About the Book
This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: 2000 AD, Action, Battle, Eagle, Girl, Roy of the Rovers, Valiant, Diceman, Judge Dredd Megazine, Battle Picture Weekly, Eagle, 2000 AD, Action, Battle Picture Library, Battle Picture Weekly, Buster, Cor!!, Diceman, Eagle, Eagle, Girl, Jackpot, Jag, Jinty, June, Knock-Out, Knockout, Krazy, Lion, Look-In, Look and Learn, Misty, Monster Fun, Oink!, Pink, Playhour, Princess, Robin, Roy of the Rovers, School Friend, School Fun, Scorcher, Scream!, Smash!, Starlord, Tammy, Tammy Annual, Thunder, Tiger, Tornado, TV Century 21, Valiant, Whizzer and Chips, Wow!. Excerpt: 2000 AD is a science fiction comic that began in 1977 and, against the odds, is still running. After reading a newspaper article predicting a rise in public interest in science fiction, IPC employee Kevin Gosnell hit on the idea of a sci-fi comic. Editorial director John Sanders put Pat Mills in charge of the project. Early talks between Mills and John Wagner produced the ideas of reviving Dan Dare and the inclusion of a new strip named Judge Dredd. Preparations for the first issue's release coincided with moral outrage over Action, and so a number of its strips had to be reworked so as not to offend Disgusted of Tumbridge Wells. A sampling of the many strips that have appeared in the publication: There have also been a large number of Dredd spin-offs, often appearing in the sister title, Judge Dredd Megazine: A large number of British comics creators have worked at 2000 AD including: The comic has also inspired a number of small press comics: Fanzines featuring 2000 AD characters and settings: The active fanbase has also been inspired to produce original comics and comics magazines: 2000 AD's Diceman was a short-lived monthly magazine published by IPC in 1986. A spin-off of 2000 AD, it combined comics with role-playing games. Diceman was conceived by Pat Mills, who had previously created a fifteen-part...