It’s a mega week from The Mighty Tharg this Wednesday, with both a new Prog and new Megazine on sale now.
2000AD 2474 has the penultimate instalments of “Judge Dredd”; “Tharg’s 3rillers” and “The Discarded”, as there’s a bumper issue coming at the start of April for new readers to jump onboard with. Prog 2476 will feature one-off “Red Dragon” and “Rogue Trooper’ stories, as well as the return of “Helium” for a new run!
And then Judge Dredd Megazine 490 brings a standalone Judge Dredd story; a new series of NYC coppin’ with Fargo & McBane; and a one-off story featuring the character find of the decade: Judge Grrrr! He’s a dinosaur, and also a Judge! Comics are great, aren’t they?
Alongside, Judge Dredd Megazine also features the next parts of “Department K“, “Rok The World” and “Megatropolis“, as well as a look at PJ Holden’s independent project, “Terran Omega“!
Busy week – the Thrills just keep on coming from our Nerve Centre!
2000AD Prog 2474
UK and DIGITAL: 18 March £3.99
COVER: Steve Yeowell
In This Issue:
JUDGE DREDD // CLIMATE CRISIS
By Rob Williams & Ned Hartley (Writers) PJ Holden (Artist) Jack Davies (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Home to over 250 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America, with the toxic Black Atlantic to the east, and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west. Tensions are on a knife-edge, 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!
THARG’S 3RILLERS // WHO IS ADRIAN APOLLO?
By Liam Johnson (Writer) Steven Austin (Artist) John Charles (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of supercharged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! The far future, and Adrian Apollo is a ruthless agent for the Empire of Humanity, a vast collection of colonised worlds. Reporting to the mysterious Administrator, Apollo is sent in on missions to further the interests of the Empire…
FUTURE SHOCKS // STRICTLY BUSINESS
By James Peaty (Writer) Mike Walters (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
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…
BRINK // THE CALL OF THE VOID
By Dan Abnett (Writer) INJ Culbard (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
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 deep-space Habitats. But life on these cramped, overcrowded stations is tense, often spilling over into madness. Sects are rife, and Bridget Kurtis of the Habitat Security Division is investigating their reach…
THE DISCARDED
By Peter Milligan (Writer) Kieran McKeown (Artist) Jim Boswell (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
The UK, the near future. Society’s extravagant attitude to waste has continued unabated, with robot drones now collecting rubbish to be hauled away in giant hovering tankers, bound for the vast garbage island known as Junkfall that lies out in the middle of the ocean. It has also become a dumping ground for the world’s criminals and dissidents, forced to live and scavenge amongst the trash mountains…
• Available in print from: 2000AD webshop, book stores, Amazon, and comic book stores via Diamond | Available in digital from: 2000AD webshop, 2000AD app for Apple & Android | Buy a Cover Print
Judge Dredd Megazine 490
UK and DIGITAL: 18 March £7.50
COVER: Cliff Robinson with Dylan Teague
In This Issue:
JUDGE DREDD // HUMAN GRADE
By Geoffrey D. Wessel (Writer) Boo Cook (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2146 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 200 million citizens, bordered by the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. Tensions run a knife-edge and crime is rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!
TALES FROM THE CURSED EARTH // JUDGE GRRRR’S LAST STAND
By Ned Hartley (Writer) Steve White (Artist) John Charles (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
The Cursed Earth, 2148 AD. This inhospitable, irradiated wasteland covers much of what used to be the United States of America. A desolate, blasted plain, the result of the devastating Atomic Wars, it is home to all manner of mutants and strange lifeforms, scratching an existence from the barren rock, far from the walls of the Big Meg. These are their stories…
TERRAN OMEGA
By PJ Holden
“Terran Omega came out of the idea of a last human, travelling the galaxy having adventures,” PJ teases on his blog. “A tale of Kung Fu in space…”
FARGO & MCBANE // FAVOURED SONS
By Ken Niemand (Writer) PJ Holden (Artist) Quinton Winter (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
New York City, the 1970s. Detective Jack McBane was one of the toughest cops to patrol the metropolis, having no compunction in handing out summary justice upon criminals. Although his ruthless attitude wins him few friends, he has one in Officer Eartha Fargo, who’s partnered with him to investigate strange crimes on the mean streets of the Big Apple…
DEPARTMENT K // …NO MORE
By Ned Hartley (Writer) Mike Walters (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2148 AD. Justice Department has many divisions within it tasked with dealing with the various threats that face the metropolis. The mysterious Department K is a branch of Tek-Div, whose brief is to tackle interdimensional enemies that are seeking to break through the walls of reality. Young intern Afua recently had an encounter with one such entity…
ROK THE WORLD
By John Wagner (Writer) Dan Cornwell (Artist) Jim Boswell (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
MEGATROPOLIS II
By Ken Niemand (Writer) Dave Taylor (Artist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
Imagine a Mega-City One from an alternate timeline – less the gleaming metropolis of the twenty-second century but instead an art deco retro-future variation. Joe Rico is the one good cop in a police department riddled with corruption, and partnered with the young Amy Jara, they investigated a series of vigilante killings committed by a robot…
• Available in print from: 2000AD webshop, book stores, Amazon, and comic book stores via Diamond | Available in digital from: 2000AD webshop, 2000AD app for Apple & Android | Buy a Cover Print
New Rebellion Releases
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,
REBELLION RELEASES – CURRENT CHECKLISTS
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PREVIOUS YEARS CHECKLISTS
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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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