2000 AD Annual #1978

In "Tank Trap," Savage and Silk respond to a sudden attack by Volgan tanks on civilians, leading to a tense escape and a dangerous alliance with British resistance fighters on the Isle of Dogs. With the odds stacked against them, they launch a daring mission to sabotage a Volgan oil tanker, testing their resolve in a war-torn landscape.

In "Hunted," Spek awakens aboard a surreal Safari Park adrift in the void, hunted through alien landscapes by Earthlings who seem both relentless and eerily familiar. As the chase unfolds across desolate, otherworldly terrain, the story takes a haunting turn when Tharg appears to deliver a stark warning about humanity’s reckless consumption of planetary resources.

In "null," the Heroes face off against the Berlin Blitzkriegs in a tense, high-stakes confrontation that tests their resolve amid a charged atmosphere and ruthless enemy tactics. Set in a stark, alternate 1977, the story unfolds with grit and precision, delivering a tense sci-fi clash where victory isn’t guaranteed, only earned.

In "End Of Voyage," Wyatt, the sole survivor of a nuclear test that destroyed his pleasure cruiser in the Pacific, returns to the sea a year later, competing in a cross-Atlantic yacht race. As tensions flare in the Middle East, he sails past the Statue of Liberty just as nuclear devastation engulfs a deserted New York.

In a near-future dystopia, Judge Dredd faces a chilling threat through the very technology meant to connect people: the videophone. When a mysterious caller uses Deep Psyche Hypnosis to drive Judges mad over the line, Dredd counters with a holographic ruse, turning the screen into his weapon of choice. The chase leads him straight to Sansky’s lair, where the real battle begins—no promises on who walks out.

In "Operation Hercules," a hijacked plane carrying French passengers is forced to land in the remote nation of Natanga, setting off a high-stakes crisis. The French government turns to Probe, who leads a mission to reclaim the aircraft and its passengers—though nothing about the situation feels quite as straightforward as it first appears.

In "White Fury," a young polar bear cub named Shako survives the brutal killing of his mother by a careless crewman, Findlay, aboard an ice-bound ship. After a desperate struggle on the frozen wastes, Shako returns to the vessel not as prey, but as a vengeful force—his path crossing with the crew once more as the ice itself begins to claim the ship.

In a tense standoff set in the grim sprawl of Mega City 1, a desperate man named Welch Logan wields a matter disruptor to force the release of his brother, Whitey, from Devil's Island—and demands Judge Dredd as a hostage. Dredd, ever the calm enforcer, maneuvers the situation with cold precision, turning the weapon against Welch in a moment of shocking resolve. The fate of Whitey hangs in the balance as the city holds its breath.