It’s here! The jump-on issue of 2000AD, Prog 2450, is out this week, with every story starting with a fresh “Part One” – including a new Judge Dredd series by Rob Williams and Henry Flint.

“And To The Sea Return” is an unnerving horror story featuring Dredd and Judge Anderson, who herself stars in a new two-part story which crosses over into Judge Dredd Megazine, Issue 484, this week.

Plus, there’s the welcome return of “Brass Sun” to the Prog after several years of lying dormant (previewed here in downthetubes last week), while Rogue Trooper kicks off the massive “Ghost Patrol” storyline, “Void Runners” returns for more drug-addled revolution, and “Thistlebone”sneaks back into the comic for a one-off tale!

Clearly this isn’t enough Thrill-Power for you lot, so luckily Judge Dredd Megazine brings over a hundred pages of excitement to September as well. There are two new Judge Dredd stories in your Meg this week, whilst Anderson and Cadet Dredd both conclude inside the issue. Plus, there’s a new “Future Shock” for you, the latest chapter of “Rok the God” – and an interview with writer Mark Millar, a tribute to the late Dave Taylor, and more.

Next month, watch out as The Big Meg celebrates thirty five years of publication!

October’s Megazine, Issue 485, will bring you Lawless, Dreadnoughts, Judge Anderson, Armitage, Megatropolis and more all waiting for you as part of the biggest line-up the Meg’s ever seen… so get your party hats ready, readers!

2000AD Prog 2450
UK and DIGITAL: 17 September £4.99
NORTH AMERICA: 29 October $28.99 (Prog Pack)
DIAMOND: JUL250841
COVER: Mark Sexton

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, with the toxic Black Atlantic to the east, and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west. Tensions are on a knife-edge, 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!

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. He freed Wren from the clutches of the Motherless Men, and together they escaped, but not without consequence…

ANDERSON, PSI-DIVISION // FLOWERS OF EVIL 
by Alex de Campi (Writer) Rob Richardson (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Psi-Division is a section within Justice Department that deals with the supernatural, and its operatives all have psi-powers, from telepathy to psychokinesis. Cassandra ANDERSON is one of the division’s most experienced and powerful officers, responsible for saving the city from many paranormal threats, most notably the Dark Judges, and has partnered with Dredd on several occasions…

THISTLEBONE // THE VOICE IN THE HOLLOW 
by T.C. Eglington (Writer) Simon Davis (Artist)

The cult of THISTLEBONE hangs heavy over the village of Harrowvale. Surrounded by dense, dark woods, many stories have been told about a mysterious and terrifying ancient entity that exists within the trees. Such beliefs have led to Thistlebone being worshipped by crazed occult groups, donning animal masks and sacrificing victims to the woodland deity. It is said that those that see its face do not survive…

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…

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Judge Dredd Megazine 484
UK and DIGITAL: 17 September £6.99
NORTH AMERICA: 22 October $11.99
DIAMOND: JUL250842
COVER: JAKE LYNCH

In This Issue:

JUDGE DREDD // THE UNREALISTS
by Karl Stock (Writer) Stewart K. Moore (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, with the toxic Black Atlantic to the east, and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west. Tensions are on a knife-edge, 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!

CADET DREDD // THE HAUNTING OF ISO-BLOCK 8
by Paul Starkey (Writer) Nick Brokenshire (Artist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)

Mega-City One, 2076 AD. Overcrowding in the metropolis is rife, unemployment is at ninety per cent, boredom is universal and crime is rampant. Only the Judges can stop total anarchy. Cadet Joe Dredd – together with his clone-brother Rico – is a rising star in Justice Department, and will one day be its finest officer. Now, he and a group of cadets are battling time-travelling perps…

FUTURE SHOCKS: // THE COLLECTION
by Andi Ewington (Writer) Nicolo Assirelli (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Out in the vast reaches of the universe, there are an infinite number of stories waiting to be told. These cautionary tales pass from traveller to traveller in the spaceports and around campfires on distant planets, acquiring the status of legend, their shocking ends a salutory lesson in hubris. Anything is possible in these twisted trips into the galaxy’s dark side…

JUDGE DREDD // PUBLIC RELATIONS
by Joe Ratcliffe (Writer) Jake Lynch (Artist) Emily Roach (c) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

ROK THE GOD
by John Wagner & Alan Grant (Writer) Dan Cornwell (Artist) Abby Bulmer & Jim Boswell (c) Jim Campbell (Letterer)

ANDERSON, PSI-DIVISION // FLOWERS OF EVIL
by Alex de Campi (Writer) Rob Richardson (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Continued from 2000AD Prog 2450

Psi-Division is a section within Justice Department that deals with the supernatural, and its operatives all have psi-powers, from telepathy to psychokinesis. Cassandra Anderson is one of the division’s most experienced and powerful officers, and now, following a robbery at the Black Museum, she’s dealing with a psychic virus that infects through a need for devotion…

Available in print from: 2000AD webshop, TG Jones, WHSmith Travel stores, and select newsagents, and Local Comic Shops via Diamond | Available in digital from: 2000AD 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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