Hachette’s 2000AD: The Ultimate Collection part work, available on subscription and from some Local Comic Shops and in newsagents, including WHSmith, ends its run soon.
Rogue Trooper: Friday Volume 3, Issue 200, will round off the long running fortnightly series, which launched back in 2017, the successor to the Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection.
The Order Volume Two, Issue 199, is in shops and available from Hachette direct now.
In a letter to subscribers with recent issues, Hachette stated “As you may be aware, the collection is now coming to an end and we’d like to thank you for your continued support.”
The long-running series, which Hachette began testing in some areas in February 2017, followed by a national launch in August the same year with Sláine: The Horned God, has included collections of many 2000AD strips not released, as yet, in collection from Rebellion. It proved such a success the run was extended more than once, to a final 200 issue run.
Over on the official 2000AD forum, fans looking for back issues of the Partworks have been warned in a dedicated thread about the Collection to grab back issues still available on the official website for the series while they can.
“When the other partworks came to an end, [Hachette] took things down from the site pretty rapidly,” a forum administrator cautioned, “So when 200 is in the wild (a month from now?), grab whatever books you want while they’re still around, rather than hanging on for weeks.”
As of last week, only 57 out of a possible 200 issues are available from Hachette, some showing as Low Stock. Grab what’s left whilst you can.
Hachette ended posts to the series social media pages back in March.
• The official 2000AD: The Ultimate Collection part work website is online here (for now)
• 2000AD: The Ultimate Collection 2000AD Forum Discussion
• Wikipedia 2000AD: The Ultimate Collection Checklist
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• Search for 2000AD: The Ultimate Collection Back Issues on eBay.co.uk
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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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