Tharg the Mighty

Tharg the Mighty is a meta-fictional alien who serves as the bombastic, in-universe editor-in-chief of 2000 AD, the self-proclaimed 'Galaxy's Greatest Comic.' He exists as the comic's fictional mascot and host, addressing readers directly and presiding over its anthology stories.

Few characters in British comics history occupy quite as delightful a niche as Tharg the Mighty — the alien editor-in-chief of 2000 AD itself, a meta-fictional creation who has presided over the Galaxy's Greatest Comic since his debut in 2000 AD and Tornado #176 in 1980, conjured into being by the remarkable trio of Harry Harrison, Kelvin Gosnell, and Carlos Ezquerra. Born in the Bronze Age and still going strong nearly four decades later, Tharg is the warm, bombastic face of IPC's legendary anthology, sharing his pages with the likes of Judge Dredd, Nemesis the Warlock, and Ro-Jaws — an extraordinary roster that speaks to just how central this title was to British comics culture. With a key collector's issue among his appearances and a presence stretching all the way to 2017, Tharg is a genuinely unique figure: less a superhero than a mascot and institution, the grinning, green-skinned embodiment of everything that made 2000 AD so wonderfully strange and beloved.