Tharg's Future Shocks
Rebranded in the year 2000 as just "Future Shocks" (after the long hiatus of Tharg during his ousting by the Vector 13 crowd), these are a staple of 2000 AD - a place to tell a short, one-off thrill.
Sometimes things don't quite fit in the bracket of being either futuristic or having a particularly twisty ending (or even neatly fitting in a single episode), so the one-off idea is also served either without any branding, or as (with varying longevity) Ro-Jaws' Robo-Tales, Tharg's Time Twisters, Tharg's Dragon Tales, Tales From Beyond Science, Terror Tales, Vector 13, Pulp Sci-Fi, Tales of Telguuth or Past Imperfect. A modern take on the idea has been to do specifically three-parters under the Tharg's 3rillers banner.
The Dreddverse gets similarly served with the sporadic Tales From Mega-City One and more successful Tales From the Black Museum.
| 1977 | 1978 | 1979-1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983-1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992-1993 | 1994-2000 | 2001 |
| 2002-2003 | 2004-2007 | 2008-2011 | 2012-2014 | 2015-2017 | 2018-2020 | 2021-2023 | 2024-2025 |
Art by Cliff Robinson
- The 2000 AD ABC: Tharg's Future Shocks
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- In Orbit Every Wednesday: What's the Ultimate Future Shock?
| Story Title | Parts | Pages | w indicates a wraparound coverCovers | Year(s) | Issues | Writer | Artist | Colourist | Letterer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King of the World | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1977 | 25 | Steve Moore | Blasquez | <-- 2pp, [b&w] | Tom Frame |
| Food for Thought | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 1977 | 26 | Steve Moore | Horacio Lalia | <-- 2pp, [b&w] | Jack Potter |
| First Contact | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1977 | 27 | Alan Hebden | Medraho | <-- 2pp, [b&w] | John Aldrich |
No supertitle.Hunted | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1977 | 2KA'78 | unknown | Kevin O'Neill | [b&w] | unknown |
No supertitle.The Monsters | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1977 | 2KA'78 | unknown | Keith Page | [b&w] | unknown |
No supertitle.The Symbiote | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1977 | 2KA'78 | unknown | unknown | [b&w] | unknown |
| Wings | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1977 | 28 | Kevin O'Neill | Kevin O'Neill | [b&w] | Peter Knight |
| Just Like Home | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1977 | 29 | Peter Harris | Ron Turner | [b&w] | Peter Knight |
| [Beautiful World] | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 1977 | 30 | unknown | Ron Turner | [b&w] | Peter Knight |
| A Promised Land | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1977 | Reprints: SFS731 | unknown | Horacio Lalia | [b&w] | Peter Knight |
| Excursion | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1977 | 32-33 | Peter Harris | As Panacomics. Horacio Lalia | [b&w] | Jack Potter: 1 Peter Knight: 2 various |
| Fangs | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 1977 | Reprints: 2KA'8534 | Chris Lowder | Carlos Ezquerra | [b&w] | John Aldrich |
| The Ultimate Warrior | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1977 | 35 | Robert Flynn | Marzal Canos | [b&w] | Peter Knight |
| [Play Pool] | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 1977 | 36 | Kelvin Gosnell | Kevin O'Neill | [b&w] | Peter Knight |
| Robot Repairs | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1977 | 37-38 | Robert Flynn | Brett Ewins Brendan McCarthyvarious | [b&w] | John Aldrich |
| [Space Prospector] | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1977 | 40 | Martin Lock | Trevor Goring | [b&w] | Peter Knight |
| The Runts | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1977 | 41 | Steve Moore | Pat Wright | [b&w] | Peter Knight |
| [Time Past] | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 1977 | 42 | Martin Lock | Jose Luis Ferrer | [b&w] | Peter Knight |
| [Killer Car] | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1977 | 45 | Robert Flynn | Mike Dorey | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
| year | episodes | pages |
| 1977 | 19 | 61.5 |
| 1978 | 31 | 81 |
| 1979 | 17 | 64.5 |
| 1980 | 3 | 16 |
| 1981 | 37 | 157 |
| 1982 | 29 | 96 |
| 1983 | 6 | 17.5 |
| 1984 | 22 | 64 |
| 1985 | 22 | 68.5 |
| 1986 | 22 | 77 |
| 1987 | 30 | 87 |
| 1988 | 28 | 85 |
| 1989 | 32 | 116 |
| 1990 | 13 | 46 |
| 1991 | 16 | 71 |
| 1992 | 10 | 42 |
| 1993 | 10 | 50 |
| 1994 | 4 | 23 |
| 1995 | 7 | 35 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 35 |
| 2001 | 20 | 100 |
| 2002 | 12 | 62 |
| 2003 | 6 | 31 |
| 2004 | 8 | 40 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 25 |
| 2007 | 4 | 20 |
| 2008 | 6 | 30 |
| 2009 | 6 | 30 |
| 2010 | 6 | 26 |
| 2011 | 4 | 17 |
| 2012 | 4 | 16 |
| 2013 | 4 | 16 |
| 2014 | 9 | 37 |
| 2015 | 6 | 25 |
| 2016 | 4 | 16 |
| 2017 | 7 | 28 |
| 2018 | 7 | 31 |
| 2019 | 7 | 30 |
| 2020 | 10 | 47 |
| 2021 | 7 | 34 |
| 2022 | 7 | 35 |
| 2023 | 10 | 49 |
| 2024 | 6 | 30 |
| 2025 | 4 | 20 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 0 | 0 |
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