This article is a bibliography of the British comic book writer Peter Milligan.
UK publishers Titles published by various British publishers include: Sounds: "The Electric Hoax" (with Brendan McCarthy, strip in the weekly music-themed newspaper, Spotlight Publications, 14 Oct 1978–24 Mar 1979) Milligan joined McCarthy as the writer after the first few episodes; both creators were credited under various pseudonyms for most of the strip's run. Six episodes were reprinted in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ) 2000 AD (anthology — published by IPC Media until 1986, Fleetway until 2000, and Rebellion since then): Tharg's Future Shocks: The Best of Tharg's Future Shocks (tpb, 160 pages, 2008, ) includes: "The Man Who Was Too Clever" (with Brett Ewins, in #216, 1981) "The Subterraneans!" (with Jose Casanovas, in #365, 1984) "Bill Tompkins Meets... Bill Tompkins!" (with Jose Casanovas, in #371, 1984) "Bad Timing" (with Massimo Belardinelli, in #375, 1984) "The Castaway!" (with Geoff Senior, in #390, 1984) "60 Hours that Shook the World!" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #391, 1984) "Medusa!" (with Cliff Robinson, in #394, 1984) "The Search for Spot" (with Jeff Anderson, in #398, 1984) "Bad Maxwell!" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #402, 1985) "Crazy War" (with Anthony Jozwiak, in #404, 1985) "Extra! Extra!" (with Jose Casanovas, in #407, 1985) "Nerves of Steel!" (with Will Simpson, in #408, 1985) "But is It Art?" (with Eric Bradbury, in #409, 1985) "Eggravation" (with Eric Bradbury, in #420, 1985) "Grainger in Paradise!" (with Kev Hopgood, in #426, 1985) "Car Wars" (with John Higgins) and "Speak No Evil" (with Eric Bradbury, in #434, 1985) "The Long Sleep" (with Jeff Anderson, in #435, 1985) "Project Salvation!" (with John Higgins, in #436, 1985) "The War with the Slobb!" (with Barry Kitson, in #437, 1985) "The Revenge of the Yallop Cringe!" (with Geoff Senior, in #438, 1985) "Eric the Wild!" (with Anthony Jozwiak, in #439, 1985) "Prisoner of Conscience!" (with Barry Kitson, in #440, 1985) "Doing Time!" (with Robin Smith, in #441, 1985) "It's the Thought That Counts!" (with Steve Dillon, in #442, 1985) "The Armageddon Game" (with Anthony Jozwiak, in #462, 1986) "The Possessed" (with Trevor Goring, in #375, 1984) "The Ghost Outside the Machine!" (with Jose Casanovas, in #374, 1984) "The Snikker Snack" (with Jeff Anderson, in #410, 1985) Sooner or Later (tpb, 96 pages, 2016, ) includes: "Breathless" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #420, 1985) "Do You Copy?" (with Brendan McCarthy, in Sci-Fi Special '85, 1985) Sooner or Later: Sooner or Later (tpb, 96 pages, 2016, ) collects: "Sooner or Later" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #468–496 and 498–499, 1986) "Swifty's Return" (with Jamie Hewlett, in #614–617, 1989) Rogue Trooper (with José Ortiz): Rogue Trooper: Tales of Nu-Earth Volume 3 (tpb, 400 pages, 2012, ) includes: "The Fanatics" (in Sci-Fi Special '86, 1986) "Nort by Nortwest" (in Annual '87, 1986) Bad Company: The Complete Bad Company (tpb, 368 pages, 2011, ) collects: "Bad Company" (with Brett Ewins, in #500–519, 1986–1987) "Bad Company II: The Bewilderness" (with Brett Ewins, in #548–557, 1987–1988) "Bad Company II: The Krool Heart" (with Brett Ewins, in #576–585, 1988) "Young Men Marching" (with Brett Ewins, in Annual '89, 1988) "Simply" (with Brett Ewins, in #601, 1988) "Kano" (with Brett Ewins, in #828–837, 1993) "Down Among the Dead Men" (with Brett Ewins, in Prog 2001, 2000) "Bad Company 2002" (with Brett Ewins, in Prog 2002 and #1273–1277, 2001–2002) "Ararat" (prose story with illustrations by Brett Ewins, in Annual '90, 1989) "First Casualties" (with Rufus Dayglo, in #1950–1961, 2015) collected as Bad Company: First Casualties (tpb, 96 pages, 2016, ) "Terrorists" (with Rufus Dayglo, in #2061–2072, 2017–2018) "The Torture Farm" (with Cam Smith, in #2400, 2024) collected in Judge Dredd: Nordland Rising (tpb, 112 pages, 2026, ) The Dead (with Massimo Belardinelli, in #510–519, 1987) Freaks (with John Higgins, in #542–547, 1987) Judge Anderson: "Dear Diary" (prose story with illustrations by Eddy Cant, in Annual '88, 1987) collected in Judge Anderson: The Psi Files Volume 3 (tpb, 304 pages, 2013, ) Tribal Memories (with Tony Riot, in #585–588, 1988) collected in 2000 AD Presents: Sci-Fi Thrillers (tpb, 320 pages, 2013, ) Bix Barton (with Jim McCarthy, in #663–668, Sci-Fi Special '90, Winter Special '90, 723–728, 737–741, 761–766, Yearbook '93, Sci-Fi Special '93, Winter Special '94 and 912–917, 1990–1994) Shadows (with Richard Elson, in #672–681, 1990) Hewligan's Haircut (with Jamie Hewlett, in #700–707, 1990) collected as Hewligan's Haircut (hc, 64 pages, 2003, ; tpb, 2011, ) Judge Dredd: "Judge Planet" (with Shaky Kane, in Judge Dredd Mega-Special #4, 1991) collected in Judge Dredd: The Restricted Files Volume 3 (tpb, 288 pages, 2011, ) Counterfeit Girl (with Rufus Dayglo, in #2000–2008 and 2010, 2016) collected as Counterfeit Girl (tpb, 64 pages, 2019, ) The Devil's Railroad (with Rufus Dayglo, in #2352–2355 and 2357–2366, 2023–2024) The Discarded (with Kieran McKeown, in #2463–2475, 2025–2026) Intergalactic Quest (series of gamebooks illustrated by an uncredited artist and published by Macdonald and Co.): Cosmic Triangle (32 pages, 1986, ) Doomed World (32 pages, 1986, ) Kidnap in Space (32 pages, 1986, ) Slavers of Devron (32 pages, 1986, ) IPC Media: Battle Action Force #600: "The Fighting Magees" (with Francisco Solano López, anthology, 1986) Eagle #242–258: "Clovis and Chowdhary: The Hard Men" (with Mike Western, anthology, 1986–1987) News on Sunday Extra: "Summer of Love" (with Brendan McCarthy, strip in the monthly newspaper supplement, 1987) Seven episodes were published between April and November 1987; according to McCarthy, four more episodes were produced. The seven published episodes were reprinted in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ) Deadline (anthology, Deadline Publications): "Johnny Nemo" (with Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon (#6 and 12), in #1–12 and 50, 1988–1989 + 1993) The Johnny Nemo feature in issue #5 is a four-page prose story with an illustration by Ewins. The stories in issues #7–9 are reprints of the strips originally published in Strange Days #1–3 (Eclipse, 1984–1985) The stories in issues #10–11 are reprints of the strip originally published in The Johnny Nemo Magazine #3 (Eclipse, 1986) The reprint in issue #11 omits the last page of the original strip, and the story in issue #12 presents an all-new 8-page ending for it. The stories from issues #1–4, 6–9 and 50 are collected in The Complete Johnny Nemo (hc, 160 pages, Titan, 2014, ) "The Writer" (two-page prose story with an illustration by Shaky Kane, in #1, 1988) "The Golem" (two-page prose story with an illustration by Brett Ewins, in #2, 1988) "Nobody" (three-page prose story, in #3, 1988) "The Christmas My Great Uncle Spent with Hemingway and the Joyces" (three-page prose story, in #14, 1989) A1 (anthology, Atomeka): "The Hollow Circus" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #1, 1989) collected in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ) "Big Death" (with David Lloyd, in #2, 1990) "The Temple of Sweat" (prose story with illustrations by John Higgins, in the True Life Bikini Confidential one-shot, 1990) "In the Penal Colony" (adaptation of the short story by Franz Kafka; script by Milligan, art by Brett Ewins, in #5, 1991) Fleetway: Judge Dredd Annual '90: "Radical Cheek" (prose story with illustrations by Jamie Hewlett, co-feature, 1989) Revolver #1–6: "Rogan Gosh: Star of the East" (with Brendan McCarthy, anthology, 1990) Collected as Rogan Gosh: Star of the East (tpb, 80 pages, Vertigo, 1994, ) The Vertigo collection was subsequently reprinted in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ) The Comic Relief Comic (among other writers and artists, one-shot, 1991) Skin (with Brendan McCarthy, graphic novel, 48 pages, Tundra UK, 1992, ) The story was initially slated to appear as a serial in Fleetway's Crisis anthology series, but ended up shelved due to its controversial subject matter. The graphic novel was subsequently reprinted in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ) Titan: The Complete Johnny Nemo: "The Make Over" (with Brett Ewins, Rufus Dayglo, Jock and Ashley Wood; story created for the collected edition, hc, 160 pages, 2014, ) The Mummy: Palimpsest #1–5 (with Ronilson Freire, Hammer Comics, 2016–2017) collected as The Mummy: Palimpsest (tpb, 128 pages, 2017, ) Dan Dare vol. 2 #1–4 (with Alberto Foche, 2017–2018) collected as Dan Dare: He Who Dares (tpb, 112 pages, 2018, ) The Prisoner vol. 2 #1–4 (with Colin Lorimer, 2018) collected as The Prisoner: The Uncertainty Machine (tpb, 112 pages, 2018, ) Judge Dredd Megazine #378–379: "Judge Dredd: Psicho" (with Tiernen Trevallion, anthology, Rebellion, 2016–2017) The Spirit Centenary Newspaper (with Duncan Fegredo, untitled 1-page story in the tabloid-sized anthology, LICAF, 2017)
US publishers Early work Titles published by various American publishers in the earlier part of Milligan's career include: Vanguard Illustrated (anthology, Pacific Comics): "Freakwave!" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #1–3, 1983–1984) The concept was initially developed by Milligan and McCarthy as a film pitch; further three episodes were published in Milligan/McCarthy/Brett Ewins' anthology series Strange Days. First episode of the Vanguard Illustrated strip and the entire Strange Days serial are collected in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ) "The God Run" (with George Freeman, in #6, 1984) Strange Days #1–3 (anthology, Eclipse, 1984–1985) featuring: "Freakwave" (with Brendan McCarthy and Brett Ewins) "Johnny Nemo: The Orb of Harmony" (with Brett Ewins) A spin-off 3-issue limited series, written by Milligan and drawn by Ewins, was published as The Johnny Nemo Magazine (Eclipse, 1985–1986) featuring: "Johnny Nemo: The Spice of Death" (in #1–2) "Johnny Nemo: New London Pride" (in #3) "Sindi Shade" (in #1–3) In 1989, a reprint of "The Orb of Harmony" and an expanded version of "New London Pride" (with an additional 8-page chapter drawn by Steve Dillon) were published in black-and-white in the UK magazine Deadline. The Johnny Nemo stories from The Johnny Nemo Magazine and the black-and-white version of "The Orb of Harmony" are collected in The Complete Johnny Nemo (hc, 160 pages, Titan, 2014, ) "Paradax!" (with Brendan McCarthy) An untitled 1-page Paradax strip, written by Milligan and drawn by McCarthy, was published in the UK anthology volume Strip AIDS (56 pages, Willyprods/Small Time Ink, 1987, ) A spin-off 2-issue limited series, consisting of an issue featuring three new short stories and an issue reprinting the Strange Days serial with new colouring by McCarthy, was published as Paradax! (Vortex, 1987) The Strip AIDS strip, issue #1 of the Paradax! series and the Strange Days serial with the original colouring are collected in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ) "Tales from the 4th Dimension" (with Brett Ewins, 1-page strip in #1) "Krazy Foam" (with Brendan McCarthy, 1-page strip in #1) "3 Wise Men" (with Brett Ewins and Brendan McCarthy, 1-page strip in #2) "Tales from Eutopia" (with Tony Riot, 1-page strip in #3) "Einstein's Blue Baby of the Month" (text for an illustration by Brett Ewins, in #3) Mister X Special: "Mister Insect X" (with Brett Ewins, one-shot, Vortex, 1990) collected in Mister X: The Brides of Mister X and Other Stories (hc, 320 pages, Dark Horse, 2011, )
DC Comics Titles published by DC Comics and its various imprints include: Skreemer #1–6 (with Brett Ewins, 1989) collected as Skreemer (tpb, 176 pages, Vertigo, 2002, )