Howard Phillips Lovecraft

A fictionalized version of the real-world horror author H.P. Lovecraft, this incarnation appears in 2000 AD as an adventuring character alongside historical figures like Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, and even Judge Dredd himself.

Few comics dare to drop the actual H.P. Lovecraft himself into their pages, but 2000 AD — never a publisher to shy away from audacity — did exactly that at the dawn of the new millennium, debuting this fictionalized version of the legendary horror writer in the landmark issue #2001 in 2000. Published by Egmont UK during the Modern Age, this incarnation of Lovecraft keeps extraordinary company, sharing adventures with the likes of Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini, and Judge Dredd himself — a collision of literary history and comics mythology that only 2000 AD could pull off with a straight face. Across nine catalogued appearances, it's a compact but genuinely singular run, the kind of cult footnote that makes dedicated back-issue hunters light up with recognition.