2000 AD #9 was published by Rebellion and IPC Magazines Ltd. on April 1, 1977, as part of a series that began in 1977. Gerry Finley-Day and John Wagner write, and art comes from Carlos Pino, Dave Gibbons and Joan Boix. It features Judge Dredd, Dan Dare, Tharg the Mighty, Bill Savage and MACH 1, among 20 characters cataloged on VerseDB.