Tharg breaks the Thrill-Barrier with 2000AD Prog 2508, on sale today in newsagents and comic shops, which brings five more action-packed stories to hypercharge your week, Rogue Trooper taking cover position courtesy of Toby Willsmer.
This issue sees the beginning of a new story featuring the Genetic Infantryman which takes him deep into the heart of the abandoned forests of Nu-Earth… and what he finds may surprise longtime fans!
The clone-soldier will, of course, be storming his way to a screen near you at some point in the future as director Duncan Jones’ adaptation, fresh from its packed UK premiere at the recent London Film Festival, goes on a wider release.
Could it possibly be out in time for 2000AD’s fiftieth anniversary next year? If Tharg knows, he’s not yet telling…
Meanwhile there’s the penultimate parts of “Herne & Shuck” and “Ghosted” to savour, Judge Dredd takes on the media in the latest instalment of “The New Future” – and Durham Red puts on the performance of a lifetime!
2000AD Prog 2508
UK Release Date: 11th October £3.99
Lunar Release Date: 25th November $7.99
Cover: Toby Willsmer
In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // THE NEW FUTURE
By Rob Williams & Arthur Wyatt (Writer) Henry Flint (Artist) 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!
In the wake of the failed Sector 304 social reforms, terrorists have exploded a device at a cloning facility…
GHOSTED // BOOK TWO
By Guy Adams (Writer) Megan Huang (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Kinshasa, capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the far future. One of the fastest-growing mega-cities in the world, the metropolis is now a walled city-world, so vast and divorced from the rest of the planet that it’s virtually its own realm. Young citizen Benu found herself neurally connected to a soldier fighting an alien war — but upon fleeing the city, she’s discovered that war is taking place outside the wall…
DURHAM RED // HUNGRY CITY
By Alec Worley (Writer) Ben Willsher (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Late 22nd century. Of all the mutants that have operated as Search/Destroy agents, perhaps the most feared is vampire Durham Red, who requires blood to survive. Mistrusted by both the criminals she hunts and her fellow Strontium Dogs, Red has a formidable reputation that precedes her, and now she’s awoken amongst dead bodies on a resort world with next to no memory of what happened…
ROGUE TROOPER // BITTER FRUIT
By Geoffrey Wessel (Writer) Neil Edwards (Artist) Matt Soffe (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
Nu Earth, site of a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers, where the atmosphere has been rendered poisonous. So the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen, immune to the pollutants – G.I.s like Rogue Trooper, the last of his kind. Together with biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, the digitised souls of his dead comrades, he searches for the traitor that betrayed the clone-soldiers…
HERNE & SHUCK // STORMING THE STONE
By David Barnett (Writer) Lee Milmore (Artist) Quinton Winter (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
The UK. Herne is a troubleshooter and hired help for many different magical factions. Accompanied by Shuck, a demon in dog form, he travels the country picking up work where he can, whether it be an exorcism or a rescue. Recently, he was tasked with saving young Carys from ritual sacrifice, and has made an enemy of the organisation known as St Michael. Now, they have her again, and Herne’s just led a rescue attempt…
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More Rebellion Releases
The 2000AD Art of Dave Gibbons (Apex Edition)
By Dave Gibbons
Out: 11th November 2026
Hardcover | 128 pages
ISBN: 978-9781837869657 (Slipcase) | 978-9781837867615 (Hardcover)
• Buy it from the 2000AD Webshop
Before his career-defining work on Watchmen, Dave Gibbons was known to comic book readers for his work on 2000AD. While his work appearing from the very first issue, throughout his time working on 2000AD Dave Gibbons established himself as the definitive artist on Harlem Heroes, revamped Dan Dare, and co-created Rogue Trooper. All these characters feature within this book, and this collection also contains the complete art for one of his many mini masterpieces, Chronocops, written by Alan Moore.
The Apex Edition series presents each artists work to the reader in its true size, newly scanned from the original artwork, showcasing the work of a master in all its glory.
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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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