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
- Shop: Tharg's Future Shocks
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digby Trench - Come on Down | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1991 | 712 | Brian Williamson | Simon Jacob | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
| Treasured Companions | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1991 | 713 | Jim Clements | Ron Smith | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
| Blossom | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1991 | 714 | Frances Lynn | Stuart Jennett | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
| Bone Shaker | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1991 | 715 | Nicholas Barber | Tim Perkins | [b&w] | Jack Potter |
| Great Minds Think Alike | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1991 | 716 | David Anderson | Ron Smith | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
| It's Alive | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1991 | 717 | John Tomlinson | Mick Austin | <-- | Tom Frame |
| The Robot | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1991 | 718 | Frances Lynn | Eric Bradbury | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
| Retribution | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1991 | 720 | John Tomlinson | Arthur Ranson | [b&w] | Steve Potter |
| Tree of Knowledge | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1991 | 721 | Iain Simmons | Simon Jacob | <-- | Steve Potter |
| Marksman | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1991 | Reprints: M338 (supplement)729 | Westley Smith | Kev Hopgood | <-- | Bambos Georgiou |
| [The Cruise] | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1991 | 742 | Frances Lynn | Arthur Ranson | <-- | Elitta Fell |
| A Pact With the Devil | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1991 | 743 | Frances Lynn | Eric Bradbury | <-- | Elitta Fell |
| A Peace of Paper | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1991 | 747 | Win Wiacek | Tim Perkins | <-- | Elitta Fell |
Linked to Tharg's Time TwistersBlink of an Eye (a Time Twister) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1991 | Reprints: M342 (supplement)748 | Mark Eyles | Carl Critchlow | <-- | Annie Parkhouse |
| Rocket Man | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1991 | 749 | Andy McDermott | Tim Bollard | <-- | Annie Parkhouse |
| The Fallen | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1991 | 760 | John Tomlinson | Massimo Belardinelli | <-- | Annie Parkhouse |
| 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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