Two new stories start in this week’s 2000AD, as Azimuth by Dan Abnett and Tazio Bettin returns, for a new serial called “Abandoned By God”. Breakout character Suzi Nine takes the lead this time round, as she’s forced to enter a deadly labyrinth!

Plus, don’t miss the debut of a completely new thriller, as T.C. Eglington and Steven Austin present “The Ravillious Pact”…

Meanwhile, Judge Dredd’s journey into future-Rio continues in “Tunnels”, as things immediately go from seriously bad to seriously worse for him. Lucky Dredd!

2000AD Prog 2440
UK and DIGITAL: 9th July £3.80
NORTH AMERICA: 3rd September $30.00 (Prog Pack)
DIAMOND: MAY251643
COVER: Tazio Bettin

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD // TUNNELS 
by Rob Williams (Writer) RM Guera (Artist) Giulia Brusco (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Home to over 250 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Tensions are on a knife-edge, 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, he’s in Ciudad Barranquilla, following a lead on a case…

THE RAVILLIOUS PACT 
by T.C.Eglington (Writer) Steven Austin (Artist) John Charles (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

NEW STORY! London, 2025. Jason Ravilious is an enforcer for the notorious Boucher mob, one of the capital’s more feared underworld organisations. But they are no ordinary gangland outfit — they have connections with demonic entities that have helped them build their criminal empire. Jason is loyal to the Boucher patriarch Archie, but he’s dying, and soon there will be a transference of power…

THARG’S 3RILLERS // FAR FROM EDEN 
by Alan Kerr (Writer) Ian Richardson (Artist) Pippa Bowland (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of super-charged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! The planet Eden, the far future. Earth is finally dying after centuries of pollution and stripping it of its resources, and mankind must find a new world to call its own. A potential home has been discovered in Eden, but first the native species must be removed before humanity can move in…

AZIMUTH // ABANDONED BY GOD 
by Dan Abnett (Writer) Tazio Bettin (Artist) Matt Soffe (Colourist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)

Welcome to the city of AZIMUTH, a data-driven metropolis, where anything is possible. Ruled by an aristocracy of the New Flesh, such concepts of life, death, and body-forms are fluid. Anyone can take any shape, if it can be conceived by the imagination. A stranger has ridden into town — none other than Ramone Dexter — and revealed that Azimuth is in fact Downlode recrafted by a rogue Artificial Intelligence…

SCARLET TRACES // EMPIRE OF BLOOD 
by Ian Edginton (Writer) D’Israeli (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

England, the late nineteenth century. Earth has come under attack by Martian war machines, devastating huge swathes of the country with their heat rays and harvesting enormous numbers of people. Finally struck down by the planet’s viruses, the Martians’ assault collapses. Now, humanity is picking up the pieces and coming to terms with the aftermath, but there appears to be vestiges of the aliens left…

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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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