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Issue: 2000 AD Annual #1978
Publication Date: January 1977
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Issues: #1978 of 14 Issues
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Publisher: FlagFleetway Publications
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Indicia Publisher: IPC Magazines Ltd.
On Sale Date: 09/1977
Volume: none
Pages: 128
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £1.00 GBP
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 26 (16 stories, 1 cover)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dan Dare
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Disclose Notes: Contents listing with a composite view of the Earth as seen from the surface of the Moon as background. Indicia: Copyright IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977.
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Dan Dare And The Curse Of The Mytax

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dan Dare; Wally Carter; Mytax; Solan; The Scarags
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Shuttle Blast-Off

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Disclose Notes: Illustrated account of a Space Shuttle mission to launch a satellite.
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Character(s): Tharg
First Line: Galactic Greetings, Earthlets!
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First Line: Borag Thungg, Earthlets!
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Disclose Notes: Tharg teaches us some words of his language. Also tells us about the possibility of General Dynamics producing a submarine oil tanker (with illo).
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A Step Into The Unknown

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Feature(s): 2000AD Special Feature
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Disclose Notes: Illustrated History of space exploration from Gargarin to the space shuttle.
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Tank Trap

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bill Savage; Peter Silk; Volgans
Synopsis: Savage and Silk intervene when Volgan tanks open fire on some civilians. They escape, make contact with British resistance fighters on the Isle Of Dogs, and go on to blow up a Volgan oil tanker.
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Hunted

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Amon Spek; Tharg
Synopsis: Spek wakes up to find himself the game in a Safari Park floating in space. He dies when he has nowhere left to run and two Earthlings catch up with him. Tharg appears to warn us about what we are doing to our own planet's resources.
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Probe: Brigadier Crawford; Lutz
First Line: Mind Control
Synopsis: Probe attends a military test on Salisbury Plain. Foreign agents outside the test area use some radar-like equipment to seize control of Probe's computerised brain and make him steal a missile. Probe complies, but manages to turn the tables when they try to kill him.
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Giant; Slim; Rudi Boldt; Rusty; Hairy; Louis Mayer; Earl
First Line: Welcome To Berlin
Synopsis: The Heroes take on the Berlin Blitzkriegs in a not-so-friendly friendly. The Heroes come out on top despite the racially-charged atmosphere and the brutal tactics of the Germans.
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East Meets West...In Space!

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Brigadier General Thomas P. Stafford; Colonel Alexei Leonov
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Disclose Notes: Text piece, with illos and photos, about the Apollo/Soyuz link-up on 17th July 1975.
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End Of Voyage

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Tom Wyatt
Synopsis: Wyatt's pleasure cruiser is caught in a nuclear test in the Pacific. He is the only survivor. A year later he takes part in a cross-Atlantic yacht race, as the crisis in the Middle East heats up. Nuclear destruction hits deserted New York just as he sails past the Statue of Liberty.
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Crossword

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Watch This Space

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Genres: humorous
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Space Records You Can All 'Lick'!

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Disclose Notes: Brief look at how stamps have followed the space race since Gargarin orbited the Earth. Several repros of space-themed stamps from around the world.
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The Dream Machine

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mike Clayton; Doctor Brenner; Williams
Synopsis: Brenner invites Clayton, who has the highest I.Q. in Britain, to take part in an experiment with his Dream Machine. Clayton's dream sends technician Williams over the edge and he tries to destroy the machine. Brenner tries again later, and this time Clayton's mind makes contact with some kind of extraterrestrial power.
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Videophones

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Judge Steele; Igor Sansky
Synopsis: Sansky is using Deep Psyche Hypnosis (over the Video Phone system) to drive Judges mad. Dredd, using a hologram of himself, fools Sansky and buys the time to trace the phone call. Then raids Sansky's place for the showdown.
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Operation Hercules

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Probe; Brigadier Pierre Lemas
Synopsis: Terrorists hijack a plane loaded with French passengers, and flies them to Natanga. The French government call in Probe, who leads a pretty routine rescue mission.
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The Buffalo Hunt

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Claw Carver; Hays;
Synopsis: Trans Time Corporation sends Reagan and his men back to 1821 to bring back a dozen dead buffalo. Reagan is worried that this might alter history, but when he returns to the present he finds out that the episode had already entered history before he had even left, via a Cherokee pictogram.
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The Monsters

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Character(s): Tharg
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White Fury

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Genres: adventure, nature
Character(s): Shako; Dave Findlay; Chuck Branson
Synopsis: Findlay takes a pot-shot from the deck of the ice-breaker he is serving on and kills Polar Bear cub Shako's mother for sport. The Captain orders the two men onto the ice to finish the cub as well, but Shako bites Findlay in the leg and his gun goes off accidently, killing Branson. Shako escapes and has to fend for himself for a couple of weeks. When next he encounters the humans he manages to kill Findlay, then boards the by now stuck ice-breaker. Just as the Captain is about to shoot him, the ship succumbs to the pressure of the ice and sinks. Shako makes his escape and his adventures begin.
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Disclose Notes: First appearance Shako? Story is the prequel to the Shako series which ran in the early issues of 2000 AD weekly.
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Whitey's Brother

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Whitey Logan; Welch Logan
Synopsis: Using a matter disruptor to terrorize Mega City 1 with, Welch Logan demands the release of his brother, Whitey, from Devil's Island and Judge Dredd to be handed over to him. Dredd plays along and wins out by turning the matter disruptor on Welch. Whitey returns to prison, vowing vengeance.
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Disclose Notes: This is the sequel to the "Judge Whitey" story from 2000 AD #2. Devil's Island is a penal colony on a huge traffic island in the middle of the expressway.
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The Symbiote

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tharg
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Death Bug

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Smith Family
Character(s): Peter Smith; Alice Smith; "Kipper" Smith; Police Chief Custer; Doc. Huxley; "Lucky" Modell
Synopsis: A plague of Death Bugs threatens Salvation City. The Chief and Doc Huxley use a petrol tanker to save the day.
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Character(s): Dan Dare
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