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

1992
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One-Way Ticket 1 2 0 1992 780 Brian Williamson Jeff Anderson <-- Pat Prentice
Nightmare on Ses*me Street 1 4 0 1992 785 Mark Millar Brian Williamson <-- Pat Prentice
A Fete Worse Than Death 1 3 0 1992 786 Mark Millar Brian Williamson <-- Pat Prentice
We Come in Peace 1 3 0 1992 792 Tim Bollard Tim Bollard <-- Mary Green
A Hitch in Time 1 6 0 1992 796 John Tomlinson Staz Johnson <-- Gary Gilbert
Hot Iron 1 6 0 1992 797 Jim Baikie Jim Baikie <-- Ellie de Ville
Seeds 1 6 0 1992 798 Peter Hogan Lee Sullivan <-- Ellie de Ville
Ghosts in the Machine 1 4 0 1992 2KYB'93 Alan McKenzie Sean Phillips [b&w] Gordon Robson
This Island East Dulwich 1 5 0 1992 799 John Tomlinson Jeff Anderson <-- Ellie de Ville
Attack of the Crab Monsters 1 3 0 1992 812 Tim Bollard Tim Bollard [b&w] Annie Parkhouse
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Linked to Features | IndexesFuture Shock: Index Update
1 1 0 1992 SFS15 editorial
Reprint.Simon Jacob
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1993
The Wall of God 1 6 0 1993 826 John Tomlinson Mike Hadley <-- Annie Parkhouse
Fatburger 1 6 0 1993 827 Frances Lynn Ron Smith <-- Annie Parkhouse
Terror at Lazyview Rest Home 1 5 0 1993 831 Igor Goldkind Ron Smith [b&w] Ellie de Ville
A Cross for Aaron 1 6 0 1993 832
Mike Hadley
Harry Harrison
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Mike Hadley <-- Richard Bird
[The Portrait] 1 6 0 1993 833 Frances Lynn Dave D'Antiquis [b&w] Ellie de Ville
A Kind of Hush 1 3 0 1993 862 Peter Hogan Jon Haward <-- Ellie de Ville
Brighter Later 1 4 0 1993 WS5 Peter Hogan Jon Haward [b&w] Elitta Fell
A Time of Peace 1 6 0 1993 864 Peter Hogan David Hill <-- Ellie de Ville
It's a Cold World 1 3 0 1993 865 James Oswald Mike Perkins Gina Hart Ellie de Ville
Clone Wolf 1 5 0 1993 866 Peter Hogan David Hill <-- Ellie de Ville
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