2000AD Prog 376: Where did she go? Out. What did she do? Everything. The Ballad of Halo Jones

We've had the starscan a few progs ago, now we get the Ian Gibson cover heralding the start of Alan Moore's latest epic. Tharg's Nerve Centre's features a letter from a reader in New Zealand, noting that they received their 4th of February cover-dated prog on 29th of April, meaning it was 85 days late. …

2000AD Prog 374: Hot lead – cold justice! “This is the law!”

I wouldn't want to disparage Robin Smith's artwork, but getting the art editor to provide a cover featuring a Judge Dredd pose we've seen a few times before makes it look like he had to rustle something up at the last minute... Tharg's Nerve Centre - one earthlet boasts of reading 2000AD "at 30,000 feet …

2000AD Prog 259: “Guess that’s our first case, Sam. Huh? Huh?” Robo-Hunter returns!

This Ian Gibson cover follows on from the other end of the zoom tube journey that took Sam Slade from the Mega-City in Day of the Droids. Tharg fields letters from earthlet/tes in the Nerve Centre. The first suggests that lack of progs causes old age - I wondered why some people say I look …

2000AD and Tornado Prog 168: CRIME “Any questions?”

This is a famous McMahon cover, inspiring a special cover in the future and making it on to T-shirts to this day. Tharg's Nerve Centre contains a letter from one reader highlighting how many of 2000AD's heroes have been killed (including Captain Psyko, who I wouldn't exactly describe as a hero, even if he did …

2000AD Prog 167: Comic Rock First Release: Terror Tube – This comic should be played at 45 R.P.M.

Comic Rock starts with a bang, with a thematic cover showing vinyl records instead of the '0's in 2000AD (there's no Tornado on this cover). The Blitzspear is there, as is a Terminator Outrider. The Nerve Centre (Comic Rock - The Mighty B-Side) plugs the new series as well as mentioning forthcoming thrills Mean Arena …

2000AD and Starlord Prog 121: Judge Dredd to Justice H.Q. … Rioters in Spaceport have ignored my warnings… stand by for casualties! Every day is Judgement Day in Mega-City One!

A generic Dredd cover telling a story of its own here (for more details, look at the title of this post). The Nerve Centre brings dire news - the Galaxy's Greatest is going to go up in price from next week. Gone are the days when 2000AD cost 10p, it's 12p from here on. The …

2000AD and Starlord Prog 118: You are Trapped, Johnny Alpha… Trapped in Hell for Ever!

A Carlos devil adorns the latest prog cover with contrasting reds and greens creating a striking image of said devil, Johnny and Wulf (take that, Teal and Orange). The Nerve Centre has a teaser of three new stories starting next prog - I'm thinking ABC Warriors, maybe Project Overkill and something else. The reader's story …

2000AD and Starlord Prog 117: I’ve already got you for Theft, Kidnap and Assault, Lawbreaker! Don’t add Murder to the List!

This week's cover is a dynamic (and very yellow) image from Ron Smith, of Dredd jumping from one ambulance to another. The Nerve Centre trails a Starlord spaceship feature later in the same prog. Judge Dredd: Cityblock 1. Ron Smith's splash page shows, in order, a portrait of Judge Dredd, a view of the outside …

Star Lord No 22: Starlord’s ship is waiting to carry him… Beyond the Stars! See inside!

Starlord's ship appears to be a frog-shaped hovercraft with robotic spider arms. Or maybe it's the jet plane above. What can I say about the last episode of Mind Wars? Well, it starts well - we go two whole pages with everybody playing along that Ardeni has died in the heart of a nuclear explosion …

Dan Dare Annual 1979 – Destroy that starcarrier or the whole galaxy will be enslaved!

Like the 2000AD Annual 1979, Kevin O'Neill paints the cover for Dan Dare's first annual (well, the first one since 'Eagle Dan Dare's Space Annual 1963', anyway). It's a good cover that stands on its own - please don't have this cover have a text story in the annual! A Dave Gibbon's be-space-suited Dare greets …