| Issue | #48 |
| Published | 21 January 1978 |
| Cover Price | 0.09 GBP (9p) |
| Pages | 32 |
| Editing | Kelvin Gosnell |
| Notes | The cover is also the first page of this issue's Dan Dare story. |
| Characters | Dan Dare; Bear; The Dark Lord |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Gerry Finley-Day |
| Pencils | Dave Gibbons |
| Inks | Dave Gibbons |
| Colors | Dave Gibbons |
| Letters | Dave Gibbons |
| Notes | The cover is also the first page of this issue's Dan Dare story. |
| Characters | Dan Dare; Bear; Hitman; The Dark Lord |
| Synopsis | With The Dark Lord his prisoner, Dare orders the Starslayer ships to return to their home world. The Dark Lord escapes, however, and orders them to board. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Gerry Finley-Day |
| Pencils | Dave Gibbons |
| Inks | Dave Gibbons |
| Letters | Dave Gibbons |
| Characters | Frank Hart; Doctor Burnard |
| Synopsis | Frank rebels against his incarceration at the Nuclear Facility, and, threatening to shoot himself, makes a break for it. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Pat Mills |
| Pencils | Trigo |
| Inks | Trigo |
| Letters | Jack Potter |
| Characters | Jack Keller; Neil Armstrong |
| Synopsis | During an Apollo mission in 1987 astronaut Jack Keller is captured by an alien who takes his form and leaves to join the Apollo crew with the intention of surveying the Earth. Keller does not believe the alien can pass himself off, until he meets a fellow captive - Neil Armstrong. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Robert Flynn |
| Pencils | Giorgi |
| Inks | Giorgi |
| Letters | Peter Knight |
| Characters | Bonjo; Dr. Lu-Ney; Mach Aardvaark |
| Genre | Science Fiction; Humour |
| Script | Kevin O'Neill |
| Pencils | Kevin O'Neill |
| Inks | Kevin O'Neill |
| Letters | Tony Jacob |
| Characters | Tharg |
| Inks | ? |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Readers letters and illos. Some advertising. |
| Characters | Judge Dredd; Judge Tex; Walter; Judge Wimpey; Wild Bill Carmody |
| Synopsis | Dredd falls into an ambush when he pursues Carmody into the Oxygen Desert. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | John Howard |
| Pencils | Ian Gibson |
| Inks | Ian Gibson |
| Colors | Ian Gibson |
| Letters | Tony Jacob |
| Notes | Only the first two pages are in colour. |
| Characters | Bill Savage; Rosa Volgska; Prince John; Silk; Nessie; Georgia |
| Synopsis | Savage and his crew make it to Liverpool, and then out to sea with Prince John, but don't realise they have a traitor in their midst. Rosa captures Nessie. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Gerry Finley-Day |
| Pencils | J. Clough |
| Inks | J. Clough |
| Letters | Peter Knight |
| Characters | Giant; Junk; Zack Harper; Moody Bloo; Slim; John Clay; The Hell-Kittens; Pearly |
| Synopsis | Pearly, one of the Heroes' new cheer-leaders, seems to be a traitor as she zaps Giant with a beam of invisible energy during a game. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Tom Tully |
| Pencils | Massimo Belardinelli |
| Inks | Massimo Belardinelli |
| Letters | Tom Frame |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Part 3 of Super Nova game. |