2000AD Prog 2030: Dark Judges, Martians and Much More!

2000AD Prog 2030 - Cover

2000AD Prog 2030 is on sale in all good newsagents and comic shops across the UK from tomorrow (Wednesday 10th May 2017). Here’s a quick taster of the issue. It’s another smasher – although, to be frank, we’re still reeling from the fantastic page of the 2000AD Free Comic Book Day release, which features Roy of the Rovers kicking a ball at Tharg and a cameo appearance from Misty!

Behind the cover by Dave Kendall, you’ll find…

2000AD Prog 2030 - Judge Dredd

Judge Dredd: Harvey by John Wagner (Writer) John McCrea (Artist) Mike Spicer (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

Mega-City One, 2139 AD. Home to over 72 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Unemployment is rife, poverty widespread, and crime is rampant. Tensions rest on a constant knife-edge, and only the zero-tolerance Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!

2000AD Prog 2030 - Defoe

Defoe: Diehards by Pat Mills (Writer) Colin MacNeil (Artist) Ellie De Ville (Letterer)

  1. It is five years since London was devastated by the Great Fire, the inferno caused by a comet passing over the capital, and from the ashes rose the undead, hungry for the flesh of the living. Protecting the populace is former Leveller Titus DEFOE, who led an elite squad of zombie hunters. Having defeated the evil magician Faust, who was controlling the stenches, he tried to retire — but the reeks have returned once more…

2000AD Prog 2030 - Brink

Brink: Skeleton Life 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 uninhabitable wasteland. Mankind finally evacuated the planet in 2072 and millions were housed in a number of deep-space Habitats. Bridget Kurtis, investigator with the Habitat Security Division, was involved in a sect-crime case that saw her partner murdered. Now, she’s a consultant on a new Habitat build…

2000AD Prog 2030 - Scarlet Traces

Scarlet Traces: Cold War – Book 2 by Ian Edginton (Writer) D’Israeli (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

  1. It is several decades since Mars waged war on Earth, and the major nations have access to Martian-derived technology. Britain, however, is still recovering from Martian bombardment in the 1940s, when much of the south of England was destroyed. This was followed by the arrival in the 1950s of two million Venusians, seeking refuge from Martian occupation. Now, the Martians are planning to wipe out the solar system…

2000AD Prog 2030 - Cursed

Cursed: The Fall of Deadworld by Kek-W (Writer) Dave Kendall (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

The planet that eventually became known as DEADWORLD was once a regular civilisation existing in a dimension parallel to our own. But the end of days is coming: riots, storms, food shortages. Creatures known as the Dark Judges are spreading their contagion, exterminating all life. Judge Fairfax and his ward Jess are being held by the resistance, but the militia stronghold is about to be infiltrated by the Dark Judges…

2000AD Prog 2030 is available in print from: UK newsagents and all good comic book stores via Diamond. Also available in digital from the 2000AD webshop, 2000AD iPad app, 2000AD Android app, 2000AD Windows 10 app – check out 2000ADOnline



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