2000 AD Vol 1 257

2000 AD Vol 1 #257

March, 1982

Creators

Steve MacManus

Creators

Jesús Redondo

"Ace Trucking Co.: The Great Mush Rush (part 7)"
Creators Alan Grant John Wagner Creators Massimo Belardinelli Creators Massimo Belardinelli Creators Steve Potter

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Appearing in "Ace Trucking Co.: The Great Mush Rush (part 7)"

Featured characters:

• Ace Garp

Supporting characters:

• G.B.H (Dead)

Villains:

• Jago Kane

Other characters:

• Fatty Arkl
• Tolly Keegan
• The Titan of Peem, a.k.a. Big Daddy

Location:

• The Quicksand Planet

Items:

• Mail

Vehicles:

• Speedo Ghost
• Old Peart the Second, Fatty's lug
• Yellow Snork, Kane's lug
• The Definite Tryer, Tolly's lug
  
  

Synopsis for "Ace Trucking Co.: The Great Mush Rush (part 7)"

Ace and his crew must get past the Titan of Peem if they are to have any hope of delivering their post, winning the mail race or 'mush rush', and being awarded a highly lucrative mail contract. But if they're not careful, their arch-rival Jago Kane will leave them eating his exhaust fumes...

Appearing in "Tharg's Future Shocks: The Wages of Sin"

Writer:

• Alan Moore

Artist:

• Bryan Talbot

Letterer:

• Tony Jacob

Featured characters:

• Tharg

Supporting characters:

• Stig Rutterblug, out-of-work veeglefetzer repairman
• Mr Direfang Dreadspawn

Villains:

• Yes

Other characters:

• Snitt
• Doctor Devastation

Locations:

• Famous Villains school
• Anthrax Ghoulshadow's satanic retreat

Items:

• Candy (to be stolen from babies)

Vehicles:

• Spaceships
  
  

Synopsis for "Tharg's Future Shocks: The Wages of Sin"

"Have you got what it takes to be an Evil Galactic Tyrant at whose very name the stars themselves will shudder?" If you have, there's an index-linked pension scheme in it for you.

Appearing in "Judge Dredd: The Apocalypse War (part 13)"

Writer:

• Alan Grant and John Wagner (writing as T. B. Grover)

Artist:

• Carlos Ezquerra

Letterer:

• Tom Frame

Featured characters:

• Judge Dredd

Supporting characters:

• Judge Souster

Villains:

• East-Meg One
• Sov Block Judges

Other characters:

• Judge Perrier
• Judge Daley (also a job description)
• Judge Wilson

Location:

• Dan Tanna junction, Mega-City One

Items:

• Stub guns

Vehicles:

• Lawmasters
  
  

Synopsis for "Judge Dredd: The Apocalypse War (part 13)"

The Judges use their stub guns to take out Dan Tanna junction.

Appearing in "Nemesis the Warlock book II (final chapter)"

Writer:

• Pat Mills

Artist:

• Jesús Redondo

Letterer:

• Steve Potter

Featured characters:

• Nemesis the Warlock

Supporting characters:

• Purity Brown

Villains:

• Torquemada

Other characters:

• Brother Baruda

Location:

• A giant web

Items:

• Sword

Vehicles:

• Seth the blitzspear
  
  

Synopsis for "Nemesis the Warlock book II (final chapter)"

Nemesis lets Torquemada escape rather than have him kill Purity with his spider-venom (probably because of Khaos).

Appearing in "Rogue Trooper"

Writer:

• Gerry Finley-Day

Artist:

• Mike Dorey

Letterer:

• Bill Nuttall

Featured characters:

• Rogue

Supporting characters:

• Helm
• Gunnar
• Bagman

Villains:

• Norts

Other characters:

• Ape-men

Location:

• Petrified Forest

Items:

• Tins of knock-out gas

Vehicles:

• Nort shuttles
  
  

Synopsis for "Rogue Trooper"

Rogue and his new ape-man friends are hunted in the Petrified Forest.

Notes

Published by Fleetway on 27th March 1982. Sold for 16p in the UK.

Trivia

Also contains letters and pictures from readers.

Recommended reading

Some of these stories are also collected in trade paperbacks.

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