Best of 2000 AD is the milestone new quarterly graphic novel series, bursting with stories hand-curated for a whole new generation of readers who may never have picked up 2000 AD in its traditional format.

What if the old Battle Action comic was merged with 2000 AD in the early '80s? That's the question posed by this all-new collection that reveals the answer is - action-packed thrills by the bucket-load. It takes old Battle Action strips and reworks them as 2000 AD-appropriate adventures, while remaining true to their original concept and continuity.

After gaining super-powers from a radioactive leopard, troubled teenager Billy Farmer decides to fight crime to save his town, find his family, and unlock the secrets of his new abilities!

As Marshal of Badrock, Metta Lawson saved the town she has come to love from being annihilated by the corrupt corporation Munce Inc., established it as a thriving haven of free trade, and brokered an uneasy peace with the enigmatic Zhind race. Now, having resigned her position as Marshal, Metta faces a new kind of fight, a political battle for the mayorship of Badrock.

Twenty years ago, Dr. Jasmine Marks went into the "Zone," a growing band of rainforest where the heat and humidity make it impossible for warm-blooded animals to survive. There were deaths, and the programme was cut short. Now, they're sending her back in - and there are things Marks's corporate masters aren't telling her.

The fabulous Spider may have finally met his match! After centuries of captivity, the all-powerful Crime Genie has been freed, and now he has his sights set on conquering mankind!

Mickey7 is no longer an Expendable and now his real troubles have begun. The colony is in decline, he has no special skills to justify his continued drain on resources except the antimatter he used to bargain for his freedom. With the colony's very existence on the line, he must get it back, or die trying.