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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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
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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
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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 9th April 2026
Hardcover | 256 pages
ISBN: 978-1837866762
Alan Moore is a legendary comics writer credited with transforming the medium and how it was seen through his seminal works such as V For Vendetta, From Hell and, of course, Watchmen.
But, before any of that, he cut his teeth at 2000AD, the “galaxy’s greatest comic”. It was there that Moore honed his craft in preparation for the accolades that would follow.
This first volume in a new series collecting all of Alan Moore’s work for 2000 AD, brings together all of his Future Shocks as well as a host of other one-off stories.
Moore is a master of the short-format story and this collection doubles as the perfect guide for how to write comics to a page limit.
Includes the story “A Holiday In Hell” which has never been reprinted in English since its first publication in 1980.
Moore’s stories are complemented by the works of a string of legendary artists including Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Ian Gibson (The Ballad of Halo Jones), Eric Bradbury (Rogue Trooper), Bryan Talbot (Grandville), Steve Dillon (Preacher), Brett Ewins (Bad Company) and more.
Action 50th Anniversary Special
Out: 15th April 2026 | Available in newsagents and Local Comic Shops
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Before 2000AD there was Action, a weekly adventure title initially ahead of the curve, that fell foul of the establishment when it was decided it had pushed the envelope too far, in terms of what was then considered acceptable in a boys comic in the 1970s. Even now, some stories and arcs might raise eyebrows.
Now, fifty years later, Rebellion Publishing are proud to revive Action for a new Special featuring an incredible lineup of creators, and some of its most famous – and infamous characters – back on shelves and ready to inspire a whole new generation to anarchy…
The Special features:
Dredger by Garth Ennis and John Higgins. Britain’s deadliest secret agent returns, hitting the vengeance trail after the death of his partner, Breed. Dredger kills and maims his way across London, intent on delivering his own brand of justice. How much of London will be left when he’s finished?
- Hook Jaw by Steve White and Staz Johnson. There’s a killer out at sea! The vicious Hook Jaw has been seen in the depths of the ocean again, the killer shark with no regard for human life – and he’s heading out on the hunt! As a crew of drug dealers attempt to complete a sale in lawless international waters, they attract the attention of the legendary shark… this isn’t going to be pretty!
- Hellman of Hammer Force by Garth Ennis and Mike Dorey. Blazing battle action on the Eastern Front in 1944, as Panzer commander Kurt Hellman leads a small German armoured unit against massed Soviet forces. As the tank men struggle to survive in this frozen hell, they face a new and terrible savagery from their vengeance-crazed Russian enemies.
- Look Out For Lefty by Rob Williams and Patrick Goddard. Footballer Kenny “Lefty” Lampton has the most dangerous left foot in the game, blazing the ball through the net. But Lefty doesn’t play fair, and his temper constantly flares up on the pitch, boiling over into fury and violence! After his anger leaves him stranded on the subs bench, he finally gets his chance – this could be his big comeback, a chance to regain his lost glory! As The Royal Family watch on from the stand, can Lefty keep it under control for ninety minutes?
Featuring a powerhouse lineup of writers and artists, Action is taking no prisoners on its return to the newspaper stand! You thought it was controversial before? You haven’t seen anything yet!
Action is back, and more hard-hitting than ever!
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Charley’s War by Joe Colquhoun: Apex Edition
By Pat Mills (Writer) Joe Colquhoun (Artist)
Out: 29th April 2026 | Hardback, 144 pages
ISBN-13: 9781837866809 (Standard)
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ISBN-13: 9781837866595 (Slipcase Edition)
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“Charley’s War” began serialisation in Battle in 1979, and as written by Pat Mills it is one of the greatest strips in the history of British comics, a serious look at how World War One affected Britain’s working class. Complementing the story was the artwork of Joe Colquhoun, fresh off the immensely popular Johnny Red, Colquhoun pushed himself even further detailing the wartime travails of Charley Bourne, producing stunning artwork each and every week.
This book collects pages from the first few years of the series, including many complete episodes, printed at their original size so you can appreciate Joe Colquhoun’s mastery of the art form.
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May 2025
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Peaches’ Creatures – The Big Heist!
By Ned Hartley (Writer) Dan Boultwood (Artist) Jonathan Stevenson & Oz Osbourne (Letterer)
Out: 6th May 2026
Paperback, 144 pages
ISBN: 978-1837865628
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It’s the Creature Crime of the Century!
Peaches Jones is a brilliant and unconventional young girl with an amazing power… she can talk to monsters! Always accompanied by her best friend, Jonny the Golem, Peaches is travelling the world recruiting a small team of strange beasts and beings so she can carry out a big heist. Hot on her heels are a team of government agents, led by Agent Daffodil, determined to keep Peaches from her prize.
Written by Ned Hartley (Bananaman) and featuring the vibrant art of Dan Boultwood (It Came!), Peaches is an exciting and unique addition to the world of British comic book 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, 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.
New Adventures from the Trigan Empire – Book One
By Michael Carroll and Tom Foster
Out: Scheduled for 21st 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!
Batman Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham – Anniversary Edition
by John Wagner, Alan Grant, et al.
Out: Scheduled for 7th May 2026
Hardcover | 64 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867585
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The Ultimate Lawman versus the Dark Knight Detective, and while heroes clash…in Gotham City the psychos are running riot!
The anniversary edition of the classic UK/US team up crossover comic, is presented in an oversized format, with rescanned and cleaned up artwork to present Simon Bisley’s influential work in a glorious new light.
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.
With over 300 2000AD stories to his name – not to mention over 250 Daily Star Judge Dredd strips – Alan Grant’s prolific creative record speaks for itself. Outside the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, the late writer is well-known to Batman fans following a lengthy run on various incarnations of the title.
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 Breccia. 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.
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 50: Volume 50
by John Wagner, Al Ewing, et al.
Out: Scheduled for 7th May 2026
Paperback | 394 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867806
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THE STREETS OF DAN FRANCISCO
Chief Judge Dan Francisco is back in charge of Mega-City One. This means that Judge Dredd finds himself on Francisco’s Council of Five – a committee of the Chief Judge’s most trusted advisors. But Dredd is not a desk jockey, and he longs to pound the streets of the Big Meg, enforcing the law and keeping order.
Written by John Wagner (A History of Violence), Gordon Rennie (Missionary Man), Al Ewing (The Immortal Hulk), Si Spurrier (Hellblazer), Michael Carroll (Dreadnoughts) and John Tomlinson (Judge Dredd) with art by John Higgins (Watchmen), Mike Collins (Captain Britain), Karl Richardson (Warhammer), Leigh Gallagher (Kingmaker), Paul Marshall (Firekind), Nick Dyer (Anderson, PSI Division), David Roach (Batman & Demon), Anthony Williams (Deadpool), Ben Willsher (Deadline), Andrew Currie (Ninjak), Patrick Goddard (Rogue Trooper), Brendan McCarthy (Rogan Josh), Simon Fraser (Nikolai Dante) and Cliff Robinson (Mother Earth).
Slaine – The Definitive Edition Volume 3
by Pat Mills, David Lloyd, et al.
Out: Scheduled for 19th May 2026
Hardcover/ Paperback | 224 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837868322 (Hardback) | 978-1837867530 (Paperback)
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The third volume of the complete, acclaimed Slaine epic, presented in a new format for the definitive reading experience, perfect for new readers and collectors.
The Definitive line continues with the highly regarded fantasy saga Sláine. This reimagining of Celtic mythology mixed with sword-and-sorcery tropes stood out in the predominantly science fiction anthology 2000AD, and it proved to be a testing ground for many acclaimed artists.
In this third volume, the Celtic hero continues his arduous journey across Tir-Nan-Og, accompanied by his sidekick Ukko, and faces a slew of mighty warriors, vengeful gods, and legendary beasts in his quest to return to his tribe and claim his rightful place as king. This seminal epic by Pat Mills features the artwork of David Lloyd (V for Vendetta), Glenn Fabry (Hellblazer, Preacher), and Mike Collins (American Gothic).
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 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.
Mike Collins is the illustrator and co-creator of American Gothic. He has also worked on Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper Sinister Dexter, Sláine and several Future Shocks.
Glenn Fabry is a classic 2000 AD artist, best known for his innovative and highly detailed work on Slaine, though he has also illustrated Judge Dredd and a Future Shock, not to mention part of the Batman/Judge Dredd crossover story ‘Die Laughing’. Fabry’s best-known work outside the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic is almost certainly the full run of covers he painted for Preacher. However, his career is split between covers and sequential work, and he ahs also contributed to A1, The Authority, Global Frequency, Hellblazer, The Scarab, Swamp Thing and Transmetropolitan.
British-born writer, artist and letterer Steve Parkhouse started his career at Marvel comics where he worked on Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Back in the UK he was one of the first artists to work on the acclaimed anthology Warrior, co-creating The Bojeffries Saga with writer Alan Moore and he also worked for Marvel UK, writing Night Raven which was illustrated by David Lloyd and The Black Knight – both of which ran in Hulk Weekly. Having enjoyed a successful run writing Dr. Who Weekly with Dave Gibbons on art chores, Steve also illustrated several strips for 2000 AD, including Judge Dredd, Luke Kirby and Morrison and Millar’s Big Dave.
June 2026
Azimuth: Volume 1
by Dan Abnett and Tazio Bettin
Out: Scheduled for 4th June 2026
Paperback | 176 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867936
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You Have Reached Your Destination
This is Azimuth. Azimuth is everything. It is the city that always was and always will be. You are safe. Because this is Azimuth.
In an eternal city that is everything, Suzi Nine Millimetre is a soul for hire, doing whatever is asked of her by whoever happens to be asking. A job’s a job.
When two Lords of New Flesh hire Suzi to get to the bottom of their disturbing and prophetic dreams, she must travel the land to speak to the most powerful beings in Azimuth.
What are the dreams prophesizing? And who is the rider of the pale horse bringing death with him?
Dan Abnett is a seven-times New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning comic book writer. He has written over fifty novels, including the acclaimed Gaunt’s Ghosts series, the Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies, volumes of the million-selling Horus Heresy series, The Silent Stars Go By (Doctor Who), Rocket Raccoon and Groot: Steal the Galaxy, The Avengers: Everybody Wants To Rule The World, The Wield, Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero, and Embedded. In comics, he is known for his work on The Legion of Super-Heroes, Aquaman, The Titans, Nova, Wild’s End, and The New Deadwardians. His 2008 run on The Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel formed the inspiration for the blockbuster movie. A regular contributor to the UK’s long-running 2000AD, he is the creator of series including Grey Area, Lawless, Brink, Kingdom and the classic Sinister Dexter. He has also written extensively for the games industry, including Shadow of Mordor and Alien:Isolation. Dan lives and works in the UK. Follow him on Twitter @VincentAbnett
Born in Padova, Italy, Tazio Bettin‘s first freelance art work was for the tabletop roleplaying game company, White Wolf Studios. Encouraged after showing his portfolio to Marvel’s C.B. Cebulski, Bettin met Deadpool and Head Trip writer, Victor Gischler and the two collaborated on a creator-owned graphic novel called Sally of the Wasteland, which was published by Titan Comics. This led to work on Warhammer 40,000 comics, followed by a move to the ‘Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’, where he started out on “Sinister Dexter”.
Roy of the Rovers Volume One (A Roy of the Rovers Graphic Novel)
By Rob Williams (Writer), Ben Willsher (Artist)
Out: Scheduled for 4th June 2026
Paperback | 160 pages
ISBN: 978-1837867820
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Once a mighty team in English soccer, Melchester Rovers are now a pale imitation of what they once were. Languishing around the bottom half of the table in League Two, the future is looking decidedly grim for the club. Enter Roy Race; a sixteen-year-old striker with a lethal left foot and a burning desire to play for the club he has supported all of his life. Could he be the spark that reignites the Rovers after years in the wilderness?
From the pages of Tiger to having his own title, Roy of the Rovers is the most popular soccer strip in British comics. This action-packed sporting drama reboots the iconic character for today’s generation of football fandom.
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 2000 AD 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.
Ben Willsher got his break in comics in the ground-breaking Deadline magazine (home of Tank Girl), before being stolen by the world of computer games, where he has worked as an Art Director for many years. However, the lure of Comics was too strong and he came back to 2000 AD and has drawn Future Shocks, Pulp Sci-Fi, Tharg’s Terror Tales, Sinister Dexter, Damnation Station, but he is probably best known for his work on Judge Dredd. As well as reviving the uber cool grifter Lenny Zero, with original creator Andy Diggle, Willsher has just concluded a movie Dreddverse strip titled Dust. Beyond his accomplishments in the world of comics he has also worked in film, television and the music industry, and is heavily involved in the World of Doctor Who, where he has illustrated work for the Time Lord luminaries such as Russell T Davies, Mark Gatiss, and comic giant Neil Gaiman.
Albion
By Alan Moore, Leah Moore and John Reppion and Shane Oakley and George Freeman
Out: Scheduled for 18th June 2026
Format | 160 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867837
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The Spider, The Steel Claw, Grimly Feendish, Captain Hurricane. Born in the pages of Lion, Valiant, Smash! and Wham!, these are some of the most beloved characters in the history of British comics. But what if they were all real people?
Danny, a keen comics enthusiast, and his new friend, Penny, go in search of the long-missing heroes and villains from the classic comics of the past. But where have they been all these years? And what happens if they find them?
From the mind of the legendary Alan Moore (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) with scripts by Leah Moore & John Reppion (Megadeth: Death By Design), and art by Shane Oakley (The Fall of the House of Usher).
Rogue Trooper: Ghost Patrol
by Alex De Campi and Neil Edwards
Out: Scheduled for 18th June 2026
Hardcover | 112 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867547
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Nu Earth: a battle-scarred, poisned world where Nort and Souther forces fight for control of a nearby black hole. Genetic Infantryman, Rogue Trooper is the sole survivor of the Quartz Massacre.Together with the bio-chipped “ghosts” of his dead comrades he wages a one-man war against the vicious Nort forces.
A Souther war veteran called Macinrow, Captain Nygaard and a group of fresh recruits, set out for Nu Earth in search of Macinrow’s friend, Sgt White, would could hold the key to winning the war… introduce an all-new adventure Alex de Campi (Smoke, Full-Tilt Boogie) and Neil Edwards (Spider-Man, Superman) introduce an all-new Rogue Trooper adventure that delves into the secret history of the Genetic Infantrymen.
Alex de Campi’s mostly-indie career stretches from her Eisner-nominated debut Smoke (Dark Horse) through recent Eisner nominees Bad Girls (Gallery 13) and Twisted Romance (Image). Plus company work: she’s killed off most of Riverdale, twice, in Archie vs Predator I & II. Her projects include YA adventure The Backups (Imprint / MacMillan, 2020) and a thriller with director Duncan Jones. She also writes for TV and film (the Blade Runner anime and more). She is on social media as @alexdecampi and lives in Manhattan.
July 2026
Trelawny of the Guards – 60th Anniversary
By Victor de la Fuente
Out: Scheduled for 16th July 2026
Hardcover | 112 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867554
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Three years after Sergeant Trelawny joined the Grenadier Guards the scarlet tunic of peacetime was packed away and for seven more years the guardsman’s uniform was kaki battledress.
Through those bitter years of the Second World War, Sergeant Trelawny led, mastered and fought beside the toughest, proudest soldiers in the British Army.
This is Trelawny’s story…
A lost classic, Trelawny was illustrated by Spanish comics art legend, Victor de la Fuente, a Spanish comic book artist. Although famous for his work on war, western and fantasy comics, he also contributed to girls’ comics, drawing the serial “A New Kind of Lovin’”, for Valentine. He died in 2010.
Judge Dredd: And to the Sea Return
By Rob Williams and Henry Flint
Out: Scheduled for 16th July 2026
Paperback | 112 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867592
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When The Barge, an aquatic prison containing 10,000 violent inmates, crashes into a Mega-City One port, it brings with it a plague of black worms that infect the citizens Judge Dredd has sworn to protect. At the head of this horrific incursion is the prophet Carver, who claims immortality and heralds the arrival of a god from the depths determined to bring destruction to Dredd’s city. Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson must stop an insane enemy that does not care one iota for his Law!
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.
Henry Flint, winner of the National Comics Awards for Best Comic Artist 2004, is one of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’s rising superstars. Co-creator of Sancho Panzer, Shakara, and the fan-favourite strip, Zombo, his incredibly versatile pencils have also graced A.B.C. Warriors, Judge Dredd/Aliens, Deadlock, Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Nemesis the Warlock, The V.C.’s and Venus Bluegenes. He has even written a Tharg’s Alien Invasions strip! He has also worked on several American comics, including Omega Men, Haunted Tank and Fear Itself: Fearsome Four. Away from the comics industry, Henry produced art of the cover of DJ Food’s 2012 album, The Search Engine.
Battler Britton: Bloody Good Show: Volume 1
By Garth Ennis and Colin Wilson
Out: Scheduled for 30th July 2026
Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1837867608
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One of the most fondly remembered characters from the Treasury of British Comics returns in a tensely told and lushly rendered tale of honour, duty, loyalty and sacrifice.
As the Nazis rain terror throughout Europe, Allied forces are on the run in North Africa. It’s October 1942 and Rommel’s Panzers are unrelenting in their pursuit. Wing Commander Robert ‘Battler’ Britton of the RAF and his squadron have been dispatched to a remote American airstrip to spearhead a joint action against Hitler’s war machine. Now these two groups of reluctant allies must somehow put aside their mutual distrust and work together… a task that is much easier said than done!
Garth Ennis began his career on Crisis, 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, for which he wrote Judge Dredd, Strontium Dogs, True Faith and others. Outside of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic he is known for Preacher, The Boys, Hitman, The Punisher and a great many war comics- including War Stories, Battlefields, Out Of The Blue, The Stringbags and Sara.
Colin Wilson has gone from iconic status at 2000 AD to European superstardom as the artist of Moebius’ classic western, Young Blueberry. For the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, Wilson was a key early Rogue Trooper artist. He has also pencilled Future Shocks, Judge Dredd, Pulp Sci-Fi, Tor Cyan, as well crime series, Du Plomb Dans La Tete (Headshot), for French publisher Casterman.
August 2026
The Complete Scarlet Traces, Volume Four
By D’Israeli and Ian Edginton
Out: Scheduled for 27th August 2026
Paperback | 112 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867868
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No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own
In the immediate aftermath of The War of the Worlds, Britain, having defeated the invading Martians, is a weakened shell of its former self. As it begins the process of rebuilding, a new, more Earlthly, foe seizes its opportunity.
Scarlet Traces continues in this fourth volume of Ian Edginton and D’Israeli’s critically acclaimed sequel to H.G. Wells’ iconic novel The War of the Worlds.
Ian Edginton is a New York Times bestselling author and multiple Eisner Award nominee. He has written 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 2000AD. He lives and works in Birmingham, England.
Under the pen name D’Israeli, Matt Brooker has been a comic artist since 1988. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with writer Ian Edginton, including Leviathan, Kingdom of the Wicked, The War of the Worlds, Scarlet Traces, Leviathan and Batman. Other career highlights include work on Sandman, collaborations with Warren Ellis, including Lazarus Churchyard and the cryptic SVK, and his colouring on the later Miracleman stories, to which he’ll be returning in 2015. Since 2003, he’s been a regular contributor to 2000AD, mostly as series artist on Stickleback with Ian Edginton and Low Life with Rob Williams. His and Rob’s creator owned series, Ordinary, was published in the Megazine and is now available as a graphic novel. He lives in Nottingham, UK and wishes he had a cat.
August 2026
Rogue Trooper: The Complete Collection – Book 4
By Steve Dillon (Writer, Artist), Simon Geller, Mark Millar, Gordon Rennie (Writers), Brett Ewins, Chris Weston, Staz Johnson (Artists)
Out: Scheduled for 10th September 2026
Paperback | 352 pages
ISBN: 978-1837866199
The collected adventures of Rogue Trooper come to a close in this final volume of the updated Complete Collection.
Featuring seminal stories like “Cinnabar” and “What Lies Beneath”, this volume includes the work of 2000AD veterans Gerry Finley-Day, Brett Ewins and Gordon Rennie alongside superstar artists Dave Gibbons (The Killing Joke) and Steve Dillon (Preacher).
The late Steve Dillon is a fan-favourite 2000AD writer and artist, and the creator of both Hap Hazzard and the Irish Judge Joyce. His writing for the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic included “Future Shocks” and “Rogue Trooper”, while Dillon’s pencils graced “A.B.C. Warriors”, “Bad Company”, “Judge Dredd”, “Harlem Heroes”, “Ro-Busters”, “Rogue Trooper” and “Tyranny Rex”. Dillon shot to international superstardom as a result of his work on DC/Vertigo’s Preacher, co-created with 2000AD’s Garth Ennis.
Gordon Rennie is one of 2000AD‘s most prolific creators, with co-creative credits for “Caballistics, Inc.”, “Missionary Man”, “Necronauts”, “Storming Heaven”, “Rain Dogs” and “Witchworld”. Rennie has written for Heavy Metal and Warhammer, as well as Species, Starship Troopers and White Trash.
Since his “Future Shock” debut in 2000AD Prog 37, Brett Ewins has been one of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’s most beloved artists. Co-creator of the classic “Bad Company”, Ewins has also contributed to “A.B.C. Warriors”, Daily Star “Judge Dredd”, “Judge Anderson”, “Judge Dredd”, “Kelly”, “Mega-City One”, “Rogue Trooper”, “Ro-Jaws”, “Robo-Tales” and “Universal Soldier”. Beyond 2000AD, he was a co-founding editor of Deadline magazine, and co-pencilled and inked the hugely acclaimed Skreemer series, which he co-created with writer Peter Milligan. He also created Johnny Nemo, which is now enjoying great success in Cyberosia Publishing’s new US edition.
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 2000AD, 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.
Stewart “Staz” Johnson started his artistic career working on RPG magazines. From there he got work at Marvel UK, where he worked on weekly comic book titles such as Transformers and Action Force. Having worked on the majority of Marvel’s A-list titles such as Thor, The Avengers and Spider-Man, he moved over to DC Comics, working on several Batman titles. His work for 2000AD includes “Judge Dredd”, “Future Shocks”, “Rogue Trooper” and the strip “Killer”, which he co-created with Steve Moore.
September 2026
Brass Sun Volume 1: The Wheel of Worlds
By Ian Edginton and INJ Culbard
Out: 24th September 2026
Paperback | 208 pages
ISBN: 978-1837868568
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A ground-breaking steampunk epic, in which the survival of a clockwork solar system lies in the hands of a courageous young girl!
The Orrery is a fully functioning, life-sized clockwork solar system. Several planets attached to huge metal spars, orbit a great brass sun. For many years, these worlds have fought amongst each other and many have degenerated into minor kingdoms. Worse yet, the sun has begun to wind down, and the outer worlds are starting to freeze while the rest will inevitably follow.
Wren, a young girl who lives on the outer world of Hind Leg, is tasked by her scientist grandfather to find the lost pieces of a key that can restart the sun. Setting off from her homeworld of Hind Leg, Wren is given part of the secret of the lost key that has the power to restart the sun again. Charged with travelling across the various worlds to pick up other parts of the key which was broken up after The Great War, she alone possesses the power to save the galaxy from extinction…
From the creative team behind New Deadwardians, Ian Edginton (Stickleback, Ampney Crucis Investigates) and I.N.J. Culbard (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Deadbeats) Brass Sun is a unique fantasy adventure, executed with panache. One of the most critically-acclaimed series in 2000AD’s history, the series made a recent return to the pages of The Galaxy’s Greatest in 2025 as a welcome reminder of the creative team’s mastery of comics.
Now, 2000AD celebrate the series with a new collection which makes Brass Sun available in paperback for the first time.
This huge paperback collection includes the first three series: Wheel of Worlds, The Diamond Age and The Floating World.
Featuring stories set across the fragile clockwork universe which Wren is determined to save, it’s time to live the adventure in this acclaimed, expansive series which has enthralled readers around the world!
The Dark Judges: The Fall of Deadworld Omnibus
By Kek-W (Author), Dave Kendall (Artist)
Out: Scheduled for 24th September 2026
Hardcover | 388 pages
ISBN: 978-1837868469
On the planet Deadworld, the insane Judge Death and his lieutenants Fear, Fire and Mortis have deemed that as only the living could break the law, life itself should be a crime, and living person is due their judgement. As the Dark Judges set out to bring extinction to their world, a small group of rebels led by Judge Fairfax launch a desperate effort to halt their city’s conversion into a Necropolis.
In the midst of all this chaos, the neighbouring Soviet forces launch an attack on their American enemies in a bid to stop the devastation.
This omnibus collection contains all the Fall of Deadworld stories from the first three volumes, all written by Kek-W (The Order) and drawn by Dave Kendall (Dreams of Deadworld).
Kek-W is the writer and co-creator of The Order and The Fall of Deadworld for 2000 AD. He recently wrote Cap’n Dinosaur for Image Comics with artist Shaky Kane, as well as contributing to Wire magazine and Commando. He lives in Yeovil, South Somerset.
As well as being responsible for the morbid reimagining of the Dark Judges and their world as co-creator of The Fall of Deadworld, Dave Kendall has lent his visionary artistic talents to 2000 AD with several one-off stories. He was also the artist of Psycho Killer for Toxic! and has worked extensively as a fantasy illustrator for clients including Games Workshop and Wizards of the Coast.
October 2026
Thistlebone – The Complete Collection
By T.C. Eglington (Writer), Simon Davis (Artist)
Out: Scheduled for 8th October 2026
Paperback | 224 pages
ISBN: 978-1837868629
Britain, 2019.
The secluded rural village of Harrowvale holds a dark past: years earlier, on a farm bordering the woods, a cult—led by the charismatic Jasper Hillman—sought to escape civilisation and find purity in the old ways, namely worshipping an ancient deity called Thistlebone. The cult’s pagan beliefs grew so deranged that they kidnapped a young girl, Avril Eason, with the intention of sacrificing her. But Avril escaped… and now, so many years later, she returns to Harrowvale to face the demons of her past.
Haunting and visceral, The Complete Thistlebone collects volumes 1-3 of the acclaimed folk horror series by T.C. Eglington and Simon Davis.
Tom Eglington began writing for 2000AD in 2010, his first work being on a Steve Yeowell illustrated “Future Shock”, “Universal Masterchef”. Since then, he has gone on to create scripts for numerous “Future Shocks”, “3rillers”, “Time Twisters” and “Mega-City One Tales”. He has created original series “Outlier”, “Blunt” and “Thistlebone”. His run of scripts on “Judge Dredd” has seen him work with Boo Cook, Brendan McCarthy, Colin MacNeil, and Staz Johnson. His work beyond the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic includes two children’s novels, and he is known as an artist, with work appearing in galleries as far afield as New York, LA and Australia.
Simon Davis divides his time between comic work and portrait painting and is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP). Davis began working in comics in the early 1990s but has also worked as a storyboard artist and magazine illustrator. Among the many characters that he has drawn for 2000AD, he is probably best known for his work on “Sinister Dexter” with Dan Abnett, “Stone Island” and “Ampney Crucis” with Ian Edginton, and “Slaine: The Brutania Chronicles” with Pat Mills.
Judge Dredd: Nordland Rising
by Kenneth Niemand, Peter Milligan, Arthur Wyatt, Gordon Rennie, Dan Abnett (Writers), Nick Dyer, Nick Percival, Simon Coleby, John McCrea, Jake Lynch, Clint Langley and Dan Cornwell (Artists)
Out: Scheduled for 8th October 2026
Paperback | 112 pages
ISBN:978-1837868520
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Thanks to advances in Nort technology, War Marshal Josef Jaegir has used the black hole around which Nu Earth orbits as a means of invading other universes. Reaching out to Sov War Marshal Kazan, he’s joined forces with East-Meg One to subjugate Mega-City One, and in other realities the Norts have allied themselves with the alien Krool, the Geeks,the Volgans and the Nazis. It’s a war on all fronts, with Jaegir demanding nothing less than total victory.
Can Judge Dredd and a team of mighty multiversal warriors including, Rogue Trooper, Major Eazy and Bad Company, overcome this overwhelming alliance of evil?
November 2026
Judge Dredd: The Haunting of Sector House 9
by John Wagner, Alan Grant, Ben Wheatley (Writers), Brett Ewins, Trevor Hairsine (Artists)
Out: Scheduled for 5th November 2026
Paperback | 96 pages
ISBN: 978-1837868612
When Dredd is called to investigate the death of sector chief Erikson, the overseer of Sector House 9, the crime scene paints a clear picture: the chief is found shot, with his own Lawgiver still in his hand. But all is not what it seems, and Dredd suspects foul play. When a PSI judge is called to consult, he senses a malevolent presence – one that is not done with Sector House 9 yet…
The Haunting of Sector House 9 collects the classic chilling tale by Dredd co-creator John Wagner, Alan Grant, and Brett Ewins, as well as a brand-new sequel story penned by horror writer-director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, A Field in England) and drawn by Trevor Hairsine (Captain America, X-Men).
Johnny Red – Volume 1 The Falcons (Classic Johnny Red)
By Tom Tully (Writer), Joe Colquhoun (Artist)
Out: Scheduled for 5th November 2026
Paperback | 320 pages
ISBN: 978-1837868513
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“The Falcons are yours now, Johnny. Protect them from this madness that men bring upon each other.”
It is 1941.
Kicked out of the Royal Air Force for striking an officer, trainee pilot Johnny Redburn finds himself on a British merchant vessel, part of a supply convoy bound for the beleaguered USSR. When the Germans attack he takes to the skies in the ship’s sole fighter aircraft – and is very soon fighting for his life. Yet Johnny’s real struggle begins when he joins Russia’s Falcon Squadron, a fighter unit abandoned by its superiors, the pilots expected to sacrifice themselves against the Nazi invaders.
So begins the legend of the Red Devil, as the young Englishman and his Russian comrades fling themselves against the foe in one dreadful battle after another: Leningrad, Murmansk, Stalingrad, each more terrible than the last. Assailed by both the German Air Force and the Soviet secret police, Johnny and the Falcons fly into peril alongside the Angels of Death, the all-woman night bomber squadron led by the beautiful Nina Petrova. As the carnage intensifies and casualties mount, Johnny Red must fight for the lives of his squadron – before the war devours them all.
The first in a series collecting Johnny Red in its entirety, this volume presents the complete two-year run by original artist Joe Colquhoun (Charley’s War), written by co-creator Tom Tully (Roy of the Rovers): a British comics classic, quite simply the greatest aerial combat strip of all time.
The Complete Starlord Volume 1: The Archival Collection
By Pat Mills, John Wagner, Alan Grant, Chris Lowder, Alan Hebden (Writers) and Horacio Lalia, Carlos Ezqeurra, Dave Gibbons, Ian Gibson, Brendan McCarthy, Jesus Redondo, Carlos Pino and Ian Kennedy (Artists)
Out: Scheduled for 19th November 2026
Paperback | 448 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837868438
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Keep Watching the Stars!
In 1978, IPC launched a weekly companion comic to 2000AD aimed at an older audience and boasting higher production values – its name was Starlord.
A plethora of the best comics writers and artists in the UK ensured the new series was a success. These included 2000AD’s creator, Pat Mills; co-creators of Judge Dredd, John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra; future Watchmen artist, Dave Gibbons; legendary 2000AD and Batman writer, Alan Grant; and The Ballad of Halo Jones co-creator, Ian Gibson.
Despite outselling 2000AD, it was merged into the galaxy’s greatest comic after just 22 issues. Against the policy of the time, 2000AD was the title that was kept. But the legacy of Starlord lives on with its standout strips “Strontium Dog” and “Ro-Busters” (a fore-runner of “A.B.C Warriors”) occupying a place in the hearts of many comic readers to this day.
This book collects Starlord starzines 1-12 and the Starlord Summer Special
The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Volume VII
by Ken Roscoe (Writer), Gerry Wood (Artist) | Cover art by Chris Weston
Out: Scheduled for 19th November 2026
Paperback | 240 pages
ISBN: 978-1837868506
The final archival omnibus edition of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire collects all the strips published in Look and Learn from 1980 through to 1982: Ken Roscoe and Gerry Wood finish the story off in style – and it would be another 40 years before the Trigan Empire returned, as noted above!
Reprinted for the first time are the last eight stories featuring the Emperor Trigo, his nephew Janno, the scientist Peric, and many other fan favourites, as they struggle to protect Trigan city from both external and internal threats.
• The Trigan Empire rises again, with new adventures
December 2026
Zenith: Full Colour Omnibus Edition
By Grant Morrison (Writer), Steve Yeowell, JP Jordan (Artists)
Out: Scheduled for 3rd December 2026
Hardcover | 352 pages
ISBN: 978-1837868407
In Berlin, 1945, the Allies unleashed Maximan to take on the German super soldier Masterman. Maximan’s defeat was only kept secret by the nuclear bomb that destroyed both men. Forty-plus years later, and twenty years after a generation of ’60s British superpowered heroes came and went, the teenage pop star Zenith is the only superhuman left. His only interests – women, drugs, alcohol and fame. So, when he is contacted about the threat from the many-angled ones and the impending destruction of our world, his first reaction is to steer well clear. But the superhumans of the past have other plans…
Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s ground-breaking superhero odyssey is back and presented for the first time in full colour. From the pages of 2000 AD, this beloved classic represents a highpoint in the fifty-year history of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. Lovingly coloured by JP Jordan, sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll has never looked so good.
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.
REBELLION RELEASES – CURRENT CHECKLISTS
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2026
• Roy of the Rovers – Rebellion Books Check List
PREVIOUS YEARS CHECKLISTS
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2025
• 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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