Appearing in "Ace Trucking Co."[]
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
Villains:
- Skavys
Other characters:
- None
Locations:
- Space
- Low-gravity planet
Items:
- Radio made from 'Hoonz Baked Boonz' tin
- Feek's spanniard
Vehicles:
- Speedo Ghost
Synopsis for "Ace Trucking Co."[]
Ace and his buddies are marooned in space, adrift in Speedo Ghost's garbage pod, and the (stinking) air is running out...
Appearing in "The Mean Arena"[]
Writer:
Artist:
Letterer:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
Villains:
- None
Other characters:
- Shulga
- Kevin O'Connor, the man with the golden tonsils
- Local Annie
- Rollo Hartie, ruler of the mighty Kosi-Flex leisurewear empire
Locations:
- Slater's Slayers HQ
- Wembley stadium
Items:
- Vid-phone
Vehicles:
- Coach
Synopsis for "The Mean Arena"[]
Slater's Slayers are adopted by the town of Reading, and drawn against Oxford Invaders in the second round of the street football challenge cup.
Appearing in "Tharg's Future Shocks: Twist Ending"[]
Writer:
Artist:
Letterer:
Featured characters:
- Lamont Cosgroose, the world's most successful science fiction writer
Supporting characters:
- Journalist
Villains:
- None
Other characters:
- Graxl
Location:
- Mr Cosgroose's house
Items:
- Radio equipment
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "Tharg's Future Shocks: Twist Ending"[]
A brilliant science fiction writer is in reality an alien from another world.
Appearing in "Judge Dredd: The Apocalypse War (part 2)"[]
Writers:
- Alan Grant and John Wagner (writing as T. B. Grover)
Artist:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
Villains:
- Supreme Judge Bulgarin
- Judge Snekov
- Judge Vlad
- Sov Block Judges
Other characters:
- Magnus Pyke block Citi-Def
- Chief Judge of Texas City
- Chief Judge of Mega-City Two
Locations:
Items:
- Nuclear missiles
- Sonic cannon
Vehicles:
- H-wagons
Synopsis for "Judge Dredd: The Apocalypse War (part 2)"[]
In Mega-City One, Bob Oppenheimer block and sector 500 (a.k.a. 'the Fleapit') are nuked. In East-Meg One, four sektors are destroyed by the Big Meg's nukes.
Appearing in "Nemesis the Warlock book II"[]
Writer:
Artist:
Letterer:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- Elderly imprisoned alien
- Cleaning lady
Villains:
- Nagas
Other characters:
- Slave trader
- Manticore
Locations:
- Termight
- Alien planet
Items:
- Alien gold and jewels from a hundred planets
Vehicles:
- Star galleon
- Naga battle-cruiser
Synopsis for "Nemesis the Warlock book II"[]
The story of the boyhood of Torquemada.
Appearing in "Rogue Trooper"[]
Writer:
Artist:
Letterer:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
Villains:
- Nort sniper
Other characters:
- None
Location:
- Nu Hamelin, Nu Earth
Items:
- Computer
Vehicles:
- Tanks and trucks
Synopsis for "Rogue Trooper"[]
Rogue and his buddies arrive in Nu Hamelin, unaware that the entire city is a computer-controlled trap designed to kill Southers.
Notes[]
Published by Fleetway on 9th January 1982. Sold for 16p in the UK.
Trivia[]
- Also contains letters and pictures from readers.
- Three teams mentioned in this week's episode of The Mean Arena were suggested by readers: Milford Meteors, Wye Valley Vampires and Oxford Invaders. Each reader won £10.
- The back cover is part two of a 1982 calendar.
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.