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Appearing in "Robo-Hunter: Football Crazy (part 3)"[]

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  • Kev, Bev and the two Trevs (footballers)
  • Brian, Brian and Brian (commentators)
  • Ron (manager)
  • Don (coach)
  • Japanese fans

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  • Radio interference detector
  • Sonic wave locator
  • Lazometer

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  • None

Synopsis for "Robo-Hunter: Football Crazy (part 3)"[]

The England team's coach blames his droids' poor performance on the Italians: "Stands to reason it's them. That's the way they do things over there!"

Appearing in "Tharg the Mighty in The Shedding (part 3)"[]

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  • Uncredited

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  • Tharg the Mighty (long may he reign)

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  • The Hag of Zrag

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  • The planet Jupiter
  • Tharg's sanctum
  • The Tower of Utmost Nastiness, Zrag

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  • Kloraine gas

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  • None

Synopsis for "Tharg the Mighty in The Shedding (part 3)"[]

Tharg regains his powers, with the help of 'kloraine gas', and defeats the Dictators of Zrag. (Well... he sends them back to Zrag, where their mum deals with them.)

Appearing in "Judge Dredd: Destiny's Angels (part 5)"[]

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  • Paralizin' pizen [paralysing poison]

Synopsis for "Judge Dredd: Destiny's Angels (part 5)"[]

Fink and Mean are reunited. They make their way to Dredd's appartment in Rowdy Yates.

Appearing in "Rogue Trooper: The Marauders (part 4)"[]

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  • Crashed satellite (the marauders' base), Nu Earth

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  • Lasers
  • Ab-synth

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  • None

Synopsis for "Rogue Trooper: The Marauders (part 4)"[]

In the marauders' base, Rogue is trapped on the Traitor General's torture wheel. His equipment has been commandeered, Gunnar appears to have defected and the last G.I.'s end is near... but then the ever-loyal Bagman dispenses "something that can get me outta here."

Appearing in "Ace Trucking Co.: The Kloistar Run (part 7)"[]

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  • Credulous inhabitants of Kloistar

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  • The fringe world of Kloistar

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  • Hologram projector

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  • Speedo Ghost

Synopsis for "Ace Trucking Co.: The Kloistar Run (part 7)"[]

Ace and his associates escape from Kloistar, thanks to Chiefy Pig-Rat's sneakiness and Speedo Ghost's hologram projector (deployed by Ghost, the long-suffering ship's computer).

Notes[]

Published by Fleetway on 9th October 1982. Sold for 18p in the UK.

Trivia[]

  • Letters and pictures from readers are published in the Nerve Centre. There is also a double-page spread of Judge fan art, including a picture of Big Hungry as a Judge.
  • The back cover is part three of a "zarjaz robo-world poster" by Ian Gibson.


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.

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