Metalzoic

Metalzoic was a strip by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill which was first published as a graphic novel in 1986 by DC Comics, and was then serialised in 2000 AD later the same year.

It was about a population of giant sentient animal-shaped robots, the most revered of which was the elephantine Amok: "Ancient, battle-scarred, ferocious, haughty, red eyes glaring from beneath a royal brow, this was Amok the God-beast. The fire from his trunk could fill a lake, one hoof destroy a fort. Twenty robots could play on his back, a hundred find shelter in his shadow. The sound of his trumpeting was delight to all creatures, and this very lowing was enough to put his cows in calf" (2000 AD prog 483).

The name of the series probably comes from the Greek zoion, meaning 'animal'.

Metalzoic's first appearance in 2000 AD was in prog 483 in August 1986.