns a gold smuggler in molten gold.
Appearing in "Tharg and the Intruder"[]
Writer:
Artist:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- Alfie
Villains:
- None
Other characters:
Location:
- Kings Reach tower
Items:
- 'Holiovid console'
Vehicles:
- Kings Reach tower (it's a spaceship)
Synopsis for "Tharg and the Intruder"[]
An Earthlet who underrates 2000 AD is shown the error of his ways. (This story also serves as a framing device for Tharg's Future Shocks, which start in the next prog. They are the tales stored on Tharg's 'holovid console'.)
Appearing in "Shako"[]
Writers:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- Shako's mate (dies)
- Shako's cubs (die)
Villains:
- Marx, a paratrooper (dies)
- Spencer, a paratrooper (dies)
Other characters:
- Jake K. Falmuth, a CIA agent
Location:
- The Arctic
Items:
- Syringe full of sedative
Vehicles:
- Army transport plane
Synopsis for "Shako"[]
Shako's mate and cubs are killed by hunters. Having had his arm torn off by Shako, Falmuth goes nuts in Ice Station Delta's hospital and starts shouting "Kill! Kill!" A nurse has to forcibly sedate him.
Appearing in "Judge Dredd"[]
Writer:
Artist:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- M.A.C. (macro-analysis computer)
Villains:
- The 'wreath killers'
Other characters:
- An eldster
Location:
Items:
- Dredd's Lawgiver
Vehicles:
- Dredd's Lawmaster
- Ambulance 4-2X
Synopsis for "Judge Dredd"[]
Dredd goes up against the 'wreath killers', who turn out to be the crew of an ambulance.
Notes[]
Published by Fleetway on August 6th 1977. Sold for 9p in the UK.
Trivia[]
The Nerve Centre contains letters from readers, a piece of art by Earthlet Stephen Earl, and a story to go with this week's '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.