Publisher IPC Media | Created by Pat MillsDave Gibbons | |
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Harlem Heroes is a British comic strip that formed part of the original line-up of stories in 2000 AD (February 1977). Inspired by the popularity during the 1970s of kung fu films and the Harlem Globetrotters, Harlem Heroes was devised by Pat Mills, employing elements from his Hellball comic strip, and scripted by Tom Tully. Initially, the series was to have been drawn by Carlos Trigo but the Spanish artist was replaced by Dave Gibbons prior to the first issue's publication. From issue (or "prog") 25 Massimo Belardinelli drew the concluding episodes of the first series and would be retained as its regular artist for the strip's reinvention as Inferno.
Contents
- The 2000 ad abc 45 harlem heroes
- Harlem heroes talk
- Harlem Heroes
- Summary first series
- Episodes
- Inferno
- Summary
- Judge Dredd
- The Academy of Law
- Whatever Happened to John Giant Clay
- Wear Iron
- Summary second series
- Death Sport
- Grey Ghost Overflight
- Cyborg Death Trip
- Continuity
- References
Harlem heroes talk
Harlem Heroes
By the year 2050, the game of Aeroball has swept the world! It's Football, Boxing, Kung Fu and Basketball all rolled into one! Players roar through the air wearing jet packs (controlled by buttons on their belts) and score "air strikes" by getting the ball in the "score tank". One of the top teams is the all-black Harlem Heroes!
Summary [first series]
Having made it through the preliminary round of the World Aeroball Championship, the Harlem Heroes' team bus crashes, killing all but four players. Louis Mayer, his brain alone surviving the tragedy, convinces his three fellow survivors, 'Slim', 'Hairy', and team captain John 'Giant' Clay, that they can still win the championship title.
Episodes
2000 AD progs 1 — 27, 2000 AD Annual 1978, 2000 AD Annual 1979 (29 episodes)
Timeline: 21st Century, usually placed in 2050
Inferno
Inferno is the violent sequel to Harlem Heroes.
Summary
2000 AD progs 36 — 75 (40 episodes)
Timeline: 2078
Judge Dredd
"Never mind, Citizen Giant. Look at it this way -- you've lost a son but Mega-City One has gained a darned fine Judge."
The Academy of Law
Judge Giant senior graduates from Mega-City One's Academy of Law, much to the delight of his proud father, John 'Giant' Clay.
Episodes
2000 AD progs 27 — 28 (2 episodes)
Timeline: 2099
Whatever Happened to John "Giant" Clay?
Judge Dredd Megazine #216 (1 episode)
Timeline: 2126
Wear Iron
The rise and fall of Inferno is described in chapter 3, as background for a crime. The post-Atom War society was desperate for decadent sport but the events of Inferno ("the Hellcat Murders") would kill it, with Hellcat fans not returning and the average fan afraid they might get killed next.
Judge Dredd Year One: Wear Iron (2014)
Timeline: 2080
Harlem Heroes
A revival of the first series in name only, unrelated to Dredd.
Summary [second series]
2000 AD progs 671 — 676, 683 — 699, 701 — 705/745 — 749/776 — 779/928 — 939 (49 episodes)
Timeline: 2109
"Harlem Heroes"
2000 AD progs 671 — 676, 683 — 699, 701 — 705 (28 episodes)
Death Sport
2000 AD progs 745 — 749 (5 episodes)
Grey Ghost Overflight
2000 AD progs 776 — 779 (4 episodes)
Cyborg Death Trip
2000 AD progs 928 — 939 (12 episodes)