The latest issue of 2000AD, Prog 2486, with a cover by D’Israeli, is in shops now – and it’s definitely more scorching than the summer weather has been this week!
Once again, change is headed for 2000AD, as we arrive at the final part of “Silver” from Michael Carroll and Joe Currie, with this week’s Prog. The Baroness will be back however, as Book Four is on its way in the near future.
This week also brings us the penultimate instalments of “Helium” and “Judge Dee”, as next week’s Prog 2487 will be our second bumper-sized issue of the year – bringing with it the return of “The Fall of Deadworld” and “Thistlebone”.
Oh, and Judge Dredd‘s got hold of a sword, and is dressed up in Medieval armour now.. “The Oubliette” continues, and what a journey this is going to be!
2000AD Prog 2486
UK RELEASE DATE: 10th June £3.99
LUNAR RELEASE DATE: 24th June $7.99
COVER: D’ISRAELI
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, with the toxic Black Atlantic on one side and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west. Crime is rampant, tensions run a knife-edge, and only the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!
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…
SILVER // MALIGNANT
By Mike Carroll (Writer) Joe Currie (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Earth, the year 2001. A group of armed survivors sought out the resting place of a five hundred-year-old vampire, who may just help them against the alien Sepsis, who invaded the planet a few decades earlier. The vamp, called Baroness DeSilva, has proved powerful in battling the extra-terrestrials, and now, having aided the rebels in destroying Sepsis infrastructure, has just been instrumental in blowing up a nuclear facility…
JUDGE DEE
By Ben Wheatley (Writer) Simon Coleby (Artist) Jack Davies (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2148 AD. JUDGE DEE is a psi-operative in Justice Department’s Psi-Division, in which psychic powers are deployed in the fight against supernatural threats as well as everyday crime. She has an unmatched arrest record, which is causing some suspicion amongst her superiors — however, little do they know that she is host to a demon that is assisting her in her investigations…
HELIUM // RED OCTOBER
By Ian Edginton (Writer) D’Israeli (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
The far future. It has been three hundred years since the Great War ended, and eighty-five per cent of the Earth’s surface now lies beneath a gaseous ocean known as the Poison Belt. The survivors live above the lethal fugue, but a Professor Bloom has emerged from a city below the belt, claiming he can make the planet habitable again. Constable Hodge was tasked with protecting him, but it came at great cost…
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Other Rebellion Releases Out Now…
Azimuth: Volume 1
by Dan Abnett and Tazio Bettin
Out: Scheduled for 4th June 2026
Paperback | 176 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867936
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You Have Reached Your Destination
This is Azimuth. Azimuth is everything. It is the city that always was and always will be. You are safe. Because this is Azimuth.
In an eternal city that is everything, Suzi Nine Millimetre is a soul for hire, doing whatever is asked of her by whoever happens to be asking. A job’s a job.
When two Lords of New Flesh hire Suzi to get to the bottom of their disturbing and prophetic dreams, she must travel the land to speak to the most powerful beings in Azimuth.
What are the dreams prophesizing? And who is the rider of the pale horse bringing death with him?
Roy of the Rovers Volume One (A Roy of the Rovers Graphic Novel)
By Rob Williams (Writer), Ben Willsher (Artist)
Out: Scheduled for 4th June 2026
Paperback | 160 pages
ISBN: 978-1837867820
• Pre-order from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link)
Once a mighty team in English soccer, Melchester Rovers are now a pale imitation of what they once were. Languishing around the bottom half of the table in League Two, the future is looking decidedly grim for the club. Enter Roy Race; a sixteen-year-old striker with a lethal left foot and a burning desire to play for the club he has supported all of his life. Could he be the spark that reignites the Rovers after years in the wilderness?
From the pages of Tiger to having his own title, Roy of the Rovers is the most popular soccer strip in British comics. This action-packed sporting drama reboots the iconic character for today’s generation of football fandom.
Coming Soon…
Albion
By Alan Moore, Leah Moore and John Reppion and Shane Oakley and George Freeman
Out: Scheduled for 18th June 2026
Format | 160 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867837
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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).
Rogue Trooper: Ghost Patrol
by Alex De Campi and Neil Edwards
Out: Scheduled for 18th June 2026
Hardcover | 112 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867547
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Nu Earth: a battle-scarred, poisned world where Nort and Souther forces fight for control of a nearby black hole. Genetic Infantryman, Rogue Trooper is the sole survivor of the Quartz Massacre.Together with the bio-chipped “ghosts” of his dead comrades he wages a one-man war against the vicious Nort forces.
A Souther war veteran called Macinrow, Captain Nygaard and a group of fresh recruits, set out for Nu Earth in search of Macinrow’s friend, Sgt White, would could hold the key to winning the war… introduce an all-new adventure Alex de Campi (Smoke, Full-Tilt Boogie) and Neil Edwards (Spider-Man, Superman) introduce an all-new Rogue Trooper adventure that delves into the secret history of the Genetic Infantrymen.
REBELLION RELEASES – CURRENT CHECKLISTS
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2026
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2027
• Roy of the Rovers – Rebellion Books Check List
PREVIOUS YEARS CHECKLISTS
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2025
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2024
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2023
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2022
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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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