Thrill suckers beware! Alongside the latest instalments of “Brink“, “Helium” and “Silver“, all of which continue to bring Thrill-Power to our lives, 2000AD Prog 2481, on sale from Wednesday 6th May 2026 features the second part of the three-part 3riller “Poster Girl“, and the start of a new two-part “Judge Dredd” story from Ken Niemand and Andrea Mutti.
Plus, The Judge Dredd Case Files hit 50 volumes this week – more information below!
2000AD Prog 2481 is also the first issue which will also be available on shelves in America thanks to Rebellion’s new weekly distribution deal with Lunar. This issue will be with fans of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic on the 20th May!
2000AD Prog 2481
UK RELEASE DATE: 6th May £3.99
LUNAR RELEASE DATE: 20th May $7.99
COVER: Toby Willsmer
In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // CROSSED LINES
By Ken Niemand (Writer) Andrea Mutti (Artist) Pippa Bowland (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, with the irradiated wasteland that is the Cursed Earth to the west, and the toxic Black Atlantic on the other side. 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!
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…
THARG’S 3RILLERS // POSTER GIRL
By Paul Starkey (Writer) Paul Marshall (Artist) Dylan Teague (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of super-charged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! In the near future, the Avalon Project created supersoldiers to fight wars and protect the UK. Years later, these experimental troops are all dead, their identities mostly forgotten, but one group of journalists think they can track down a survivor…
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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The Judge Dredd Complete Case Files series has reached volume fifty! These collections, compiling every “Judge Dredd” story from the pages of the Galaxy’s Greatest and the Megazine in order of publication, have been a mainstay of Tharg’s empire since 2005, and indeed the first volume remains Rebellion’s bestselling graphic novel, having had another reprint last year. The Case Files has been a runaway success, with an audience returning again and again to pick up each new volume. This latest collection reprints tales from 2010-2011, some thirty-odd years after the lawman made his first appearance…
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).
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.
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.
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