2000 AD Progs, Star Pin-Ups, Poster Covers, and thrill-power galore!

Posted on May 18, 2020 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

Mutie and the Beast star pin up. 2000 AD Sci Fi Special. 1987.

TVTA is pleased to present an utterly thrill-tastic selection of 1980s and 90s Prog covers, Star Pin-Ups, Poster Covers, and more from British comic publication 2000 AD – featuring art by Carlos Ezquerra, Kevin O’Neil, Robin Smith, Massimo Belardinelli, Dave Gibbons, Jim McCarthy, Cliff Robinson, Brett Ewins, John Ridgway, Henry Flint, and Loaf.

Rejoice, brothers (and sisters) of Death!

Many readers of 2000 AD will know about Judge Death and the Four Dark Judges…

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Brian Bolland.

But how about the Sisters of Death: Nausea and Phobia?

Below panels from Judge Dredd: The Dead Man. The Sisters of Death – Nausea and Phobia. Art by John Ridgway.

Feeling ssssick yet? If Nausea and Phobia are a bit too much for you, there’s always mutant vampire bounty hunter Durham Red…

Durham Red. 2000 AD Sci Fi Special 1989. Artist credited as SW?

: Durham Red: The Vermin Stars. Dan Abnett and Mark Harrison.

: Durham Red. 2000 AD ReAction Figures. 1999. UK.

: Durham Red. 2000 AD ReAction Figures. 1999. UK.

: Durham Red cardback. 2000 AD ReAction Figures. 1999. UK.

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Never mind the adverts (Pt17) – 2000 AD figures by ReAction

Posted on March 29, 2020 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

2000 AD ReAction Figures. The complete set. 1999. UK.

Welcome to part 17 of TVTA’s series Never Mind The Adverts… Here Are The Toys!

In this edition I complete my 1999 ReAction figure set for characters from the British comic 2000 AD. I was missing Durham Red and Johnny Alpha, but now have them both 🙂 Another collection ticked off the list!

My original post for the figures I had can be seen here

For now, take a look at how cool the full set looks… starting with the mutant vampire Durham Red…

Durham Red

Durham Red. 2000 AD ReAction Figures. 1999. UK.

: Durham Red cardback. 2000 AD ReAction Figures. 1999. UK.

: Durham Red cardback. 2000 AD ReAction Figures. 1999. UK.

Johnny Alpha

Johnny Alpha. 2000 AD ReAction Figures. 1999. UK.

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Modern vs Vintage

Posted on August 14, 2017 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

I was wondering how to present these ten modern paperworks I recently scanned – and I thought let’s see if I can twin them up with vintage counterparts. A sort of new versus old. Shiny versus retro. It took me a while to go through my archives looking for suitable matchups – especially anything vintage I might have with Spider-woman on it! Ultimately it was a fun exercise involving adverts and comic covers. Here are the results… (click pics to go bigger)

Spider-woman. 2008 vs 1980.

Hulk. 2008 vs 1977.

Superman. 2013 vs 1979

Wrestling. 2008 vs 1989

G.I. Joe. 2009 vs 1988

2000 AD. 2017 vs 1988

Doctor Who. 2013 vs 1979

Playmobil. 2014 vs 1978

Lego. 2014 vs 1978

Iron Man. 2014 vs 1978

Thanks for looking 🙂

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special: posters, features and adverts

Posted on April 1, 2017 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1996.

Aside from its regular weekly issues (known as PROGS), British comic publication 2000 AD also published summer special issues known as 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special. The comic was released each summer from 1978 up to 1996, and recently underwent a reboot by the current publishers. Typical issues contained new and reprinted stories, posters, fan art, film and book reviews, puzzles and fact files. I really like the Sci-Fi Specials and tend to regard them as ‘summer break’ versions of the UK hard back Annual which is traditionly published each Christmas, 2000 AD being no exception. I’m also a fan because the stories are complete and not serialised.

2000 AD Thrill-Power rating: a no nonsense ten out of ten!

Here are some selected scans.

Various artists from credits: Gibson, Fabry, Davis, Demarkus, Percival, Bisley, Smith, Kennedy, Rowley.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1981.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1981

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1986.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1987.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1986.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1996.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1985.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1983.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1984.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1980.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1994.

2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1980. Thargus Maximus.

Happy 40th birthday 2000 AD

Posted on February 26, 2017 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

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Forty years ago today British comic 2000 AD published its first Prog and introduced us to a galaxy of characters that continue to thrill, amaze, astound, horrify and charm us to this day. Its characters, adverts, toys and covers have been popular here at TVTA over the past six years, so here is a selection of previously published images and a few new ones to celebrate the milestone. Happy 40th 2000 AD!

1977. Kevin O’Neill cover.

France. Judge Dredd 4. 1983. Brian Bolland back cover art for Judge Dredd.

Bad Company Goodbye, Krool World Peter Milligan Brett Ewins Jim McCarthy Steve Dillon 2000 AD 2005 cover by Brendan McCarthy

1985. Eric Philips cover.

2000 AD Dice Man #1 cover art by Glenn Fabry.

1986. Brett Ewins cover.

2000 AD and Tornado. 1980.

2000 AD Monthly. 1987.

1986. Brian Bolland cover.

UK. 2000 AD’s Dice Man #1. 1986.

1995 Mega Heroes figures. Mattel.

1999 Re-Action figures.

1986. Ad for Strontium Dog. Carlos Ezquerra.

Prog 320. 1983.

Prog 578. 1988.

2000 AD. 1977.

2000 AD. Tharg pin up.

More 2000 AD art and covers

Posted on February 14, 2017 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

“It’s really quite simple. I don’t destroy anything. I just move my mind into things. And make their atoms dance.” Sheeva.

Sheeva by Brett Ewins. Prog 578. 1988.

As we near the 40th anniversary of British comic publication 2000 AD, TVTA presents yet another thrill-tastic selection of artwork and covers featuring Bad Company, Judge Dredd and Slaine, with art by Brett Ewins, Jim McCarthy, Glenn Fabry and Ian Gibson.

Megrim and Robyn. Cover by Glenn Fabry. Prog 524. 1987.

Bad Company II. Cover by Brett Ewins. Prog 548. 1987.

Pit Rat. Cover by Jim McCarthy. Prog 524. 1987.

Full Mental Jacket. Cover by Ian Gibson, Prog 578. 1988.

Never mind the adverts… here are the toys (Pt4)

Posted on December 10, 2016 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

L to R : Judges Anderson, Death and Dredd.

Welcome to part 4 of TVTA’s series Never Mind The Adverts.

In this edition we focus on the 1999 Re-Action Figures line for British comic 2000 AD. The series was short-lived, but did provide a good choice of classic characters from the comics. The loose set I picked up was complete but for the Durham Red and Johnny Alpha figures as featured in Strontium Dog. Included below are pictures of Judges Anderson, Dredd and Death from Judge Dredd, followed by Slaine and Ukko from Slaine.