There’s a bumper 2000AD Prog for you this week, as there’s extra-sized “Judge Dredd” and “Helium” to enjoy, alongside the return of “The Fall of Deadworld“, a one-off “Thistlebone” story, and the conclusion of “Judge Dee” – all in one issue! Oh, and there’s “Brink” as well, just in case the issue wasn’t already packed with thrillpower enough for you!
If you’re still hungry for Thrills, this week also brings a new issue of Judge Dredd Megazine, which continues Judge Rico’s hunt for the missing Dredd, and also introduces in a new “Rogue Trooper” series! “Atomfall” and “Fargo & McBane” both conclude, as Rebellion head for big changes in the Big Meg in July – including the return of “Lawless“…
2000AD Prog 2487
UK RELEASE DATE: 17th June £4.99
LUNAR RELEASE DATE: 1st July $8.99
COVER: Toby Willsmer
In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // THE OUBLIETTE
By Ken Niemand (Writer) Dan Cornwell (Artist) Chris Blythe (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 DREDD — he is the Law! Now, the lawman has found himself trapped in a mysterious dungeon from where there is seemingly no escape…
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…
THISTLEBONE // THE WILD MAIDEN & THE FAIR WOLF
By T.C. Eglington (Writer) Simon Davis (Artist)
The cult of THISTLEBONE hangs heavy over the village of Harrowvale. Surrounded by dense, dark woods, many stories have been told about a mysterious and terrifying ancient entity that exists within the trees. Such beliefs have led to Thistlebone being worshipped by crazed occult groups, donning animal masks and sacrificing victims to the woodland deity. Many are the tales that surround it…
JUDGE DEE
By Ben Wheatley (Writer) Simon Coleby (Artist) Jack Davies (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
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…
THE FALL OF DEADWORLD // JUSTICE
By Kek-W (Writer) Dave Kendall (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
The planet that became known as DEADWORLD was once a regular civilisation existing in a parallel dimension. But the end of days is coming, and creatures called the Dark Judges are spreading their contagion, exterminating all life. While Sov forces have take advantage of the chaos and invaded, Jess Childs and her fellow rebels must rescue Judge Fairfax as they try to save a world falling into chaos…
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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Judge Dredd Megazine 493
UK RELEASE DATE: 17th June £7.50
US RELEASE DATE: 15th July $14.99
COVER: Lee Carter
In this issue:
JUDGE RICO // THE BLACK TOWER
By Ken Niemand (Writer) Nick Percival (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2148 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 300 million citizens, where tensions run a constant knife-edge. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Rico – he is the Law! Now, a mysterious black tower has manifested in the metropolis, causing chaos…
ATOMFALL // THE WICKED ISLE
By Jonathan L. Howard (Writer) Anthony Williams (Artist) Rob Steen)
Wyndham village, 1958. A year ago, reporter Jenny Coggins was sent by her newspaper to write a story on the Windscale Atom Plant, but she’d been receiving inside information that all was not what it seemed with the facility. While she was there, however, the plant exploded, and the entire area was quarantined by the military – now a new society has developed, and more mysteries emerge…
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 now been kidnapped by a strange entity known as ‘The Grinning Man’, and McBane must save her…
ROGUE TROOPER // AN ITERATION OF ALLIES
By Andi Ewington (Writer) Sinu Senan (Artist) Jim Boswell (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Nu Earth, a planet ravaged by war, its atmosphere poisoned by the use of chemical and biological weapons. It is the site of the conflict between the Southers and the Norts, each side battling for supremacy, and where Genetic Infantryman Rogue Trooper, along with his biochipped buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, is on a quest to find the Traitor General that sold out his comrades…
MEGATROPOLIS II
By Ken Niemand (Writer) Chris Weston (Artist) Antonietta Saulino (Colourist) 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. Now, a mayoral election is looming…
FROM THE REBELLION ARCHIVES: ANGRY PLANET
By Alan Hebden & Massimo Belardinelli
Taking the place of “Rok the World” is a classic from the pages of the short-lived weekly comic Tornado, “The Angry Planet”, considered something a lost classic, last collected by Hibernia Comics in a limited edition in 2020.
“The Angry Planet” featured in all 22 issues, but, unlike “Wolfie Smith” and “Blackhawk”, it concluded in the pages of Tornado when it was merged with 2000AD.
A sequel titled “Mars Force” was planned, which was to be set 50 years after the end of “The Angry Planet” – and Belardinelli drew several pages which featured a new set of characters, designed by Brian Bolland. Sadly, it never materialised.
“The Angry Planet” touches on themes such as resource scarcity and corporate control that remain relevant today, but at heart it’s a rollercoaster sci-fi tale about rebellion. Be ready to dive straight in and be blown away by Alan Hebden’s usual hard-nosed characters and dynamic script complemented by Massimo Belardinelli’s astonishing artwork, as you join the first-generation Martians and their efforts to overthrow the dastardly Mars Inc.!
FEATURES…
Judge Dredd Megazine chats to John Wagner and Simon Bisley about the epic Dredd/Batman crossover Judgement on Gotham, which is getting a thirty-fifth anniversary deluxe edition next month; new writer Paul Starkey is interviewed about breaking in to 2000AD, and former Nerve Centre design-bot Pye Parr talks transforming vehicles as the artist on Image’s new take on Hasbro’s MASK.
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Other Rebellion Releases Out Now…
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.
REBELLION RELEASES – CURRENT CHECKLISTS
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2026
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2027
• 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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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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