There’s a bumper issue of 2000AD on sale now – Prog 2406 – in all good newsagents, which features a smashing standalone “Judge Dredd” tale, as well as the latest instalments of “The Out”, “Nightmare New York”, and “Rogue Trooper” .
Plus, who wouldn’t want to read a mad crossover by Garth Ennis and Henry Flint which pits “Robo-Hunter Vs Strontium Dog”, or a “Tharg’s Thriller” by the winner of last year’s Thought Bubble Talent Search, Ed Whiting, as well as artist Dave Taylor? Oh, and “Azimuth” returns as well?
Tharg’s got this one fit to bursting!
Incidentally, if you’d like to know how this week’s cover artist John McCrea created his knockout cover with Mike Spicer, working from the cover rough below from Garth, check out the latest “Cover Story” on the 2000AD website!
Elsewhere, Battle Action reveals that Johnny Red might still have something left to fight for before the war is out, and also brings back the fan-favourite Hookjaw for another bite to eat!
2000AD Prog 2406
UK and DIGITAL: 30 October £4.99
NORTH AMERICA: 4 December
DIAMOND: AUG242084
COVER: John McCrea with Mike Spicer
JUDGE DREDD // RETURN OF THE DEAD CHIEF JUDGES’ SOCIETY by Ken Niemand (Writer) Dan Cornwell (Artist) Matt Soffe (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2146 AD. Home to over 200 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, he’s having to deal yet again with a citizen who claims he’s possessed by the spirits of former Chief Judges…
THE OUT // BOOK FOUR by Dan Abnett (Writer) Mark Harrison (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
The furthest edge of the universe. Cyd Finlea was a photo-journalist working for the publishers Global Neographic, travelling deep into outer space — otherwise known as THE OUT — and cataloguing the alien societies that she encounters. She left Earth ten years ago and has been seeking other ex-pat humans — but now, having lost her old pal Cheerio and said goodbye to her daughter Joey, she’s finding work…
THARG’S TERROR TALES // CELL THERAPY by Ed Whiting (Writer) Dave Taylor (Artist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)
Experience the terrifying side of Thrill-power with these one-off tales from beyond the veil of sanity. Whether they be ghostly goings-on that send shivers up the spine or splatterfests that sear the retina and paralyse the mind, nothing is what it seems in these glimpses of a realm beyond our own. Now, the terrorist group S.A.N.E is hitting various targets in the UK, preaching a strange philosophy…
NIGHTMARE NEW YORK by Kek-W (Writer) David Roach (Artist) Peter Doherty (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Lower Manhattan, 1845. Paradise Square is at the centre of Five Points in Old New York, where five street corners meet. The early days of the North American metropolis are marked by a mix of poverty, organised crime and hardscrabble lives, where ragpickers rub shoulders with Christian missionaries. Young Lil, living rough on these dank streets, has just turned eighteen, and has been rescued by the mysterious Jimmy Blind…
AZIMUTH // THE FABLED BASILISK 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. The New Flesh masters have been troubled by strange dreams, which seem to have predicted the coming of a stranger — none other than Ramone Dexter, who’s teamed up with Psi-Judge Cassandra Anderson to save Downlode…
ROBO-HUNTER VS STRONTIUM DOG by Garth Ennis (Writer) Henry Flint (Artist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
Sam Slade is a Robo-Hunter, a freelance tracker of rogue robots and missing droids. Together with his idiot understudy Hoagy and excitable robo-cigar Stogie, he’s been responsible for cracking some of Brit-Cit’s biggest cases. Now, his latest quarry is about to make him cross paths with Search/Destroy agent Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter from further in the future…
BRINK // CONSUMED 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…
ROGUE TROOPER // WHEN A G.I. DIES by Garth Ennis (Writer) Patrick Goddard (Artist) 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, bred to be immune to the pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. Together with biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, they’re searching for the traitor that sold them out…
BATTLE ACTION #3
UK and DIGITAL: 30 October £4.99
NORTH AMERICA: 4 December $7.99
DIAMOND: AUG242085
COVER: Steve White
“Johnny Red: A Couple of Heroes” part 3, Johnny Red must pilot the Flying Gun over the Arctic Ocean on a mission to stop the development of a strain of cholera as a weapon of mass murder. But with the conclusion of the war seemingly inevitable, Johnny cannot help but think about his missing partner, Nina Petrova, and what he needs to do to be reunited with her. Garth Ennis and Keith Burns ramp up the stakes in this final Johnny Redstory.
Plus, the star of Action – Hook Jaw, the great white shark – is back! Brought to you by Steve White and John McCrea, Hook Jaw must face off against a Killer Whale, as a nature documentary team and a group of shark conservationists get between them. Who will make it out alive?
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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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