Sci-fi and fantasy fuse with high-octane action in this week’s 2000AD, Prog 2425, fronted with a cover from Ben Willsher. Both the current “Judge Dredd” thriller, “The Shift” and the final arc of deep-space drama “Full Tilt Boogie” reach their respective finales this issue, plus “Portals & Black Goo” reaches its penultimate instalment.
Rounding out another packed prog is “The Stack”, a complete ten-page Rogue Trooper tale from Karl Stock and John McCrea.
All of which means the paths have been cleared for new stories are on the horizon, and next week’s 2000AD is the first of 2025’s bumper issues, with 48 pages of what Tharg describes as “utterly ghafflebette Thrills”.
Coming soon, look forward to a “Fall of Deadworld” one-off by Kek W and Dave Kendall, that’s a teaser for the forthcoming next full series, “Justice”; Gordon Rennie and Colin MacNeil collaborate on a 15-page Nu Earth War Tale, “Black Dome”; and Judge Dredd has an encounter with “The Truth Bomber”, by Ken Niemand and PJ Holden.
The Spring Assault is about to begin…
Plus, don’t miss the latest issue of Battle Action, No. 8, also out on Wednesday, full trailer here, and if you haven’t already, grab Judge Dredd Megazine No. 478, complete with its Atomfall game comic teaser, out now too, previewed here!
2000AD Prog 2425
UK and DIGITAL: 26 March £3.80
NORTH AMERICA: 30 April $25.99 (Prog Pack)
DIAMOND: JAN251916
COVER: Ben Willsher
In this issue…
JUDGE DREDD // THE SHIFT
by Ken Niemand (Writer) Nick Percival (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Mega-city One, 2147 AD. Home to over 250 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant and only the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, Dredd’s entered a terrifying parallel reality call the Shift, seeking to rescue a young student….
PORTALS & BLACK GOO // A QUORUM OF FIENDS
by John Tomlinson (Writer) Eoin Coveney (Artist) Jim Boswell (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
In the near future, the job market is more perilous than ever and Generation Y must take on any task to make ends meet. Kroy Plemons was a rider for Devouroo — a food-delivery service for creatures of myth and legend. Devouroo policy is ruthless and Kroy has in the past barely escaped with his life after being given the night shift, when London’s most lethal denizens are hungry. Indeed, there’s unrest across the capital…
FULL TILT BOOGIE // BOOK THREE
by Alex de Campi (Writer) Eduardo Ocana (Artist) Giulia Brusco (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Tee — together with her grandmother and cat — is a bounty hunter/hired help, operating from her spaceship the FULL TILT BOOGIE. Tee was paid to rescue the Luxine Prince Ifan from his debtors’ prison. In the process, she encountered a resurrected Anubite warrior, a member of the enemy race with whom the Luxine Empire battled. Now, Tee and her allies have taken on the Empress herself, in a bid to prevent war…
ROGUE TROOPER // THE STACK by Karl Stock (Writer) John McCrea (Artist) Jack Davies (Colourist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)
Nu Earth, site of a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers, where the atmosphere has been rendered poisonous. So the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen, immune to the pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. Together with his biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, he searches for the Traitor General that sold out his comrades…
Available in print from: 2000AD webshop, book stores, Amazon, and comic book stores via Diamond | Available in digital from: 2000AD webshop, 2000AD app for Apple & Android
BATTLE ACTION #8
UK and DIGITAL: 26 March £4.99
NORTH AMERICA: 30 April $7.99
DIAMOND: JAN251917
COVER: Torunn Grønbekk
• Read our full preview of this issue here!
In this issue:
JOHNNY RED // A COUPLE OF HEROES by Garth Ennis (Writer) Keith Burns (Artist) Jason Wordie (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
The Flying Gun is turned loose in all its devastating firepower – and Johnny takes off on one last mission…
NINA PETROVA AND THE ANGELS OF DEATH // THE LUCKY ONES by Torunn Grønbekk (Writer) Patrick Goddard (Artist) Matt Soffe (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
Torunn Grønbekk and artist Patrick Goddard team up for a flashback story, in which Nina must rescue Masha from a field hospital before the German invasion overruns the facility…
Available in print from: Treasury of British comics webshop, online retailers, book stores, and comic book stores via Diamond | Available in digital from: Treasury of British Comics webshop, 2000 AD app for Apple & Android
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Also Out This Week…
THE DEFINITIVE NEMESIS THE WARLOCK: VOLUME THREE
CREATIVE TEAM: Pat Mills (Writer) Kevin O’Neill, Bryan Talbot (Artists) Steve Potter (Letterer)
RELEASE DATE: March 26
PAPERBACK, 224 pages
PRICE: £24.99
The Definitive series of the Nemesis the Warlock saga continues with Nemesis’s continuing battle against the wicked forces of Termight’s mad tyrant Torquemada, alien freedom fighter Nemesis The Warlock is joined by his bloodthirsty son Thoth and war robots, the A.B.C. Warriors, for a nightmarish adventure across the terrifying Time Wastes.
Written by Pat Mills (Marshal Law) and drawn by Kevin O’Neill (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) and Bryan Talbot (Sandman, The Adventures of Luther Arkwright), this edition compiles the entire series in order, with the colour centre-spread pages reproduced in their original form.
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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