2000AD is heading towards their first Bumper Prog of the year in April, which means change is starting to come to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! In Prog 2423, the “Fiends of the Western Front” reach the end of the line on their first American odyssey, whilst writer Paul Goodenough debuts at The Galaxy’s Greatest for a “Future Shock” with artist Luke Horsman.

downthetubes readers will, of course, recognise Paul from his charity work for Rewriting Earth – and sure enough, you’ll see a message behind his story this week.

JUDGE DREDD // THE SHIFT, Part Six | Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

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 called the Shift, seeking to rescue a young student…

FIENDS OF THE WESTERN FRONT // WILDE WEST, Part Eleven | Script: Ian Edginton / Art: Tiernen Trevallion / Letters: Jim Campbell

In 1980, the diary of German soldier Hans Schmitt was discovered in Berlin, detailing events that occurred in 1941, when he encountered the terrifying vampire Captain Constanta and his Romanian platoon. But Schmitt was not the first person to meet Constanta — the vampire has popped up throughout history, in various countries and under various guises, and now he’s in North America in the late nineteenth century…

PORTALS & BLACK GOO // A QUORUM OF FIENDS, Part Eleven | Script: John Tomlinson / Art: Eoin Coveney / Colours: Jim Boswell / Letters: Simon Bowland

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 is a rider for Devouroo — a fooddelivery 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, Part Six | Script: Alex de Campi / Art: Eduardo Ocana / Colours: Giulia Brusco / Letters: Simon Bowland

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 must take on the Empress herself, who is once again going to war…

THARG’S FUTURE SHOCKS // LAST CHANCE TO SEE | Script: Paul Goodenough / Art: Luke Horsman / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Out in the vast reaches of the universe, there are an infinite number of stories waiting to be told. These cautionary tales pass from traveller to traveller in the spaceports and around campfires on distant planets, acquiring the status of legend, their shocking ends a salutory lesson in hubris. Anything is possible in these twisted trips into the galaxy’s dark side. Abandon your preconceptions, and expect the unexpected…

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John Freeman

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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