List of minor 2000 AD stories
2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic magazine first published in 1977, which serialises stories in each issue. Although most noted for its Judge Dredd stories, it has published many others.
Stories
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''Absalom''
Absalom is a horror story spin-off from Caballistics, Inc. by Gordon Rennie and Tiernen Trevallion.The stories were "Noblesse Obligie" in 2000 AD #1732–1739, "Sick Leave" in 2000 AD Prog 2012, "Ghosts of London" in 2000 AD #1765–1771, "Dirty Postcards" in Prog 2013, "Old Pals' Act" in Prog 2014, "Under a False Flag" in #1934–1942, "Family Snapshots" in #1961, and "Terminal Diagnosis" in #2053–2060 and #2136–2143.
The first trade paperback, Ghosts of London, was published in June 2012.
''Ampney Crucis Investigates''
Ampney Crucis Investigates is an occult detective story by Ian Edginton and Simon Davis starring the fictional investigator Ampney Crucis and his man servant Eddie Cromwell. It started in 2000 AD #1611 and up to the end of 2011 has spanned four parts.The first trade paperback, Vile Bodies, was published in January 2012.
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''Babe Race 2000''
Babe Race 2000 is a story written by Mark Millar, with art by Anthony Williams, which ran in an eponymous story in 2000 AD #883-888 and a one-off, "Bounty Hunter Mom", in the 1995 2000 AD Yearbook.''Bato Loco''
Bato Loco is a story written by Gordon Rennie, with art by Simon Coleby that had two outings in the Judge Dredd Megazine. It features Carlito "Bato Loco" Agarra from the Barrio Blocks who was introduced in the story "Bato Loco" in Judge Dredd Megazine #202.C
''Carver Hale''
Carver Hale is a story about a London mobster possessed by a demon. It was written by Mike Carey with art by Mike Perkins. It came about because then editor Andy Diggle was commissioning more horror stories and Carey said he "was aiming to get some of the flavour of Hellblazer, but in a more in-your-face, action-oriented story."It was published in 2000 AD #1236-1240 and 1247–1249 in 2001, and collected into a hardback volume in 2005.
''Citi-Def''
Citi-Def by Tony Lee, with art by Jack Lawrence. The series is set in the Judge Dredd universe, focusing on the City Defence units of armed militia. The first instalment has been described as a good start with "cute" and "cartoony" art, and the second part as "an awesome romp" and "a fabulous idea, and here it's executed with great aplomb," although the same reviewer felt it was pitched at a younger audience than usual. Another reviewer felt that while the artist "is pretty good at this sort of art, but I hate it" and reiterated concerns about the lack of sophistication but did acknowledge that "there are bags of fun ideas here."The first story, "Field Trip", ran in Judge Dredd Megazine starting in issue #279.
''Cradlegrave''
Cradlegrave is a body horror comic story which ran in 2000 AD #1633-1644, written by John Smith, with art by Edmund Bagwell.It is set in the Ravenglade Estate, somewhere in Lancashire. It follows the story of teenage Shane Holt, who has recently been released from Thorn Hill young offenders institution.
The story was collected into a trade paperback, with a foreword by Ramsey Campbell. In his foreword Campbell describes the story as one "as simultaneously hideous and desolate as anything in David Cronenberg".
''Cursed Earth Koburn''
Cursed Earth Koburn is a character who has appeared in an eponymous series in Judge Dredd Megazine, written by Gordon Rennie, with art by Carlos Ezquerra. It is about a judge who has taken the Long Walk into the Cursed Earth.A Judge who looks a lot like Major Eazy. A character from Battle who Ezquerra drew much like James Coburn
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''Dinosty''
Dinosty was the first series Pat Mills and Clint Langley had collaborated on and they would go on to work together on Mills' long-running stories ABC Warriors and Sláine.The story, featuring anthropomorphic dinosaurs, was originally supposed to appear in the spin-off comic Earthside 8, but this title was never published. However, this was not the end of the problems as the move to 2000 AD happened when Mills felt his relationship with the editors was breaking down and he came to believe that "Dinosty suffered from covert and non-verbalised editorial opposition, or maybe just disinterest." The story would eventually run in 1994, in issues #873 - 882.
Doctor Sin
Doctor Sin was originally created by writer Pat Mills; the character first appeared in the 1979 2000 AD AnnuaL and has made only sporadic appearances since.In early planning for 2000 AD, Mills devised an occultist character called Judge Dread who would star in a mystical strip called "Black Magic". However, as 2000 AD developed into more of a science fiction during planning the character was dropped. At the suggestion of editor Kelvin Gosnell, the name was modified to Judge Dredd and used for another 2000 AD character, a futuristic lawman devised by John Wagner. Some time later, with 2000 AD firmly launched, Mills revisited the idea and reworked it as Doctor Sin.
A single strip featuring Doctor Sin appeared in the 1979 2000 AD Annual, written by Mills and with art by Horacio Lalia. No further appearances followed until 1992, when a revamped version appeared in the 2000 AD Action Special, which features several re-imaginings of extant Fleetway Publications characters. This version was written by John Smith and John M. Burns, and looked considerably different, leading to some confusion as to whether they were intended to be the same character.
Doctor Sin then undertook another long hiatus before returning in the 2017 one-shot Scream and Misty Halloween Special, where his spirit appeared to transfer his powers to his grandson, and resembled the 1979 version. His grandson, the hip-hop artist Sin Tax, became the new Doctor Sin, a change written by Rob Williams and with a redesign by Luca Pizzari. The character was now owned by Rebellion Developments, and the new Doctor Sin was then part of their super-team the Vigilant. The original version's debut appearance was reprinted in The Vigilant: Origins, a pack-in comic included with Judge Dredd Megazine #421. Mills would complain he was not paid or credited for the use of Doctor Sin by Rebellion.
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''Glimmer Rats''
Glimmer Rats is a military science fiction story which appeared in 2000 AD, written by Gordon Rennie, with art by Mark Harrison. It was collected into a sixty-page hardcover. Rennie has described the inspiration for the story as "Sven Hassel novels and a certain oblique pretentiousness."''The Grudge-Father''
The Grudge-Father is a "lurid" 1994 story written by Mark Millar, with Jim McCarthy providing the art, which ran in 2000 AD #878-883.I
''Insurrection''
Insurrection is a series by Dan Abnett published in Judge Dredd Megazine starting in January 2009. Abnett explains that "the actual brief was to bring to the Dredd Universe something of the epic war-in-space scale of the stuff I write for Warhammer 40K. Tharg wanted a stonking big space war story that would suit the universe of the Mega-Cities".The series was drawn by artist Colin MacNeil, who has also worked on a number of Warhammer 40K stories, and one reviewer notes the similarities suggesting "MacNeil is reprising exactly the same art style that he used on the "Bloodquest" strip in the Warhammer Monthly comic."
The reception has been positive with reviews of the first episode suggesting "With cracking art and a storming first episode I have to say ‘Insurrection’ has the potential to be the best Dredd off world spin-off ever" and "This was as good a first episode as I can remember reading and I can see Insurrection having the legs to deliver on that initial promise." Reviews only got better after that, including: "Quite simply, this is the best non-Dredd story ever to run in the Megazine" and "glorious"
A sequel series entitled "Lawless" was later published in Judge Dredd Megazine.
The first two instalment are being collected into a trade paperback.