Beginning in 1981, and continuing throughout the rest of the decade, Titan Books published dozens of softcover collections featuring reprinted stories from 2000AD, the UK anthology science fiction comic. The series, the first to feature reprints from the weekly title, proved a hit with readers and so more characters began to star in their own reprint collections. It was inevitable then that strips starring fan-favourite Johnny Alpha, the Strontium Dog, would be given the reprint treatment.
In 1981 Titan Books began reprinting stories from 2000AD, the weekly British science fiction anthology comic. Fan-favourite Judge Dredd was the first to receive the reprint treatment but other popular strips from ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’ soon followed, including four volumes starring The A.B.C Warriors.
Continue reading The A.B.C Warriors, Books 1-4 (Titan Books)
Beginning in 1981 Titan Books began publishing collections featuring reprinted stories from weekly British science-fiction comic 2000AD. Starting with the title’s most popular character, future lawman Judge Dredd, Titan published dozens of soft cover collections that showcased some of the UK comic-book industry’s biggest creative talents. Continue reading The Ro-Busters Disaster Squad, Books One and Two (1983)
Toward the end of 1986 artist Kevin O’Neill contributed a handful of covers to weekly British science-fiction comic 2000AD. All those covers demonstrated his unique artistic style and the cover to Prog #497 is no exception.
Continue reading 2000AD Comic Prog #497 (22nd November 1986)
A while back I posted an article extolling Titan Books’ 2000AD reprint series from the 1980’s. Beginning with The Chronicles of Judge Dredd in June 1981 these collections reprinted between 64 and 96 pages of material from weekly British science-fiction comic 2000AD. The books were a huge success and throughout the rest of the Eighties Titan released a further 39 volumes featuring the future lawman. To capitalise of the success of the Dredd books Titan also released dozens of volumes featuring reprints from other 2000AD strips, as well as those from daily newspapers, that showcased the work of some of the UK comic book industry’s biggest talents.
Prog #489 of 2000AD comic featured another terrific cover by artist Kevin O’Neill.
Continue reading 2000AD Comic Prog #489 (27th September 1986)
The first issue of 2000AD comic from 1987 featured this charmer on the front cover.
Continue reading 2000AD Comic Prog #503 (3rd January 1987)
