An atmospheric cover from Jake Lynch sets the ball rolling for a change of focus in this week’s 2000AD, on sale today in all good Local Comic Shops, perhaps, now, the most reliable location to find the latest edition of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, with TG Jones store closures impacting availability in some towns and cities. Although taking out a subscription is, of course, another solution!
Prog 2485 sees 2000AD cut away from events in the mysterious Oubliette, where Judge Dredd is prisoner, to Mega-City One, for the first of what will be several “Finders” episodes. Yes, this issue is, technically, the first issue of 2000AD since 1977 where Dredd doesn’t appear – although, of course, dedicated Squaxx dek Thargo will point out he sort of does!
With Dredd strangely absent, and no one seemingly being able to remember the name, and the metropolis under psychic attack following the manifestation of the Black Tower (you’ve picked up Judge Dredd Megazine 492 right, still on sale, for details?), it falls upon former psi-Judge turned private invesigator Lana Locke, introduced in Prog 2470, to team up with fellow P.I. Joe Fargo and find out just what the drokk’s going on…
Elsewhere, joining “Helium”, “Silver” and “Brink” this issue is the return of Ben Wheatley and Simon Coleby’s stunning “Judge Dee”, picking up the action after ts mid-series break in February. And, blimey! It’s back with a bang!
The demon-possessed psi-operative Dee has discovered a Sov plot to free the spirit of “The Haunting of Sector House 9” psi-perp Leroy Tamerlain from the walls of Bleeke Mansion… Cue the spectral fireworks!
2000AD Prog 2485
Release Date: 3rd June £3.99
Lunar Release Date: 17th June $7.99
Cover: Jake Lynch
Episodes include:
JUDGE RICO // THE FINDERS
By Ken Niemand (Writer) Jake Lynch (Artist) Emily Roach (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. Crime is rampant and only the Judges – empowered to dispense instant justice – can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE RICO – he is the Law! Now, the city is under psychic attack as a mysterious black tower has materialised in the metropolis, causing chaos…
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…
JUDGE DEE
By Ben Wheatley (Writer) Simon Coleby (Artist) Jack Davies (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
NEW THRILL! Mega-City One, 2148 AD. JUDGE DEE is a psi-operative in Justice Department’s Psi-Division, in which psychic powers are deployed in the fight against supernatural threats as well as everyday crime. She has an unmatched arrest record, which is causing some suspicion amongst her superiors – however, little do they know that she is host to a demon that is assisting her in her investigations…
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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Other Rebellion Releases…
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!
• Read our related news story | In Review: The New Adventures from The Trigan Empire Book I
Coming Soon…
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?
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.
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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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