A guide to all announced 2000AD and Treasury of British Collections and Specials for 2024 so far. Links where available are AmazonUK Affiliate Links – using these helps support downthetubes, thank you – but of course all these books will be available from comic shops, book shops and Rebellion direct – and the 2000AD and Treasury web shops offer exclusive editions, unavailable elsewhere.

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Last Updated: Thursday 25th April 2024

January 2024

Essential Judge Dredd: Tour of Duty Book One
By John Wagner (Writer) Colin MacNeil, Kev Walker, Patrick Goddard, Rufus Dayglo (Artists)
Out: 3rd January 2024
Paperback, 224 pages
ISBN: 9781837860951

After Dredd’s discovery of a mutant branch of his bloodline during Origins, the lawman has started to take a closer look at Justice Department’s treatment of those unfortunates warped by the legacy of the Atomic Wars. Mutants are currently forbidden entry into Mega-City One, and exiled to facilities and townships in the irradiated wasteland, but Dredd believes it’s time the law was changed – but is even he prepared for the turmoil he’s about to unleash?

The stories collected in this volume have affected the Dredd strip for years, and feature work by writer John Wagner (Button Man) and artists Colin MacNeil (Essential Judge Dredd: America), Kev Walker (Star Wars), Patrick Goddard (Battle Action), and Rufus Dayglo (Tank Girl).

Black Max Volume Three
Writers: Ken Mennell, Frank Pepper,
Art: Alfonso Font
Out: 18th January 2024
Paperback, 144 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861026

German World War One flying ace Baron Maximilien Von Klorr returns and this time he isn’t on his own!

Evil scientific genius, Doctor Gratz has formed an unholy alliance with the giant bat-controlling Baron and together the two sinister fiends have formulated a plan to destroy Paris!

Featuring the stunning artwork of Alfonso Font, this third instalment marks the final adventures of the original Black Max comic strip run.

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Writers: John Wagner, Gordon Rennie, John Smith, Si Spurrie
Art: Colin MacNeil, PJ Holden, Carlos Ezquerra, Laurence Campbell, Simon Fraser, Paul Marshall, Peter Doherty, Inaki Miranda, Lee Garbett
Out: 18th January 2024
Paperback, 304 pages
ISBN: 978-1837860944

In this volume of the best-selling Complete Case Files series, Dredd uncovers the House of Pain, a no-way-out, brutal torture prison for serial perps, and must stop Orlok from spreading a lethal bio-virus – from beyond the grave! And, after a mysterious package is delivered to the Grand Hall of Justice, Dredd ventures into the Cursed Earth in search of answers that will unveil the history of the Judges, and their ascent to total power.

The Crimson Sea
Writers: Donne Avenell, Fred Baker, Alf Wallace, E. Evans Art: Hugo Pratt
Out: 31st January 2024
Hardback
ISBN: 978-1837861996 

The title story of this collection, “The Crimson Sea”, first published in War Picture Library 50, written by Donne Avenell, tells the tale of a younger brother of an officer, both survivors of the sunken HMS Grapnel, who feels he must step out of his brother’s shadow with astonishing acts of bravery. 

There are three other stories in this collection; “Pathfinder” (War Picture Library 40, written by Fred Baker) focuses on an Australian pilot joining the RAF; “Up the Marines” (War Picture Library 58, written by Alf Wallace) features tales of Royal Marine Commandos being sent on daring missions behind enemy lines; and in Dark Judgment (War Picture Library 92, written by E. Evans), two rescued POWs are suspected of not being who they claim to be.

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February 2024

Strontium Dog – Search and Destroy 3: The 2000AD Years
By Alan Grant, John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra
Out: 1st February 2024
Hardback, 192 pages
ISBN: 978-1837861033

In 2150 a catastrophic war led to 70 percent of Britain’s population being wiped out. Strontium 90 fallout led to an increase of children being born with strange mutations. Hated by average humans, the mutants faced terrible oppression when politician, Nelson Kreelman, introduced a series of anti-mutant laws enforced by a brutal police force.

In 2167 the mutants decided to fight back. Amongst their ranks was a young boy with named Johnny Alpha with white blank eyes and a mutant power that grants him a series of powers, including the ability to see through many surfaces. Driven by tragedy, Johnny has a very personal reason wanting to topple the regime and bring Kreeler down.

Co-written by Alan Grant (Batman) and John Wagner (A History of Violence) and featuring the artwork of Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd), this collection features the explosive origin of Johnny Alpha in ‘Portrait of a Mutant’, a tale widely considered to be the greatest Strontium Dog story of all.

Best of 2000AD Volume 5: The Essential Gateway to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic
Writers: Al Ewing, Gordon Rennie, John Smith, John Wagner, Rob Williams
Artists: Evan Cagle, Henry Flint, Sean Phillips, Frank Quitely, Chris Weston, Annie Wu
Out: 15th February 2024
Paperback, 192 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837860937

Best of 2000AD is a landmark series from the cult comic, bursting with our greatest stories for a new generation of readers. Every edition contains a mix of modern classics and gems from the vault. In each edition you’ll find an explosive new Judge Dredd adventure, fresh essays by prominent popular culture writers, a graphic novel-length feature presentation by global legends and a vintage Dredd case.

In this volume: Judge Dredd raises only the law when Mega City One’s super-rich consider themselves above it all in Elevator Pitch; crash-land on a Death Planet as Al Ewing (The Immortal Hulk) and Henry Flint (Eerie) introduce the monstrous, weaponised (but dead polite) Zombo; go Swimming in Blood with occult detective Devlin Waugh as he investigates a vampire outbreak in an underwater prison by John Smith (Hellblazer) and Sean Phillips (Reckless, Night Fever); ride out into the Godless wasteland of the Cursed Earth and witness Gordon Rennie (Doctor Who) and Frank Quitely (All-Star Superman) preach faith through firepower in Missionary Man.

Boasting brand new covers from an all-star line-up of artists including Annie Wu (Hawkeye, Black Canary) and Evan Cagle (Dune, Detective Comics) with designer Tom Muller (X-Men), Best of 2000AD is the essential gateway into the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic.

Rob Williams is the writer of Suicide Squad and Martian Manhunter for DC Comics, Unfollow for Vertigo and Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor for Titan Comics. His previous work for 2000AD includes Judge Dredd: Titan, The Grievous Journey Of Ichabod Azrael (And The Dead Left In His Wake) and The Ten-Seconders, and he is currently writing Roy of the Rovers for Rebellion.

Chris Weston has drawn a vast array of 2000AD and Megazine stories, including Indigo Prime, Downlode Tales, Future Shocks, Canon Fodder, Judge Dredd, Nemesis the Warlock, Nikolai Dante, Pulp Sci-Fi, Robo-Hunter, Rogue Trooper and Vector 13. Beyond 2000 AD, Weston’s work includes Fantastic Four: First Family, Enemy Ace: War in Heaven, The Filth, The Invisibles, Ministry of Space and Garth Ennis’s War Story: Johann’s Tiger.

Al Ewing has been a Judge Dredd aficionado since the age of nine, and is best known in the UK for his work on Dredd in 2000 AD, where he also co-created Zombo and Damnation Station. In addition, Ewing has written various novels for Solaris and Abaddon Books, including The Fictional Man, Pax Omega and Gods of Manhattan, and is currently writing Mighty Avengers and Loki: Agent of Asgard for Marvel Comics.

Superstar artist Frank Quitely first wowed 2000 AD fans with his work on Shimura and Missionary Man. He broke into the US comics’ scene, working with 2000 AD writer Grant Morrison on Flex Mentallo and JLA: Earth 2. The pair would continue to collaborate on such titles as New X-Men, We3 and All-Star Superman, the latter two titles winning various Eisner Awards between 2005-2007.

John Wagner has been scripting for 2000 AD for more years than he cares to remember. His creations include Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Ace Trucking, Al’s Baby, Button Man and Mean Machine. Outside of 2000 AD his credits include Star Wars, Lobo, The Punisher and the critically acclaimed A History of Violence.

Battle Action Volume 2
Writers: Garth Ennis, John Wagner, Rob Williams, Dan Abnett (Author), Torunn Gronbekk
Artists: Keith Burns, Chris Burnham, Henry Flint, John Higgins et al
Out: 29th February 2024
Hardcover, 160 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837860968

BATTLE ACTION RETURNS WITH A COLLECTION OF TWELVE NEW STORIES!

Air Ace Johnny Red and Angel of Death Nina Petrova face off against the Nazi invaders, lethal British agent Dredger deals with the abduction of the only person dear to his stony heart, and the louche Major Eazy must lead his men through the Devil’s Garden of El Alamein. There’s action aplenty with roguish British commandoes Rat Pack, along with Death Squad, their equally deadly German counterparts. And the hellish arctic ocean is the setting for HMS Nightshade, the classic tale of war at sea.

Writer Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys) is joined by an incredible roster of top-tier talent, with stories by original Battle Action writer John Wagner (Judge Dredd, Robo-Hunter), Torunn Gronbekk (Thor, Red Sonja), Rob Williams (Suicide Squad, Petrol Head) and Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy, Lawless), and featuring art by industry greats like Keith Burns (Out of the Blue), Chris Burnham (Batman, Doom Patrol), Henry Flint (Hawk The Slayer) and John Higgins (Watchmen, Dreadnoughts). There’s blazing Battle Action on every page!

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Written by John Wagner, Dan Abnett
Art by Carlos Ezqeurra, John Higgins and Trevor Hairsine
Out: 27 February 2024
Paperback, 320 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861064

With over half a million copies sold and featuring the best British comics talent of the 21st century, The Complete Case Files is the comprehensive collection of Judge Dredd, the lawman of the future!
In the future metropolis of Mega-City One, the judges keep order. Empowered to dispense summary justice, these 22nd-century cops enforce the law in a society riven by violence and rampant crime. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd, a man who has dedicated his life to stemming the tide of chaos… But in a shocking turn of events Dredd is himself about to be arrested and sentenced to Titan. Find out the full cataclysmic story in this 21st volume of the bestselling Case Files series, featuring the work of John Wagner (Button Man), Carlos Ezquerra (Strontium Dog), Trevor Hairsine (Cla$$war), Ian Gibson (Halo Jones) and more.

March 2024

Judge Dredd: A Penitent Man
by Kenneth Niemand (Writer), Tom Foster (Artist)
Out: 14th March 2024
Paperback, 128 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837860975

Former Judge, Kyle Asher, returns from the penal colony on Titan after serving twenty years. Working as a third-class sludge technician he is determined to prove that he can still serve the city he swore an oath to, Judge Dredd is not so sure of him, and questions whether there is such a thing as a penitent man in a place like Mega-City One. However the SJS, the Judges Internal Affairs division, are determined to run Asher out of town, and Dredd wants to know the reason why.

A Forces brat, Kenneth Niemand’s first exposure to the world of Judge Dredd was through random copies of 2000AD circulating in various RAF bases around the world. He now writes radio comedy, video games and, increasingly, bits and pieces of the world of Judge Dredd.

Essential Rogue Trooper: Genetic Infantryman
By Gerry Finley-Day (w) Dave Gibbons, Colin Wilson, Cam Kennedy (a) Bill Nuttall (l)
Out: 26th March 2024
Paperback, 160 pages
ISBN: 9781837861088

The first of a new series in the Essential line featuring 2000 AD’s legendary war machine, Rogue Trooper!

Rogue Trooper is the last of the G.I.s – genetically-engineered infantrymen designed to withstand the noxious atmosphere of Nu-Earth, a planet ravaged by the conflict between Norts and Southers. A lone survivor of the Quartz Massacre, equipped with the bio-chips of his fallen clone brothers, he crosses the war-torn landscape in search of the Traitor General, the man responsible for their deaths – and will not rest until he has his revenge!

Hellman of Hammer Force: Downfall – including The Early Adventures: 2
by Gerry Finley-Day (Writer), Mike Dorey (Artist)
Out: 28th March 2024
Paperback, 128 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837860982

There has never before been an anti-hero like Hellman of Hammer Force in British comics!

From the invasion of Poland in 1939 through to the fall of Berlin in 1945, Hellman of Hammer Force saw action on many fronts, and this collection contains all the hard-hitting war stories told through the eyes of Hellman which were published in Battle from 1977 through to 1978.

This ground-breaking series of thrilling combat is written by Gerry Finley-Day (Rogue Trooper) and drawn by Mike Dorey (Ro-Busters) and Patrick Wright (Day of the Eagle).

One of the most prolific writers in the comic’s history, Gerry Finley-Day holds a special place in many 2000AD fans’ hearts as the creator of classics like Rogue Trooper, Fiends of the Eastern Front and The V.C.s, as well as Harry 20 on the High Rock and Ant Wars. A keen “ideas man”, Finley-Day’s concepts of the horrors future warfare had in store were key to both Rogue and The V.C.s’ continuing popularity, ensuring that their recent return to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic was well-received. Finley-Day also scripted episodes of Judge Dredd and Dan Dare, and co-scripted much of Invasion! (and entirely scripted the prequel story, ‘Disaster 1990!’).

Mike Dorey joined 2000AD following its merger with rival action comic Tornado, where he pencilled Victor Drago. Following his move to greener pastures, he pencilled several Future Shocks and a Time Twister, as well as M.A.C.H. 0, M.A.C.H. 1, Ro-Busters, Invasion!, Rogue Trooper and Tharg the Mighty.

April 2024

Joe Pineapples: Tin Man (A.B.C. Warriors)
by Pat Mills (Writer), Simon Bisley, Clint Langley (Arists)
Out: 10th April 2024
Hardcover, 96 Pages
ISBN: 978-1786184931

Stranded for millions of years on an asteroid is hard work – especially when you only have a sewage droid for company! Joe Pineapples, the hotshot robotic sniper who never misses and former member of the A.B.C. Warriors – a team of war robots sent to first conquer and then protect Mars – looks back over his life as he seeks to unravel the mystery behind an I.D. plate that he has carried around since his days as an X-terminator fighting in the Volgan War.

This brand-new, stand-alone A.B.C. Warriors story marks the return of Simon Bisley (Lobo, Batman/Dredd: Judgement on Gotham) to the characters for the first time with 1988’s classic Black Hole story, which kickstarted his comic career, but now in glorious painted colour reminiscent of Bisley’s work on Slaine: The Horned God. Clint Langley, who has drawn A.B.C. Warriors stories for the last 15 years, completes this final tale of Joe Pineapples in his own unique style.

Pat Mills is the creator and first editor of 2000AD. He developed Judge Dredd and is the writer-creator of many of 2000AD’s most popular stories such as Sláine, Nemesis and A.B.C. Warriors. Amongst his credits are Marshal Law (Marvel and DC Comics), co-created with Kevin O’Neill, the French graphic novel series Requiem, Vampire Knight with artist Olivier Ledroit, and Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! The Secret History of 2000AD and Judge Dredd. His current projects include Joe Pineapples: Tin Man, illustrated by Simon Bisley and Clint Langley, Spacewarp, and Kiss My Axe! The Secret History of Sláine the Warped Warrior.

Simon Bisley occupies an almost unique place in 2000AD history, as one of the first UK artists to popularise the fully-painted style pioneered by Argentinian artist Alberto Brecchia. His highly dynamic artwork made his two major series in the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic — A.B.C. Warriors: The Black Hole and Sláine: The Horned God — very popular, as they remain to date. He also illustrated Heavy Metal Dredd in the Megazine, an ultra-graphic, adults-only take on the lawman, before going on to pencil the hugely successful first Batman/Judge Dredd crossover story, Judgement on Gotham. Bisley has provided countless pin-ups and short pieces across an astonishing variety of comics, from legendary fantasy anthology Heavy Metal to anarchic DC superhero series Lobo, and has an even more extensive CV in Europe, where his painted style enjoys enormous success.

Clint Langley began his 2000AD career with the fully painted artwork of his co-created series Dinosty. He quickly went on to illustrate Judge Dredd, Nemesis the Warlock, Outlaw, Sinister Dexter and Tales of Telguuth. His striking mixture of fully painted art and digital manipulation on Sláine and the ABC Warriors has made him a firm favourite with fans. As well as working for 2000AD Langley has produced covers for Games Workshop and Marvel (with striking covers for The Punisher, Wolverine and Ghost Rider, amongst others), produced art for World of Warcraft and Magic: The Gathering, and is the winner of the 2007 Inquest Gamer Fan Award.

Lowborn High: Volume 1
by David Barnett and Anna Morozova
Out: 20th April 2024
Paperback, 112 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861095

For as long as anyone can remember, Wychdusk Manor has been the school to which all the top magical novices are sent, where they are trained to become the world’s greatest wizards. Androgeus Frost, part of one of the wizarding worlds’ most esteemed families, always thought it was a sure thing he’d get in, but somehow finds himself dumped at Lowborn High.

David Barnett is a novelist, comic writer and journalist, based in the North of England. He has written “Chopper”, “Lowborn High” and other strips for 2000AD, Books of Magic for DC, and Punks Not Dead and Eve Stranger for IDW — the latter being developed by BBC Studios for television. His novels include The Handover, Alien: Colony War, and, in 2023, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out. He writes features for The Guardian, The Observer, Independent, Tortoise, BBC Culture and many other outlets.

Anna Morozova is a Russian-born freelance comics artist and illustrator from Estonia, who now lives and works in Scotland. Following graduation from a Comics Masters in Dundee, she’s produced work for various comics publishers, including Commando stories for DC Thomson, and commercial clients. As well as co-creating “Viva Forever” with David Baillie, Anna’s contributions to 2000AD so far include illustrating “Future Shocks” and a “Black Museum” episode for the Judge Dredd Megazine.

May 2024

Essential Judge Anderson: Satan
Writer: Alan Grant
Art: Arthur Ranson, Mick Austin
Lettering: Annie Parkhouse
Out: 8th May 2024
Paperback, 144 pages
ISBN: 978-1837861859

Judge Cassandra Anderson of Psi Division is one of the greatest minds on the Judges’ roster. As a precognitive telepath and empath, her quirks, such as her sense of humour, are tolerated by the otherwise oppressively strict Justice Department.

In the second volume of her Essential line, Anderson grapples with matters of faith and damnation, as a chance at eternal life comes at the cost of losing her mind forever, while her pursuit of a just system leads her to investigate a religious cult, and ultimately to engage in a battle of the minds with the most formidable of foes: Satan himself!

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Writers: John Wagner, Gordon Rennie, Rob Williams, Ian Edginton, Robbie Morrison
Artists:
Out: 8th May 2024
Paperback, 304 pages
ISBN: 978-1837861675

NO CITY FOR OLD MEN!

The best-selling series collecting The Law in order continues. This action-packed volume contains the finale of the epic Origins saga, which sets Dredd on a new quest for justice as he begins to question Mega-City One’s treatment of the mutant population and the laws that keep them down. But what happens when the man upholding the law no longer believes in it?

Written by John Wagner (A History of Violence), Gordon Rennie (Warhammer), Rob Williams (Suicide Squad), Ian Edginton (Batman), and Robbie Morrison (The Authority), with art by Carlos Ezquerra (Strontium Dog), Ian Gibson (The Ballad of Halo Jones), Colin MacNeil (Devlin Waugh), Mike McMahon (Slaine), Jock (The Losers), Henry Flint (Rogue Trooper), Rufus Dayglo (Tank Girl), Vince Locke (A History of Violence), PJ Holden (Rogue Trooper), Patrick Goddard (Battle Action), Boo Cook (Doctor Who), Richard Elson (Sonic The Comic), Paul Marshall (Sinister Dexter), Cliff Robinson (Vector 13), Len O’Grady (X-Men Unlimited), D’Israeli (Nikolai Dante), Lee Garbett (Skyward), Anthony Williams (The Real Ghostbusters) and Peter Doherty (The Dreaming).

40 Years of Scream!
Writers: Gerry Finley-Day, Simon Furman, Alan Grant, Alan Moore, Ian Rimmer, Tom Tully, John Wagner et al
Artists: Eric Bradbury, Cam Kennedy, Jose Ortiz et al
Out: Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Hardcover, 464 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861071

Check out our exclusive previews of 40 Years of Scream! here and here

40 Years of Scream!, offered through Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics imprint in slipcase and standard formats, the new celebratory collection of the entirety of Scream!, includes every single strip published in 1984 from issues 1-15 of the original run. 

The collection is due to be published on Thursday 25th April 2024. There’s no indication in advance information as to whether the collection will include material such as the lost “The Nightcomers” discovered and previously published under license by Hibernia Comics in their It’s Ghastly! Comic Archive in 2016.

The webshop-exclusive slipcase edition is designed by David Roach, making it an even more ghoulishly exciting for true horror afficionados.

• Order 40 Years of Scream! Slipcase Edition direct from the Treasury of British Comics web site

• Order 40 Years of Scream! Standard Edition direct from the Treasury of British Comics web site

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Robot Archie and the Time Machine
by E. George Cowan (Writer), Ted Kearon, Mike Western (Artists)
Out: 29th May 2024
Paperback, 144 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861699

Originally built by Professor C.R. Ritchie, the mechanical being known as Robot Archie was employed to battle injustices around the world, particularly in the jungles of Africa and South America.

The automated action hero has worked with the Professor to create’The Castle’ – a fully-functioning time machine! Together with the Professor’s nephew, Ted Ritchie and his best friend Ken Dale, Archie is ready to embark on a journey through time that will bring him into conflicts with medieval knights and a terrifying, dystopian future where aliens have conquered the Earth!

Before entering the comic industry Ted Cowan worked as a lab assistant at Shell-Mex then enlisted into the RAF as World War Two broke out. Forced to re-enlist with the army after a crash, he became a dispatch rider, but another accident saw an end to his career in the services. After picking up a comic and being unimpressed by the writing inside, Cowan wrote to Stan Boddington, then editor of Champion. Boddington gave him a chance and Cowan started on “Ginger Nutt” – a successful strip about a young Australian boy, which ran for almost seven years. Cowan’s next strip – “The Jungle Robot” – appeared in the first issue of Lion. Many adventures featuring Robot Archie were to follow. While working for Lion, Cowan scripted many popular strips including “Paddy Payne”, “Adam Eterno” and, of course, “The Spider” which he co-created and wrote the first two complete stories for.

Ted Kearon was a prolific artist who contributed many strips to IPC, particularly in the 1950s. Best known for co-creating “Robot Archie” for Lion in 1952, he also illustrated “Zip Nolan”, “The Day the World Drowned” and “Steel Commando”. Kearon also provided strips for DC Thomson, including “Morgyn the Mighty” for the Victor.

Widely regarded as one of the best artists to ever grace the British comic industry, Mike Western began his career on Knockout, having already spent time working for GB Animation. During the 1950s he shared art chores with Eric Bradbury on the popular western strip “Lucky Logan”. In 1960 he moved onto TV Express where he drew “No Hiding Place” and “Biggles”. Buster and Valiant followed: where Mike found himself drawing long-running strips such as Wild Wonders. In the 1970s he was very prolific, illustrating Buster’s “Leopard from Lime Street” and several key strips for Battle, including “Darkie’s Mob”, “The Sarge” and “HMS Nightshade”. Mike made an impact on the iconic Roy of the Rovers, illustrating the newspaper strip which ran in the Daily Star during the 1990s.

War Picture Library – The Iron Fist
Writers: V.A.L. Holding, W. Howard Baker, Alf Wallace, A. Carney Allan Art: Hugo Pratt
Out: 29th May 2024
Hardback
ISBN: 978-1837862009 

The Iron Fist, completes the Treasury of British Comics collection of Hugo Pratt’s British war comic strips, leading with the eponymous “The Iron Fist“, written by V.A.L. Holding, first featured in War Picture Library No. 25, published in September 1959, which focuses on the lives of the crew manning the Goliath and the battles they fight, ranging from El Alamein to the D-Day landings – the tank crew rely on each other to get through the hellish situations. 

Also included in this collection are “The Big Arena” (War Picture Library No. 133), written by W. Howard Baker, featuring Australian soldiers fighting in Egypt, and “Strongpoint” (War Picture Library No. 62), written by A. Carney Allan, featuring sappers in Italy.

June

Best of 2000AD Volume 6: The Essential Gateway to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic
Creators: Robbie Morrison, Henry Flint, John Smit, Edmund Bagwell, Ian McQue, Anand Radhakrishnan,Tom Muller
Scheduled for: 4th June 2024
Paperback, 192 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837862023

Best of 2000 AD is a landmark series from the cult comic, bursting with our greatest stories for a new generation of readers. 

Every Best of 2000 AD contains a mix of modern classics and gems from the vault. In each edition you’ll find an explosive new Judge Dredd adventure, fresh essays by prominent popular culture writers, a graphic novel-length feature presentation by global legends and a vintage Dredd case. 

In this volume: Judge Dredd makes a Tempus Fugitive of literature’s most famous time-travel enthusiast; tremble as Robbie Morrison and Henry Flint deliver galaxy-wide carnage at the hands of the retribution of a dead race, Shakara The Avenger; during a long, hot summer something rots at the heart of a council estate in John Smith and Edmund Bagwell’s Cradlegrave; Dredd sends his cadets into the Cursed Earth to face The Hotdog Run; The government agents of Ice Station Delta find their problems snowball when they tangle with Shako, the only polar bear on the CIA death list! 

Boasting brand new covers from an all-star line-up of artists including Star Wars concept designer Ian McQue and Eisner-award winner Anand Radhakrishnan (Blue in Green) with designer Tom Muller (X-Men), Best of 2000 AD is the essential gateway into the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic.

The Steve Dillon Apex Edition
Out: 19th June 2024
Hardback, 128 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837862016 (Standard Edition)

The 2000 AD Art of Steve Dillon: Apex Edition will be released both as a Standard Edition available from comic book stores via Diamond Distribution and the 2000AD webshop; and as a webshop-exclusive edition with special slipcase.

One of the most admired artists in comics history, Steve Dillon is rightfully considered to be one of the definitive 2000 AD artists, with his extensive work for The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic including pencils on A.B.C. Warriors, Bad Company, Judge Dredd, Harlem Heroes, Ro-Busters, Rogue Trooper and Tyranny Rex.

The 2000 AD Art of Steve Dillon: Apex Edition contains pages from throughout his 30+ year career working at 2000 AD, including his art on Rogue Trooper and Harlem Heroes. His prolific and defining work on Judge Dredd is showcased with a range of stories including his incredible artwork for the classic Block Mania alongside the Emerald Isle storyline, one of his first collaborations with Garth Ennis.

Also included in this book is the complete art for Alan Moore’s sole A.B.C. Warriors story, Red Planet Blues, with painted colour by Watchmen artist John Higgins.

Judge Dredd by Brian Bolland: Masterpiece Edition
by Brian Bolland
Out: 20th June 2024
Paperback, 160 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861941

Reprinting the immediately sold-out Judge Dredd by Brian Bolland Apex Edition, this new paperback Masterpiece Edition is expanded and reformatted for a wider audience!

Acclaimed as one of the greatest artists of his generation for his work on such titles as Camelot 3000 and Batman: The Killing Joke, Brian Bolland’s work on Judge Dredd helped catapult both the series and Bolland himself to international acclaim. 

This book will include pages from Judge Dredd epics including The Cursed Earth, The Day the Law Died, The Judge Child Quest, and Bolland’s masterpiece Judge Death Lives. Also included is a gallery of covers ranging from 2000 AD to the Judge Dredd reprints published by Eagle Comics – which brought Brian to the attention of American readers and show off his inventiveness and sardonic humour.

Co-creator of both Judge Anderson and The Kleggs, Bolland’s highly detailed style made him one of the most admired artists in comics history, and perhaps the most popular 2000 AD artist of all time. His clean-line style and meticulous attention to detail ensures that his artwork on strips including Dan Dare, Future Shocks, Judge Dredd and Walter the Wobot looks as fresh today as it did when first published.

Kelpie the Boy Wizard: 60th Anniversary
By Ken Mennell with art by John M. Burns
Out: 20th June 2024
Paperback, 96 pages
ISBN: 9781837861705

Rebellion is to publish a 60th anniversary collection of “Kelpie the Boy Wizard“, first published in the weekly anthology comic Wham! in 1964 and 1965, written largely by Ken Mennell with art, and a new cover, by John M. Burns.

In days of old, when King Arthur reigned over Britain, there was at royal Camelot an apprentice sorcerer by the name of Kelpie.

Together with his venerable master, the great and powerful Merlin, Kelpie uses his magic to protect the kingdom from evil doers including The Raven and the Weird Sisters of Doon.

First published sixty years ago by Odhams Press in Wham!, the complete saga of “Kelpie the Boy Wizard”, a new 96-page collection, “channels Arthurian legend through a Harry Potter filter”, say Rebellion, which, it has to said, is a little bit odd given that the strip predates JK Rowling’s boy wizard by some 30 years.

The strip, presented throughout its weekly run in black and white, was the work of John M. Burns, whose death has, sadly, just been announced, but who created a new cover for the collection before he passed.

Ken Mennell had an extensive career as an editor for Fleetway, working on a variety of classic comics. He had a hand in creating several strips, including “The Steel Claw” and “Black Max”.

However, he wasn’t the only writer on the strip. Editor and writer Keith Chapman, also known as Chap O’Keefe, who now lives in New Zealand, who knew colleague Ken Mennel as a script editor during his early days as an editorial junior at Fleetway, wrote the “Kelpie” story in the first Wham! Annual 1966 published in two colour, and tells us he doesn’t know if this was the only Kelpie yarn not to come from Ken Mennell. “Burns’ depiction of my Macbeth-like witches was superb!” Keith told The Tainted Blog back in 2011.

John M. Burns’ painted art graced several 2000AD series, notably “Judge Dredd” and “Nikolai Dante”, as well in as his own co-creation, “The Bendatti Vendetta”. He also contributed to “Black Light”, “Doctor Sin”, “The Scarlet Apocrypha”, “Vector 13” and “Witchworld”. Outside the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, he pencilled Eclipse’s ESPers and the James Bond miniseries, A Silent Armageddon.

July

Rogue Trooper: Blighty Valley
by Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard
Scheduled for 2nd July 2024
Hardcover, 96 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861958

An all-new standalone Rogue Trooper graphic novel, written by Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher), perfect for readers unfamiliar with the character and for old fans of Rogue Trooper’s classic adventures in 2000AD.

Nu Earth is the site of a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers, and the Genetic Infantrymen like Rogue Trooper have been created solely for this war. However, after the betrayal of the Traitor General Rogue is the last of his kind, and together with biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, they’re searching for the traitor that sold them out. 

But now the black hole above Nu-Earth causes a time-rift, and Rogue must team up with British soldiers from World War One to fight both the Hun and the Norts, fix the time barrier, and get back to his original mission. 

Garth Ennis writes this new, standalone Rogue Trooper adventure – melding together historical action with the sci-fi adventure that is the core of 2000AD – drawn by Patrick Goddard, who brings the character back in a style reminiscent of the classic Rogue Trooper artists.

2000AD SciFi Special 2024
Out: 3rd July 2024 | £4.99 | 52 Pages
Available from all good newsagents and comic book stores, as well as the 2000 AD app and webshop

It’s the summer of true nuclear fusion as 2000AD mashes and smashes its most popular strips together in the return of its pulsating Sci-Fi Special!
 
Exploding into shelves on 3rd July 2024 in a 48-page supernova, the 2000AD Sci-Fi Special will feature an all-thriller and killer line-up of creators including Ian Edginton, Dan Abnett, Ben Willsher, Nicolò Assirelli… and the return to 2000AD of the mighty Al Ewing!
 
This all-new Sci-Fi Special comes beamed from an alternate dimension – one in which familiar characters from the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic have been given a different twist. The Thrill-powered characters you thought you knew have been amalgamated into one other in strange and unpredictable ways, creating an all new version of the Galaxy’s Greatest!
 
In this sideways universe there is only one person who has the strength to enforce the law in Mega-City One… and he’s a high-powered mutant! With eyes which can emit piercing Alpha waves, JUDGE ALPHA makes sure that nobody messes with the Justice Department!
 
When robots go rogue and start causing chaos in the neighbourhood, who’re you gonna call? Sinister and Dexter, of course, the ROBO-SHARKS! Hired to track down and terminate troublesome droids, this pair of robo… hunters? never miss their targets! 
 
The Search/Destroy Agency have a number of highly-trained bounty hunters on their intergalactic roster: but none were as skilled as Friday! Framed for a crime he didn’t commit, this ROGUE/DOG is now being hunted by his fellow bounty hunters!
 
Ahoy! When you’re out on the wild seas of the world, flag flying in the wind and your team of scurvy dogs on deck, no bounty goes unclaimed! But the Red Wench’s captain is a rather strange chap: who is STICKLEBACK?
 
And if you’re a fan of high-octane thrill-sports, there’s only one place to enjoy extreme and enervating combat! The most violent sport of the future features undead, flesh-eating teams… welcome THE HARLEM ZOMBOS to 2000AD!

2000AD Vs Battle Action: Comics Collide!
by Kenneth Niemand, Geoffrey D Wessel, et al.
Scheduled for 16th July 2024
Paperback, 128 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861897

THE CROSSOVER 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING!

What if the old Battle Action comic was merged with 2000 AD in the early ’80s? That’s the question posed by this all-new collection that reveals the answer is – action-packed thrills by the bucket-load. It takes old Battle Action strips and reworks them as 2000AD-appropriate adventures, while remaining true to their original concept and continuity. 

This kick-ass crossover sees Judge Dredd feature in a reimagining of Action’s most controversial strip – Kids Rule O.K., and also includes Darkie’s Mob, Death Game 2049 and Major Eazy, amongst others. 

Written by Ken Niemand (Judge Dredd), Geoffrey D. Wessel (War Birds), Chris Weston (Rogue Trooper), Karl Stock (Fiends of West Berlin), Arthur Wyatt (Dredd), Gordon Rennie (Judge Dredd), Mike Carroll (Dreadnaughts), Alec Worley (Robo-Hunter) and Alex De Campi (Archie vs. Predator), with art by Simon Coleby (The Authority), Nick Dyer (Tales from the Black Museum), Paul Marshall (Sinister Dexter), Jake Lynch (HAVN), Dan Cornwell (Rok of the Reds), Nick Percival (Slaine), Kieran McKeown (Crime Syndicate), Staz Johnson (Vikings) and Patrick Goddard (Battle Action).

The Leopard From Lime Street – Birthright
by Simon Furman (Writer), Laurent LeFeuvre, Nick Roche and PJ Holden (Artists)
Out: 18th July 2024
Paperback, 144 pages, £9.99
ISBN: 978-1837861910

A new breed of super-hero emerges!

Billy Farmer may look like your average teenager, but he has a big secret: he’s a super-hero! After being scratched by a radioactive leopard (happens all the time, right?), young Billy soon discovered he had the powers of the mighty jungle cat – but is there more to this power than he thinks?

Taking to the streets to fight crime as “The Leopardman”, Billy soon finds himself up against a whole horde of spooky villains intent on stopping him and hatching some pretty evil plans. Teaming up with his long lost sister, the vigilant hero “Alleycat”, the dynamic duo must uncover the fate of their family and the source of their powers – before it’s too late!

Writer Simon Furman (Transformers) and artists Laurent LeFevure (Fox Boy), PJ Holden (Department K) and Nick Roche (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) unite to breathe new life into a classic, British comics character completely reimagined for readers of today.

Part of the Monster Fun Collection, spinning from the pages of the hit UK comic, this brilliant range of books aims to inspire children to love reading through incredible stories and cool characters.

Best known for writing Transformers comics, Simon Furman was instrumental in making Marvel UK a success. During the 1980s and 1990s he worked on many titles for them, including the aforementioned Transformers and also Action Force, Thundercats, Doctor Who Magazine as well as two series he helped create – Dragon’s Claws and Death’s Head. More recently he has written the Annihilation: Rohan miniseries for Marvel US and the ten issue maxi-series To The Death series, drawn by his Transformers workmate, Geoff Senior.

Belfast based Paul J. Holden has illustrated “The 86ers”, “Judge Dredd”, “Tharg’s Future Shocks”, “Rogue Trooper” and “Johnny Woo” for 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine.

Laurent Lefeuvre was born in Britanny in 1977 and grew up a comic book fan, including French reprints of the original Leopard from Lime Street series from Buster. He made his first mark on the industry illustrating the Franco/Belgium book Tom et William. Inspired by comics from his childhood, he created the French superhero, Fox-Boy. The popular series is published by Delcourt – the premiere French publishing house.

Steel Commando – No Time To Lose!
Out: 18th July 2024
by Ned Hartley (Writer), Dan Boultwood (Artist)
Paperback, 144 pages £9.99
ISBN: 978-1837861903

A time travel story like never before!

Get ready for time travelling adventures in this epic graphic novel as heroic robot soldier Steel Commando battles his way across past, present, and future to stop the forces of evil and save the day!

Created by Professor Brayne, The Steel Commando is a robot created at the height of World War Two. Fighting giant bats whilst riding a missile above London the story only gets more awesome from there, with the nefarious Doktor Von Hoffman sending his minions after Professor Brayne’s new secret weapon plans! Together with his friends, Ernie and Penny, Steel Commando will have to travel into the future, the past and modern day London, battling the powerful Mark II Robot and the villainous Maxine Von Klorr in order to stop Von Hoffman from winning the war. Heavy metal mayhem awaits!

Part of the Monster Fun Collection, spinning from the pages of the hit UK comic, this brilliant range of books aims to inspire children to love reading through incredible stories and cool characters.

Ned Hartley is an author and comic writer for both adults and children. Ned is the writer of the best-selling Marvel Origins: Spider-Man, the Marvel Museum, the Ladybird Big Book of Dead Things, several Star Wars annuals, Together We Can, the Spider-Man Museum, Great Lives: Albert Einstein, Dark Tales: Hound of the Baskervilles, the Marvel Universe: An Atlas of Marvel, Marvel Heroes and Villains and many more books. Ned writes “Bananaman” for the Beano every week, and has also written for 2000AD, Buster, Monster Fun and Wallace and Gromit comic.

Dan Boultwood is a British comic book illustrator and writer. He has been very prolific over the last two decades, producing quality work for The Phoenix, Monster Fun and Chu for Image Comics. Other work includes Newbury & Hobbes, It Came! and Warhammer Adventures, amongst others.

Slaine: The Horned God – Anniversary Edition
by Pat Mills and Simon Bisley
Scheduled for 30th July 2024
Paperback, 208 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861934

Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the sword and sorcery adventure that changed 2000AD with this newly restored oversized edition.

Sláine: The Horned God returns to print in a massively-oversized edition just in time for the 35th anniversary of the ground-breaking and industry-altering story. Written by the character’s co-creator, Pat Mills, and featuring fully-painted art the likes of which had never before been seen in the pages of 2000AD. 

“The Horned God” is the definitive Sláine storyline, its appearance in the pages of 2000AD marked a creative high-point for the comic, and the work inspired artists for generations with its incredible painted scenes of epic battles evoking the work of Frank Frazetta, but in the medium of comic art. 

This anniversary edition has been rescanned from the original film, and printed at a size that more closely matched the actual artwork, so now you can become fully entranced by the art and story of the greatest Sláine epic.

August

Lawless Book Five: Ballots Over Badrock: Volume 5
by Dan Abnett and Phil Winslade
Out: 1st August 2024
Paperback, 112 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861729

VOTE METTA FOR BETTA!

As Marshal of Badrock, Metta Lawson saved the town she has come to love from being annihilated by the corrupt corporation Munce Inc., established it as a thriving haven of free trade, and brokered an uneasy peace with the enigmatic Zhind race. Now, having resigned her position as Marshal, Metta faces a new kind of fight, a political battle for the mayorship of Badrock.

But without Metta enforcing the law, things aren’t looking good for Badrock. The mysterious Mr Roke continues to establish a hold over the citizens of the town through his protection racket, the town’s major employer, Getz, is conducting shady experiments with potentially disastrous consequences, and the SJS continues to work to undermine the fragile balance that Lawson managed to establish before her resignation.

The Spider vs. the Crime Genie (aka Jerry Siegel’s Syndicate of Crime vs. the Crime Genie)
Creators include artist Reg Bunn
Out: 16th August 2024
Paperback, 112 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861767

The Spider is a fabulous intellectual adventurer who straddles both sides of the law and uses a whole host of super equipment to stay one step ahead of his enemies. 

When small-time hoodlum Steve Gurko unwittingly releases a magical entity from captivity, he quickly gains the kind of power he could only ever dream about. Embarking on a crime spree, Gurko soon finds himself on the Spider’s radar. But the astounding crime fighter is about to face his toughest opponent to date because the Crime Genie won’t be enslaved by a fool like Gurko for long. Once unleashed, this mystical menace possesses enough might to enslave the human race forever!

In 1944 Reg Bunn survived a serious car accident which rendered him paralysed from the neck down, he recovered and went on to take part in the 1949 Amalgamated Press talent search which would gain him work for The Comet. He is renowned for his work on Lion, and his greatest creation is The Spider with writer Ted Cowan.

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 22
Writers: by John Wagner, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar
Art: Carlos Ezqeurra, Mick Austin, John Burns
Scheduled for 13th August 2024
Paperback, 304 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861965

On the mean streets of Mega-City One, the Judges are the law. Charged with executing justice in this futuristic metropolis, these individuals are the best of the best battle-hardened warriors dedicated to their cause. Toughest of all is Judge Dredd – a lawman who doesn’t know how to quit! In this volume of the bestselling Case Files series, Dredd travels back to 2001 New York City in order to destroy a deadly space parasite capable of wiping out all known life on Earth. And the alien action continues in Crusade, where Dredd competes with other Mega-City Judges to recover a long-lost Justice Department craft that has recently crash-landed in the South Pole. Stories from 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, from December 1994-May 1995.

September

Smash!: The Broxteth Devil
By Paul Grist  (Writer), Tom Foster  (Artist), Anna Morozova, Jimmy Broxton and V V Glass 
Scheduled for 12th September 2024
Paperback, 128 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837862627

An action-packed team-up featuring a host of classic British comics characters – The Spider, Janus Stark, The Steel Claw, Jane Bond, Adam Eterno – written by Paul Grist (Jack Staff) with art by Tom Foster (Judge Dredd), Anna Morozova (Lowborn High), Jimmy Broxton (Goldtiger) and V.V Glass (The Last Witch).

THE EVIL WITHIN!

In Victorian London, when Janus Stark traps a demon in a stone idol he creates a prize too alluring for criminal masterminds to resist. Enter the King of Crooks – The Spider – who tasks his infamous Crime Syndicate with stealing the statuette.

Thus begins a six decade-spanning adventure featuring a host of British comics’ finest heroes as The Steel Claw, Jane Bond, Robot Archie and Adam Eterno – with a little help from Maxwell Towers’ rogue AI – team up to ensure The Spider never lays his hands on the idol.

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 45: Volume 45
By by John Wagner, Gordon Rennie, Robbie Morrison, Pat Mills, Alan Grant (Writers); Simon Coleby, Ian Gibson, Colin MacNeil, Henry Flint, David Roach, Mike Collins, Cliff Robinson, John Hicklenton, Boo Cook, Tan Eng Huat, Simon Fraser, Paul Marshall and Smudge (Artists)
Scheduled for 12th September 2024
Paperback, 304 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837862566

THE ASCENT OF MANDROID!

Cybernetic ex-soldier Nate Slaughterhouse – AKA Mandroid – was last seen rampaging through Mega-City One on a vigilante killing spree. Hellbent on avenging the murder of his son and finding his missing wife, Slaughterhouse took the law into his own hands. But Mega-City One only knows one law, and his name is Dredd. The infamous Judge stopped Mandroid in his tracks and sent him to the Iso-cubes. Now, it’s two years later and Nate Slaughterhouse wants revenge…

The best-selling series collecting the law in order continues in this explosive volume written by John Wagner (A History of Violence), Gordon Rennie (Warhammer), Robbie Morrison (The Authority), Pat Mills (Marshal Law) and Alan Grant (Batman), with art by Simon Coleby (The Punisher 2099), Ian Gibson (The Ballad of Halo Jones), Colin MacNeil (Devlin Waugh), Henry Flint (Rogue Trooper), David Roach (Demon), Mike Collins (Superman), Cliff Robinson (Vector 13), John Hicklenton (Heavy Metal Dredd), Boo Cook (Doctor Who), Tan Eng Huat (Doom Patrol), Simon Fraser (Nikolai Dante), Paul Marshall (Sinister Dexter) and Smudge (Chiaroscuro).

The Sarge Volume 2
By Gerry Finley-Day, Garth Ennis (Writers), Mike Western, PJ Holden (Artists)
Scheduled for 26th September 2024
Hardcover, 128 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837862481

SOME MEN ARE BORN LEADERS – MEN LIKE JIM MASTERS!

Italy, 1943. British sergeant Jim Masters and his section face brutal opposition from the German army. At the same time, Masters must motivate his men and ensure that each individual soldier is prepared for the increasing threat from the enemy – a difficult task as the section now has a lot of inexperienced soldiers amongst its ranks.

From marauding Tiger tanks to suspicious American paratroopers, this volume includes the final work on the strip by its co-creators Gerry-Finley Day and Mike Western.

Nemesis the Warlock – The Definitive Edition: Volume 2
by Pat Mills (Writer), Kevin O’Neill, Bryan Talbot (Artists)
Scheduled for 26th September 2024
Paperback, 192 pages
ISBN: 978-1837862702

The Definitive series of the Nemesis the Warlock saga continues as Torquemada’s crusade to destroy all alien life reaches the planet of the Goths, a species of alien which has modelled their culture on early twentieth-century Britain. Nemesis must team up with the Goth leader, the Ion Duke, to stop them being eradicated by Torquemada’s army of Terminators.

Collecting the entire series in order, with the colour centre-spread pages reproduced in their original form, the Definitive collection of Nemesis the Warlock is the ultimate way to read one of the most important sci-fi sagas published in the pages of 2000 AD.

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 definitive series compiles the complete storyline in order.

October

Fiends of the Eastern Front Omnibus Volume 2
by Ian Edginton (Writer), Tiernen Trevallion (Artist)
Scheduled for 10th October 2024
Paperback, 176 Pages
ISBN: ‎978-1837862580

In 1970, Lieutenant Tim Wilson is haunted by the memories of war – not just the bloodshed of the battlefield, but the horrors witnessed at the hand of Captain Constanta, who rescued him after a gruesome encounter with the King-Bats of Maximilian Von Klorr – the Black Max himself! Years later, Lt. Wilson sets on a journey to hunt down Constanta in his native Romania, and uncovers his origins among beasts and creatures of magic.

Collecting the work of Ian Edginton and Tiernen Trevallion, the second omnibus of Fiends of the Eastern Front follows Constanta’s bloody trail across history, and brings monstrous terror from the skies of wartime France to the streets of 1960s London.

Ian Edginton is a New York Times bestselling author and multiple Eisner Award nominee. He is currently writing Batman’66 meets The Avengers (Steed and Mrs Peel, not the other ones!) for DC Comics as well as Judge Dredd, Stickleback, Helium, Kingmaker and Brass Sun for 2000 AD. He lives and works in Birmingham, England.

Tiernen Trevallion has worked as an illustrator since he was convinced to leave school in the mid-eighties. His first comic commissions were for Inferno Magazine on the strip Tales from the Ten-Tailed Cat and Daemonifuge 3 with Simon Spurrier for Warhammer Monthly. For 2000AD he has worked on several series including Tharg’s Terror Tales, Tharg’s Future Shocks, Tales from the Black Museum and Judge Dredd. As well as working with Gordon Rennie on Absalom, he has also worked with him along with Emma Beeby on the Graphic novel Robbie Burns: Witch Hunter. Tiernen also works as an illustrator and concept artist. He also works on his own projects, some of which may or may not involve angry puffins.

November

Essential Judge Dredd: Tour of Duty – Book 2
by John Wagner, Al Ewing (Writers), Simon Fraser, Carl Critchlow, Colin MacNeil (Artists)
Scheduled for 7th November 2024
Paperback, 224 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861989

The essential Judge Dredd graphic novel series – this is the ultimate introduction to the Lawman of the Future!

After Dredd and Hershey’s decision to restore mutant access to Mega-City One is confronted with widespread criticism, Dan Francisco – a reality TV star who holds the people’s favour – challenges Hershey’s leadership as Chief Judge. Under his rule, the conditions of mutants across the Big Meg would be worse than ever. But when Judge Francisco is gunned down on camera in an alleged mutant attack, Dredd begins to suspect someone else might be masterminding the rushed election…

Rebellion Presents The José Muñoz Collection
by Chris Lowder, Frank Pepper (Writers), José Antonio Muñoz (Artist)
Scheduled for 21st November 2024
Paperback, 128 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837862498

Rebellion presents three action-packed stories from Lion comic, all featuring the work master of chiaroscuro-style black-and-white art – José Antonio Muñoz.

It should be noted that the cover features art by Geoff Campion, originally covers for the weekly adventure to promote the strips drawn by Munoz.

In 1973 and 1974, Muñoz worked on several short-lived strips for Lion. “A Stitch in Time” which ran from Lion cover dated 24th March 1973 to 18th August 1973, follows the adventures of a young boy named Stitch Cotton and his alien friend, Varl, after they steal a time machine from the sinister space-master, Mr. Universe.

“Lost in Limbo Land” (written by 2000AD regular, Chris Lowder, also known as Jack Adrian, featured in Lion cover dated 13th October 1973 to 8th December 1973. The story follows Barry Smith, a studious bookworm who is struck by lightning and flung into a world of Norse myth and legend. (Comics archivist Philip Rushton has observed the character’s name is an in-joke, named after the now famous comic artist, who Lowder was friends with, who was just beginning to make a name for himself at Marvel)

“Sark the Sleeper” was published in Lion from the issue cover dated 15th December 1973 to Lion cover dated 18th May 1974, sees a starship commander accidentally woken from hypersleep by two boys who are completely unaware that they are passengers flying through deep space in search of a new home.

Munoz has also been credited as the artist on “The Treasure-Hunt Twins” which ran in issues of Lion cover dated 25th August to 6th October 1973, not included in this collection.

Over the past 50-odd years Christopher Lowder, aka Jack Adrian, has used maybe a dozen or more pseudonyms, and had a few more foisted on him. He’s written SF, westerns, men’s adventure (for paperback carousels in the rust belt), weird tales, war fiction (World War One, World War Two, Vietnam), Regency romances on the High Toby, comic scripts (including “Dan Dare”, “Judge Dredd”, “Adam Eterno” and “Kids Rule, O.K.”), private eye stories, horror and fantasy.

He’s also edited upwards of 40 mystery/weird anthologies, including a dozen or so posh ones for Oxford University Press, and written for the Literary Review, the Times Literary Supplement, and for nearly two decades he was a regular obituarist for the late and very much lamented Independent newspaper. Currently he is Chair of Cradley Parish Council in Herefordshire – which should be a warning to you all.

Frank Pepper had a lengthy career writing for British comics. From the 1930s onwards he wrote for a wide variety of story papers including The Champion, Knockout, and The Comet. He is best known as the creator of Roy of the Rovers for Tiger and Captain Condor for Lion. Other well-known strips he worked on include “The Spellbinder” and “Dan Dare”. He died in 1988.

Born on 10th July 1942, José Antonio Muñoz is an Argentinian artist highly regarded for his popular black-and-white artwork. Muñoz studied at the Escuela Panamericana de Arte from the age of 12, where he was tutored by two industry greats – Hugo Pratt and Alberto Breccia.

His first commercial work was published aged just 18, in the pages of Hora Cero and Frontera, magazines strongly associated with Hector Oesterheld. In a profile on The Illustration Art Gallery blog, it’s noted Muñoz drew several episodes of Oesterheld’s “Ernie Pike”, and also illustrated “Precint 56” by Ray Collins (Eugene Zappietro) for Mixterix, then edited by Hugo Pratt.

For many years Muñoz worked in Francisco Solano Lopez’s studio, which was set up in the early 1960s to capitalise on the vast amount of artwork that could be supplied to British comics. Lopez, at his peak, had six assistants, working on weekly and monthly assignments ranging from weekly science fiction and football yarns (“Kelly’s Eye”, “Raven on the Wing”, etc.) to monthly war picture library titles (for War, Battle, Air Ace, etc.). “The studio’s output was immense and for the most part it is impossible to distinguish the work of individual artists,” the profile notes.

(Indeed, the first few instalments of the “A Stitch in Time” almost look as though they were by Solano López, which points to the influence he had on Munoz. But the latter developed his own style pretty quickly, and gradually departed from his influence).

Munoz relocating from his native Argentina to London in 1972. He then moved to Spain, and began a fruitful collaboration with writer Carlos Sampayo. Their series, Alack Sinner, was first published in 1975, the Italian magazine Alter Linus, and the French publication, Charlie Mensuel. Other notable works followed, including Le Bar à Joe and Trains sur l’Eau. These strips and many others were collected and published by such European publishers as Casterman and Futuropolis.

Throughout his career he has inspired several artists, including Frank Miller and Eduardo Risso, and he has won several awards over the years, including the Grand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême at the Angoulême International Comics in 2007.

Cadet Dredd: Tooth And Claw: Volume 1
By Matthew Smith, Rory McConville, Michael Carroll, Arthur Wyatt, Liam Johnson (Writers)
Scheduled for 21st November 2024
Paperback, 224 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837862573

YOUNG JUSTICE!

Before Judge Dredd, there was Cadet Dredd – a keen, fresh-faced apprentice, and stickler for the rules, with no idea of the legend he will one day become.

Young Joe hits the streets of Mega-City One for the first time, facing off against perps, monsters and genetically modified movie stars as he learns how to become the greatest Judge the Meg has ever seen.

Zarjaz adventures await inside this thrilling new collection!

December

Dreadnoughts: The March of Progress
by Michael Carroll (Writer), John Higgins (Artist)
Scheduled for 5th December 2024
Paperback, 80 pages
ISBN: 978-1837862603

After a crime blitz in Boulder leads to riots against the Judges’ excessive use of force and violation of human rights, the Hemlock Cartel takes advantage of the chaos to declare all-out war against the Justice Department. It is up to Judge Glover to eradicate their threat – even if her crusade could risk revealing the long-buried secrets of her past.

Stainless Steel Rat – Colour Omnibus
by Harry Harrison, Kelvin Gosnell (Writers), Carlos Ezquerra (Artist)
Scheduled for 19 December 2024
Paperback, 208 pages
ISBN: 978-1837862733

The 2000AD adaptation of Harry Harrison’s classic science-fiction novels by Kelvin Gosnell and Carlos Ezquerra returns in a new full colour omnibus!

James Bolivar DiGriz aka ‘The Stainless Steel Rat’ is many things – a con man, a thief, and a member of an elite law-enforcement agency known as the Special Corps. After escaping the corps, DiGriz crosses paths with the beautiful but deadly Angelina who, like Jim DiGriz, is also a master criminal, albeit a lot more ruthless. They must travel through time to stop a master criminal meddling with the past, and help to overthrow an evil President by haveing The Rat become a candidate for the job himself!

A classic from 2000AD’s first “golden age”, Stainless Steel Rat is a must-read for fans of Harrison or old school sci-fi action with bold characters and a wry twist of humour, complemented by Ezquerra’s dynamic and inimitable artwork.

Harry Harrison is the much-loved author of the Stainless Steel Rat and Bill the Galactic Hero novels. He was also a highly respected science-fiction critic and anthologist. Harry penned the story that inspired the classic SF film Soylent Green.

Kelvin Gosnell served as 2000 AD’s second editor, from Progs 17 to 85 (18th June 1977 – 7th October 1978). He also wrote Blackhawk, Dan Dare, A Joe Black Adventure, Judge Dredd, One-Offs, Project Overkill, Ro-Jaws’ Robo-Tales, The Stainless Steel Rat and Tharg’s Future Shocks, as well as co-writing the first series of Flesh.

Carlos Ezquerra was the co-creator of Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Rat Pack, Major Eazy and many other fan-favourite characters, he designed the classic original Dredd costume as well as visually conceptualising Mega-City One. In addition to these credits he also illustrated A.B.C. Warriors, Judge Anderson, Tharg the Mighty, and Cursed Earth Koburn amongst many other stories.

Outside of the ‘Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’, Ezquerra illustrated the first “Third World War” episodes in Crisis magazine, and became a regular collaborator with Garth Ennis, working on Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, Bloody Mary, Just a Pilgrim, Condors, The Magnificent Kevin and two special Preacher episodes. He died in 2018 but his profound influence on the world of comic art cannot be overstated.

Date To Be Announced…

An Apex Edition of John Wagner and Arthur Ranson‘s “Button Man” from 2000AD, announced at Thought Bubble last year is in the works for 2024 release – date yet to be announced.

Kelly’s Eye Volume One
Art by Solano Lopez

Rebellion dropped a trailer for their first “Kelly’s Eye” collection into the third Janus Stark collection, but no release date has been announced. “Legend Testers” now appears to be set for a 2025 release.

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “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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