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Along Came a Spider! Arach Attack in Strontium Dog!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Carlos Ezquerra

Inker(s): Carlos Ezquerra

Colorist(s): Carlos Ezquerra

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Strontium Dog

Character(s): Johnny Alpha; Wulf Sternhammer

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Pages: 1

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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Matt Smith [as Tharg the Mighty]

Penciller(s): various

Inker(s): various

Colorist(s): various

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): Tharg's Nerve Centre

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Pages: 1

Notes: Editorial and contents list.

Blood & Duty Part Two

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): John Wagner

Penciller(s): Colin McNeil

Inker(s): Colin McNeil

Colorist(s): Colin McNeil

Letterer(s): Tom Frame

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Judge Dredd

Character(s): Judge Dredd; Gladys Ecks; Pedro Ecks; Mrs. Pasternak; Vienna Pasternak (Judge Dredd's niece); Linus (Vienna Pasternak's friend); Marion Claire; Judge Kemble

Synopsis: After sentencing Gladys Ecks to eighteen months' imprisonment for welfare fraud and shoplifting, Judge Dredd recalls his intention to watch his niece, Vienna Pasternak (whose parents he killed when she was a small child), perform in a play - 'Charles III' - at The Megalopolis theatre. Although he requests three hours of downtime to see the play, he ends up using it to assist two judges pinned down by a rogue citidef (city defense) unit and arrives too late at the theatre to catch up with Vienna. His downtime up, he proceeds to his next case.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Concludes the two-part story begun in 2000 AD, #1300.

What Lies Beneath Part One

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gordon Rennie

Penciller(s): Staz Johnson

Inker(s): David Roach

Letterer(s): Tom Frame

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Rogue Trooper

Character(s): Rogue Trooper; Helm; Gunnar; Bagman; Lachance

Synopsis: Following a battle, two groups of Souther troops attempt to cross the toxic Khoisin Reservoir in inflatable boats to escape an oncoming Nort force. The reservoir was the scene of an earlier battle where half a million people died - drowned beneath the reservoir's waters. Soon enough, the troops are all picked off one-by-one by water-borne assailants. The remaining group of Southers, which includes a number of wounded, considers its options when no further signal is received from the other groups in the boats. At this point, Rogue Trooper arrives and introduces himself.

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Pages: 5

Vaped! Part Two

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Dan Abnett

Penciller(s): Henry Flint

Inker(s): Henry Flint

Colorist(s): Chris Blythe

Letterer(s): Ellie De Ville

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): The V.C.s

Character(s): Steve Smith (star-trooper-turned-janitor); Jupe

Synopsis: On the 50th anniversary of the peace agreed between humans and Geeks, Earth was preparing to celebrate the event. However, the Geeks, armed with more advanced technology, reopen the war with a preemptive strike. Corps Command orders ships carrying non-combatants (including retired star-troopers who had fought the Geeks in the last war) to take cover on the surface of the Moon, but they are tracked by the Geeks who land ground units to attack them. When two units of human troops are wiped out, Steve Smith, Jupe and other veterans don combat suits to engage the enemy.

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Pages: 6

Bison Part One

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): C. Clayton; C. Davis

Penciller(s): L. Campbell; L. Townsend

Inker(s): L. Campbell; L. Townsend

Colorist(s): Gary Caldwell

Letterer(s): Ellie De Ville

Subject Matter

Genres: crime, science fiction

Feature(s): Jack Bison

Character(s): Jack Bison; Edward Cormier (attorney); Chief-of-Police Tozer; Commissioner Hugill; Enrique Esposito

Synopsis: Chief-of-Police Tozer and Commissioner Hugill arrive at the scene of a shootout with widespread damage at the business premises of Enrique Esposito, an important local businessman and politician. They lead armoured policemen to the office of Esposito's attorney, Edward Cormier, who is being held at gunpoint by police officer, Jack Bison, who had entered the office and searched it without a warrant. Bison believes that Esposito is responsible for his wife's murder. Unhappy with Bison's reckless behavior, Commissioner Hugill fires him but Tozer hopes to turn this into a suspension instead.

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Pages: 5

Road House Part two

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): John Wagner

Penciller(s): Carlos Ezquerra

Inker(s): Carlos Ezquerra

Letterer(s): Annie Parkhouse

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Strontium Dog

Character(s): Johnny Alpha; Wulf Sternhammer

Synopsis: Johnny and Wulf step through a portal at the roadhouse on Portabella into a dimension warp. They fall into a gorge but are caught by giant webs made by arachnivores, which the two fight off before they drop into a body of water. They encounter a range of predators, many of them familiar from Johnny and Wulf's home dimension, in their efforts to return to the portal.

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Pages: 6

Notes: In four panels, colour is used for text.

American Beauty!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Judge Dredd

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advertisement for Judge Dredd Megazine.