#belardinelli

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2000AD and Starlord prog 93, dated 2 December 1978. Only 10p Earth Money. Flesh Book 2 cover by Massimo Belardinelli. Rebellion.

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A little nod to the late, great Massimo Belardinelli from X-Men: Legacy #8, 2013, by Simon Spurrier, Tan Eng Huat and Craig Yeung.

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1986 ad for Spellbinders from Quality Comics. Amadeus Wolf was a reprint of Cursitor Doom stories from IPC's Smash! comic.

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2000AD Programme 2, dated 6 March 1977. Below, from Collector's Gazette No. 470 (May 2023), the issue sold at auction for £4,800 (with stickers) in March 2023. While he did appear in a couple of preview images (in the first issue and in a preview ad for the comic in other IPC titles) this issue saw the first full appearance of Judge Dredd. Rebellion | The Dan Dare Corporation.

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2000AD Programme 1, dated 26 February 1977. Below, from Collector's Gazette No. 470 (May 2023), an issue sold at auction for £160 (with Space Spinner) in March 2023. Rebellion | The Dan Dare Corporation.

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Meltdown Man, by Alan Hebden and Massimo Belardinelli, makes its debut in 2000AD featuring Judge Dredd prog 178, dated 20 September 1980. It ran for 50 episodes. Rebellion.

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Tornado No. 15, dated 30 June 1979. Cover by Massimo Belardinelli. This reminds me of an early 2000AD cover (although I suppose 1979 was still early for 2000AD).

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Tornado No. 19, dated 28 July 1979. Cover by Massimo Belardinelli. Another cover that wouldn't have looked out of place on an early issue of 2000AD.

Rebellion.