Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 10th December 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with a British connection we’re aware of.
It’s an important week over at 2000AD, as all stories wrap up Prog 1911 to make way for all-new thrills, with double-length episodes of Greysuit and Stickleback, plus a zarjaz one-off Judge Dredd: End Of The Road by Alec Worley and Leigh Gallagher, to make way for this year’s festive feast of Thrill-Power – Prog 2015 – set your circuits to stunned, Earthlets! This issue comes wrapped in a suitably sinister` Stickleback cover from series artist, D’Israeli.
Don’t forget that despite many British publishers lack of faith in full-blown cover to cover comic strip action and humour, there are still comics on sale in newsagents that still delight in bringing you such subversive delights, including The Beano and Commando, with great strips featuring in titles such as Judge Dredd Megazine, Doctor Who Magazine, Doctor Who Adventures, TOXIC, VIZ and more.
2000 AD Prog 1911
All stories wrap up this Prog, with double-length episodes of Greysuit and Stickleback, plus a zarjaz one-off Judge Dredd: End Of The Road by Alec Worley and Leigh Gallagher, to make way for this year’s festive feast of Thrill-Power – Prog 2015 – set your circuits to stunned, Earthlets!
JUDGE DREDD // END OF THE ROAD
Mega-City One, 2136 AD. This vast urban nightmare is situated along the eastern coast of post-apocalyptic North America, with the irradiated wasteland known as the Cursed Earth to the west and the polluted Black Atlantic to the east. Home to 50 million citizens, crammed into gigantic citi-blocks, overcrowding is rife, unemployment endemic and boredom universal. Struggling to get back on its feet after the Chaos Bug outbreak, resources are stretched, tensions run a constant knife-edge, and crime is rampant. Only the Judges can prevent total anarchy. Empowered to dispense instant justice, these future lawmen are judge, jury and executioner. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Alec Worley (Writer). Leigh Gallagher (Artist).
Judge Dredd created by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra
GREYSUIT // PRINCE OF DARKNESS
UK, 2014. John Blake is a GREYSUIT, a Delta-Class assassin working for a shadowy branch of British Intelligence. Given superhuman powers through extreme mental conditioning, Greysuits are feared for their ruthlessness. But Blake’s programming started to break down, and he became aware of what had been done to him. Although reprogrammed, when he was sent to murder an innocent policeman his memories again returned, and he began to wage a war against the Establishment that’s been manipulating him. Now he’s undercover in Bolivaria as part of a private security outfit, trying to get close to his target Hugo Prince, the man for whom vengeance has been a long time coming…
Greysuit created by Pat Mills & John Higgins
STICKLEBACK // THE THRU’PENNY OPERA
London, the end of the nineteenth century. STICKLEBACK was a master criminal, pulling the strings amidst the denizens of the capital’s underworld, and led a gang of freaks, oddballs and semi-supernatural entities that had the city under their thumb. Mystery has always surrounded his past, and there’s been the persistent rumour that his appearance is not all that it seems. Falling to his death, he was resurrected five years later by the secret society the Brotherhood of the Book to perform at their bidding. Awaking to a very different London, he’s discovered that the city has been infiltrated and corrupted by otherworldly creatures, and now they have begun the takeover as they forge their empire…
Stickleback created by Ian Edginton & D’Israeli
A City Of Whiskey And Fire One-Shot
Abe Sapien 18
Aferlife With Archie 7
Alice Cooper 4
All New Ultimates 11
Amazing Spider-Man 11 SV
Amazing Spider-Man Annual
Amazing X-Men 14 AXIS
Angry Birds/Transformers 2
Astro City 18
Avengers 39 TRO
Avengers And X-Men: Axis 7
Avengers World 16 AXIS
Axis: Carnage 3
Batgirl 37
Batman Eternal 36
Bitch Planet 1
Coffin Hill 14
Constantine 20
Copperhead 4
Deadpool’s Art Of War 3
Death Of Wolverine: Logans Legacy 6
Disenchanted Trade Paperback Volume 2 (Avatar Press)
Writer: Simon Spurrier Artist/Cover Artist: German Erramouspe
Deep State 2
Dredd Uprise 2
Dungeons And Dragons: Legends Of Baldur’s Gate 3
Earth 2 Worlds End 10
East of West World One-Shot
Enigma Trade Paperback (DC Comics)
Writer: Peter Milligan Artist/Cover Artist: Duncan Fegredo
Eternal 1 (Boom! Studios)
Writer: William Harms Artist: Giovanni Valleta Cover Artist: Frazer Irving
Fairy Tales I Just Made Up Hard Cover (Don’t Eat Any Bugs Productions)
Writer: Ray Friesen Artists: Roger Langridge & Various Cover Artist: Ray Friesen
FBP 16 (DC Comics)
Writer: Simon Oliver Artist: Nathan Fox, Alberto Ponticelli Cover Artist: Nathan Fox
Flash Gordon 7
Fuse 8 (IDW)
Writer: Antony Johnston Artist/Cover Artist: Justin Greenwood
Turns out the gridlocker’s death was no accident, and Klem for one is shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you, to discover this is a murder case. But it won’t stop her going over The Wall, or even down into Smacktown, to find the killer!
George Perez’s Sirens 2
George Romero’s Empire Of Dead Act Two 4
God Is Dead 25
Goon: Occassion If Revenge 4
Gren Lantern Corps 37 GODHEAD
Guardians Of The Galaxy Annual 1
Harley Quinn Holiday Special 1
Hexed 5
Itty Bitty Comics: The Mask 2
Justice League United 7 (DC Comics)
Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist: Neil Edwards, Jay Leisten Cover Artist: Andrew Robinson
Klarion 3
Little Nemo Return To Slumberland 3
Lola XOXO 5
Magic Whistle 15
Marvel Mightiest Heroes Volume 25 Punisher Hard Cover
My Little Pony: Friends Forever 12
New 52 Futures End 32
New Suicide Squad 5
Nightcrawler 9
Writer: Chris Claremont Artist/ Cover Artist: Todd Nauck
• And things go from bad to worse when the X-Men fall under the Shadow King’s sway…
Nightwing Trade Paperback Volume 5: Setting Son
October Faction 3
Powers Bureau 12
Prometheus: Fire And Stone 4
Punisher 13
Punks The Comic 3
Rachel Rising 30
Robocop Trade Paperback Volume 3: Last Stand Part 2
Writers: Frank Miller, Steven Grant Artist: Korkut Oztekin Cover Artist: Declan Shalvey
Rocket Raccoon 6
Rogue Trooper Classics #8 of 8 (IDW)
Writer: Gerry Finley-Day Artist: Colin Wilson & Various Cover Artist: John McCrea
Royal Masters of War Trade Paperback (DC Comics)
Writer: Rob Williams Artist: Simon Coleby, Gary Erskine Cover Artist: Simon Coleby
Savage Hulk Trade Paperback: The Man Within Volume 1 (Marvel)
Writers: Alan Davis, Roy Thomas Artists; Alan Davis, Sal Buscema Cover Artist: Alan Davis
Scooby Doo Where Are You 52
Sex Criminals 9
Sex Criminals Trade Paperback Volume 1
Sinergy 2
Skylanders 3
Southern B*stards 6
Spider-Man And The X-Men 1
Spider-Verse Team-Up 2 SV
Star Trek New Visions: Made Out of Mudd
Suicide Risk 20 (Boom Studios)
Writer: Mike Carey Artist: Elena Casagrande Cover Artist: Stephanie Hans
Superman Unchained Deluxe Hard Cover
Supreme Blue Rose 5 (Image Comics)
Writer: Warren Ellis Artist/ Cover Artist: Tula Lotay
Teen Dog 4
The Valiant 1
Thor 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ongoing 41
The Tower Chronicles: Dreadstalker 5 (Legendary Comics)
Writer: Matt Wagner Artist/Cover Artist: Simon Bisley
Transformers 36: Days of Deception
Uncanny X-Men Annual 1
V-Wars 8
Walking Dead 135 (Image Comics)
Writer: Robert Kirkman Artist: Charlie Adlard & Various Cover Artist: harlie Adlard, Dave Stewart
Wilds End 4 (Boom Studios)
Writer: Dan Abnett Artist: I. N. J. Culbard
Winterworld 5
Wolverine Epic Collection Trade Paperback: Madripoor Nights (Marvel)
Writer: Chris Claremont, Peter David ArtisT: John Buscema, Gene Colan Cover Artist: John Buscema
Worlds Finest 29
Wytches 2 (Second Printing) (Image Comics)
Writer: Scott Snyder Artist/ Cover Artist: Jock
X-Force 13 (Marvel)
Writer: Simon Spurrier Artist/ Cover Artist:Rock-He Kim
• Fantomex takes on each and every one of the world’s secret intelligence agencies!
• And on the outs with the rest of his team, Cable hatches one last scheme…
X-Men 22
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “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.
Categories: 2000AD, British Comics, US Comics