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|image=AgeOfTheWolf2000ADCollectedEdArtByJDavisHunt.jpg
|caption=Cover to the collected edition of ''Age of the Wolf''<br>Art by [[Jon Davis-Hunt]]
|publisher=[[Rebellion Developments]]
|debut=''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]'' #1700 ([[2010 in comics|2010]])
|creators=[[Alec Worley]] <br/> [[Jon Davis-Hunt]]
}}
'''''Age of the Wolf''''' is a [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]] [[Adventure fiction|adventure]] series published in the British comics anthology ''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]''. It was created by [[Alec Worley]] and [[Jon Davis-Hunt]] and first appeared in #1700 in 2010.

In the series, the ancient [[Norse religion|Norse]] prophecy of [[Ragnarök]] brings about a moonlit cataclysm in which most of humanity become [[Werewolf|werewolves]]. The plot charts the life of one of the few surviving humans, a dog pound worker called Rowan Morrigan who becomes a deadly werewolf hunter.

The series is a [[trilogy]]. The second and third entries shift the story forward years at a time. In the final part, 35 years have passed since the beginning and Rowan is a mother in her mid-fifties.

== Creation and concept ==
The series was originally conceived as a trilogy following a progression derived from the [[Norns|Three Fates]] of [[Norse mythology]] in which the heroine is first a type of sacrificial maiden, second a “[[Sarah Connor (Terminator)|Sarah Conner]]-type mother” and, finally, a monster. Worley envisioned the third part as a “reverse-''[[Beowulf]]''” in which Rowan, formerly the protagonist, would be the antagonist to a werewolf warrior. It was feared the third part would over-complicate the story so the original idea was abandoned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://2000ad.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/a-qa-with-alec-worley/|title=A Q&A with Alec Worley|last=Mc|first=Richard|date=27 May 2014|website=Everything Comes Back to 2000 AD|publisher=|access-date=5 April 2016|archive-date=30 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130110323/https://2000ad.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/a-qa-with-alec-worley/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Worley adapted his original plan for the third part into a different vision of a world now adapted to long-term moonlight, with “a far-out [[Pulp magazine|pulp sci-fi]] feel, like something off a [[Progressive rock|prog rock]] album, a [[Rodney Matthews]] poster or an '80s fantasy epic like ''[[The Dark Crystal]]'', all funky vegetation, and alien creatures running around looking awesome.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=46299|title=EXCLUSIVE: Worley & Davis-Hunt Unleash "Age of the Wolf: Wolfworld"|last=Keily|first=Karl|date=27 June 2013|website=Comic Book Resources|publisher=|access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

== Publication history ==
* ''Age of the Wolf'', in ''2000 AD'' #1700-08, Sept. 2010.
* ''Age of the Wolf: She Is Legend'', in ''2000 AD'' #1772-81, Feb. 2012.
* ''Age of the World: Wolfworld'', in ''2000 AD'' #1840-49, Jul. 2013

=== Collected edition ===
* ''Age of the Wolf'' (Oct. 2014) Oxford: Rebellion ({{ISBN|9781781082638}})

== External links ==
* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYI2ik8oakM&list=PLLQZ5Ykw_9ybUw49EPiuGlZXT7DhnzOcI&index=14 The 2000 AD ABC #4: Age of the Wolf]''  at [[YouTube]]

== References ==
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[[Category:2000 AD comic strips]]
[[Category:Comics characters introduced in 2010]]
[[Category:2010 comics debuts]]
[[Category:Fantasy comics]]
[[Category:Post-apocalyptic comics]]
[[Category:Comics about werewolves]]
[[Category:Norse mythology in comics]]
[[Category:Works based on European myths and legends]]
[[Category:Fiction about viral outbreaks]]

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