2000 AD in Stages

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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Art by Cliff Robinson

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Year(s) Issues Writer Artist Colourist Letterer
The Toast 1 4 0 1990 660 Simon Furman Lee Sullivan [b&w] Glop
A Step Further… 1 3 0 1990 663 Ian Rimmer Art Wetherall [b&w] Gordon Robson
War and Peace 1 4 0 1990 664 Nicholas Barber Dave D'Antiquis [b&w] Gordon Robson
The Mirror 1 3 0 1990 666 Heath Ackley Martin Griffiths [b&w] Annie Parkhouse
Thanks for the Memories 1 4 0 1990 670 Nicholas Barber Massimo Belardinelli [b&w] Bambos Georgiou
Guilt 1 5 0 1990 671 John Tomlinson Paul Marshall <-- Tom Frame
Termination Explanation 1 4 0 1990 672 Paul Carstairs Massimo Belardinelli [b&w] Bambos Georgiou
The Dawn of the Loch Ness Monster 1 4 0 1990 674 Nicholas Barber Ron Smith [b&w] Bambos Georgiou
The Big, Bigger Biggest Bomb 1 3 0 1990 699 Paul Carstairs Mike Hadley <-- Tom Frame
The Tomb 1 2 0 1990 WS3 Nicholas Barber Kamilovski <-- Gordon Robson
How to Write a Future Shock 1 4 0 1990 WS3 T.M.O. Eric Bradbury [b&w] Gordon Robson
Killer Pigeons From Hell 1 4 0 1990 705 Alan McKenzie Ron Smith [b&w] Ellie de Ville
Linked to Tharg the MightySleighbells in the Sky
1 2 0 1990 710 Gordon Robson Steve Yeowell <-- Steve Potter
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Linked to Features | IndexesTharg's Future Shocks: The Index
2 12 0 1990 SFS13 editorial reprints [b&w] n/a
yearepisodespages
19771961.5
19783181
19791764.5
1980316
198137157
19822996
1983617.5
19842264
19852268.5
19862277
19873087
19882885
198932116
19901346
19911671
19921042
19931050
1994423
1995735
199600
199700
199800
199900
2000735
200120100
20021262
2003631
2004840
200515
2006525
2007420
2008630
2009630
2010626
2011417
2012416
2013416
2014937
2015625
2016416
2017728
2018731
2019730
20201047
2021734
2022735
20231049
202400
202500

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