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Publisher: IPC
Publication Dates: 26 February 1977 – 15 August 1987
Number of Issues Published: 535 (#1 – #535)
Color: Color cover; Mostly black and white interior
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Publication Type: magazine

Merged after #85 into 2000 AD and Starlord
Merged after #126 into 2000 AD and Tornado

Numbering continues with 2000 AD (Fleetway Publications, 1987 series) #536

Publisher: Fleetway Publications
Publication Dates: 22 August 1987 – 15 October 1996
Number of Issues Published: 478 (#536 – #1013)
Color: Colour cover
Dimensions: Tabloid size (dimensions varies during title’s run)
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Publication Type: magazine

Numbering continues with 2000 AD (Egmont Fleetway Ltd, 1996 series) #1014

Publisher: Egmont Fleetway Ltd.
Publication Dates: 22 October 1996 – 2 August 2000
Number of Issues Published: 191 (#1014 – #1204)
Color: Colour
Paper Stock: Glossy cover
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Publication Type: magazine

Information thanks to the Grand Comics Database

2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-orientated comic. As a comics anthology it serialises stories in each issue (known as “progs”) and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary which was sold to Robert Maxwell in 1987 then Egmont UK in 1991. Fleetway continued to produce the title until 2000, when it was bought by Rebellion Developments.

It 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, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Brian Bolland and Mike McMahon. Other characters in 2000 AD include Rogue Trooper, Strontium Dog and the ABC Warriors.

2000 AD has been a successful launchpad for getting British talent into the larger American comics market.

A large number of British comics creators have worked at 2000 AD including:

– Dan Abnett
– Simon Bisley
– Brian Bolland
– Alan Davis
– Garth Ennis
– Carlos Ezquerra
– Gerry Finley-Day
– Neil Gaiman
– Dave Gibbons
– Alan Grant
– Brendan McCarthy
– Mike McMahon
– Mark Millar
– Pat Mills
– Alan Moore
– Grant Morrison
– Peter Milligan
– Kevin O’Neill
– Bryan Talbot
– John Wagner
– Kev Walker
– Chris Weston

A sampling of the many strips that have appeared in the publication:

– The ABC Warriors
– Ace Trucking Co.
– Bad Company (first appeared 1986)
– The Ballad of Halo Jones (first appeared 1984)
– Big Dave
– Button Man
– Cradlegrave
– Dan Dare (first appeared 1977)
– Defoe
– Durham Red
– Flesh (first appeared 1977)
– Harlem Heroes (first appeared 1977)
– Indigo Prime
– Invasion (first appeared 1977)
– Judge Dredd (first appeared 1977)
– Lobster Random
– MACH-1 (first appeared 1977)
– Maniac 5
– Nikolai Dante
– Nemesis the Warlock
– Really and Truly
– The Red Seas
– Robo-Hunter
– Ro-Busters
– Rogue Trooper
– Second City Blues
– Sinister Dexter
– Sláine
– Skizz (first appeared 1983)
– Stickleback
– Strontium Dog
– Tyranny Rex
– The V.C.s
– Zenith (first appeared 1987)
– Zombo