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.
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| 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1989 | Reprints: M333 (supplement)608 | Larry Watson | Richard Elson | [b&w] | John Aldrich |
| [In the Beginning] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1989 | 608 | Larry Watson | Dave D'Antiquis | [b&w] | John Aldrich |
| [Time to Wake Up] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1989 | 609 | Larry Watson | Jose Ortiz | [b&w] | John Aldrich |
| [Fat Chance] | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 609 | John Tomlinson | Simon Jacob | [b&w] | Steve Potter |
| [Enterprise] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1989 | 610 | Stewart Edwards | Kevin Walker | [b&w] | John Aldrich |
| Writers' Block | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 611 | Mike Collins | Simon Jacob | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
| [The Keepsake] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1989 | 612 | Nicholas Barber | Kevin Walker | [b&w] | John Aldrich |
| [At Twilight's Last Gleaming] | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 613 | John Tomlinson | Stephen Baskerville | [b&w] | John Aldrich |
| [Pollution] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1989 | 614 | Hilary Robinson | Kevin Walker | [b&w] | John Aldrich |
| [Still Life] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1989 | 616 | David Anderson | Massimo Belardinelli | [b&w] | Steve Potter |
| [The Flint Sisters] | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1989 | 617 | David Anderson | Massimo Belardinelli | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
| Deadline | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1989 | 622 | Hilary Robinson | Ron Smith | [b&w] | Nick Abadzis |
| Reunion | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 623 | Nicholas Barber | Ron Smith | [b&w] | Steve Potter |
| [Amanda] | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 623 | Jim Campbell | Chris Weston | [b&w] | John Aldrich |
| Just Between Ourselves | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 624 | Neal Brand | Gual | [b&w] | John Aldrich |
| A Body Like Dwain Death's | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 625 | David Anderson | Ron Smith | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
| [Touch of Death] | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1989 | 627 | Larry Watson | Duncan Goodacre | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
| He Met the Moonmen | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1989 | 627 | Stewart Edwards | Paul Marshall | [b&w] | Sam Simek |
| [Holy Hologram] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1989 | 628 | David Anderson | Martin Griffiths | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
| Race Relations | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 628 | Nicholas Barber | Ron Smith | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
| Opening Moves | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 629 | John Smith | Mick Austin | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
| House of the Future | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1989 | Reprints: M291 (supplement)637 | Chris Gormley | Chris Weston | [b&w] | Annie Parkhouse |
| Brand Loyalty | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | Reprints: M398 (supplement)638 | Mike Collins | Paul Marshall | [b&w] | Stella |
| The Getting of Wisdom | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 639 | Mike Collins | Dave D'Antiquis | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
| The Foreign Model | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 643 | Mark Millar | Dave D'Antiquis | [b&w] | Annie Parkhouse |
| Identity Crisis | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 644 | Nicholas Barber | Glynn Dillon | [b&w] | Nick Abadzis |
| Birthday Greetings | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 645 | Hilary Robinson | Massimo Belardinelli | [b&w] | Marked as "qa!" unknown |
| You Need Friends | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 646 | Larry Watson | Massimo Belardinelli | [b&w] | Annie Parkhouse |
| Brogan's Last Ride | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 647 | Ian Rimmer | Simon Coleby | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
| Self-Awareness | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1989 | 648 | Mark Millar | Keith Page | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
| Bingo Hits the Bigtime | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1989 | 648 | Paul Carstairs | Andrew Wildman | [b&w] | Annie Parkhouse |
| Val | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1989 | 649 | Jon Murphy | Paul Marshall | [b&w] | Stella |
| 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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