2000 A.D. COVER (& IMAGE) GALLERY - PART ONE...

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In a previous post on 2000 A.D., I mentioned that I collected a short run of the comic back in 1979.  Having now checked, it was a mere 9 issues in total, from Prog 119 to 127, which happened to be the first merged issue with TORNADO.  So I thought I'd give you a look at the first of those 9 issues, followed in an upcoming post of the remainder of the 9 ish run.  Interested?  Good!

I bought this issue in R.S. McColl's in my local Town Centre, and looking at this cover now, I'm instantly returned in memory to the interior of a shop that vacated the premises only 2 or three years later.  It was ROGER MOORE's appearance as BOND in the soon to be released MOONRAKER that attracted my attention, and if not for him, it's unlikely I'd have given the comic a second glance.

It's funny how our decisions are influenced on such seemingly inconsequential things.  Back then, the weekly was still unashamedly a comic for boys, and looking at the contents now, it's actually not a bad little package.  It's just a shame that it was eventually hijacked by a far older readership, and transformed into a glossy magazine for 'adults'.  There's no equivalent of 2000 A.D. for kids today, and that's quite a sad situation when you think about it.

Ah, 1979.  To me, it seems like only a few short years ago, not the nigh-40 year gulf that it actually is.  Of course, if you weren't even born then, it must seem like prehistoric times.

  

1990 was 11 years in the future in 1979 - now it's 27 years in the past

And here's the booklet pages the 'right way up' to enable you to read them properly without having to turn your computer screen on its side.  Click to enlarge, then click again for optimum size.