2000AD Prog 2453 is on sale from today in all sensible newsagents, Local Comic Shops and from digital platforms, with an eye-popping cover from Boo Cook to entice you to buy! Plus, there’s a fantastic Scream! collection in bookshops now, too…

It might be a great week for you to enjoy the latest from The Mighty Tharg, but it’s a pretty bad one for most of the 2000AD crowd! Alice Shikari’s mission of peace is under threat in “Void Runners”, while Wren’s return to the world of “Brass Sun” finds her already heading towards serious danger. Red Dragon‘s on a mission which has some terrible vibes, and Judge Anderson – well, she’s in for a world of trouble. At least Rogue Trooper‘s having a good time…

There’s even more thrills ahead this month, too, as next week (15th October) sees the release of the 35th anniversary edition of Judge Dredd Megazine, featuring an all-new line-up; and, coming on the 22nd is the Judge Death Mega Special, which you miss at your peril..,

2000AD Prog 2453
UK and DIGITAL: 8th October £3.99
NORTH AMERICA: 29th October $28.99 (Prog Pack)
DIAMOND: AUG250919
COVER: BOO COOK

In This Issue:

JUDGE DREDD // AND TO THE SEA RETURN
by Rob Williams (Writer) Henry Flint (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. 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, a mysterious mist has wafted in off the Black Atlantic, and floating prison the Barge has gone missing…

RED DRAGON
by Rob Williams (Writer) Steve Yeowell & Patrick Goddard (Artist) Dylan Teague (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Siadwell Rhys was once a member of sixties British superhero team Cloud 9, who operated under the name RED DRAGON. When they disbanded due to illness and loss of powers, Siadwell returned to his home village in Wales, where his heavy drinking caught up with him. He died fighting against Masterman, but now, forty years later, journalist Martin Howe is looking into Red Dragon’s past for a documentary…

BRASS SUN // PAVANE
by Ian Edginton (Writer) INJ Culbard (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

The Orrery is a clockwork solar system, a clutch of planets orbiting a vast BRASS SUN, but the outer worlds are freezing as the sun dies. Young Wren was charged with finding the elements of the key that would restart the sun, and embarked on an epic quest with conductor novice Septimus. Now the two are separated, and Wren has partnered with Ariel O’Conner to fight back against the Enginemen…

VOID RUNNERS // BOOK TWO
by David Hine (Writer) Boo Cook (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

The far future. The Federation is made up of a huge number of planetary systems, and such an immense group of civilisations requires an enormous level of control. The Ankorites have taken it upon themselves to rule the Federation, using the drug Kali’s Dust to stimulate visions, which is harvested from benign creatures called the Pleroma. VOID RUNNER Alice Shikari has decided to free people from the Federation…

ROGUE TROOPER // GHOST PATROL
by Alex de Campi (Writer) Neil Edwards (Artist) Matt Soffe (Colourist) Jim Campbell (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, immune to the pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. Together with biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, the digitised souls of his dead comrades, he searches for the traitor that betrayed the clone-soldiers…

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

INCOMING COLLECTIONS

SCREAM! THE SPECIALS ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
CREATIVE TEAM: Various
RELEASE DATE: October 8th
PAPERBACK, 400 pages
PRICE: £49.99

Enter our nightmare world at your peril! Following the acclaimed 40 Years of Scream!, this companion volume features previously uncollected material from the holiday specials spinning out of the main title.

From the original run in the 1980s to the latest, oversized 40th anniversary issue, this collection completes the Scream! archives with stories by veteran writers and artists Dave Gibbons, Eric Bradbury, Barrie Tomlinson and Tom Tully, as well as recent revival strips including the work of Alex Paknadel, Torunn Grønbekk, Henry Flint, and DaNi.

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

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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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