Appearing in "Ace Trucking Co.: Stoop Coop Soup (part 3)"[]
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Villains:
- Gator Magee
Other characters:
- Prison guard
Location:
- Bide-A-Wee space penitentiary
Items:
- Sus-an capsule
Vehicles:
- Speedo Ghost
Synopsis for "Ace Trucking Co.: Stoop Coop Soup (part 3)"[]
Ace tries to help Gator Magee escape from prison by pretending to be his mother, visiting him and giving him a pill which simulates death. However, the plan fails because (a) all dead prisoners are cremated, and (b) the flames of the cremation oven wake Gator Magee up just as he is about to be incinerated.
Appearing in "Harry Twenty on the High Rock"[]
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- Seventy-Seven Sunset, Japan's most wanted mobster
- Root Sixty-Six, Africa bloc's public enemy number one
Location:
- High Rock and the surrounding volume of space
Items:
- Harry's pick-axe
- Harry's space suit
Vehicles:
- Abandoned man-module
Synopsis for "Harry Twenty on the High Rock"[]
Floating in space, Harry makes his way to an abandoned satellite or 'man-module' but is recaptured by the High Rock's guards, who then destroy the satellite. He is told that Warden Worldwise wants to see him "in two orbits' time" and is returned to his cell, where Ben has drawn a map of the High Rock's interior.
Appearing in "Judge Dredd: Blobs!"[]
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- Alan Grant and John Wagner (writing as T. B. Grover)
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- 'Cyclops' Pete Runcie
- Fingers Patel
Other characters:
- Lola Pastramy, a star
- Judge Bendorf
- Mrs Unningham, whose husband may or may not have been kidnapped
- Judge Tokuda
Location:
Items:
- Rubber stamp
Vehicles:
- Dredd's Lawmaster
Synopsis for "Judge Dredd: Blobs!"[]
A group of criminals makes 'blobbing' — complete erasure of facial features — into a fashion craze so that they can commit crimes without being identified. Dredd solves the problem by suggesting that all blobbed people are marked with an identification number in indelible dye.
Appearing in "Rogue Trooper"[]
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Location:
- Soldiers' burial ground, Nu Earth
Items:
- Grenade
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "Rogue Trooper"[]
While Rogue sleeps, Gunnar and Bagman argue with each other. Gunnar shoots Bagman and Bagman chucks a grenade at Gunnar. Rogue wakes up in time to deflect the projectiles and decides that he and his buddies need a break from the stresses of the war, so he'll take them to Neuropa.
Appearing in "The Great Detective Caper: Hemlock Bones --- Who He? (part 2)"[]
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- Ernie Grice, a ham actor
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- Identical twins competing for the imperial throne
Villains:
- Vulgan-Barff, a Machiavellian vizier
Other characters:
- Two official executioners
Location:
- The planet Squarl
Items:
- Trans-temporal tractor beam (only works once)
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "The Great Detective Caper: Hemlock Bones --- Who He? (part 2)"[]
Ernie Grice, alias master detective Hemlock Bones, solves the greatest — and, indeed, only — mystery he has ever faced.
Notes[]
Published by Fleetway on 13th November 1982. Sold for 18p in the UK.
Trivia[]
- Letters and fan art from readers are published in the Nerve Centre.
- The back cover is a 'family portrait' of the Dictators of Zrag and their mother, the Hag of Zrag.
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.