A guide to all announced 2000AD and Treasury of British Collections and Specials for 2026 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: Wednesday 30th July 2025
January 2026
The Legend Testers: 60th Anniversary
by Graham Baker (Writer) and Jordi Bernet (Artist)
Paperback | 160 pages | Scheduled for release 13th January 2026
ISBN: 978-1837866540
Twelve Monkeys meets Clash of the Titans in this epic time travel adventure story fearless art by Spanish comics superstar, Jordi Bernet.
3900AD. Rollo Stones and Danny Charters are the “Legend Testers”, employees of the Central Knowledge Museum, tasked with taking exhibits back through time to see if they are genuine or not. Using the world’s only time machine called, ‘The Time Chamber’, Rollo and Danny throw themselves into peril, seeking out the truth behind myths and legends. From werewolves to Greek Gods, the Legend Testers are ready to face any supernatural challenge!
This collection includes the entire run of the “Legend Testers” strip from the weekly comic, Smash!, all beautifully illustrated by Spanish art superstar, Jordi Bernet. The strip ran began in Issues 9 and continued until Issue 75 (April 1966 to July 1967), with seven regular adventures published.
Jordi Bernet Cussó is a Spanish comics artist, born in Barcelona in 1944. The son of comic artist, Miguel Bernet, Jordi’s uncle, Juan Bernet Toledano, was also an illustrator, while another of his uncles, Miguel Cussó, was a writer. Jordi got his start in comics in his early teens, working on the magazine, Pepe Cola, working alongside his father.
He started working for several foreign publishers in the 1960s including some in the UK, illustrating strips in DC Thomson’s Victor and The Hornet, and Fleetway’s Smash! and Tiger.
His career took off in 1982,:when he started working on Torpedo – a strip about a gangster operating in New York during the Great Depression. It was published in several Spanish comics, including Creepy, Thriller, Comix International and Totem El Comix, before getting its own title in the early 1990s. It won the ‘Best Foreign Album Award’ in 1986 at the Angoulême Comics Festival.
In recent years, Jordi has also illustrated several issues of DC’s Jonah Hex comic.
Johnny Red: A Couple of Heroes
By Garth Ennis and Keith Burns
Out: Scheduled for 29th January 2026
Hardcover | 192 pages
ISBN: 978-1837866571
JOHNNY RED’S LAST BATTLE
In the last year of a long and dreadful war, as vengeful Russian forces reach the German frontier, British-born fighter pilot Johnny Redburn leads Falcon Squadron in deadly strikes against the retreating Nazis. With all his comrades gone and his lover, Nina Petrova, lost somewhere in the maelstrom, the “Red Devil” knows his own doom is only a matter of time. Maybe the next mission, or the one after that – but it’s coming.
When a figure from the distant past reappears with an offer of a clandestine operation – an all-out effort against a nightmarish enemy weapons program that could claim the lives of thousands – Johnny finds himself agreeing, despite terrible misgivings. The risks are many, but the prize is the whereabouts of the woman he loves – and Johnny Red will fly through hell for Nina Petrova, no matter what the cost. Yet the unspeakable cruelty of the Soviet hierarchy, not to mention the return of an old and lethal enemy, will push the Englishman’s resolve well past the breaking point. High above the freezing Arctic Ocean, one last aerial duel will decide who lives, who dies – and who is lost forever.
Written by Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher) and drawn by Keith Burns (Battle Action, Out of the Blue), A Couple of Heroes brings the saga of Johnny and Nina – the Red Devil and the Angel of Death – to its fiery, action-packed conclusion.
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 49
By John Wagner, Gordon Rennie, Rob Williams, Al Ewing, Robbie Morrison, Simon Spurrier and Alan Grant (Writers) and Carlos Ezqeurra, John Higgins, Colin MacNeil, Mike Collins, Jon Haward, Karl Richardson, Boo Cook, PJ Holden, Leigh Gallagher, Guy Davis, Paul Marshall, Dylan Teague, Peter Doherty, Nick Dyer, David Roach and Anthony Williams (Artists)
Paperback | Out: 29th January 2026
ISBN: 978-1837866717
MEGA-CITY JUSTICE
The world-shattering Tour of Duty storyline continues as Judge Dredd is forced to consider abandoning his mission to clean up the lawless streets of Mega-City One to see out the rest of his career from behind the desk of the Chief Judge. But by taking on the Council of Judges, Dredd risks being stripped of his badge and exiled to the penal colony on Titan.
Written by John Wagner (A History of Violence), Gordon Rennie (Missionary Man), Rob Williams (Suicide Squad), Al Ewing (The Immortal Hulk), Robbie Morrison (The Authority), Si Spurrier (Hellblazer) and Alan Grant (Batman) with art by Carlos Ezquerra (Preacher), John Higgins (Watchmen), Colin MacNeil (Strontium Dog), Mike Collins (Captain Britain), Jon Haward (Tharg’s Future Shocks), Karl Richardson (Warhammer), Boo Cook (Doctor Who), PJ Holden (Terminator/RoboCop), Leigh Gallagher (Kingmaker), Guy Davis (B.P.R.D.), Paul Marshall (Firekind), Dylan Teague (Jonah Hex), Peter Doherty (Kingsman: The Red Diamond), Nick Dyer (Anderson, PSI Division), David Roach(Batman & Demon) and Anthony Williams (Deadpool).
February 2026
Judge Dredd: Rend and Tear with Tooth and Claw
by Rob Williams (Writer), R M Guéra (Artist)
Out: Scheduled for 10th February 2026
Paperback | 96 pages
ISBN: 978-1837865451
The hunter becomes the hunted as Dredd faces a bloodthirsty beast in this survival thriller from veteran 2000AD writer Rob Williams and Scalped artist R.M. Guera.
After an aerial attack, Dredd and a judge squad find themselves stranded deep into the Northern Radlands, a hundred miles from the nearest city and with no way of contacting help.
But fending off attacks from mountain gangs becomes the least of their problems: a great, murderous bear is on their trail, and Dredd and Cadet Moon will have to brave the elements and join forces with an unlikely ally to escape the frozen woods alive.
The Thirteenth Floor Anthology
Featuring thirteen brand-new stories by James Lovegrove, MK Hardy, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Mason Cross, James Goss, Katerina Diamond, Derek Farrell, and more
Scheduled for release 10th February 2026
Paperback | 352 pages
ISBN: 978-1837866038
The Thirteenth Floor’s evil AI Max goes worldwide in this anthology of thirteen horror stories set across the globe….
London’s Maxwell Towers have long been under the control of Max – an all-seeing AI intent on punishing wrongdoers and wicked tenants by sending them to the Thirteenth Floor, where unspeakable horrors come to life. Now, Max’s coding has been embedded in apartment complexes all over the world, and there is no escape from his nightmarish reign…
James Lovegrove is the author of nearly 60 books, including the New York Times bestselling Pantheon series, the Redlaw novels and the Dev Harmer Missions. He has produced five Sherlock Holmes novels and a Conan Doyle/Lovecraft mashup trilogy, The Cthulhu Casebooks. He has also written tie-in novels for the TV show Firefly. James has sold well over 50 short stories and published two collections, Imagined Slights and Diversifications. He has produced a dozen short books for readers with reading difficulties, and a four-volume fantasy saga for teenagers, The Clouded World, under the pseudonym Jay Amory. James has been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the British Fantasy Society Award and the Manchester Book Award. His short story “Carry The Moon In My Pocket” won the 2011 Seiun Award in Japan for Best Translated Short Story. His work has been translated into fifteen languages, and his journalism has appeared in periodicals as diverse as Literary Review, Interzone, BBC MindGames, All About History and Comic Heroes. He contributes a regular fiction-review column to the Financial Times and lives with his wife, two sons and tiny dog in Eastbourne.
Lavanya Lakshminarayan is the author of Analog/Virtual: And Other Simulations of Your Future. She is a Locus Award finalist and is the first science fiction writer to win the Times of India AutHer Award and the Valley of Words Award, both prestigious literary awards in India, and her work has been longlisted for a BSFA Award. She’s occasionally a game designer, and has built worlds for Zynga Inc.’s FarmVille franchise, Mafia Wars, and other games. She lives in India, and is currently working on her next novel.
MK Hardy is the pen name for Morag Hannah and Erin Hardee, two geeky women living and writing together in Scotland. They are both communications specialists working in higher education. With backgrounds ranging from museum interpretation to web design, and from science communication to ghost tours, they are devoted to storytelling in almost every aspect of their lives and work. When they are not telling stories they can be found singing in choirs, foraging for fungi, and working on their 1880s fixer-upper.
Guy Adams lives with genius and writer A.K. Benedict in Rochester, Kent. He’s the author of the Heaven’s Gate trilogy of weird westerns, the Clown Service books and the Deadbeat novels. He’s written countless hours of audio drama for Big Finish, from a wide range of Doctor Who titles to an adaptation of HG Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come and the original horror series Blind Terror: The Gods of Frost. In comics he writes Rogue Trooper, Ulysses Sweet: Maniac for Hire and Max Normal for 2000AD. With his comics husband, Jimmy Broxton, he is the co-creator of Goldtiger, the sixties newspaper strip that never existed… until now.
Strontium Dog: Search and Destroy 5
by Alan Grant, John Wagner (Writers) and Carlos Ezqeurra (Artist)
Out: 12th February 2026
Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1837866731
CROSSING THE STIX
In the far future Strontium-90 fallout has created a race of mutants, outcasts from society, despised by the ‘norms’ and given only the dirtiest job – bounty hunting. Johnny Alpha is one such mutant, working for the Search/Destroy Agency, hunting down criminals for the Galactic Crime Commission.
In this fifth volume, the inhabitants of Jock’s Landing on the water world of Och-Eleven have been slaughtered and everyone thinks Johnny Alpha and his partner Wulf are the murderers! Framed by two sinister Stix brothers in retaliation for the murder of their sibling, the hunters become the hunted and must evade a legion of Strontium Dogs whilst trying to clear their names.
Alongside “Outlaw” this volume also contains “Big Bust of 49”, “Slavers of Drule” and “The Beast of Milton Keynes”.
Action – Before the Ban 1: The Archival Collection
By Pat Mills, John Wagner (Writers) and Various Artists
Release date: Scheduled for 24th February 2026
Paperback | 368 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837866694
• Action: The Sevenpenny Nightmare Micro Site – compiled by Moose Harris
CELEBRATING SIXTY YEARS OF BRITAIN’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL COMIC!
Violent, gritty and unrelenting, Action comic was the brainchild of Pat Mills and Geoff Kemp. Tasked with creating a new anthology comic for the IPC’s boys adventure division, the pair rapidly developed a winning formula: reimagining existing story ideas from fresh perspectives and infusing them with a health dose of modern realism. With strips such as “Hookjaw”, “Dredger”, “Look Out For Lefty” and “Blackjack”, success was instantaneous but so was the criticism. Many of the press including London’s Evening Standard, The Sun and the Daily Mail were quick to denounce the comic, while Mary Whitehouse and the pressure group, Delegates Opposing Violent Education, piled pressure on the IPC board to do something about it.
In less than a year, Action had been pulled from circulation, then returned months later, a sanitised, pale shadow of its former self. But the spark had already been lit. Action had made its mark and became the catalyst for the evolution of the British comics scene, pathing the way for 2000AD and the British invasion of UK talent into America.
Collected here are the first twelve issues of Action, containing all of the strips and some of the editorial that created so much infamy back in the 1970s.
• Action: The Sevenpenny Nightmare Micro Site – compiled by Moose Harris
About The Authors
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 the Warlock” 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 2000 AD 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.
John Wagner has been scripting for 2000AD 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 2000AD, his credits include Star Wars, Lobo, The Punisher and the critically acclaimed A History of Violence.
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” (with Dave Gibbons), “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 Trooper” 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!”).
Steve MacManus was the editor of 2000AD during its 1980s heyday, shepherding it through its ‘Golden Age’ as he commissioned numerous hit series such as “The Ballad of Halo Jones”, “Sláine”, “Rogue Trooper”, “Nemesis the Warlock” and more. For many, he remains the definitive editor of the multi-award-winning SF anthology.
Kelvin Gosnell served as 2000AD’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”, “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”.
Tom Tully was one the most prolific writers ever to grace British comics, his diverse portfolio of work produced over four decades. Born in Glasgow, Tully entered the industry in the sixties when he began working for Fleetway. One of his earliest strips, “Heros the Spartan”, ran in the original Eagle and was illustrated by the great Frank Bellamy. He also wrote “Mytek the Mighty” (for Valiant) and “The Steel Claw” (also for Valiant) in the same decade. The 1970s saw Tully work on a variety of significant stories including “Adam Eterno” (Thunder), “Johnny Red” (Battle), “Harlem Heroes” (2000AD), “The Leopard from Lime Street” (Buster) and “Roy of the Rovers” (Tiger), the strip he worked on longer than any other writer.
Brink Book 6
by Dan Abnett (Writer), INJ Culbard (Artist)
Out: Scheduled for 24th February 2026
Paperback | 160 pages
ISBN: 978-1837866588
Humankind is on the brink of extinction. The Expanse meets True Detective in the sixth volume of the best-selling sci-fi series – as Bridget Kurtis investigates the paranormal sects which riddle humanity’s last remaining orbital habitats.
CONSUMED
The late 21st century, and through environmental catastrophe and industrial overload Earth has been reduced to a wasteland. Mankind finally evacuated the planet in 2072 and millions were housed in a number of huge deep-space Habitats.
But after twenty years on these cramped, overcrowded stations life is tense, often spilling over into madness. Sects are rife, and Bridget Kurtis of the Habitat Security Division investigates their reach and influence over the remaining inhabitants of each space-faring vessel – can she stop the encroaching chaos as it works to snuff out the remnants of humanity.
March 2026
Rex Power – Invasion of the Fear Bugs! (The Monster Fun Collection)
By RAMZEE (Writer) and Claude (Artist)
Release date: Scheduled for 12th March 2026
Paperback | 144 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837865222
Dino-Cop – from space!
Rex is an alien descendant of the mighty Tyrannosaurus and a skilled bounty hunter. After one of his bounties – the mad alien scientist, Zardax – escapes, Rex is forced to crash his ship on Earth. Stranded in Catford, south east London, an accident causes Rex to merge with a young, teenage orphan called Korey. Once bonded, Korey and Rex will have to learn how to get along so they can stop an army of Zardax’s alien parasites from taking over the district, the city, and then the planet!
Written by Ramzee (Marvel’s Edge of Spider-Verse, The Cheat Book) and featuring the kinetic art of Claude T.C., Rex Power is the freshest, new British superhero on the block!
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.
RAMZEE is what happens to a kid who grows up on a diet of 1990’s Image and 2000’s Toonami. Since being nominated for a British Comic Award for his debut indie comic in 2016, he’s gone on to draw illustrations for the BBC and MerkyBooks and write “Cat Girl” for Rebellion’s Tammy & Jinty, “FAB” for StoryWorlds and write and draw his first graphic novel, LDN, for Good Comics.
Sinister Dexter: Bulletopia
by Dan Abnett (Writer), Steve Yeowell (Artist), Tazio Bettin (Artist)
Out: 12th March 2026
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1837866663
NEW WORLD DISORDER!
In the rotting corpse of a city called Downlode, only the most ruthless people can survive. Finnigan Sinister and Ramone Dexter have made their mark working together as ‘gun-sharks’ (hitmen) for some of the underworld’s biggest mob bosses.
Having killed Holy Moses Tanenbaum, a mobster from an alternate dimension whose presence threatened the fabric of reality, Finnigan Sinister and Ramone Dexter have reset the continuum, and now no one knows who they are, except for the hacker, Billi Octavo. Hired to protect a sentient A.I. called Lillith, the duo has discovered that another rogue A.I. is at large in the city…
Nemesis the Warlock – The Definitive Edition, Volume 5
by Pat Mills, Kevin O’Neill, Henry Flint, Clint Langley, Chris Weston
Out: Scheduled for 24th March 2026
Paperback | 240 pages
ISBN: 978-1837866618
The conclusion to the Nemesis the Warlock series, one of the most striking science fiction characters to grace the pages of 2000 AD, the Definitive line collects the whole story in its entirety, presented in the ultimate format.
Long regarded as one of the crown-jewel epics from the pages of 2000 AD, at long last Nemesis the Warlock is back in print and better than ever in a brand-new series of definitive editions.
The final volume in the Definitive Nemesis the Warlock series sees the cosmic conflict between Nemesis and Torquemada conclude, as they are locked in a struggle with each other which has spanned time and space. Can Nemesis bring down the corrupt regime, and bring peace to the galaxy? And what happens to Purity Brown after the final battle? This volume collects all the stories through to Kevin O’Neill final work on the series in 2016.
Written by Pat Mills, this mind-bending volume of Definitive Nemesis features art by Henry Flint (Hawk the Slayer, Judge Dredd), Chris Weston (Paranoid Garden), and Kevin O’Neill (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Metalzoic).
Rogue Trooper: When a G.I. Dies
by Garth Ennis, Gerry Finley-Day, Patrick Goddard
Out: Scheduled for 24th March 2026
Paperback | 128 pages
ISBN: 978-1837866601
Hot on the heels of the best-selling Rogue Trooper: Blighty Valley, collected in 2024 Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher) returns with a new standalone Rogue Trooper graphic novel which delves into the mythos of the character.
Nu Earth: an endless battleground between Nort and Souther forces – but Rogue Trooper is the sole survivor of the Genetic Infantry, and together with the bio-chipped “ghosts” of his dead comrades he hunts down the traitor who sold out his regiment.
But now, three years after the Quartz Zone Massacre which wiped out his platoon and stalled the Genetic Infantry programme, Rogue is drawn into a web of intrigue involving a genetic engineer’s attempts to kickstart the programme again, but with the bio-chips of the dead soldiers from the original massacre – with terrible consequences.
Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard (Judge Dredd, Nina Petrova and the Angels of Death) bring you an all-new adventure featuring the iconic 2000AD character, combining intrigue and action, and delving into the backstory of Rogue Trooper.
April 2026
The Complete 2000AD 1: Future Shocks & Other Stories
By Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Alan Davis Ian Gibson and others
Out: Scheduled for 7th April 2026
Hardcover | 256 pages
ISBN: 978-1837866762
May 2025
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New Adventures from the Trigan Empire – Book One
By Michael Carroll and Tom Foster
Out: Scheduled for 21 May 2026
Hardcover | 64 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837862726
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For the first time in 40 Years, the Trigan Empire rises once again! From the award-winning creative team of Michael Carroll (Dreadnoughts), and Tom Foster (Judge Dredd), New Adventures from the Trigan Empire continues the classic, groundbreaking comics story originally told by Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence.
Decades have passed since we were last visitors to The Trigan Empire, and an aging Emperor Trigo has started to think about who his successor may be. His right-hand man and nephew, Janno, is perceived as the natural successor – but Trigo’s abandoned son, Nikko, has long harboured a grudge against his father and now, having built his own Empire whilst in exile, he’s in perfect position to take revenge on his family and seize the Empire he believes is rightfully his….
Will the Trigan Empire rise… or fall? Don’t miss the beginning of an incredible new saga!
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER RELEASES FROM REBELLION THROUGH 2026
Date 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” is also long in the works, with no release date confirmed.
REBELLION RELEASES – CURRENT CHECKLISTS
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2026
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2025
• Roy of the Rovers – Rebellion Books Check List
PREVIOUS YEARS CHECKLISTS
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2024
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2023
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2022
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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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