Here’s our guide to Rebellion titles releasing this week on the 19th February, including 2000AD Prog 2420 and Judge Dredd Megazine 477.
After recently fighting a frog and his ghost friends, Constanta’s journey as “Fiends of the Western Front” continues in 2000AD this week, as Arizona proves to be home to demonic angels, undead monsters, and some terrific moustaches. Elsewhere, “Hawk The Slayer” enters into a deadly tournament as he attempts to get closer to Morgaine, while Judge Dredd meets some new monsters as he tries to navigate “The Shift”…
Then, Judge Dredd Megazine continues the Thrills as a new Judge Dredd thriller finds the Lawman of the Future facing off against a Messianic figure up to no good.
Plus, Anna Readman goes absolutely wild on artwork for “Fargo & McBane”; and “Cadet Rico” wraps up its recent run with the young judge hanging perilously above the abyss!
2000AD designers in the spotlight
Also in the Megazine, two designers that played an integral part in the development of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic in different eras come under the spotlight this issue. First, former 2000AD art editor Robin Smith reveals his role in sketching out the ideas that would become some of the anthology’s most acclaimed and iconic covers as new book Cover Story: The Design Art of Robin Smith collects his numerous design briefs alongside the final versions for a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of the Nerve Centre in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the Eighties, the prog was to undergo a revamp, and newcomer Steve Cook was tasked with giving the logo and typography an update. He chats with Karl Stock about his amazing career as a designer and photographer, working not just for Tharg but Marvel UK – and Sindy, too!
(Hands up who remembers those photo shoots Steve took Sindy on around London? Sending him to photograph Daleks on location during recording of the Doctor Who story The Curse of Fenric, a commission that would probably have had social media in meltdown today? Oh, just me, then… of course, I was sharing an office with him at the time!)
2000AD Prog 2420
UK and DIGITAL: 19th February £3.80
NORTH AMERICA: 2 April $25.99 (Prog Pack)
DIAMOND: DEC241817
COVER: Tiernen Trevallion
In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // SHIFT
by Ken Niemand (Writer) Nick Percival (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterrer)
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, Dredd’s entered a terrifying parallel reality called the Shift, seeking to rescue a young student…
FULL TILT BOOGIE // BOOK THREE
by Alex de Campi (Writer) Eduardo Ocana (Artist) Giulia Brusco (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterrer)
Tee — together with her grandmother and cat — is a bounty hunter/hired help, operating from her spaceship the FULL TILT BOOGIE. Tee was paid to rescue the Luxine Prince Ifan from his debtors’ prison. In the process, she encountered a resurrected Anubite warrior, a member of the enemy race with whom the Luxine Empire battled. Now, Tee and her allies must take on the Empress herself, who is once again going to war…
FIENDS OF THE WESTERN FRONT // WILDE WEST
by Ian Edginton (Writer) Tiernen Trevallion (Artist) Jim Campbell (Letterrer)
In 1980, the diary of German soldier Hans Schmitt was discovered in Berlin, detailing events that occurred in 1941, when he encountered the terrifying vampire Captain Constanta and his Romanian platoon. But Schmitt was not the first person to meet Constanta — the vampire has popped up throughout history, in various countries and under various guises, and now he’s in North America in the late nineteenth century…
PORTALS & BLACK GOO // A QUORUM OF FIENDS
by John Tomlinson (Writer) Eoin Coveney (Artist) Jim Boswell (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterrer)
In the near future, the job market is more perilous than ever and Generation Y musttake on any task to make ends meet. Kroy Plemons was a rider for Devouroo — a food-delivery service for creatures of myth and legend. Devouroo policy is ruthless and Kroy has in the past barely escaped with his life after being given the night shift, when London’s most lethal denizens are hungry. Indeed, there’s unrest across the capital…
HAWK THE SLAYER // THE LAST OF HER KIND
by Alec Worley (Writer) Simon Coleby (Artist) Gary Caldwell (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterrer)
It is a time of legend. HAWK THE SLAYER defeated his evil brother Voltan some years before, and now he and his compatriots are keeping an eye on the malign spread of the Black Wizards’ influence. Rumours of dark magic abound, and armed with his fabled Mindsword, Hawk must keep the peace. Now he’s entered the city of Valensfort, ruled by the Lady Morlaine, who’s using necromancy to maintain order…
Judge Dredd Megazine 477
UK and DIGITAL: 19th February £6.99
NORTH AMERICA: 26th March $11.99
DIAMOND: DEC241819
COVER: Cliff Robinson with Dylan Teague
In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // MESSIAH COMPLEX
by Ian Edginton (Writer) Paul McCaffrey (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterrer)
Mega-City One, 2147 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 250 million citizens, bordered by the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. Tensions run a knife-edge and crime is rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!
DEATH CAP // FRONTIER JUSTICE
by T.C. Eglington (Writer) Boo Cook (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterrer)
The Cursed Earth, 2144 AD. This blasted, irradiated wilderness covers much of what’s left of post-apocalyptic twenty-second century North America. Here, mutants scratch out a meagre existence in ramshackle townships. Former Judge Anita Goya’s family were massacred, and she
became infected with a virulent fungus. Now she’s being hunted by Justice Dept…
FARGO & MCBANE // NEW YORK’S FINEST
by Ken Niemand (Writer) Anna Readman (Artist) Quinton Winter (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterrer)
New York City, the 1970s. Detective Jack McBane was one of the toughest cops to patrol the metropolis, having no compunction in handing out summary justice upon criminals. Although his ruthless attitude wins him few friends, he has one in Officer Eartha Fargo, who worked
with him in NYC before moving out to Jaxville with her family. Now they’ve reunited…
DEVLIN WAUGH // TWO MONTHS OFF
By Alex Kot (Writer) PJ Holden (Artist) Jack Davies (Colourist) Jim Campbell (Letterrer)
Brit-Cit, 2146 AD. A freelance paranormal troubleshooter and exorcist for the Vatican, Devlin Waugh is the world’s foremost supernatural investigator. Despite becoming a vampire after getting bitten tackling an outbreak in an underwater prison, Devlin continues to enjoy the finer things in life. Now, he’s on holiday with three friends, but things have turned weird…
LAWLESS // A TOWN CALLED BADROCK
By Dan Abnett (Writer) Phil Winslade (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterrer)
Colonial Marshal Metta Lawson was appointed to the frontier township of Badrock on the planet 43 Rega, intent on stamping her authority on the colony. But in doing so, Lawson made many enemies, including Munce, Inc., the mega corporation that funded Badrock. Now, with
the SJS also running things, Lawson’s recently returned to the force after going undercover…
PLUS…
ROK OF THE REDS by John Wagner & Alan Grant (Writer) Dan Cornwell (Artist) Abby Bulmer (Colourist) Jim Campbell (Letterrer)
CADET RICO // THE CYCLE by Liam Johnson (Writer) Rob Richardson (Artist) Jim Campbell (Letterrer)
RILEY’S REBELS by Honor Vincent (Writer) Stewart K. Moore (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterrer)
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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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