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|title = 2000 AD
|image = 2000AD First Edition.png
|caption = Cover of the first issue of ''2000 AD'', 26 February 1977
|schedule = Weekly
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|publisher='''Formerly'''<br />[[IPC Media|IPC Magazines]]<br />[[Fleetway Publications]]<br />'''Currently'''<br />[[Rebellion Developments]]
|date = 26 February 1977 to present
|issues = 2,413<!-- It's not necessary to update this number every week. --> regular issues, plus 16 irregularly-numbered issues,{{efn|In the years 1999 to 2014, the last issue of the year was numbered after the New Year. The issue numbers 2000 to 2015 were therefore duplicated in the year 2016. (The actual 2,000th weekly issue was the one numbered 1984.)}} 74 special issues and 37 annuals (as of December 2024)
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|main_char_team = [[Judge Dredd]], [[Tharg the Mighty]], [[Strontium Dog]], [[Rogue Trooper]], [[Nikolai Dante]], [[Sláine (comics)|Sláine]], [[ABC Warriors]], [[Nemesis the Warlock]]
|writers = [[John Wagner]], [[Alan Grant (writer)|Alan Grant]], [[Pat Mills]], [[Grant Morrison]], [[Mark Millar]], [[Ian Edginton]], [[Alan Moore]]
|artists = [[Mike McMahon (comics)|Mike McMahon]], [[Carlos Ezquerra]], [[Dave Gibbons]], [[Massimo Belardinelli]], [[Jock (comics)|Jock]], [[Frank Quitely]], [[Frazer Irving]], [[Dom Reardon]], [[Ian Gibson (artist)|Ian Gibson]], [[Cam Kennedy]], [[Simon Bisley]], [[Kevin O'Neill (comics)|Kevin O'Neill]], [[Ron Smith (comics)|Ron Smith]]
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| creators = [[Kelvin Gosnell]], [[Pat Mills]], [[John Wagner]]
| altcat = 2000 AD (comics)
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'''''2000 AD''''' is a weekly British science fiction-oriented [[British comics|comic]] magazine. As a [[comics anthology]] it serialises stories in each issue (known as "progs"){{efn|Prog: short for "programme" as issues are supposedly beamed directly to the printed page.}} and was first published by [[IPC Media|IPC Magazines]] in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February.{{efn|The cover date was actually the last day on which the issue was on sale, so the issue would have been published in the previous week.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carroll|first=Michael|date=2020-02-21|title=Dateline: 26 Feb 1977|url=https://michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/dateline-26-feb-1977/|access-date=2022-12-16|website=Rusty Staples|language=en}}</ref>}} Since 2000 it has been published by [[Rebellion Developments]].

''2000 AD'' is most noted for its ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' stories, and has been contributed to by a number of artists and writers who became renowned in the field internationally, such as [[Alan Moore]], [[Dave Gibbons]], [[Grant Morrison]], [[Brian Bolland]], [[Mike McMahon (comics)|Mike McMahon]], [[John Wagner]], [[Alan Grant (writer)|Alan Grant]] and [[Garth Ennis]]. Other series in ''2000 AD'' include ''[[Rogue Trooper]]'', ''[[Sláine (comics)|Sláine]]'', ''[[Strontium Dog]]'', ''[[ABC Warriors]]'', ''[[Nemesis the Warlock]]'' and ''[[Nikolai Dante]]''.

== History ==
''2000 AD'' was initially published by IPC Magazines. IPC then shifted the title to its [[Fleetway]] comics subsidiary, which was sold to [[Robert Maxwell]] in 1987 and then to [[Egmont UK]] in 1991. Fleetway continued to produce the title until 2000, when it was bought by [[Rebellion Developments]].

=== 1970s ===

==== Pre-publication ====
In December 1975, [[Kelvin Gosnell]], a sub-editor at [[IPC Media|IPC Magazines]], read an article in the ''[[Evening Standard|London Evening Standard]]'' about a wave of forthcoming science fiction films, and suggested that the company might get on the bandwagon by launching a science fiction comic. IPC publisher John Sanders asked [[Pat Mills]], a [[freelance]] writer and [[editing|editor]] who had created ''[[Battle Picture Weekly]]'' and ''[[Action (comic)|Action]]'', to develop it. Mills brought fellow freelancer [[John Wagner]] on board as script adviser and the pair began to develop characters. The then-futuristic name ''2000 AD'' was chosen by John Sanders,<ref name=":0">Mills, Pat (2017) ''Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! 2000AD and Judge Dredd: The Secret History'' (Millsverse Books).</ref>{{Rp|pp.25–26}} as no-one involved expected the comic to last that long. The original logo and overall look of the comic were designed by art assistant Doug Church.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|p.37}}

Mills' experiences with ''Battle'' and ''Action'' in particular had taught him that readers responded to his [[anti-authoritarian]] attitudes. Wagner, who had written a [[Dirty Harry]]-inspired tough cop called ''[[One-Eyed Jack (comics)|One-Eyed Jack]]'' for ''[[Valiant (comic)|Valiant]]'', saw that readers also responded to authority figures, and developed a character that took the concept to its logical extreme, imagining an ultra-violent lawman patrolling a future [[New York City|New York]] with the power to arrest, sentence, and if required execute criminals on the spot. This would allow the new comic to be as violent as ''Action'' had been – a comic which had generated much controversy – but without attracting criticism, because the violence would be committed by an officer of the law. As Sanders put it, "The formula was simple: ''violence on the side of justice'' ... Dredd could be as violent as hell, and no one could say a thing."<ref>Sanders, J. (2021) ''King's Reach: John Sanders' 25 Years st the Top of Comics'' (Rebellion: Oxford), pp. 132–133</ref>

Meanwhile, Mills had developed a [[horror fiction|horror]] strip, inspired by the novels of [[Dennis Wheatley]], about a [[hanging judge]], called ''Judge Dread'' (after the [[reggae]] and [[ska]] artist of the [[Judge Dread|same name]]). The idea was abandoned as unsuitable for the new comic, but the name, with a little modification, was adopted by Wagner for his ultimate lawman.

The task of visualising the newly named ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' was given to [[Carlos Ezquerra]], a Spanish artist who had previously worked with Mills on ''Battle'', on a strip called ''Major Eazy''. Wagner gave Ezquerra an advertisement for the film ''[[Death Race 2000]]'', showing the character Frankenstein clad in black leather, as a suggestion for what the character should look like. Ezquerra elaborated on this greatly, adding body-armour, zips and chains, which Wagner originally thought over the top. Wagner's initial script was rewritten by Mills and drawn up by Ezquerra, but when the art came back a rethink was necessary. The hardware and cityscapes Ezquerra had drawn were far more futuristic than the near-future setting originally intended, and Mills decided to run with it and set the strip further into the future. By this stage, however, Wagner and Ezquerra had both quit.

Mills was reluctant to lose ''Judge Dredd'', and farmed the strip out to a variety of freelance writers, hoping to develop it further. Their scripts were given to a variety of artists as Mills tried to find a strip which would make a good introduction to the character, all of which meant that ''Dredd'' would not be ready for the first issue. The story chosen was one written by freelancer Peter Harris,{{efn|Harris also wrote two ''Future Shocks'' and one episode of ''M.A.C.H. One''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BARNEY – droid zone|url=http://2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=thrills&Comic=2000AD&Field=Writer&choice=peterha|access-date=2022-12-16|website=2000ad.org}}</ref>}} extensively rewritten by Mills and including an idea suggested by Kelvin Gosnell,<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|pp.70–72}} and drawn by newcomer [[Mike McMahon (comics)|Mike McMahon]]. The strip debuted in prog 2, dated 5 March 1977.

IPC owned the rights to ''[[Dan Dare]]'', and Mills decided to revive the character to add immediate public recognition for the title. Paul DeSavery, who owned ''Dare''{{'}}s film rights, offered to buy the new comic and give Mills and Wagner more creative control and a greater financial stake. The deal fell through, however.

==== The opening line-up ====

''[[Dan Dare]]'' was extensively revamped to make it more futuristic. In the new stories he had been put into suspended animation and revived in the year 2177. Several artists were tried out before Mills settled on Italian artist [[Massimo Belardinelli]], whose imaginative, hallucinatory work was fantastic at visualising aliens, although perhaps less satisfying on the hero himself. The scripts were endlessly rewritten in an attempt to make the series work, but few ''Dan Dare'' fans remember this version of the character fondly. Belardinelli and Gibbons later switched strips, with Gibbons drawing ''Dan Dare'' and Belardinelli drawing the ''Harlem Heroes'' sequel ''Inferno''. When Gibbons took over ''Dan Dare'' in prog 28 the strip was refashioned as a ''Star Trek''-style space opera.

Mills had also created ''[[Harlem Heroes]]'', about the future sport of aeroball, a futuristic, violent version of basketball with jet-packs. Similar future sport series had been a fixture of ''[[Action (comic)|Action]]'', and the similarly themed film [[Rollerball (1975 film)|''Rollerball'']] had been released the previous year. Wanting to give the new comic a distinctive look, Mills wanted to use European artists, but the work turned in on ''Harlem Heroes'' by [[Trigo (comics)|Trigo]] was disappointing. Veteran British artists [[Ron Turner (artist)|Ron Turner]] and [[Barrie Mitchell]] were tried out, but the newcomer [[Dave Gibbons]] won the editor over with his dynamic, American-influenced drawings and got the job. Mills wrote the first five episodes before handing the strip to ''[[Roy of the Rovers]]'' writer [[Tom Tully (comic writer)|Tom Tully]].

The other opening strips were ''[[M.A.C.H. 1]]'', a super-powered secret agent inspired by ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''; ''[[Invasion! (2000 AD)|Invasion!]]'', about a "Volgan" (thinly disguised and originally billed as Soviet, but changed before printing to a "neutral" antagonist) invasion of the United Kingdom opposed by tough London lorry driver turned [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] fighter Bill Savage; and ''[[Flesh (comics)|Flesh]]'', a strip about [[Time travel|time-travelling]] cowboys farming [[dinosaur]]s for their meat.

After 16 issues, Mills quit as editor and handed the reins to [[Kelvin Gosnell]], whose idea the comic had been in the first place. Gosnell also appeared as the fall guy in the ''[[Tharg the Mighty]]'' comedy [[Fumetti|photostrips]] that were a feature of the comic in its early years.

==== Early years ====
Wagner returned to write ''Judge Dredd'', starting in prog 9. His "[[The Robot Wars|Robot Wars]]" storyline was drawn by a rotating team of artists, including McMahon, Ezquerra, Turner and [[Ian Gibson (artist)|Ian Gibson]], and marked the point where ''Dredd'' became the most popular character in the comic, a position he has rarely relinquished.<ref>Jarman, Colin M. and Peter Acton (1995) ''Judge Dredd: The Mega-History'', Lennard Publishing, {{ISBN|1-85291-128-X}}, p. 58</ref> Dredd's city, which now covered most of the east coast of North America, became known as [[Mega-City One]]. Dredd had also been unmasked in issue 8 in a story drawn by Massimo Belardinelli, but the decision was made to make out that Dredd's face had been scarred and the panel had a "censored" banner slapped on it. After this, there were no further attempts to show Dredd's face again.

A new story format was introduced in prog 25 – ''[[Tharg's Future Shocks]]'', one-off twist-in-the-tale stories devised by writer [[Steve Moore (comics)|Steve Moore]]. ''2000 AD'' still uses this format as filler and to try out new talent.

Wagner introduced a new character, ''[[Robo-Hunter]]'', in 1978. The hero, Sam Slade, was a [[private detective]]-type character specialising in [[robot]]-related cases. José Ferrer was the original artist, but the editorial team were not happy with his work and quickly replaced him with Ian Gibson, who redrew parts of Ferrer's episodes before taking over himself. Gibson's imaginative, cartoony art helped drive the series' style from hard-boiled detective to surreal comedy. As the series continued Sam was joined by an idiot kit-built robot assistant, Hoagy, and after a crack-down on smoking in IPC comics, a [[Cuba]]n robot [[cigar]], Stogie, designed to help him cut down on [[nicotine]].

Other ongoing strips included ''The Visible Man'', detailing the misfortunes of Frank Hart, a man whose skin had been made transparent due to exposure to nuclear waste, and ''Shako'', (which followed the same formula as ''Hook Jaw'' from ''Action'' but with less success) the story of a [[polar bear]] pursued by the Army because it had swallowed a secret capsule.

''[[M.A.C.H. 1]]'' was killed off in 1978 but a spin-off, ''M.A.C.H. Zero'', continued into the 1980s. ''Flesh'' had a sequel in 1978, set on the prehistoric oceans, and Bill Savage appeared again in a prequel, ''Disaster 1990'', in which a nuclear explosion at the north pole had melted the polar ice-cap and flooded Britain.

In 1977 ''2000 AD'' launched the annual 48-page Summer Special, including a full-length ''M.A.C.H. Zero'' story drawn by O'Neill. The yearly hardcover annual also started in 1977 (cover dated 1978) and would continue till 1990 (dated 1991).

Pat Mills took over writing ''Dredd'' for a six-month "epic" called "[[The Cursed Earth (Judge Dredd story)|The Cursed Earth]]", inspired by [[Roger Zelazny]]'s ''[[Damnation Alley]]'', which took the future lawman out of the city on a humanitarian trek across the radioactive wasteland between the Mega-Cities. McMahon drew the bulk of the stories, with occasional episodes drawn by [[Brian Bolland]]. The story saw Dredd moved to the colour centre pages for the first time while ''Dan Dare'' was given the front page.

[[Steve MacManus]] took over from Gosnell as editor in 1978, starting with prog 86, dated 14 October. In that issue ''2000&nbsp;AD'' merged with ''[[Starlord (comics)|Starlord]]'', a second science fiction comic which had been launched by IPC earlier that year. As Gosnell was editor of ''Starlord'' and ''2000 AD'' at the same time, ''2000 AD'' sub-editor [[Nick Landau]] largely edited the latter comic himself during this time.<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">{{Cite web|title=Seven Penny Nightmare|url=http://www.sevenpennynightmare.co.uk/|access-date=2022-12-16|language=en-US}}</ref> ''Starlord'' was cancelled after only 22 issues and merged into ''2000 AD'' from prog 86.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carroll|first=Michael|date=2018-05-26|title=Eaglution of British Comics, part 1|url=https://michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2018/05/26/eaglution-of-british-comics-part-1/|access-date=2022-12-16|website=Rusty Staples|language=en}}</ref> Two ''Starlord'' strips strengthened ''2000 AD''{{'}}s line-up: ''[[Strontium Dog]]'', a [[Mutant (fictional)|mutant]] [[bounty hunter]] created by Wagner and Ezquerra, and ''[[Ro-Busters]]'', a robot disaster squad created by Mills. ''Ro-Busters'' gave O'Neill the chance to spread his artistic wings and led to the popular spin-off ''[[ABC Warriors]]''. ''Strontium Dog'' and ''ABC Warriors'' continued to feature in ''2000 AD'' for the next 40 years. (A third ''Starlord'' series, ''Timequake'', only lasted for four episodes and was not renewed.) ''Dan Dare'' was suspended while "The Cursed Earth" was finished in time for the merger. Wagner returned to ''Dredd'' following the merger to write "The Day the Law Died", another six-month epic in which Mega-City One was taken over by the insane [[Judge Cal|Chief Judge Cal]], based on the Roman emperor [[Caligula]].

Another cancelled title, ''[[Tornado (comic)|Tornado]]'', was merged with ''2000 AD'' a few months later from prog 127, contributing three stories to ''2000 AD'': ''[[Blackhawk (Tornado)|Blackhawk]]'', an historical adventure series about a Nubian slave in the Roman Empire which took a science-fictional turn in ''2000 AD'' with him becoming a gladiator in an alien world; ''[[The Mind of Wolfie Smith]]'', a coming of age/psychic story of a runaway teenager, and ''Captain Klep'', a single-page superhero parody. These stories, unlike ''Starlord's'', did not continue for very long. The last issue titled ''2000 AD and Tornado'' was prog 177, dated 13 September 1980.

''2000 AD'' featured an adaptation of [[Harry Harrison (writer)|Harry Harrison]]'s novel ''[[The Stainless Steel Rat]]'', written by Gosnell and drawn by Ezquerra, beginning in November 1979. Adaptations of two of Harrison's sequels, ''The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World'' and ''The Stainless Steel Rat for President'', would follow later.   The appearance of the main character, galactic thief "Slippery" Jim DiGriz, was based on [[James Coburn]], evidently a favourite of Ezquerra's; Coburn was also the inspiration for ''[[Major Eazy]]'', which Ezquerra drew in ''Battle,'' as well as ''Cursed Earth Koburn'', a Dredd-universe reworking of the Major Eazy character, who first appeared in 2003. [[Gerry Finley-Day]] contributed ''[[The V.C.s]]'', a future war story inspired by the [[Vietnam War]], drawn by McMahon, [[Cam Kennedy]], [[Garry Leach]] and [[John Richardson (comics)|John Richardson]].

A feature of the early years of ''2000 AD'' was the opportunities it gave to young British comic artists: by the time the title celebrated its 100th issue Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, Ian Gibson, Mike McMahon and Kevin O'Neil were all established as regulars.

=== 1980s ===
In 1980 ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' gained a new enemy. Writer [[John Wagner]] realised that Dredd's habit of shooting just about everybody he came up against meant that it was difficult to create a recurring villain. The solution was [[Judge Death]], an undead judge from another dimension where, since all crime was committed by the living, life itself was outlawed. The law had been thoroughly enforced on his own world, and now he had come to Mega-City One to continue his work. Judge Death first appeared in an atmospheric three-parter drawn by [[Brian Bolland]] which also introduced [[Judge Anderson]] and [[Psi Division]], a squad of judges with psychic powers.

Dredd soon began another epic journey in "[[Judge Child|The Judge Child]]". A dying Psi Division Judge had predicted disaster for Mega-City One unless it was ruled by a boy with a birthmark shaped like an eagle, so Dredd set off into the Cursed Earth, to [[Texas City]], and into deep space in search of the boy, Owen Krysler, and his kidnappers, the Angel Gang. All of them were killed during the course of the story, however the [[Mean Machine Angel|Mean Machine]] was later resurrected by Krysler during "Destiny's Angels". "The Judge Child" was drawn by Bolland, [[Ron Smith (artist)|Ron Smith]] and [[Mike McMahon (comics)|Mike McMahon]] in rotation, and the later episodes marked the beginning of Wagner's long-running writing partnership with [[Alan Grant (writer)|Alan Grant]]. The pair would go on to write ''Strontium Dog'', ''Robo-Hunter'' and many other stories for ''2000 AD'', as well as for ''[[Roy of the Rovers]]'', ''[[Battle Picture Weekly|Battle]]'' and the relaunched ''[[Eagle (comic)|Eagle]]'' in the United Kingdom, and a number of comics in America.

With prog 178 all current stories, with the exception of ''Judge Dredd'', were wound up, and a new set of stories was launched simultaneously, consisting of ''[[Mean Arena]]'', set around a violent high-tech street football game, ''[[Meltdown Man]]'', whose hero was transported to a genetically engineered far future by a nuclear explosion, the return of ''[[Strontium Dog]]'' and ''[[Dash Decent]]'', a  ''[[Flash Gordon]]'' [[parody]].

[[Pat Mills]] introduced ''Comic Rock'', which was meant to be a format for short stories inspired by popular music. The first story, inspired by [[The Jam]]'s ''Going Underground'', was drawn by Kevin O'Neill and featured a complicated underground travel network on a planet called "Termight", in which a freedom fighter called [[Nemesis the Warlock|Nemesis]] battles the despotic [[Torquemada (comics)|Torquemada]], chief of the Tube Police. All that was seen of Nemesis was the outside of his vehicle, the Blitzspear. The story was a reaction to an earlier tube chase sequence Mills and O'Neill had done in ''Ro-Busters'', which management objected to.

The only other ''Comic Rock'' story was a follow-up called "Killer Watt", in which Nemesis and Torquemada fought on a [[Teleportation|teleport]] system. This led to a series, ''Nemesis the Warlock'', in which it was revealed that Termight was Earth in the far future.  Torquemada was changed from the Chief of Traffic Police to a despotic demagogue leading a campaign of genocide against all aliens, and Nemesis was the leader of the alien resistance. Mills and O'Neill were on a roll and produced a stream of bizarre and imaginative ideas, but ultimately O'Neill was unable to continue the level of work he was putting into it on ''2000 AD'' pay. He left to work for [[DC Comics]] in America, and was replaced on ''Nemesis'' by first [[Jesus Redondo]] and then [[Bryan Talbot]].

''2000 AD'' would occasionally take a gamble on non-science fiction material. For example, ''[[Fiends of the Eastern Front]]'' was a World War II [[vampire]] story by [[Gerry Finley-Day]] and [[Carlos Ezquerra]] which was probably originally intended for ''Battle''. Its hero was a German soldier who discovered that some of his [[Romania]]n allies were vampires. Later in the war, when Romania changed sides, he was the only one who knew their secret.

A readers' poll revealed that future war was a popular topic, so Gerry Finley-Day was asked to come up with a new war story. He, editor [[Steve MacManus]] and artist Dave Gibbons devised ''[[Rogue Trooper]]'', a "Genetic Infantryman" engineered to be immune to chemical warfare hunting down the traitor general who had betrayed his regiment, who debuted in 1981. He was supported by bio-chips of the personalities of three dead comrades, which, slotted into his equipment, could talk to him. Gibbons left the strip early on and was replaced by [[Colin Wilson (comics)|Colin Wilson]], [[Brett Ewins]] and [[Cam Kennedy]]. ''Rogue Trooper'' replaced ''Meltdown Man'', which had recently ended its run.

Another new strip in 1981, inspired by the brief [[Citizens' band radio|CB radio]] craze, was ''[[Ace Trucking Co.]]'', a comedy about pointy-headed alien space trucker Ace Garp and his crew by Wagner, Grant and Belardinelli.

In the ''Judge Dredd'' series, Mega-City One had grown too large and unwieldy: therefore authors Wagner and Grant they planned to cut it down to size.  "[[Block Mania]]", in which wars broke out between rival city-blocks, turned out to be a plot orchestrated by the Russian city East-Meg One, and led directly to "[[Apocalypse War|The Apocalypse War]]", another six-month epic and a hard-hitting satire on the concept of [[mutually assured destruction]]. East-Meg One, protected by a warp-shield, softened up Mega-City One with nuclear warheads before invading. Dredd spearheaded the resistance, leading a small team to East-Meg territory, hijacking their nuclear bunkers and blowing East-Meg One off the face of the earth. "The Apocalypse War" was drawn in its entirety by Carlos Ezquerra, making a return to the character he created.

A new writer, [[Alan Moore]], had started contributing ''[[Future Shocks]]'' in 1980. He wrote more than fifty one-off strips over the next three years, while also contributing to various [[Marvel UK]] titles and the independent magazine ''[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]''. In 1982 he gained his first series, ''[[Skizz]]'', a less sentimental take on the same basic plot used in ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'', set in [[Birmingham]] and influenced by [[Alan Bleasdale]]'s ''[[Boys from the Blackstuff]]''. The series was drawn by [[Jim Baikie]].

Moore wrote another series, ''[[D.R. and Quinch]]'', spun off from a one-off ''Time Twister''. Drawn by [[Alan Davis]], the strip featured a pair of alien juvenile delinquents with a penchant for mindless thermonuclear destruction. He went on to create ''[[The Ballad of Halo Jones]]'' with artist [[Ian Gibson (artist)|Ian Gibson]]. Halo was an everywoman in the far future, born into mass unemployment on a floating housing estate, who escaped the earth and became involved in a terrible galactic war. Three books were published, and more were planned, but Moore's demands for creator's rights and his increasing commitments to American publishers meant they never materialised.

A new character, ''[[Sláine (comics)|Sláine]]'', debuted in 1983, but had been in development since 1981. Created by [[Pat Mills]] and his then wife [[Angela Kincaid]], ''Sláine'' was a barbarian [[fantasy]] strip based on [[Celtic mythology]]. Kincaid was a children's book illustrator who had never worked in comics before, and her opening episode was drawn and redrawn several times before the editors were satisfied. Other stories were written for artists Massimo Belardinelli and Mike McMahon, but these could not see print until Kincaid's episode was ready.

In 1985, after appearing as a supporting character in ''Judge Dredd'', ''[[Judge Anderson]]'' finally appeared in her own series, written by Wagner and Grant and initially drawn by Brett Ewins. New artist [[Glenn Fabry]] debuted on ''Sláine'', but, due to his slowness, he was rotated with [[David Pugh (comics)|David Pugh]]. In the ''Judge Dredd'' story "Letter from a Democrat", Wagner and Grant introduced a pro-democracy movement in Mega-City One, which is after all a [[police state]]. This would provide plotlines for years to come.

In 1986 the comic reached its 500th issue. A new ''Sláine'' story, ''Sláine the King'', began, entirely drawn by Fabry. [[Peter Milligan]], a writer who had been contributing ''Future Shocks'', began two series, the bleak future war story ''[[Bad Company (comics)|Bad Company]]'' and a strange, [[psychedelic art|psychedelic]] series called ''The Dead''. In 1986, ''2000 AD'' was selling 150,000 copies a week.

In 1987 IPC's comics division was hived off and sold to publishing magnate [[Robert Maxwell]] as Fleetway. ''2000 AD'' was revamped, with a larger page size and full process colour on the covers and centre pages. [[Richard Burton (comics)|Richard Burton]] became editor. Kevin O'Neill returned for a short ''Nemesis'' series called "Torquemada the God". Not long after came the debut of ''[[Zenith (comic)|Zenith]]'', ''2000 AD'''s first serious superhero strip, by new writer [[Grant Morrison]] and artist [[Steve Yeowell]]. The title character was a shallow pop singer with superhuman powers, caught up in the intrigues of a 1960s generation of superhumans and the machinations of some [[H. P. Lovecraft|Lovecraftian]] elder gods.

Wagner and Grant began a new ''Dredd'' Epic, "[[Oz (Judge Dredd story)|Oz]]", featuring [[Chopper (Judge Dredd character)|Chopper]], a popular supporting character. Chopper was a skysurfer who had been imprisoned for competing in an illegal surfing competition a few years previously. A legal "Supersurf" race was being held in Oz, the future Australia, and Chopper escaped to compete. Dredd also went to Oz, partly to deal with Chopper, but mostly to investigate the [[Judda]], a clone army created by Mega-City One's former chief genetic engineer. The Judda were defeated, and Chopper narrowly lost the race to Jug McKenzie. Dredd was waiting at the finish line, but McKenzie distracted him and allowed Chopper to escape into the outback. This ending was apparently the cause of some dispute between Wagner and Grant, and was a contributing factor (it was ''[[The Last American (comics)|The Last American]]'', a mini series for [[Epic Comics]] which would mark the end) in ending their regular writing partnership. Wagner kept ''Dredd'', while Grant continued ''Strontium Dog'' and ''Judge Anderson''. However the pair would still come together for occasional collaborations.

The "Oz" storyline had some lasting implications. [[Judge Kraken|Kraken]], a Judda cloned from the same genetic material as Dredd, was captured by Justice Department, who had plans for him. Chopper also spun off into his own series, written by Wagner and drawn by [[Colin MacNeil]].

The ''ABC Warriors'' finally had their own series again in 1987 as a spin-off from ''Nemesis''. This was written, as ever, by Pat Mills, and drawn by two artists in rotation, newcomer [[Simon Bisley]] and science fiction artist [[SMS (comics)|S.M.S.]]

In 1988 Grant and artist Simon Harrison began a new ''Strontium Dog'' story, "The Final Solution". It took nearly two years to complete, and ended with the death of Johnny Alpha, who sacrificed his life to save mutants from extermination. Original artist Carlos Ezquerra did not agree with the decision to kill the character off, and refused to draw it.

The number of colour pages was increased, allowing for one complete strip per issue to be painted. Initially the colour pages were reserved for ''Judge Dredd'', but were later given over to a new ''Sláine'' story, "The Horned God", fully painted by [[Simon Bisley]]. The series was collected as a series of three graphic novels, then as a single volume, and has remained in print ever since.

In 1989 the colour pages were increased again, allowing for three colour stories and two black and white in every issue. One of the colour series was ''Rogue Trooper: the War Machine'', written by Dave Gibbons and painted by [[Will Simpson (comics)|Will Simpson]]. The original ''Rogue Trooper'' series had run out of steam after the Traitor General had been dealt with, though continued with Rogue's adventures on Horst and the "Hit" series, so Gibbons revamped the concept, creating a different genetic infantryman, [[Friday (2000 AD)|Friday]], in a different war, albeit in the same universe.

One of the black and white stories, "[[The Dead Man]]", was a low-key beginning for a major event. In the Cursed Earth, villagers come across a man, burnt from head to toe, with no memory of who he is or what happened to him. As he tries to piece his memories back together, he is being hunted by the evil beings who left him in that state. A creepy, atmospheric horror-western, it was drawn by [[John Ridgway (comic artist)|John Ridgway]] and written by "Keef Ripley", a pseudonym for John Wagner. By the end of the series the Dead Man had discovered his identity: he was Judge Dredd.

=== 1990s ===
As "The Dead Man" ended, a new ''Judge Dredd'' story, "[[The Dead Man#Tale of the Dead Man|Tale of the Dead Man]]", explained how Dredd had ended up in that position. Dredd was getting older and the democratic movement was causing him to doubt his role, so Justice Department had groomed [[Judge Kraken|Kraken]], the former Judda cloned from his bloodline, to replace him. Kraken was now ready for his final assessment, and Dredd himself was chosen to assess him. Although Kraken performed faultlessly, Dredd thought he perceived a hint of his former allegiance to the Judda in him, and failed him. He then resigned as a judge and took the '[[The Long Walk (Judge Dredd)|Long Walk]]' into the Cursed Earth. There he met the Sisters of Death, and only barely survived the encounter. This could mean only one thing: Judge Death was back.

This set up the latest six-month epic, "[[Necropolis (Judge Dredd story)|Necropolis]]". After Dredd had left, Justice Department had put Kraken through one final test, and given him Dredd's badge. But the Sisters of Death, spirit beings from Judge Death's dimension, were able to use Kraken's inner conflict to take control of him and use him to bring Judge Death and the other Dark Judges back from the limbo dimension Dredd had exiled them to. The Sisters possessed all the city's judges and began to enforce Death's twisted law. Out in the Cursed Earth, Dredd had recovered his memory and returned to defeat the Dark Judges. He then tried to lance the democratic boil by holding a referendum on whether the Judges should continue to govern the city. The judges won, by a small margin on a desultory turnout, and Dredd was satisfied.

''2000 AD'' gained an influx of talent from other comics. [[Garth Ennis]] and [[John Smith (comics writer)|John Smith]] had come to prominence writing for ''[[Crisis (comic)|Crisis]]'', a ''2000 AD'' spin-off for older readers, while artists [[Jamie Hewlett]] and [[Philip Bond]] were the stars of ''[[Deadline magazine|Deadline]]'', an independent comics and popular culture magazine founded by [[Steve Dillon]] and [[Brett Ewins]]. Smith created ''[[Indigo Prime]]'', a multi-dimensional organisation that polices reality, whose most memorable story was "Killing Time", a [[time travel]] story featuring [[Jack the Ripper]]. [[Garth Ennis]] and Philip Bond contributed ''Time Flies'', a time-travel comedy, and Hewlett was paired with writer [[Peter Milligan]] for the surreal ''[[Hewligan's Haircut]]''. Writer [[John Tomlinson (comics)|John Tomlinson]] and artist [[Simon Jacob]] created ''[[Armoured Gideon]]'', an action-comedy series about a giant killer robot charged with keeping demons from invading earth.

The ''[[Judge Dredd Megazine]]'', a monthly title set in the world of Dredd, was launched in October 1990. With John Wagner focusing his attentions there, Garth Ennis became the regular writer of Dredd in the weekly.

American writer [[Michael Fleisher]], who had written ''[[Spectre (comics)|The Spectre]]'' and ''[[Jonah Hex]]'' in the 1970s, was recruited to write the continuing adventures of the new ''Rogue Trooper'', along with several other strips, none of which went down very well. Another new writer who failed to set ''2000 AD'' on fire was [[Mark Millar]], whose revival of ''Robo-Hunter'' was particularly unpopular. Millar has since gone on to become a successful writer of American [[superhero]] comics such as ''[[The Authority (comics)|The Authority]]'' and ''[[Ultimates|The Ultimates]]''.

''2000 AD'' went all-colour about this time (prog 723, dated 23 March 1991), in response to a short-lived new colour weekly, ''[[Toxic!]]'', launched by Pat Mills and many of the core ''2000 AD'' team of creators. ''Toxic!'' only lasted 31 issues but many of the creators who had worked on the comic eventually found their way to work for ''2000 AD''. ''[[Button Man]]'', a contemporary thriller by John Wagner and [[Arthur Ranson]], was originally intended for ''Toxic!'' but ended up in ''2000 AD''.

A new ''[[ABC Warriors]]'' series, written by Mills and Tony Skinner and painted by [[Kev Walker]], began in 1991, in which Deadlock took over the warriors with his "Khaos" philosophy.

The old IPC strip ''[[Kelly's Eye]]'' was revived, by the new creative team of [[Alan McKenzie]], [[Brett Ewins]], and [[Zac Sandler]], in 1993, when the publishers realized they no longer had the rights to the character.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

[[Robert Maxwell]] died in late 1991, and Fleetway was merged with London Editions, a Danish-owned company that owned rights to [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] characters, to become Fleetway Editions.

In 1992, ''2000 AD'' and the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' ran their first crossover story, "[[Judgement Day (Judge Dredd story)|Judgement Day]]", in which [[zombie (fictional)|zombies]] overran Mega-City One. Written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Carlos Ezquerra, [[Peter Doherty (comics)|Peter Doherty]], [[Dean Ormston]] and [[Chris Cunningham|Chris Halls]], the story teamed Judge Dredd with Johnny Alpha through the medium of time travel. John Smith and artist [[Paul Marshall (comics)|Paul Marshall]] created ''[[Firekind]]'', a slow-paced story about dragons and alien societies, which was accidentally published with its episodes in the wrong order.

The ''Strontium Dog'' world was eventually spun out to encompass a wider field, gaining the plural name ''Strontium Dogs'' – characters such as female vampire [[Durham Red]], the albino Feral Jackson, and former Johnny Alpha sidekick The Gronk – the latter, normally a timid creature with weak "heartses", became a gung-ho action character upon learning of Alpha's death. However, in the 12-parter ''The Darkest Star'', it transpires that the one to ''actually'' kill him was the Gronk himself; changed into a form designed by a cadre of Lyran necromancers to bring him endless agony, Alpha asked his friend to end his torment.

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The "Summer Offensive" was an eight-week experiment in 1993, when new editor [[Alan McKenzie]] gave free rein to writers [[Grant Morrison]], [[Mark Millar]] and John Smith, to a mixed reception. Morrison wrote a Dredd story, "Inferno", and a drug-influenced comedy adventure, ''[[Really & Truly]]''. Smith contributed ''[[Slaughterbowl]]'', in which convicted criminals on dinosaurs are pitted against each other in a deadly sport, with the survivor being paroled for a year and granted wealth – but being forced to enter the Slaughterbowl again the next year. Millar wrote ''[[Maniac 5]]'', an action-packed series about a remote controlled war-robot. During this run was a satire of British [[tabloid newspaper|tabloid]] attitudes titled ''[[Big Dave (comics)|Big Dave]]'', written by Morrison and Millar and drawn by [[Steve Parkhouse]].

[[John Tomlinson (comics)|John Tomlinson]] became editor in 1994, and a second crossover between ''2000 AD'' and the ''Megazine'', "[[Mechanismo|Wilderlands]]", began. Written by Wagner and drawn by Ezquerra, [[Mick Austin]] and [[Trevor Hairsine]], it followed on from "Mechanismo", a series of stories in the ''Megazine'' in which Justice Department, opposed by Dredd, tried to introduce robot judges. With Wagner writing, ''Judge Dredd'' was again the flagship strip.

Former ''Megazine'' editor [[David Bishop (writer)|David Bishop]] became editor of the weekly in 1996 but sales continued to decline. Unsuccessful series were dropped, and a number of new series were tried out, some more successful than others. Writer [[Dan Abnett]] introduced ''[[Sinister Dexter]]'' in 1996, a strip about two hitmen influenced by the film ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]'', which became a regular feature. In 1997, writer [[Robbie Morrison]] and artist [[Simon Fraser (comics)|Simon Fraser]], who had worked with Bishop on the ''Megazine'', created ''[[Nikolai Dante]]'', a swashbuckling series set in future Russia starring a thief and ladies' man who discovers he's the illegitimate scion of an aristocratic dynasty. There were also gimmicks, like the "sex issue", sold in a clear plastic wrapper, ''[[The Spacegirls]]'', a series attempting to cash in on the popularity of the [[Spice Girls]], ''[[M.A.C.H. 1|B.L.A.I.R. 1]]'', a parody of [[Tony Blair]] based on ''[[M.A.C.H. 1]]'', and an adaptation of the [[Danny Boyle]] film ''[[A Life Less Ordinary]]''.

A new ''Dredd'' epic, "Doomsday", appeared in 1999 and again ran in both ''2000 AD'' and the ''Megazine''. Wagner had been laying the foundations for this story for several years, introducing the main villain, semi-robotic gang lord Nero Narcos, and supporting characters like [[Judge Edgar]] of the Public Surveillance Unit, and [[Galen DeMarco]], a former judge who had quit after falling in love with Dredd and become a private eye.

1999 also saw the return of another character, ''Nemesis the Warlock''. After a break of ten years, writer Pat Mills decided to bring the story to an end with "The Final Conflict". The series was drawn by [[Henry Flint]] in a style that recalled Kevin O'Neill's early work on the series, as well as Simon Bisley's ''ABC Warriors'' work.

The decade ended with a special 100-page issue called "Prog 2000". Behind a cover by Brian Bolland, ''Nemesis'' wrapped up for good in a final episode drawn by Kevin O'Neill. War broke out in ''Nikolai Dante'', and writer [[Gordon Rennie]] and artist [[Mark Harrison (artist)|Mark Harrison]] introduced future war story ''Glimmer Rats''. Another old favourite, ''[[Strontium Dog]]'', was revived by Wagner and Ezquerra, telling new stories of Johnny Alpha set before his death, with the conceit that previous stories had been "folklore" and the new stories were "what really happened", allowing Wagner to revise continuity.

=== 2000s ===
The publisher has been owned by [[Rebellion Developments]] since 2000, with editors [[Andy Diggle]] and (since 2002) [[Matt Smith (comics editor)|Matt Smith]] at the helm. Rebellion continues to develop stories (and computer games) based on classic characters such as ''[[Rogue Trooper]]'' and ''[[Judge Dredd]]'', and has also introduced a roster of new series including ''[[Shakara]]'', ''[[The Red Seas]]'' and ''[[Caballistics, Inc.]]''. It has also published a tie-in to the film ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' in a story written by [[Simon Pegg]] and [[Edgar Wright]].

The comic continues to uncover new British talents, including [[Boo Cook]], [[Dom Reardon]] and [[Al Ewing]]. It has also benefited from an improved dollar-pound [[exchange rate]] that has meant the comic can now afford to re-employ some of the talent thought lost to America.

A number of shorter self-contained stories, partly created by the new wave of talent, have run including ''[[London Falling]]'', ''[[Stone Island (2000AD)|Stone Island]]'' and ''[[Zombo (comics)|Zombo]]''. Other developments include a revamping of the ''[[Judge Dredd Megazine]]'' which has included a section acting as a showcase for [[British small press comics]]. Starting in program 1500 was the Judge Dredd story "The Connection", a "prelude" to a 23-part Judge Dredd epic "[[Origins (Judge Dredd story)|Origins]]" which filled in a lot of the details about Dredd's past.

In prog 1526,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=1526 |title=Prog 1526 |publisher=2000ad.org |date=28 February 2007 |access-date=16 September 2010}}</ref> dated 28 February 2007, ''2000 AD'' celebrated their 30th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2007-02-26|title=30 years of the future|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6390731.stm|access-date=2022-12-16}}</ref> The issue saw the start of two new storylines: ''[[Nikolai Dante]]'' (by [[Robbie Morrison]] and [[Simon Fraser (comics)|Simon Fraser]]) and ''[[Invasion! (2000 AD)|Savage]]'' (by [[Pat Mills]] and [[Charlie Adlard]]), along with a one-off episode of ''[[Flesh (comics)|Flesh]]'' (by [[Pat Mills]] and [[Ramon Sola]]). The run-up to this saw the first arcs of new series ''[[Stickleback (comics)|Stickleback]]'' and ''[[Kingdom (comics)|Kingdom]]''.

''2000 AD'' was also made available online through [[Clickwheel]],<ref>{{Cite web|author=Clickwheel |url=http://www.clickwheel.net/ |title=Clickwheel site |publisher=Clickwheel.net |access-date=16 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815074745/http://www.clickwheel.net/ |archive-date=15 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> another [[Rebellion Developments]]-owned firm. Starting in December 2007, the latest issue was made available to download as a [[Portable Document Format|PDF]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=CBR – The World's Top Destination For Comic, Movie & TV news|url=https://www.cbr.com/|access-date=2022-12-16|website=CBR|language=en-US}}</ref> In early 2008 it was announced that an archive of the 2007 issues would be added to the service.<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=146854 ''Rebellion, Clickwheel Post 2007 2000AD Archive Online.''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208175811/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=146854 |date=8 December 2008 }}, [[Newsarama]], 15 February 2008</ref> The Clickwheel Comics Reader was launched in July 2008 which would allow the digital versions of the comics to be downloaded and read on the [[iPhone]] and [[iPod Touch]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Newsarama {{pipe}} GamesRadar+|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/newsarama/|access-date=2022-12-16|website=gamesradar|language=en}}</ref>

=== 2010s ===

On 19 March 2012 the [[Royal Mail]] launched a special stamp collection to celebrate Britain's rich comic book history, which included ''2000&nbsp;AD''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17421394 |title=Beano's Dennis the Menace on Royal Mail comic stamps |work=BBC News |date= 19 March 2012|access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref>

In 2015 a documentary about the history of the comic was made, called ''[[Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/future-shock-the-story-of-2000ad-review/|title=Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD review|date=7 July 2015|website=Den of Geek}}</ref>

On 1 October 2016, signings were held at comic shops in the UK, Ireland, Australia and the US to mark the publication of the 2000th prog.  In the same week a 40th birthday convention was announced, which was held in [[Hammersmith]], [[London]] in February 2017.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=<!--no byline-->|date=2 March 2017|title=Sci-fi comic still has thrill power|journal=Nature|type=Editorial|volume=543|issue=7643|page=6|doi=10.1038/543006a|pmid=28252083|bibcode=2017Natur.543....6. |quote=Many of them gathered in London last month to celebrate the 40th birthday of the self-proclaimed Galaxy's Greatest Comic|doi-access=free}}</ref> At the convention itself, it was announced by the Kingsley brothers that Rebellion would be willing to speak to outside software developers on developing ''2000 AD'''s intellectual property. In the same year, former editor Steve MacManus published his memoirs, ''The Mighty One: My Life Inside The Nerve Centre''.

In 2017, founding editor Pat Mills published his memoirs, ''Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! 2000 AD and Judge Dredd: The Secret History''. Later in that year, [[Hachette (publishing)|Hachette Partworks]] began publishing ''[[2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection]]'', initially an 80-volume fortnightly series of hardback books featuring classic stories from the first 40 years of the comic. Now the Collection has been extended to 180 volumes.  This followed the success of ''[[Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection]]'', which had started in 2015 and later been extended to 90 volumes.

In June 2018 (July in the United States) a special issue was published, the ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2018'', which contained stories written and illustrated entirely by women.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-20|title=The future's female? 2000AD's all-women special|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/20/the-futures-female-2000ads-all-women-special|access-date=2022-12-16|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

Starting in May 2019, ''2000 AD'' began publishing periodic "all ages" issues every quarter, marketed as ''2000 AD Regened'', and targeted at younger readers. In these sixteen issues, ''Judge Dredd'' was replaced by ''Cadet Dredd'' stories. This lasted until November 2023.

== Lists of stories ==
{{Main|List of 2000 AD stories}}
Wikimedia Commons has the following indexes:
*[[Media:Index of stories published in British comic 2000AD.pdf|Index of every story published in ''2000 AD'']] up to September 2024 (#1 to #2400)
*[[Media:Index of Judge Dredd stories in British comic 2000AD.pdf|Index of all the ''Judge Dredd'' stories to appear in ''2000 AD'']] (including specials and annuals) from March 1977 to September 2024

== Crossovers ==
{{Main|2000 AD crossovers}}
Although there is no overall [[shared universe]] containing all ''2000 AD'' stories, some stories [[2000 AD crossovers|spin-off or crossover]] into other stories. These include the numerous stories that occur in the [[Judge Dredd]] universe. Many stories by [[Pat Mills]], which are frequently interlinked, link into the Dredd universe as well, though have been partially [[Retroactive continuity|retconned]] by the writer. Many stories written by [[Ian Edginton]] feature shared themes and references.

== Editors ==
{{Main|Tharg the Mighty}}
A long-running theme is that the [[editing|editor]] of ''2000 AD'' is [[Tharg the Mighty]], a green [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] from [[Betelgeuse]] who terms his readers "Earthlets". Tharg uses other unique alien expressions and even appears in his own comic strips. Readers sometimes play along with this; for example, in prog 201 a pair of readers wrote to Tharg claiming that they preferred to be called "Terrans"; the resulting controversy ended in Tharg allowing readers to vote for the preferred term in prog 229. In prog 240 Tharg announced that the result was a draw, and "Terran" became an accepted term for readers' letters in the Nerve Centre.  In similar vein, Tharg used to draw distinction between male and female letter-writers with "Earthlet" and "Earthlette" until a letter was printed in Prog 314 complaining about the use, and Tharg agreed to use "Earthlet" (or "Terran") regardless of gender. From prog 531 the term "Earthlette" was reintroduced.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prog 531 |work=2000 AD|date= 18 July 1987}}</ref>

Another running theme is Tharg's use of [[robot]]s to draw and write the strips, which bear a marked resemblance to the actual writers and artists. A fictional reason for Tharg to use mechanical assistance was given when the robots "went on strike" (reflecting real-life [[industrial action]] that occasionally halted IPC's comics production during the 1970s and 1980s). Tharg wrote and drew a whole issue himself, but when he ran it through the quality-control "Thrill-meter", the device melted down on extreme overload. The offending issue had to be taken away, by blindfolded security guards, to a lead-lined vault where there was no danger of anyone seeing it accidentally.
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The role of Tharg has been performed by the following editors:

#[[Pat Mills]], #1–16 (1977)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pat Mills|work=BARNEY – droid zone|url=http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=patm|access-date=2022-12-16}}</ref>
#[[Kelvin Gosnell]], #17–85 (1977–1978)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kelvin Gosnell|work=BARNEY – droid zone|url=http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=KELVING|access-date=2022-12-16}}</ref> Assistant editor [[Nick Landau]] largely edited the comic himself in 1978 while Gosnell was occupied with editing new sister title ''[[Starlord (comics)|Starlord]]''.<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
#[[Steve MacManus]], #86–519<ref>{{Cite web|work=BARNEY – droid zone|url=http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=STEVEM|access-date=2022-12-16|title= Steve MacManus}}</ref> or #500<ref name=mightyone>{{cite book|last=MacManus|first= Steve |date=2016 |title=The Mighty One: My Life Inside the Nerve Centre |location=Oxford |publisher=Rebellion |pages=228, 231}}</ref> (1978–1987)
#[[Richard Burton (comics)|Richard Burton]], #520–872<ref>{{Cite web|work=BARNEY – droid zone|url=http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=RICHARDB|access-date=2022-12-16|title= Richard Burton}}</ref> or #501–872<ref name=mightyone /> (1987–1994)
#[[Alan McKenzie]], #873–914 (1994)<ref>{{Cite web|work=BARNEY – droid zone|url=http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=ALANMC|access-date=2022-12-16|title= Alan McKenzie}}</ref>
#[[John Tomlinson (comics)|John Tomlinson]], #915–977 (1994–1996)<ref>{{Cite web|work=BARNEY – droid zone|url=http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=JOHNT|access-date=2022-12-16|title= John Tomlinson}}</ref>
#[[David Bishop (writer)|David Bishop]], #978–1199 (1996–2000)<ref>{{Cite web|work=BARNEY – droid zone|url=http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=DAVEB|access-date=2022-12-16|title= David Bishop}}</ref>
#[[Andy Diggle]], #1200–1273 (2000–2002)<ref>{{Cite web|work=BARNEY – droid zone|url=http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=ANDYD|access-date=2022-12-16|title= Andy Diggle}}</ref>
#[[Matt Smith (comics editor)|Matt Smith]], #1274–present (2002–present)<ref>{{Cite web|work=BARNEY – droid zone|url=http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=MATTS|access-date=2022-12-16|title= Matt Smith}}</ref><section end=tharg />

Starting in December 2004, an additional editor's note, titled "Damage Control", began appearing in the legal fine print at the bottom of the first page of every issue. This editor's note is written not from the perspective of Tharg but from that of Matt Smith, the sitting editor since "Damage Control" started.

== Contributors ==
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Well-known contributors to ''2000 AD'' include:
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* [[Nick Abadzis]]
* [[Dan Abnett]]
* [[Massimo Belardinelli]]
* [[Simon Bisley]]
* [[Brian Bolland]]
* [[Philip Bond]]
* [[Chris Cunningham]]
* [[Alan Davis]]
* [[Steve Dillon]]
* [[D'Israeli (cartoonist)|D'Israeli]]
* [[Ian Edginton]]
* [[Garth Ennis]]
* [[Al Ewing]]
* [[Brett Ewins]]
* [[Carlos Ezquerra]]
* [[Gerry Finley-Day]]
* [[Michael Fleisher]]
* [[Henry Flint]]
* [[Tom Frame (letterer)|Tom Frame]]
* [[Neil Gaiman]]
* [[Dave Gibbons]]
* [[Ian Gibson (artist)|Ian Gibson]]
* [[Alan Grant (writer)|Alan Grant]]
* [[Trevor Hairsine]]
* [[Jamie Hewlett]]
* [[John Hicklenton]]
* [[John Higgins (comics)|John Higgins]]
* [[David Hine]]
* [[Frazer Irving]]
* [[Jock (comics)|Jock]]
* [[Cam Kennedy]]
* [[Tony Lee]]
* [[Brendan McCarthy]]
* [[Maura McHugh (writer)|Maura McHugh]]
* [[Mike McMahon (comics)|Mike McMahon]]
* [[Mark Millar]]
* [[Peter Milligan]]
* [[Pat Mills]]
* [[Alan Moore]]
* [[Grant Morrison]]
* [[Robbie Morrison]]
* [[Kevin O'Neill (comics)|Kevin O'Neill]]
* [[Arthur Ranson]]
* [[Gordon Rennie]]
* [[John Ridgway (comics)|John Ridgway]]
* [[John Smith (comics writer)|John Smith]]
* [[Ron Smith (comics)|Ron Smith]]
* [[Simon Spurrier]]
* [[Richard Starkings]]
* [[Bryan Talbot]]
* [[John Wagner]]
* [[Kev Walker]]
* [[Chris Weston]]
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Many of these have since moved on to work for American publishers such as [[DC Comics]] (especially the [[Vertigo Comics|Vertigo]] and [[Wildstorm]] imprints) and [[Marvel Comics]].

== Film and TV adaptations ==
* ''[[Hardware (film)|Hardware]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Dredd]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Rogue Trooper#Film|Rogue Trooper]]'' (TBA)<ref>{{Cite news|first=Graeme|last=McMillan|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/duncan-jones-teases-rogue-trooper-movie-1127099|title=Duncan Jones Teases "Rogue Trooper" Movie|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=15 July 2018|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>
*''[[Judge Dredd#Television|Judge Dredd: Mega-City One]]'' (TBA)
*''Button Man: Get Harry Ex'' (TBA)

== Audio adaptations ==
In 2021, Rebellion Publishing and [[Penguin Random House]] released five audio drama adaptations of classic ''2000 AD'' stories:<ref>{{Cite web|first=Kat|last=Brown|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2021/march/2000-AD-interview-judge-dredd-audiobooks.html|title=How do you turn one of the world's most iconic comics into an audiobook?|work=penguin.co.uk|date=4 March 2021|access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref>
*''[[The Ballad of Halo Jones]]''
*''Brink: Volumes 1-3''
*''Judge Dredd: America''
*''[[The Pit (Judge Dredd story)|Judge Dredd: The Pit]]''
*''Sláine: The Horned God''

== Video game adaptations ==
The first ''2000AD'' video games for 8-bit computers were two games based on ''Strontium Dog''  published by [[Quicksilva]] in 1984 for the [[ZX Spectrum]] and [[Commodore 64]].<ref name='eurogamer2000AD'>{{cite web |title=A brief history of 2000AD's 8-bit games|website=Eurogamer|publisher=Gamer Network Ltd|date=19 November 2017|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-19-a-brief-history-of-2000ads-8-bit-games|access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref>

[[Krome Studios Melbourne|Melbourne House]] released the [[Judge Dredd (1986 video game)|first ''Judge Dredd'']] game on the Commodore 64 in 1986 and ZX Spectrum the following year. The [[Judge Dredd (1991 video game)|second ''Judge Dredd'' game]] was published by [[Virgin Interactive|Virgin Games]] in 1991 for the [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[Amstrad CPC]], Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum platforms.

[[Martech]] produced two titles, ''Nemesis the Warlock'' and ''Sláine'', while [[Piranha Software]] only published one ''2000AD'' video game, ''Rogue Trooper'' (written by [[Design Design]]) it had games based on ''Judge Death''<ref name='eurogamer2000AD' /><ref name='gamesmachinepiranha'>{{cite magazine |title=Piranha|magazine=The Games Machine|issue=1|publisher=Newsfield|date=October 1987|page=16|url=https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/page.php?issue_id=1789&page=16|access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> and ''Halo Jones''<ref name='ystzers'>{{cite magazine |title=T'zers|magazine=Your Sinclair|issue=25|publisher=Dennis Publishing|date=January 1988|page=7|url=https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/page.php?issue_id=246&page=7|access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> in development which were never released.

[[Krisalis Software]] released another adaptation of ''Rogue Trooper'' for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1991, and the merchandising that accompanied the 1995 ''Judge Dredd'' film included tie-in games for the IBM PC ([[MS-DOS]]), [[Game Boy]], [[Game Gear]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Mega Drive|Sega Genesis]] and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]].

A ''Judge Dredd'' arcade game was created but never completed nor released. It can be found online, where it is available for free, but requires an arcade / coin-op emulator.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/games/the-judge-dredd-arcade-game-that-never-was/|title=The Judge Dredd Arcade Game That Never Was|website=Den of Geek|date=12 March 2018 |author1=Jbindeck2015 }}</ref> It features Mean Machine and other Angel Gang members.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

A ''Judge Dredd Pinball'' game was released for [[MS-DOS]] in 1998. The same year saw the release of a Judge Dredd videogame for the Sony PlayStation which was developed by Gremlin Interactive and published by Activision.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/judge-dredd-review/1900-2547976/ |title=Judge Dredd Review |website=GameSpot |date=10 October 2013 |access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>

With the purchase of ''2000 AD'' by Rebellion Developments, a computer game company, several more ''2000 AD''-linked games have been released or are under development. ''[[Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death]]'' was released in 2003 and ''[[Rogue Trooper (games)|Rogue Trooper]]'' followed in 2006 for the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=2000 AD licensees|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/2000-ad-licensees|access-date=2022-12-16|website=MobyGames}}</ref> An updated version for the [[Wii]] entitled ''Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre'' was released in December 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/rogue-trooper-quartz-zone-massacre/critic-reviews/?platform=wii|title=Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre|publisher=Metacritic}}</ref>

A licensed Judge Dredd choose your own adventure style game "Judge Dredd: Countdown Sector 106" was released in 2012 by Australian and UK-based Tin Man Games for iOS, subsequently for Google Play and Steam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Game Review: JUDGE DREDD - COUNTDOWN SECTOR 106 |url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/game-review-judge-dredd-countdown-sector-106/ |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=STARBURST Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Awards ==

Although the various stories and creators have also won awards, (see the various entries for details) the comic itself has its own trophies:

* 1979: Won the [[Eagle Awards#1979|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Comic (UK)
* 1986: Won the [[Eagle Awards#1986|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Comic – British
* 1987: Won the [[Eagle Awards#1987|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Comic – British
* 1988: Won the [[Eagle Awards#1990|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Comic – British
* 1990:
** Won the [[Eagle Awards#1990|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Comic – British
** Won the Eagle Awards: Roll of Honour
* 1992: Nominated for [[UK Comic Art Award]]: Best Ongoing Publication<ref>"Newswatch: UK Awards Named," ''The Comics Journal'' #149 (March 1992), p. 22.</ref>
* 1993: Nominated for UK Comic Art Award: Best Ongoing Publication<ref>ER. "International Miscellanea: 1993 UK Comic Art Awards," ''The Comics Journal'' #161 (August 1993), p. 40.</ref>
* 1997:
** Won the [[National Comics Awards#Best Comic (British)|National Comics Awards]]: Best Comic (British)
** Nominated for the [[National Comics Awards#Best British Comic Ever|National Comics Awards]]: Best British Comic Ever
** Nominated for UK Comic Art Award: Best Ongoing Publication<ref>"UK Comic Art Awards Announced," ''The Comics Journal'' #195 (Apr. 1997), p. 25.</ref>
* 1998: Won the [[National Comics Awards#Best Comic (British)|National Comics Awards]]: Best Comic (British)
* 1999:
** Won the [[National Comics Awards#Best Comic (British)|National Comics Awards]]: Best Comic (British)
** Won the [[Eagle Awards#1999|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite British Comic
** Prog 2000 nominated for the [[Eagle Awards#1999|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Cover Published During 1999
* 2000:
** Won the [[Eagle Awards#2000|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite British Comic
** 2000adonline.com nominated for the [[Eagle Awards#2000|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Comics Related Website
** [[Tharg the Mighty]] ([[David Bishop (writer)|David Bishop]]) nominated for the [[Eagle Awards#2000|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Comics Editor
* 2001:
** Won the [[National Comics Awards#Best Comic in the World Ever|National Comics Awards]]: Best Comic in the World Ever
** Won the [[National Comics Awards#Best Comic Ever|National Comics Awards]]: Best Comic Ever
** Won the [[Eagle Awards#2001|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite British Comic
** [[Tharg the Mighty]] ([[Andy Diggle]]) won the [[Eagle Awards#2001|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Comics Editor
* 2002:
** Nominated for the [[National Comics Awards#Best Comic Ever|National Comics Awards]]: Best Comic Ever
** 2000adonline.com nominated for the [[National Comics Awards#Best Specialist Magazine or Website|National Comics Awards]]: Best Specialist Magazine or Website
** Nominated for the [[National Comics Awards#Best Comic Now|National Comics Awards]]: Best Comic Now
* 2004: won the Diamond Comics Awards: Best comic
* 2006: won the [[Eagle Awards#2006|Eagle Award]] for Best British Colour Comic
*2007:
** Won the [[Eagle Awards|Eagle Award]] for Favourite Colour Comicbook – British
** 2000adonline.com nominated for the [[Eagle Awards#2007|Eagle Award]] for Favourite Comics Related Website
** [[Tharg the Mighty]] ([[Matt Smith (comics editor)|Matt Smith]]) won the [[Eagle Awards#2007|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Comics Editor
*2008:
** Nominated for the [[Eagle Awards|Eagle Award]] for Favourite Colour Comicbook – British
** 2000adonline.com nominated for the [[Eagle Awards#2007|Eagle Award]] for Favourite Comics Related Website
** [[Tharg the Mighty]] ([[Matt Smith (comics editor)|Matt Smith]]) won the [[Eagle Awards#2008|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Comics Editor
*2010: Won the [[Eagle Awards|Eagle Award]] for Favourite Colour Comicbook – British
*2011:
** Won the [[Eagle Awards|Eagle Award]] for Favourite British Comicbook – Colour
** [[Tharg the Mighty]] ([[Matt Smith (comics editor)|Matt Smith]]) won the [[Eagle Awards#2011|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Comics Editor
*2012: [[Tharg the Mighty]] ([[Matt Smith (comics editor)|Matt Smith]]) nominated for the [[Eagle Awards#2011|Eagle Awards]]: Favourite Comics Editor
*2013: Nominated for the [[Eisner Award]] for [[Eisner Award for Best Anthology|Best Anthology]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Freeman|first=John|date=2013-04-17|title=2000AD nominated for Eisner Award|url=https://downthetubes.net/2000ad-nominated-for-eisner-award/|access-date=2022-12-16|website=downthetubes.net|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*2014: Won the [[Eagle Awards|True Believers Comics Award]] for Favourite British Comic: Colour<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/true-believers-comic-awards-announce-2014-winners/ |title=True Believers Comic Awards announce 2014 winners |first=Kevin |last=Melrose|department=Digitalspy.com |date=14 July 2014 |work=CBR.com |access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>

== Related publications ==

*The current sister publication to ''2000 AD'' is the monthly  ''[[Judge Dredd Megazine]]'', which originally focused exclusively on expanding the world of Judge Dredd, but in recent years has expanded its focus to include other stories set in other universes as well.
*''[[Starlord (comics)|Starlord]]'' was a weekly title (originally intended to be monthly) launched in 1978 following much the same format as ''2000 AD'' and included ''[[Strontium Dog]]'' and ''[[Ro-Busters]]'' which introduced characters that would later reappear in ''[[ABC Warriors]]''. The two titles were merged later the same year and published as ''2000AD and Starlord''. A third ''Starlord'' series, ''TimeQuake'', also had a 4-week run in ''2000AD'' over a year later.
*''[[Tornado (comic)|Tornado]]'' was a weekly title launched in 1979. There was less emphasis on Science Fiction series. It was merged with ''2000 AD'' after 22 issues, transferring the strips ''[[Blackhawk (UK comic)|Blackhawk]]'', ''The Mind of Wolfie Smith'' and ''Captain Klep''. For a while the publication was titled ''2000 AD and Tornado''.
*''[[Diceman (comics)|Diceman]]'' (1986) was an early attempt at creating a [[role-playing]] comic featuring regular ''2000 AD'' characters such as Rogue Trooper and Slaine, as well as original characters, like Diceman. The magazine was not a success and only lasted five issues.
*''[[Crisis (comic)|Crisis]]'' (1988–1991) was a sister publication that did not follow the format of ''2000 AD'', but did share many editorial staff and creative teams. Early issues featured two SF-themed stories aimed at a slightly older age group than ''2000 AD'' with strong political themes. It became a magnet for British creators who wanted to create comics for the adult market. The ''2000 AD'' series ''Finn'', begun the year after ''Crisis'' was cancelled, continued the adventures of the character from ''Third World War'', though with more of a fantasy emphasis.
*''[[Revolver Comic (UK)|Revolver]]'' (1990–1991) joined ''Crisis'' though it only lasted for seven issues. Dan Dare was in the original line-up, and this transferred to ''Crisis'' when ''Revolver'' finished.
*A ''Best of 2000 AD'' title was published in the mid-1980s which featured reprint material from early issues of ''2000 AD''. In the early 1990s, ''The Complete Judge Dredd'' began publication in a similar format. Both titles were relaunched as ''Classic 2000AD'' and ''Classic Judge Dredd'' in the mid-1990s but were cancelled soon after.
* The bimonthly ''2000 AD Extreme Edition'' presented reprints of classic and hard-to-find 2000AD stories, but poor sales led to its cancellation in mid-2008. Since the cancellation, a smaller reprint supplement has been packaged with the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' instead.
*A yearly hardcover annual was published from 1977 to 1990 (though the cover dates on the annuals were always the following year). From 1991 this was replaced by a softcover ''2000AD Yearbook''; the last of these was published in 1994. There were also annuals/yearbooks dedicated to ''2000 AD'' characters such as ''Dan Dare'' (1978–1979, cover dated 1979–1980), ''Judge Dredd'' (1980–1994) and ''Rogue Trooper'' (1990).
* An annual summer special was published during the summer months between 1977 and 1996, entitled the ''2000AD Sci-Fi Special'' from 1978. This was revived in 2014.
* Other specials include the ''2000AD Winter Special'' (1988–1995, 2005 and 2014), ''Judge Dredd Mega Special'' (1988–1996) and ''Rogue Trooper Action Special'' (1996). (1996's ''Judge Dredd Action Special'' was a tie-in to the defunct ''Judge Dredd: Lawman of the Future'' rather than ''2000AD'' proper).
* In April 1992, a ''2000AD Action Special'' featured six strips reviving classic British comics characters such as the [[Steel Claw]]. Of these only ''[[Kelly's Eye]]'' also appeared in ''2000 AD'' proper.
* In the mid-1990s a series of ''2000 AD Poster Progs'' were published, each featuring a new strip. There were five ''Judge Dredd'' poster magazines, plus one each for four other ''2000 AD'' series: ''Nemesis the Warlock'', ''Strontium Dogs'', ''Sláine'' and ''Rogue Trooper''.
* A series of American comic format reprints started in 1983 by [[Eagle Comics]] with the first issue of an ongoing monthly ''Judge Dredd'' title. Eagle Comics also reprinted other ''2000 AD'' material in other titles. The license to reprint ''2000 AD'' material in the US was later taken over by [[Quality Communications|Quality Comics]]. These reprints ended in the early 1990s.
* ''[[Toxic!]]'' was a short-lived rival publication, established by ''2000 AD'' talent, that was published during 1991.

=== Fanzines ===
''2000 AD'' has an extremely lively and thriving [[Fan (aficionado)|fanbase]], which has produced a number of independent [[fanzine]]s.

In 1998 W.R. Logan, frustrated at the lack of activity from the comic's publishers both in promoting the title and also in making best use of new talents, decided to create an independent title using ''2000 AD'' copyrighted characters and situations. This was titled ''[[Class of '79]]'', named after the year of Dredd's graduation from the Academy of Law – 2079. The first couple of issues contained work from now-professional comics creators [[Rufus Dayglo]], [[Boo Cook]], [[Henry Flint]] and [[PJ Holden]] and won the best Self Published/Independent Comic Award at the 1999 National Comics Awards.

In 2001, [[Andrew J. Lewis (comics)|Andrew J. Lewis]] created ''[[Zarjaz]]'' comic, with strips featuring characters from a variety of ''2000 AD'' stories. There were also interviews with [[Alan Grant (writer)|Alan Grant]], [[Frazer Irving]] and [[Alan Moore]], as well as an extensive article on breaking into comics as a writer.

Another long-running fanzine, dedicated to the world of Johnny Alpha, is ''[[Dogbreath]]'', originally run by the pseudonymous Dr Bob it is now being produced by FutureQuake Publishing. In 2003, [[Arthur Wyatt (writer)|Arthur Wyatt]] created ''[[FutureQuake]]'', a fanzine devoted to the [[Future Shocks]] format. Although ''Class of '79'' and ''FutureQuake'' now appear to be on hiatus, the other titles are in continuous publication, ''Zarjaz'' having started up again with a new issue 1.

In addition, a number of [[British small press comics|small press]] comics have emerged from the ''2000 AD'' fanbase, including ''[[Solar Wind (comic)|Solar Wind]]'', ''Omnivistascope'' and ''[[The End Is Nigh (fanzine)|The End Is Nigh]]''.

== See also ==
*[[List of 2000 AD stories]]
*[[List of minor 2000 AD stories]]
*''[[Action (comic)|Action]]''
*[[British comics]]
*[[British Invasion (comics)|British Invasion]], which saw a number of ''2000 AD'' artists and writers working for the big American firms during the 1980s.

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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{{Refbegin}}
*[[David Bishop (writer)|David Bishop]] (2002–2003), ''[[Thrill Power Overload]]!'' (''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol 4 issues 9–18, issues 201–209, collected and expanded into a book: [[Rebellion Developments]], 260 pages, February 2007, {{ISBN|1-905437-22-6}})
*{{comicbookdb|type=title|id=1946|title=''2000 AD''}}
*{{gcdb series|id=11289|title=2000 AD (IPC)}}
*{{gcdb series|id=11290|title=2000 AD and Star Lord}}
*{{gcdb series|id=11291|title=2000 AD and Tornado}}
*{{gcdb series|id=11295|title=2000 AD (Fleetway)}}
*{{gcdb series|id=11294|title=2000 AD (Egmont)}}
*{{gcdb series|id=11293|title=2000 AD (Rebellion)}}
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/m0hqh/ Futureshock! The Story of 2000AD], presented by [[Phill Jupitus]], [[BBC Radio 4]], 22 September 2007
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.2000ad.org/ BARNEY – Keeper of the 2000 AD database (fansite)]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/comics/2000adstrips/prog0/index.shtml Prog 0], the test issue created in 1976, [[BBC]].co.uk
*[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/08/24/garth-ennis-when-2000ad-was-the-future/ When ''2000AD'' Was The Future], retrospective by [[Garth Ennis]] for ''[[Bleeding Cool]]''

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