As the 2000AD team head off to fly Tharg’s flag at San Diego Comic Con, loyal Squaxx dek Thargo aren’t left wanting, with Prog 2492 and the annual Sci-Fi Special out this week!

Summer days, drifting away? Shake off your drowsy summer haze with two shot glasses of rocket fuel! 2000AD Prog 2492, featuring a cover by Clint Langley, continues Judge Dredd‘s march to power within The Oubliette, while Judge Anderson squares off against the Dark Forces who have claimed Dredd for their prisoner! Plus, “Brink” continues to turn up the heat, and war blazes forward in “Fall of Deadworld”.

As all those thrills weren’t enough, the 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2026, with a cover by Liam Sharp, brings you plenty of action too, offering blistering action featuring Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Stickleback, Tharg’s Future Shocks and Young Death.

Head to your Local Comic Shop, TG Jones or select supermarket to grab your copies – or order direct from the 2000AD web shop!

2000AD Prog 2492
UK RELEASE DATE: 22nd July £3.99
LUNAR RELEASE DATE: 5th August $7.99
COVER: Clint Langley

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD // THE OUBLIETTE
By Ken Niemand (Writer) Dan Cornwell (Artist) Chris Blythe (Colourist) 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! Now, he’s found himself imprisoned in a mysterious dungeon, and must make his way up the levels if he is to escape…

BRINK // THE CALL OF THE VOID
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…

THE FALL OF DEADWORLD // JUSTICE
By Kek-W (Writer) Dave Kendall (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

The planet that became known as DEADWORLD was once a regular civilisation existing in a parallel dimension. But the end of days is coming, and creatures called the Dark Judges are spreading their contagion, exterminating all life. While Sov forces have take advantage of the chaos and invaded, Jess Childs and her fellow rebels have reunited with Judge Fairfax as they try to save a world falling into chaos…

NIGHTMARE NEW YORK // BOOK TWO
By Kek-W (Writer) David Roach (Artist) Peter Doherty (c) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

Lower Manhattan, 1845. The early days of the North American metropolis are marked by a mix of poverty and organised crime. Young Lil, living rough on these dank streets, had just turned eighteen when she discovered she was part of a select group of individuals that were imbued with special powers. Now she’s found refuge in a bakery, but she can’t seem to escape the trouble magic brings with it as she partners up with fireboy Mose..

JUDGE ANDERSON // THE VOID
By Liam Johnson (Writer) Rob Richardson (Artist) Rob Steen (Letterer)

Psi-Division is a section within Justice Department that deals with the supernatural, and its operatives all have psi-powers, from telepathy to psychokinesis. Cassandra Anderson is one of the division’s most experienced and powerful officers, responsible for saving the city from many paranormal threats. Now, she’s saving a young boy from a psychic creature in the shadow of the black tower…

• Available in print from: 2000AD webshop, newsagents, Local Comic Shops and supermarkets | Available in digital from: 2000AD webshop, 2000AD app for Apple & Android | Buy a Cover Print 

Don’t forget that if you buy an issue of 2000AD in the first week of its release from 2000AD direct, then postage in the UK is free!

2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2026
UK RELEASE DATE: 22nd July £4.99
LUNAR RELEASE DATE: 19th August $8.99
COVER: Liam Sharp

With a theme of body horror/transformation, behind Liam Sharp’s thermonuclear cover you’ll find five stories that deal with it in their own unique ways — T.C. Eglington & Boo Cook team up on a fantastic “Judge Dredd” tale of scientific hubris, while Ian Edginton & D’Israeli reunite for an eerie all-new “Stickleback” one-off; elsewhere, Johnny Alpha is given a mission by a monarch in “The Royal Mess” by Karl Stock & Colin MacNeil, Sidney De’Ath encounters “Dead Fluids” courtesy of Kek-W & Anthony Williams, and there’s a special “Future Shock” from Andi Ewington & Gary Welsh to nicely ice this fine mix of thrills, too!

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD // MUST TRY HARDER
By T.C. Eglington (Writer) Boo Cook (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

STICKLEBACK // LITHE SPIRIT
By Ian Edginton (Writer) D’Israeli (Artist) Rob Steen (Letterer)

YOUNG DEATH // BODY OF EVIDENCE
By Kek-W (Writer) Anthony Williams (Artist) Rob Steen (Letterer)

FUTURE SHOCKS // DAY 404
By Andi Ewington (Writer) Gary Welsh (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

STRONTIUM DOG // THE ROYAL MESS
By Karl Stock (Writer) Colin MacNeil (Artist) Jim Boswell (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

• Available in print from: 2000AD webshop, newsagents, Local Comic Shops and supermarkets | Available in digital from: 2000AD webshop, 2000AD app for Apple & Android | Buy a Cover Print 

Out Soon…

Albion
By Alan Moore, Leah Moore and John Reppion and Shane Oakley and George Freeman
Out: 29th July 2026
Format | 160 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867837
• Pre-order from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link)

The Spider, The Steel Claw, Grimly Feendish, Captain Hurricane. Born in the pages of Lion, Valiant, Smash! and Wham!, these are some of the most beloved characters in the history of British comics. But what if they were all real people? 

Danny, a keen comics enthusiast, and his new friend, Penny, go in search of the long-missing heroes and villains from the classic comics of the past. But where have they been all these years? And what happens if they find them? 

From the mind of the legendary Alan Moore (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) with scripts by Leah Moore & John Reppion (Megadeth: Death By Design), and art by Shane Oakley (The Fall of the House of Usher).

Battler Britton: Bloody Good Show: Volume 1
By Garth Ennis and Colin Wilson
Out: Scheduled for 30th July 2026
Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1837867608
• Pre-order from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link)
• Battler Britton: Bloody Good Show Webshop Exclusive Hardcover

One of the most fondly remembered characters from the Treasury of British Comics returns in a tensely told and lushly rendered tale of honour, duty, loyalty and sacrifice.

As the Nazis rain terror throughout Europe, Allied forces are on the run in North Africa. It’s October 1942 and Rommel’s Panzers are unrelenting in their pursuit. Wing Commander Robert ‘Battler’ Britton of the RAF and his squadron have been dispatched to a remote American airstrip to spearhead a joint action against Hitler’s war machine. Now these two groups of reluctant allies must somehow put aside their mutual distrust and work together… a task that is much easier said than done!

Garth Ennis began his career on Crisis, 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, for which he wrote Judge Dredd, Strontium Dogs, True Faith and others. Outside of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic he is known for Preacher, The Boys, Hitman, The Punisher and a great many war comics- including War Stories, Battlefields, Out Of The Blue, The Stringbags and Sara.

Colin Wilson has gone from iconic status at 2000 AD to European superstardom as the artist of Moebius’ classic western, Young Blueberry. For the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, Wilson was a key early Rogue Trooper artist. He has also pencilled Future Shocks, Judge Dredd, Pulp Sci-Fi, Tor Cyan, as well crime series, Du Plomb Dans La Tete (Headshot), for French publisher Casterman.

• About the Author
• Latest Posts

John Freeman

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.

• World War Two Wartime Annual Rarity Uncovered
• Double the Thrills from 2000AD as new SciFi Special lands!
• Available Now: July 2026 The Missing Page from the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society
• A Cat and a Saint Walk into a Graphic Novel
• Comics Go Big (again!) in Macclesfield this Summer

Categories: 2000AD, British Comics, British Comics - Current British Publishers, Comic Previews, Comics, downthetubes Comics News, downthetubes News

Tags: 2000AD Annual, 2000AD Sci-Fi Special, Brink, Clint Langley, downthetubes News, Judge Anderson, Judge Death, Judge Dredd, Liam Sharp, Nightmare New York, SF Comics, Stickleback, Strontium Dog, Tharg’s Future Shocks, You g Death