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Issue: 2000 AD Annual #1981
Publication Date: January 1980
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Issues: #1981 of 14 Issues
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Publisher: FlagFleetway Publications
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Indicia Publisher: IPC Magazines Ltd.
On Sale Date: 08/21/1980
Volume: none
Pages: 128
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £1.50 GBP
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 34 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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[untitled]

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Genres: science fiction
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2000 AD Star Pin-Up: Deadlock The Mystic A.B.C. Warrior

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Genres: science fiction
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Tharg
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The Space Shuttle

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two-page cut-away painting of the shuttle in orbit. Short text piece.
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Night of the Blood-Freaks

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Genres: science fiction
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Night of the Blood-Freaks

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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 4
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Special Effects In Sci-Fi Movies

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Disclose Notes: A look at the use of special effects in movies over the years.
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10 Ways To Destroy The World

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Character(s): The Mekon
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The Mumps From Beyond The Moon

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The Mighty Tharg's Cosmic Puzzle Page

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Character(s): Tharg; Ro-Jaws
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Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein's Mini Annual

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Feature(s): Ro-Busters
Character(s): Ro-Jaws; Hammerstein
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Disclose Notes: Ro-Jaws and Hammerstein answer readers letters. Some readers cartoons, and some fan art.
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[untitled]

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Robot Lucifer; Howard Quartz; Great Aunt Lizzie
First Line: Mayday! Mayday! San Andreas Fault!
Synopsis: Aunt Lizzie puts Howard in his place after he tries to claim ownership of Robot Lucifer because Lucifer is using a leg made by Howard's company.
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Ro-Jaws Robo-Facts

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Ro-Jaws
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Human On My Back

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ro-Jaws; Benjy; Felix
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: First page is a B&W illustration of Benjy and Felix.
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The A.B.C. Warriors

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Joe Pineapples; Mongrol; The Mess; Happy Schrapnel; Deadlock; Blackblood; Hammerstein
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The Man From 2000

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bylor; Lantus; King Grandvelt; Trooper 34839/Ax
Synopsis: Alien gamblers pull four warriors from Earths past and set them against each other, betting on the outcome of the fight. But the warriors work together and beat the aliens.
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2000AD Heroes Fact-File

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ursa; Zog
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Death-Dive

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Genres: historical, science fiction
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The Guinea Pig

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Guinea Pig
Character(s): Mike Lane; Prof. Dee
Synopsis: Foreign agents try and hijack a new plane Mike is testing. He rams their helicopter and captures them. Returns them to their mother-ship the next day.
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Reprint Notes: From The Eagle 1965(?)
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Pages: 4.5
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Judge Dredd
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2000 A.D. Hall Of Villains

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Genres: science fiction
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Disclose Notes: Four pages of illustrated character profiles. Red spot colour used throughout.
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Duel in the Dunes

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Kain; Tharg
Synopsis: Kain takes part in battle after battle in some kind of arena. At the end he disovers he is an android. We discover the arena is actually a child's toy, and the players are miniature robots.
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The Being From Betelgeuse Six!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tharg
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Disclose Notes: Profile of Tharg, with illo.
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The Retreat From Volgow

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Genres: science fiction
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Disclose Notes: Two-page spread which acts as illo for the following text story. Art coloured in red tones.
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The Retreat From Volgow

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Story recounts the end of the Volgan war, told from the perspective of a Volgan robot.
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A Thargian Vocabulary

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Disclose Notes: Red toned illo of Tharg, along with a short list of Betelgeusian words.
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"[The Belminster Jewel Robbery]"

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Smokeman
Character(s): Major Grant; 'Boffin' Bailey; Inspector Hanson; Tragg; Lynch
Synopsis: The Zetans return Grant and Bailey to Earth, but remove Grant's Smokeman power. The two policemen join the C.I.D. in Belminster, where they work with Hanson. Grant uses his fading powers to solve a series of jewel robberies.
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Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Reprint. Dates from 1967. Possibly from The Eagle? This appears to have originally been published in colour.
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Tharg's Guide To How 2000 A.D. Is Produced

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Character(s): Tharg
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Disclose Notes: Tharg explains the process of making the comic, from scripting, to lettering, from pencils to inks. Some new art used as a framing sequence, finished off with a repro of a Brian Bolland page from Judge Dredd.
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Bang Bang! Said The Green Cheese Man

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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Text story which contains several strip sequences to continue the story.
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Starlord

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): 2000 A.D. Pin-Up
Character(s): Starlord
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Disclose Notes: Pin-up with a text reprise of Starlord's mission.
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The Case of the Urban Gorillas!

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Genres: mystery, science fiction
Character(s): Big Zak
Synopsis: Dredd reclaims the Mickey Dolenz block from ape control.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: First all-colour Dredd story(?)
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[untitled]

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Sgt. Joe Timm; Paddy; Jock
First Line: We're In The North Sea.
Synopsis: The Phantom Patrol travel back in time to the ice age, where they help a starving tribe hunt mammoth.
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Reprint Notes: From Swift Circa 1962(?)
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Pages: 14
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Assembled By Robots

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Disclose Notes: Answers to the puzzles, along with an illo of some of the characters.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Judge Dredd; Tharg; Johnny Alpha
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprint of the front cover on back cover.

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