This Summer, kick off your shoes, put on your shades, kick back and relax by the pool… the 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2026 is out next Wednesday, 22nd July – and we have an exclusive preview of the stories, courtesy of Rebellion!
Fill your holidays with dread and fear! It will be available from all good newsagents and comic book stores, as well as the 2000AD app – or grab it here from the 2000AD webshop!
Featuring a cover from 2000AD legend Liam Sharp, showcasing Judge Dredd, Judge Death and Strontium Dog in all their glory, inside you’ll find plenty to keep you busy this Summer Season, as The Mighty Tharg presents all-new stories for Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, and Judge Death – alongside a surprise new Thriller featuring the return of the King of Crime, Stickleback!
With creators including Ian Edginton, D’Israeli, T.C. Eglington, Boo Cook, Anthony Williams, Kek-W and more, the 2000AD Sci-Fi Special isn’t just a great set of Extra Thrills for regular readers – it’s a brilliant jump-on for anyone wanting a standalone slice of 2000AD to brighten their July. Plus, Rebellion are bringing this party around the world, as the issue will be available to order internationally through Lunar Distribution – on sale in the United States from 19th August.
Cover artist Liam Sharp should need no introduction to regular downthetubes readers: for 2000AD, his first credit for the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic was back in 1987, in Prog 531, drawing a “Future Shock” written by Alan McKenzie. He was also the co-creator of recurring, pint-sized Judge Dredd villain P.J. Maybe with writers Alan Grant and John Wagner, and has also illustrated “A.B.C. Warriors”, “Finn” and “Tharg’s Future Shocks”. Beyond 2000AD, he’s well known for his own comic creation, Starhenge, and his work on The Brave and the Bold: Batman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman for DC Comics; WildStorm’s The Possessed with Geoff Johns, Death’s Head II, The Incredible Hulk and Man-Thing for Marvel, and much more, including Spawn: The Dark Ages, and Frazetta’s The Death Dealer. Liam has also worked on the critically acclaimed Vertigo series Testament with best-selling author Douglas Rushkoff.
Inside This Year’s 2000AD Sci-Fi Special…
This year’s apocalyptic 2000AD Sci-Fi Special kicks off with an all-new Judge Dredd thriller from T.C. Eglington and Boo Cook, as The Lawman of the Future investigates a new case which’ll require the full force of his judgement…
Strontium Dog also returns to the pages of 2000AD as the legendary Colin MacNeil teams with writer Karl Stock to once again steer Johnny Alpha and team in pursuit of the hottest bounties in the galaxy!
There’s a complete Future Shock, “Day 404“, too, from the zarjaz team of Andi Ewington and Gary Welsh to bring Thrill-Power to your Summer reading list…
… And a new story from Kek-W and Anthony Williams, featuring the exploits of a young Judge called Sydney De’Ath – the disturbed man who would go on to become the supernatural superfiend known only as Judge Death!
And what would the Summer be without a few surprises? Ian Edginton and D’Israeli present the startling return of Stickleback! The grotesque and fiendish Stickleback has plans for his home of London – but can he complete them without giving away his startling secret identity?
Offering pages of incendiary action, make the 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2026 your first port of call this Summer, Earthlets!
The 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2026 will be out on 22nd July 2026 price £4.99 from all good newsagents and comic book shops, as well as the 2000AD app and webshop | Order your copy now direct from the official 2000AD webshop here
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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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