This week’s 2000AD – Prog 2401, on sale now – is another “Jump-On Board” issue from the House of Tharg, with a knockout cover from Mark “The Out” Harrison promising just that… and delivering!
In this issue, Judge Dredd seeks revenge for Maitland – but will he be allowed to get to the truth? Then, “The Out” returns for a new series as Cyd finds a new attitude (and job!); mysterious sects rule old New York in “Nightmare New York”; “Brink” continues its critically-acclaimed run; and Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard return to Rogue Trooper for “When A G.I. Dies”.
It’s called The Galaxy’s Greatest for a reason folks, although, for longtime readers, this issue may bring some sadness, as “Nightmare New York” features the last work of legendary artist John M. Burns, whose ill health led him to retire, and, sadly, he died at the end of 2023. So, as Tharg says, it adds an extra potency to view the last pages of a comics master and appreciate his extraordinary talent.
2000AD Prog 2401
UK and DIGITAL: 25th September £3.80
NORTH AMERICA: 30th October
DIAMOND: JUL241987
COVER: MARK HARRISON
JUDGE DREDD – SILENCE
by Rob Williams (Writer) Jake Lynch (Artist) Jim Boswell (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2146 AD. Home to over 200 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, notorious criminal fixer and assassin Major Domo is wanted for the murder of Judge Maitland..
THE OUT – BOOK FOUR
by Dan Abnett (Writer) Mark Harrison (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
The furthest edge of the universe. Cyd Finlea was a photo-journalist working for the publishers Global Neographic, travelling deep into outer space — otherwise known as THE OUT — and cataloguing the alien societies that she encounters. She left Earth ten years ago and has been seeking other ex-pat humans — but now, having lost her old pal Cheerio and said goodbye to her daughter Joey, she’s going further…
NIGHTMARE NEW YORK
by Kek-W (Writer) John Burns (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
NEW THRILL! Lower Manhattan, 1845. Paradise Square is at the centre of Five Points in Old New York, where five street corners meet. The early days of the North American metropolis are marked by a mix of poverty, organised crime and hardscrabble lives, where ragpickers rub shoulders with Christian missionaries. Young Lil, living rough on these dank streets, has just turned eighteen…
BRINK – CONSUMED
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…
ROGUE TROOPER – WHEN A G.I. DIES
by Garth Ennis (Writer) Patrick Goddard (Artist) Rob Steen (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, bred to be immune to the pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. Together with biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, they’re searching for the traitor that sold them out…
Coming Soon from Rebellion…
The Sarge Volume 2
By Gerry Finley-Day, Garth Ennis (Writers), Mike Western, PJ Holden (Artists)
Scheduled for 26th September 2024
Hardcover, 128 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837862481
• The Sarge Volume Two Hardback 2000AD Webshop Exclusive also available
SOME MEN ARE BORN LEADERS – MEN LIKE JIM MASTERS!
Italy, 1943. British sergeant Jim Masters and his section face brutal opposition from the German army. At the same time, Masters must motivate his men and ensure that each individual soldier is prepared for the increasing threat from the enemy – a difficult task as the section now has a lot of inexperienced soldiers amongst its ranks.
From marauding Tiger tanks to suspicious American paratroopers, this volume includes the final work on the strip by its co-creators Gerry-Finley Day and Mike Western.
Nemesis the Warlock – The Definitive Edition: Volume 2
by Pat Mills (Writer), Kevin O’Neill, Bryan Talbot (Artists)
Scheduled for 26th September 2024
Paperback, 192 pages
ISBN: 978-1837862702
The Definitive series of the Nemesis the Warlock saga continues as Torquemada’s crusade to destroy all alien life reaches the planet of the Goths, a species of alien which has modelled their culture on early twentieth-century Britain. Nemesis must team up with the Goth leader, the Ion Duke, to stop them being eradicated by Torquemada’s army of Terminators.
Collecting the entire series in order, with the colour centre-spread pages reproduced in their original form, the Definitive collection of Nemesis the Warlock is the ultimate way to read one of the most important sci-fi sagas published in the pages of 2000 AD.
Written by Pat Mills (Marshal Law) and drawn by Kevin O’Neill (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) and Bryan Talbot (Sandman, The Adventures of Luther Arkwright), this definitive series compiles the complete storyline in order.
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Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 22
Writers: by John Wagner, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar
Art: Carlos Ezqeurra, Mick Austin, John Burns
Scheduled for 1st October 2024
Paperback, 304 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837861965
On the mean streets of Mega-City One, the Judges are the law. Charged with executing justice in this futuristic metropolis, these individuals are the best of the best battle-hardened warriors dedicated to their cause. Toughest of all is Judge Dredd – a lawman who doesn’t know how to quit! In this volume of the bestselling Case Files series, Dredd travels back to 2001 New York City in order to destroy a deadly space parasite capable of wiping out all known life on Earth. And the alien action continues in Crusade, where Dredd competes with other Mega-City Judges to recover a long-lost Justice Department craft that has recently crash-landed in the South Pole. Stories from 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, from December 1994-May 1995.
Fiends of the Eastern Front Omnibus Volume 2
by Ian Edginton (Writer), Tiernen Trevallion (Artist)
Scheduled for 10th October 2024
Paperback, 176 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837862580
• Fiends of the Eastern Front Volume Two Hardback 2000AD Webshop Exclusive also available
In 1970, Lieutenant Tim Wilson is haunted by the memories of war – not just the bloodshed of the battlefield, but the horrors witnessed at the hand of Captain Constanta, who rescued him after a gruesome encounter with the King-Bats of Maximilian Von Klorr – the Black Max himself! Years later, Lt. Wilson sets on a journey to hunt down Constanta in his native Romania, and uncovers his origins among beasts and creatures of magic.
Collecting the work of Ian Edginton and Tiernen Trevallion, the second omnibus of Fiends of the Eastern Front follows Constanta’s bloody trail across history, and brings monstrous terror from the skies of wartime France to the streets of 1960s London.
Ian Edginton is a New York Times bestselling author and multiple Eisner Award nominee. He is currently writing Batman’66 meets The Avengers (Steed and Mrs Peel, not the other ones!) for DC Comics as well as Judge Dredd, Stickleback, Helium, Kingmaker and Brass Sun for 2000 AD. He lives and works in Birmingham, England.
Tiernen Trevallion has worked as an illustrator since he was convinced to leave school in the mid-eighties. His first comic commissions were for Inferno Magazine on the strip Tales from the Ten-Tailed Cat and Daemonifuge 3 with Simon Spurrier for Warhammer Monthly. For 2000AD he has worked on several series including Tharg’s Terror Tales, Tharg’s Future Shocks, Tales from the Black Museum and Judge Dredd. As well as working with Gordon Rennie on Absalom, he has also worked with him along with Emma Beeby on the Graphic novel Robbie Burns: Witch Hunter. Tiernen also works as an illustrator and concept artist. He also works on his own projects, some of which may or may not involve angry puffins.
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Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
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