After last week’s bumper selection of thrills, 2000AD is back to the regular number of pages this prog, but no less thrumming with zarjazness, with a smashing cover from Joe Currie, too.

This issue, Prog 2477, launches the third series of vampire vs aliens circuit-scorcher “Silver”, courtesy of the regular creative team of Mike Carroll and Joe Currie.

The previous arc ended with the Baroness being instrumental in the destruction of a French nuclear facility and almost obliterating herself in the process – but centuries-old vamps don’t die easily, and the occupying Sepsis want revenge against the resistance…

Do check out our recent interview with Michael Carroll, who’s also written the frankly stunning graphic novel, The New Adventures of the Trigan Empire, out soon from Rebellion.

Elsewhere, there’s your usual helping of “Judge Dredd”, plus ongoing series “Helium” and “Brink”, and, to round things off, a complete “Future Shock” from the Liam Johnson and Lucas McCoy.

Next to the 22nd-century lawman, “Future Shocks” are one of the longest-running features of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, and a master of these twist-in-the-tales was undoubtedly Alan Moore. Now, all his stories are being collected up in new deluxe hardback volumes, the first one The Complete 2000AD by Alan Moore, available from 22nd April. We’ll be bringing you Luke Williams review of that very soon!

2000AD Prog 2477
Out: 8th April £3.99
Cover: Joe Currie

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD // FLAMES AND WHITE PHOSPHOROUS
By TC Eglington (Writer) Paul Marshall (Artist) Quinton Winter (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

Mega-City One, 2148 AD. Home to over 300 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. 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! Now, a pair of teens are waging a war of revenge against certain elite business types…

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…

SILVER // MALIGNANT
By Mike Carroll (Writer) Joe Currie (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Earth, the year 2001. A group of armed survivors sought out the resting place of a five hundred-year-old vampire, who may just help them against the alien Sepsis, who invaded the planet a few decades earlier. The vamp, called Baroness DeSilva, has proved powerful in battling the extra-terrestrials, and now, having aided the rebels in destroying Sepsis infrastructure, has just been instrumental in blowing up a nuclear facility…

FUTURE SHOCKS // CLEAN SLATE
By Liam Johnson (Writer) Lucas McCoy (Artist) Rob Steen (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…

HELIUM // RED OCTOBER
By Ian Edginton (Writer) D’Israeli (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

The far future. It has been three hundred years since the Great War ended, and eighty-five per cent of the Earth’s surface now lies beneath a gaseous ocean known as the Poison Belt. The survivors live above the lethal fugue, but a Professor Bloom has emerged from a city below the belt, claiming he can make the planet habitable again. Constable Hodge was tasked with protecting him, but it came at great cost…

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Don’t forget that if you buy an issue of 2000AD in the first week of its release from 2000AD direct, then postage in the UK is free!

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Coming Soon from Rebellion…

Action 50th Anniversary Special
Out: 15th April 2026 | Available in newsagents and Local Comic Shops
Preorder a copy directly from 2000AD here

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 Complete 2000AD 1: Future Shocks & Other Stories
By Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Alan Davis Ian Gibson and others
Out: Scheduled for 23rd 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.

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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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