Appearing in "Dan Dare: Taggart"[]
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
Villains:
- Buck Taggart, owner of a space freighter, who thinks he knows more about flying than Dare does and also works as a pirate
Other characters:
- Man who hires Dare to find the pirate ship
Locations:
- Space
- Cygnus 9
Items:
- Missiles
- Robots
Vehicles:
- Space freighter
- Mark 6 Gemini (the most advanced fighting ship in the galaxy)
- Pirate ship
Synopsis for "Dan Dare: Taggart"[]
Dan Dare gets a private job piloting a space freighter, but when he argues with its incompetent owner he is summarily fired and finds himself stranded on the trading world of Cygnus 9. (To be fair, most people would get fired if they punched their boss, although it was an emergency.) His new job requires him to find and destroy a pirate ship that has been extorting money from space colonies, and which turns out to be captained by the same man who sacked him in the first place.
Appearing in "U.F.O. Agent"[]
Featured characters:
- Major Grant
- Boffin Bailey
Supporting characters:
- Pagoda guards (knocked out by gas)
Villains:
- E.O.S. (Enemies of Society)
Other characters:
- None
Location:
- The pagoda of Chin-Thay in Taipan, and nearby
Items:
- Vast statue of a holy lion famed for its priceless fangs — each one a solid ruby
- 'Force stick' which creates artificial gravity
- Gas bombs
Vehicles:
- Flying saucer
- Boat owned by E.O.S.
Synopsis for "U.F.O. Agent"[]
Bailey and Grant foil a plot to steal the ruby fangs of a sacred statue.
Appearing in "Programmed to Destroy"[]
Artist:
Featured characters:
- Bart McKinnon, a mining boss
Supporting characters:
- Angus
- Foster
- Old-timer Jethro Wade
Villains:
- A 'warbrain', the most sophisticated piece of destructive technology in galactic history
Other characters:
- Tharg (narrator)
Location:
- Dax I, an asteroid in the asteroid belt
Items:
- Mini-nuke charges
Vehicles:
- Various mining machines
Synopsis for "Programmed to Destroy"[]
A mining team on an asteroid in the asteroid belt is plagued by hardware malfunctions that eventually turn out to be caused by an ancient war-computer.
Appearing in "3000 AD: The Traveller"[]
Artist:
Featured characters:
- The Traveller
Supporting characters:
- The Traveller's wife
Villains:
- Man with a slivering rod
- People with mini-nukes
- Man in a helicopter
- People in tanks
Other characters:
- None
Location:
- The war-ravaged Earth of the future, where chaos reigns
Items:
- Gas grenades
- Multi-rôle combat blaster
- Shield from the Chicago weapons factory
- Nuclear bomb
Vehicles:
- Helicopter
- Tanks
Synopsis for "3000 AD: The Traveller"[]
A man faces deadly peril as he tries to return to his home and loved ones.
Appearing in "Killer in Space: a Rick Random story"[]
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- Captain Lance Vane
Villains:
- The Black Glove
Other characters:
- Franks
- Inga Haussen
- Julie Jason
- John Ordway
- Otto Mayer
- Colonel and Mrs McCloud
- Isabella Mancini
- Kurt Listgaard
- Carl Fliedman
Locations:
- The municipal cemetery in Vienna, 2167 AD
- The interplanetary spaceport deep in the Australian interior, 2168 AD
- Space
- Logo, "an 'island' in space"
Items:
- Knife
- Cosmacode machine
Vehicles:
- Aerocar
- The charter spaceship Stellar
- Cosmic communications ship
Synopsis for "Killer in Space: a Rick Random story"[]
Rick Random is aboard a spaceship with eight passengers and a crew of six, en route to Venus. One of those aboard is what Rick calls "a murder maniac," who wants to kill everybody who harmed a dead pauper called Anna Martin.
Appearing in "Judge Dredd"[]
Artist:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- Walter the Wobot
- Johnny Alpha
- Wulf Sternhammer
- The Gronk
- Ro-Jaws
- Hammerstein
- Starlord
- Tharg
- Dan Dare
- M.A.C.H. Zero
- James Blocker
- Suzi Cho
- Sam C Slade
- Digby
- Ardeni Lakam
Villains:
Other characters:
- Script, art and lettering robots
- O'Gosnell, an officer from the Luna City PD
Location:
- Manhattan Towers, Luna City One
- City jail
Items:
- Venusian trifle
- Dredd's Lawgiver
Vehicles:
- Dredd's Lawmaster
- Police van
Synopsis for "Judge Dredd"[]
It's Christmas on Luna City One, and a party is held in Dredd's apartment in Manhattan Towers.
Appearing in "U.F.O. Agent"[]
Featured characters:
- Major Grant
- Boffin Bailey
Supporting characters:
- None
Villains:
- E.O.S., the Enemies of Society
Other characters:
- The police
Location:
- The London to Scotland railway line on a cloudy night in January
Items:
- Anti-gravity 'force stick'
- Signet ring which can operate the stick remotely
Vehicles:
- Mail train
- Car
- Van
- Flying saucer
Synopsis for "U.F.O. Agent"[]
Bailey and Grant foil a plot to steal used bank notes.
Appearing in "U.F.O. Agent"[]
Featured characters:
- Major Grant
- Boffin Bailey
Supporting characters:
- General Redas
Villains:
- E.O.S., the Enemies of Society
Other characters:
- Staff at the waxworks museum
- General Redas' entourage
Locations:
- A waxworks museum
- South Africa
Items:
- Zetan net (a net made by aliens from Satellite Zeta)
- A Zetan explosive
Vehicles:
- Flying saucer
- Armoured car
Synopsis for "U.F.O. Agent"[]
Bailey and Grant foil a plot to assassinate a general.
Appearing in "Garbage"[]
Featured characters:
- Harry and Alvin, workers at the Ministry of Garbage
Supporting characters:
- Admiral Trash
- Commander Sty
Villains:
- Super rats
Other characters:
- Aliens
Location:
- Green-4, a city in the United States of Europe, June 13th, 2090
- A planet called Purgatory
Items:
- Lots and lots of rubbish
Vehicles:
- Cars
- The garbage ship Big Rat
Synopsis for "Garbage"[]
Earth's rubbish problem is finally solved.
Notes[]
Also contains pieces about what happens when a fire breaks out in a high-rise office; space telescopes; a tricycle; the National Air and Space Museum in the USA; global facts; statues; real flying saucers; robots; and a new Ford van. In addition, there are two text stories, and a poem about a giant spider with an accompanying illustration by Brett Ewins and Jim McCarthy.
Trivia[]
Published by Fleetway in 1979 as a 2000 AD spin-off.
Recommended reading[]
2000 AD prog 500, for Dan Dare's final appearance.
Links and references[]
Why not visit the 2000 AD website?