2000AD celebrates 48 years of thrill power today with the release of Prog 2421 – featuring surely one of its creepiest covers, ever, courtesy of Nick Percival – and Battle Action 7.

In 2000AD, available now from all good newsagents, Judge Dredd gets to meet the Lullaby Lady – lucky him! Elsewhere, Tee gets some training in the latest episode of “Full Tilt Boogie”, Constanta faces an ordeal in “Fiends of the Western Front”, and Cursitor Doom… is still bald in “Portals & Black Goo”.

Meanwhile, it’s time to let a professional take the lead, as Major Eazy returns for Battle Action #7, on sale in all good comic shops, from the team of Rob Williams and PJ Holden. You ever seen a soldier basically fall asleep while sniping the enemy? And where did he get that expensive Bentley from anyway? The Major always does things in style! 

2000AD Prog 2421
UK And Digital: 26 February £3.80
North America: 2 April $25.99 (Prog Pack)
Diamond: Dec241817
Cover: Nick Percival

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD // SHIFT 
By Ken Niemand (Writer) Nick Percival (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (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, with the toxic Black Atlantic on one side and the irradiated wasteland the Cursed Earth to the west. 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!

FULL TILT BOOGIE // BOOK THREE 
By Alex de Campi (Writer) Eduardo Ocana (Artist) Giulia Brusco (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Tee — together with her grandmother and cat — is a bounty hunter/hired help, operating from her spaceship the FULL TILT BOOGIE. Tee was paid to rescue the Luxine Prince Ifan from his debtors’ prison. In the process, she encountered a resurrected Anubite warrior, a member of the enemy race with whom the Luxine Empire battled. Now, Tee and her allies must take on the Empress herself, who is once again going to war…

FIENDS OF THE WESTERN FRONT // WILDE WEST
By Ian Edginton (Writer) Tiernen Trevallion (Artist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)

In 1980, the diary of German soldier Hans Schmitt was discovered in Berlin, detailing events that occurred in 1941, when he encountered the terrifying vampire Captain Constanta and his Romanian platoon. But Schmitt was not the first person to meet Constanta — the vampire has popped up throughout history, in various countries and under various guises, and now he’s in North America in the late nineteenth century…

PORTALS & BLACK GOO // A QUORUM OF FIENDS
By John Tomlinson (Writer) Eoin Coveney (Artist) Jim Boswell (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

In the near future, the job market is more perilous than ever and Generation Y must take on any task to make ends meet. Kroy Plemons is a rider for Devouroo — a fooddelivery service for creatures of myth and legend. Devouroo policy is ruthless and Kroy has in the past barely escaped with his life after being given the night shift, when London’s most lethal denizens are hungry. Indeed, there’s unrest across the capital…

HAWK THE SLAYER // THE LAST OF HER KIND
By Alec Worley (Writer) Simon Coleby (Artist) Gary Caldwell (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

It is a time of legend. HAWK THE SLAYER defeated his evil brother Voltan some years before, and now he and his compatriots, such as the Elfin bowman Crow and warrior woman Bella, are keeping an eye on the malign spread of the Black Wizards’ influence. Rumours of dark magic abound, and creatures are striking with increasing regularity from the Forest of Weir. Armed with his fabled Mindsword, Hawk must keep the peace…

Available in print from: 2000AD webshop, book stores, Amazon, and comic book stores via Diamond | Available in digital from: 2000AD webshop, 2000 AD app for Apple & Android

BATTLE ACTION 7
UK and Digital: 26 February £4.99
North America: 2 April $7.99
Diamond: DEC241818
COVER: Henry Flint

In this issue:

JOHNNY RED // A COUPLE OF HEROES
By Garth Ennis (Writer) Keith Burns (Artist) Jason Wordie (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)

MAJOR EAZY // ALLIES
By Rob Williams (Writer) PJ Holden (Artist) Matt Soffe (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)

Available in print from: Treasury of British comics webshop, online retailers, book stores, and comic book stores via Diamond | Available in digital from: Treasury of British Comics webshop, 2000AD app for Apple & Android

New Rebellion Collections Out Now

Adam Eterno: Grunn the Grim (Volume 2)
by E. George Cowan, Chris Lowder (Writers), Francisco Solano López, Eric Bradbury and Ted Kearon (Artists)
Paperback – scheduled for 27th February 2025 | 112 Pages
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1837864706
• Adam Eterno – Grunn the Grim Hardback 2000AD Webshop Exclusive also available

FOR THE FIRST TIME – ADAM JOURNEYS INTO THE FUTURE!

Cursed by an old alchemist to live forever – unless struck from a weapon made of gold – Adam Eterno has gained the power to travel through the ages, fighting evil and injustice.

Now Adam has been transported into a dystopian future where a cruel police regime led by Grunn the Grim, rule over the population with an iron fist…

This book features Adam’s first adventures published in Lion.

Sláine – The Definitive Edition Volume 1
by Pat Mills (Writer), Angie Kincaid, Massimo Belardinelli, Mike McMahon (Artists)
Paperback – scheduled for 27th February 2025 | 256 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837864638

Sláine Mac Roth of the Sessair tribe is known as the Warped Warrior – a mighty barbarian who can master the ‘warp-spasm’, harnessing the power of the Earth to transform into a monstrous creature. Accompanied by his dwarf sidekick, Ukko, and wielding his legendary axe Brain-biter, he travels Tir-Nan-Og, a land marred by warring tribes and ruled by merciless gods.

Created by Pat Mills and Angie Kincaid, with art by Mick McMahon and Massimo Belardinelli, Sláine: The Definitive Edition collects the complete series in order, and includes original covers from the full run.

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 46
by John Wagner, Gordon Rennie, Rob Williams, Robbie Morrison, Pat Mills, Al Ewing, Simon Spurrier; Simon Coleby, Dave Taylor, Richard Elson, Patrick Goddard, Kev Walker, Sam Hart, Paul Marshall, Cliff Robinson, Smudge, David Roach, Inaki Miranda, Neil Googe, Peter Doherty (Artist)
Paperback – scheduled for 27th February 2025 | 304 Pages
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1837864263

THE BOOK OF DREDD

Mega-City One, a dystopian nightmare of the future teetering on the brink of chaos. The only thing stopping the sprawling megalopolis from succumbing to the mayhem, maniacs and murderers are the Judges, and toughest of them all is Judge Dredd.

The best-selling series collecting The Law in order continues as Dredd uncovers a decades-old cover-up that will see justice come for the Judges themselves and, one hotel, one night, multiple psychopaths, but who will live to see daybreak?

Written by John Wagner (A History of Violence), Gordon Rennie (Missionary Man), Rob Williams (Kingsman: The Red Diamond), Robbie Morrison (Doctor Who), Pat Mills (Marshal Law), Al Ewing (The Immortal Hulk) and Si Spurrier (Hellblazer), with art by Simon Coleby (Low Life), Dave Taylor (Zorro), Richard Elson (Sonic the Comic), Patrick Goddard (Hulk), Kev Walker (Guardians of the Galaxy), Sam Hart (Starship Troopers), Paul Marshall (Firekind), Cliff Robinson (Mother Earth), Smudge (Chiaroscuro), David Roach (Doctor Who), Inaki Miranda (Ragman), Neil Googe (Welcome to Tranquility) and Peter Doherty (The Dreaming).

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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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