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2000 AD Presents Sci-fi Thrillers
THRILL-POWER CONTENT 100%! This mighty tome includes work from such industry legends as Pat Mills (Marshal Law), Ian Gibson (The Ballad of Halo Jones), Grant Morrison (Batman Incorporated), Will Simpson (Vamps), Peter Milligan (X-Statix) and Paul Cornell (Dr. Who) amongst many others.
320 pages, Paperback
First published December 5, 2013
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Grant Morrison
1,786 books4,583 followersGrant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.
In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
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April 18, 2014Paul Cornell and D'Israeli's compressed epic of theology and lesbian dinosaurs, 'XTNCT', rubs shoulders with the abysmal 'Colony Earth!' (Erich von Daniken reimagined as a Steven Seagal film). 'Tribal Memories', a deliberately and powerfully awkward Peter Milligan story about the lust for authenticity in a future of memory implants, abuts 'Universal Soldier', which has no connection to the films of the same name yet is somehow even worse than it would be if it did. Truly a puzzling smorgasbord, whose contents have no apparent link beyond not being long enough to get books of their own; there are even a few single-issue strips which could just as easily have had a Future Shocks banner and hence ended up in one of those collections.
January 3, 2022
Think 2000AD and you'll probably think of "Judge Dredd", "Strontium Dog" or one of their other big continuing strips. But ever since it began in 1977, the comic has featured plenty of one-shot stories that deserve a bigger audience and this collection is a welcome showcase of mostly excellent strips, as well as showing how 2000AD has evolved. Its hard to imagine a piece as story dense as "Xtinct" in the same comic which showcased the simple EC Comic horrors of "The Visible Man", not to mention the former's dinosaur orgy.
The Visible Man - Memorable Pat Mills story with his trademark dark humour, anti-establishment leanings and Britishness. Ex-soldier Frank has an accident with a tanker of radioactive sludge which makes his skin and muscles transparent, turning him into a living anatomy model. This unhappy mutant is pursued by a ruthless doctor who wants Frank to become a permanent lad-rat. Great, detailed artwork by Montero.
Colony Earth - An old fashion oddity that could easily have appeared in Lion or Eagle comic. Ancient aliens return to Earth to reclaim their colony, having ruled us in the Ice Age. Jim Watson's artwork is mush better than his child-like scripting.
Homer the Barbarian - Simple twist in the tale Conan parody.
The Pioneer - Shameless rip-off of the Twilight Zone episode "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim".
Candy and the Catchman - Great John Ridgeway artwork and good world building make this a decent short story.
Universal Soldier - The weakest entry, with a thin plot that doesn't make much sense. An amnesiac who can recall the fighting skills of any great fighter in history is sent to a barbaric prison planet to rescue a scientist. Just an excuse for a series of violent fights, interspersed with boardroom scenes written with knowledge seemingly gained only from soap operas.
Tribal Memories - Thoughtful story about imperialism, slavery, and capitalism from Peter Milligan, with striking artwork by Riot. In the future, a businessman travels to Earth to capture the last 'pure' human to sell his memories and genes.
Life Cycle - Simple but effective SF horror story.
Family - Marvellous epic crime story by Rob Williams and Simon Fraser about a future city where superpowers are only available to the Sicilian Mafia families. Could have been a whole series in itself, but as it is, it doesn't outstay its welcome.
Xtinct - Genetically modified intelligent dinosaurs set out to kill the remaining 200 humans left of Earth. Barmy, funny, rich in ideas, and treating the reader with respect that they can connect the dots. Memorable work from Paul Cornell and D'Israeli.
Superbean - Amusing coda about a vegetable superhero.
All wrapped up with a superb cover by Mike Perkins.
The Visible Man - Memorable Pat Mills story with his trademark dark humour, anti-establishment leanings and Britishness. Ex-soldier Frank has an accident with a tanker of radioactive sludge which makes his skin and muscles transparent, turning him into a living anatomy model. This unhappy mutant is pursued by a ruthless doctor who wants Frank to become a permanent lad-rat. Great, detailed artwork by Montero.
Colony Earth - An old fashion oddity that could easily have appeared in Lion or Eagle comic. Ancient aliens return to Earth to reclaim their colony, having ruled us in the Ice Age. Jim Watson's artwork is mush better than his child-like scripting.
Homer the Barbarian - Simple twist in the tale Conan parody.
The Pioneer - Shameless rip-off of the Twilight Zone episode "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim".
Candy and the Catchman - Great John Ridgeway artwork and good world building make this a decent short story.
Universal Soldier - The weakest entry, with a thin plot that doesn't make much sense. An amnesiac who can recall the fighting skills of any great fighter in history is sent to a barbaric prison planet to rescue a scientist. Just an excuse for a series of violent fights, interspersed with boardroom scenes written with knowledge seemingly gained only from soap operas.
Tribal Memories - Thoughtful story about imperialism, slavery, and capitalism from Peter Milligan, with striking artwork by Riot. In the future, a businessman travels to Earth to capture the last 'pure' human to sell his memories and genes.
Life Cycle - Simple but effective SF horror story.
Family - Marvellous epic crime story by Rob Williams and Simon Fraser about a future city where superpowers are only available to the Sicilian Mafia families. Could have been a whole series in itself, but as it is, it doesn't outstay its welcome.
Xtinct - Genetically modified intelligent dinosaurs set out to kill the remaining 200 humans left of Earth. Barmy, funny, rich in ideas, and treating the reader with respect that they can connect the dots. Memorable work from Paul Cornell and D'Israeli.
Superbean - Amusing coda about a vegetable superhero.
All wrapped up with a superb cover by Mike Perkins.
July 22, 2023
The most outstanding story in this collection is undoubtedly "Tribal Memories" which is one of the greatest pieces of short fiction I've ever experienced. It's so absurdly dense and could easily appear in any media studies class. Honorable mentions also to "Xtinct" and "Family" the former being a weird little absurdist comic rooted firmly in the gen X zeitgeist and the later of which really should have filled out an entire 12 issue mini-series. It's kinda like a proto long Halloween but instead of batman fighting the mob it's super powered mobsters fighting each other but it was a bit too short to really get invested in.
October 24, 2023
Curse those Free Comic Book Day offerings! The first part of the Visible Man (#47-52) was reprinted in the 2000 AD Free Comic Book Day edition this year and I loved it. Then they advertised this book in the back. Damn it! Another book that I was suckered into buying. Colony Earth (#52-61) is also worth the price of admission. Grant Morrison's Candy And The Catchman (#491) comes off like something from one of DC's Bronze Age mystery titles. Tribal Memories and Xtnct are both pure crap, and I am dumber for having read them. This was a mostly enjoyable read.
July 14, 2023
A collection of stories from various old progs of 2000AD which are, in their totality, more than delightful. Some are almost-masterpieces, others less so but still very good. All of that said, this is a collection which must not be missed by any fan of 2000 AD.
May 28, 2016
A fun, if immensely disposable, collection of non-Judge Dredd stories from 2000 A.D.. The artwork is consistently good, but the writing is wildly inconsistent. One problem with the anthology is that the stories are arranged more or less in order of publication, putting two almost unreadable stories, "The Visible Man" and "Colony: Earth" right in the front and the better work towards the back. Grant Morrison is listed on the cover, but his contribution is one of the shortest in the collection. The best of the bunch, and the only one I'd be eager to re-read, is Paul Cornell's brilliant "Xtinct," especially the hilarious chapter told from the point of view of a frustrated velociraptor.
August 22, 2014
Balls. Collected sub-standard dreck you won't find in any other 2000AD collections - for a good reason. Feel a bit ripped-off by it, to be frank. *Thanks*, Rebellion...
August 20, 2015
Poor, uninspired collection. Couple of passable tales, solid artwork in places but disappointing overall.
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