Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Ulti-Mek - The Ultimate Robot

NAME

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Ulti-Mek - The Ultimate Robot

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 199, 120, 121

DATELINE
30 June 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
Meet Ulti-mek

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
The Ulti-Mek is a recently completed robot that fits in the palm of your hand. It is self-regenerating and self-reproducing. The Ulti-Mek is smaller than a human eyeball. It has a Quasar reactor motor, with unlimited power output.

OTHER CHARACTERS

None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
++ Human beings now obsolete ++

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Unknown
Artist: Unknown
Letters: Unknown

REVIEW
This is more like it. A great science fiction concept illustrated in a brilliant way with a sarcastic air to it. Move over real robots, this 'micro-prog' should have been all Ulti-Mek in my opinion.

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Arok Home Loving Robot!

NAME

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Arok Home Loving Robot!

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 199, 120, 121

DATELINE
30 June 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS

A real life robo-servant invented by Ben Skora.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
Ben Skora has invented Arok, a robot that can performs various household tasks, and SNEB, a robot that can learn.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Unknown
Artist: Unknown
Letters: Unknown

REVIEW
Another real life automaton. Ro-Jaws seems too impressed.

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Robotics 2000

NAME

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Robotics 2000

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 199, 120, 121

DATELINE
30 June 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A look at robotic characters featured in 2000AD & Starlord.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
Artie Gruber of Harlem Heroes and Inferno, Charlie from Ro-Busters: The Terra-Meks,
Boots from Robo-Hunter's Verdus, Call-Me-Kenneth and the Heavy Metal Kids from Judge Dredd: Robot Wars! and Walter The Wobot of Judge Dredd and his own strip.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Unknown
Artist: Several
Letters: Unknown

REVIEW
It's nice to see some familiar faces.

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Robots For Real!

NAME

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Robots For Real!

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 199, 120, 121

DATELINE
30 June 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
Some real robots from the past.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Unknown
Artist: Unknown
Letters: Unknown

REVIEW
This compliments the timeline nicely, but none of these are photos.

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Bomb-Buster!

NAME

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Bomb-Buster!

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 199, 120, 121

DATELINE
30 June 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
An examination of a bomb disposal robot.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
The Remote Handling Equipment (Tracked) Explosive Ordnance Disposal bomb disposal robot is used by the army. It has been nicknamed the Wheelbarrow.

It is a mobile trolley with an electric cable connecting it to a remote control and it has a TV camera for relaying footage to its operator.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Unknown
Artist: Unknown
Letters: Unknown

REVIEW
This is better.

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Ro-Jaws' Robo-Race Game

NAME
Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Ro-Jaws' Robo-Race Game

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 199, 120, 121

DATELINE
30 June 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
It's a game.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION

DEATHS
Hammer-Stein can wipe out a Volg patrol, Mek-Quake can destroy three robots and any of the robots can "fall foul of Asimov's Laws", which implies the death of a human.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
The game sees the return of Dr. Feeley-Good and Greasy Gracie's from the Ro-Busters story The Fall And Rise Of Ro-Jaws And Hammer-Stein.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
The game works essentially like Ludo. A game patented under that name 1896, but based on the 6th century Indian game of Pachisi. In North America, the game is still known as Parcheesi.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Unknown
Artist: Unknown
Letters: Unknown

REVIEW
This is more enjoyable than the rest of the mini-prog so far, and it's nice to see the return of characters like Greasy Gracie and Dr. Feeleygood.

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Tin Stars!

NAME
Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Tin Stars!

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 199, 120, 121

DATELINE
30 June 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A look at the robot in popular culture.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
None.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
Ro-Jaws (after listing how Asimov's laws keep Humans safe): "But they don't always work, Humes!"

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Metropolis (1926), Tobor The Great (1954), Forbidden Planet (1956), The Invisible Boy (1957), War With The Robots (1962) by Harry Harrison, Doctor Who (1963), Top Of The Pops (1964), Lost In Space (1966) and The Metallic Muse (1972) by Lloyd Biggle Jr. The Three Laws of Robotics are also listed, from 1942 story called Runaround by Isaac Asimov (1920-1992).

MISTAKES
Neither the Daleks nor the Cybermen are robots as described here.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Unknown
Artist: Unknown
Letters: Unknown

REVIEW
The art is lovely, but the information is slight.

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: They Were The Stars Of Star Wars!

NAME
Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: They Were The Stars Of Star Wars!

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 199, 120, 121

DATELINE
30 June 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
Ro-Jaws reviews the Star Wars robots.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
Ro-Jaws has seen Star Wars and awards Tony Daniels and Kenny Baker the Ro-Jaws Sewer Droid Trophy For Good Robot Acting.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Star Wars (1977)

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Unknown
Artist: Unknown
Letters: Unknown

REVIEW
Ro-Jaws reviews the robots of Star Wars and is impressed.

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Once Upon A Robot...

NAME
Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Once Upon A Robot...

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 199, 120, 121

DATELINE
30 June 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A history of robotics

FIRSTS & LASTS
Well, I learned a lot.

INFORMATION

OTHER CHARACTERS
None

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Unknown
Artist: Unknown
Letters: Unknown

REVIEW

This is very interesting. Electronic tortoises, Progress 1 etc, but it's not Ro-Jaws and Hammer-Stein

Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Humes! You Will Obey Our Command

NAME
Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein Book Of Robots: Humes! You Will Obey Our Command

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 199, 120, 121

DATELINE
30 June 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
Humans learn that robots are not the blind obedient slaves humans think they are.

FIRSTS & LASTS
˙uʍop ǝpısdn ɔıɯoɔ ɐ uɹnʇ oʇ ǝɯ ʇoƃ ɹǝʌǝ ʇoqoɹ ɐ ǝɯıʇ ʇsɹıℲ

INFORMATION


RO-JAWS
He has apparently written this with input from Hammer-Stein.

HAMMER-STEIN
None.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None

DEATHS
None

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
Humes!

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
There is mention of Hammer-Stein's time in the Volgan War.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT

NOTES

CREDITS
Script: Unknown
Artist: Kevin'ONeill.
Letters: Unknown.

REVIEW
I like the gimmick of turning the comic upside down, but otherwise there isn't much here. It doesn't even explicitly state that it is from Ro-Jaws.

Judge Dredd: Angel Gang & Justice One Mobile, Part 2

NAME
Judge Dredd: Angel Gang & Justice One Mobile, Part 2

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 180

DATELINE
4 Oct 80

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
And now they're facing the opposite way.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
None.

JUDGE DREDD
None.

OTHER CHARACTERS
PA, JUNIOR, LINK, MEAN MACHINE ANGEL
None.

ARRESTS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Unknown.
Artist: Unknown.
Letters: Unknown.

REVIEW
Stick this back-to-back with Part 1 for the full effect.

Judge Dredd: Angel Gang & Justice One Mobile, Part 1

NAME
Judge Dredd: Angel Gang & Justice One Mobile, Part 1

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 179

DATELINE
27 Sept 80

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None

SYNOPSIS
Judge Dredd, Angel Gang and Justice One on the dangle.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First make-it-yourself free gift?

INFORMATION
None.

JUDGE DREDD
None.

OTHER CHARACTERS
PA, JUNIOR, LINK, MEAN MACHINE ANGEL
None.

ARRESTS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Unknown
Artist: Unknown
Letters: Unknown

REVIEW
Should you want to hang Judge Dredd, the Angel Gang and Justice One over an infant now you can.

Judge Dredd Badge

NAME
Judge Dredd Badge

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd Prog 178

DATELINE
20 Sept 80

PAGE COUNT
None.

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A badge featuring Judge Dredd.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First badge given away with 2000 A.D.

INFORMATION
None.

JUDGE DREDD

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

ARRESTS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
Ironically, for a badge featuring Judge Dredd, but his badge is the wrong colour.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Unknown

REVIEW
It's a nice badge. Oddly, for a badge featuring Judge Dredd the logo is a variation that omits "featuring Judge Dredd" and Dredd's own badge is odder (see MISTAKES)

Red Alert Survival Wallet

NAME
Red Alert Survival Wallet

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 3

DATELINE
12 Mar 77

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A codewheel that enables the user to code and decode ten different codes.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First use of codes in 2000 A.D.

INFORMATION
The Red Alert Survival Wallet contains ten codes, ten emergencies and suggestions for fourteen tactics.

Using Code 3, "ZIGNB NV NBI LSKG ZIPF" decodes as "DEATH TO THE INVA DERS"

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
The coded message from Invasion!: The Resistance, Part 4 is: "NBLF EGTI LF NPIGNIZ NV ZINIHN G SIPKI TGF GNNGHC. LQ NBI EGTI NUPSF PIZ, EUN VS PIFELPGNVP GSZ PIEVPN NV BY LJJIZLGNIMW".

Using Code 3, this decodes as: THIS PAGE IS TREATED TO DETECT A NERVE GAS ATTACK IF THE PAGE TURNS RED PUT ON RESPIRATOR AND REPORT TO HQ IMMEDIATELY.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
INVA DERS?

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
So that's that.

Flesh File: Big Hungry!

NAME
Flesh File: Big Hungry!

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
Big Hungry

FIRSTS & LASTS
Last appearance of Big Hungry.

INFORMATION
A warning from Trans-Time: employees please note that they leave Trans-Time stations at their own risk and the company accepts no liability for accidents.

OTHER CHARACTERS
BIG HUNGRY
He has an altercation with a boat and two humans.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
A great star pin-up that never was.

Flesh File: A Day In The Life Of Trans-Time!

NAME
Flesh File: A Day In The Life Of Trans-Time!

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
An advert for Trans-Time.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First explicit mention of a Jurassic operation.

INFORMATION
Trans-Time advertises with a jingle and simultaneously has operations in the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
Unknown.

BEST LINES
Jingle: "Who's working hard on the Jurassic cliffs and creeks, providing Phytosaur to put bubble in your squeak?"

WORST LINES
Jingle: "Who's working hard in the Triassic seas, to provide fresh fish for your frozen chips and peas?"

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
This is great fun and would have made a brilliant Futuregraph. I'll be honest, the existence of this strip is the probably reason for the previous eleven posts and I thank you for putting up with them.

Flesh File: Creatures To Steer Clear Of

NAME
Flesh File: Creatures To Steer Clear Of

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to Cynognathus, Giant Plant-Eaters, Bone-Headed Dinosaurs and Giant Scorpions.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
Cynognathus is a Triassic Period reptile with mammalian qualities and has been nicknamed the 'dog-reptile'. Trans-Time has given it a rating of 7.

Giant Plant-Eaters are the Jurassic Period animals that Trans-Time come to catch, including the Brotosaurus or Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, Camarasaurus and Brachiosaurus. The latter of these grows to thirty metres in length. Trans-Time suggests that employees stay well clear and there are numerous examples of incidents what happened when they didn't. They have given them a rating of 4.

Bone-Headed Dinosaurs are from the Cretaceous Period. Their skulls are five times thicker than that of a human, but their brain is the size of a hen's egg. They use their heads like battering rams.

Giant Scorpions are of unknown lifespan and history. They are seen sparingly.

OTHER CHARACTERS
STUMPY MacPHERSON
The sole survivor of an attack by a pack of Cynognathus after being part of a group that goaded them.

RANGER PRESTON
Responsible for a Brotosaurus herd. He and a fellow Ranger abandoned them to watch some bone-headed dinosaurs fight, his friend was killed when the Brotosaurs stampeded.

DEATHS
Plenty.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
Now this is what you want to an image of. The exploits of Stumpy MacPherson and Ranger Preston would be worthy of strip in themselves.

Flesh File: Tyrannosaurus Rex

NAME
Flesh File: Tyrannosaurus Rex

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
Tyrannosaurus Rex is a Cretaceous Period Carnivorous dinosaur which grows to sixteen metres in length, six metres in height and weighs more than 8,000 kilogrammes. Its teeth can grow up to thirteen centimetres in length.

Trans-Time suggests that the Tyrannosaurus Rex is to be avoided at all costs, but may be less dangerous and lethargic after a large meal. They have given it a rating of 10.

OTHER CHARACTERS
OLD ONE EYE
She drove out all the humans from her area.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
Earl Reagan's surname is mis-spelt Regan.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
This is dull. How do you get T-Rex wrong?

Flesh File: Triceratops

NAME
Flesh File: Triceratops

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to the Triceratops.

FIRSTS & LASTS

INFORMATION
The Triceratops was a Cretaceous Period herbivorous dinosaur. They are eleven metres long and weigh 8,000 kilogrammes.

An old Trans-Time saying is: "If you're fool enough to get caught by a Triceratops' charge, make sure it's a fatal one!".

The company has given them a rating of 6.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
Unknown.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
Another disappointing entry.

Flesh File: Stegosaurus

NAME
Flesh File: Stegosaurus

FIRST PUBLISHED
Free with 2000 A.D. Prog 96, 97 & 98

DATELINE
20 Jan 79

PAGE COUNT
2

REPRINTS
None.

SYNOPSIS
A guide to Stegosauruses.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
Stegosaurus was a Jurassic Period herbivorous dinosaur that weighed 6,000kg and was up to nine metres long.

During the establishment of the Jurassic Base, a herd of Stegosaurus were startled by the sound of the arrival of an unscheduled Time Shipment and a number of Trans-Time workers were trampled and impaled.

Time-Time have given them a rating of: 5.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

DEATHS
Probably.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
None.

REVIEW
The case history is nice and better suited to this medium than it would have been to a comic strip.