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2000 AD, Issue #57

Publisher: IPC

Series Title: 2000 AD

Issue: #57


Publish Date: 25 March 1978
type: cover
Genre: science fiction
Cover Characters: Dan Dare; Hitman
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Assigned Artwork

2000AD #57 cover – 1978 Dave Gibbons cover Comic Art
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2000AD #57 cover – 1978 Dave Gibbons cover

Art Details

Artist: Dave Gibbons (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 141
Comments: 15
Added to Site: 11/12/2025

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Issue Breakdown

Type Title Creators Characters Synopsis
cover Dan Dare; Hitman
comic story Waterworld, Part 2 Dan Dare; Hitman; Ley; Miller; Schuyler On an alien planet totally covered by water Dare and his crew are stranded on the bottom. When Dare goes out to scout around he is rescued from a fall into a mud-pit by some humanoids, but he is not sure if they are friendly.
comic story The Dolphin Tapes, Part 4 John Probe; Luigi Scarlotti; Hacker; Bob Peel Scarlotti brings the roof of the underwater complex down as he escapes with the tapes, leaving the battling Probe and Hacker to their fate. With the help of the transformed Bob Peel (who dies as a result), Probe overcomes Hacker and makes off after Scarlotti, who drowns in quicksand as he tries to complete his escape through the Everglades above.
comic story Colony Earth, Part 6: The Aliens Are Changing Earth's Climate James Hunter; Philip Vandenberg Highly advanced aliens have started a new ice-age with ocean levels dropping 100 feet overnight. Using a captured alien robot and anti-grav buggy, Hunter and Vandenberg race to a satellite tracking station that is under attack, and succeed in bringing down the alien saucer. A dying technician tells them they had just located a giant alien satellite when they were attacked. Hunter and Vandenberg then head over to investigate the fallen saucer.
advertisement Letters: typeset
comic story The Oxygen Board Mr. Smith; Lunk The Tranq Gas gang pump knock-out gas through the system that feeds air to Luna-1. With the citizenry unconscious, they then go on a crime spree. As Judges struggle to cope the gang get away clean. 53,000 die in the city. Retribution comes in the form of the Oxygen Board who cut off the air supply to the gang's hideout for none-payment of bills. They asphyxiate on top of the loot.
advertisement Letters: typeset
letters page Letters: typeset Tharg Letters, reader illo, competition results.
comic story Galactic Crush A dating-agency match-up goes wrong.
comic story Inferno, Part 22: Jet-Pack Explosion John Clay; Marvin; Junk; Jaws Jessel; Moody Bloo; Eegle; Louis Mayer The Hellcats succeed in beating the Sharks, even after Clay's jet-pack explodes. The prize is a new Superliner.
comic story Wadio Walt O.B. Noxious Dredd puts a Pirate Radio station off the air after Walter guests on the show.

 

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