Five action-packed thrills arrive this week courtesy of The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic this week, as 2000AD 2507, featuring a cover by Boo Cook, pushes that throttle ever-harder and brings you the next instalments of Judge Dredd, Azimuth, Durham Red, Ghosted and Herne & Shuck to shatter your Thrill-receptors!

With Mega-City One in disarray following last week’s issue, Dredd is determined to fight back; while Herne & Shuck take matters into their own hands as well! Plus, Durham Red strikes a deal; Azimuth offers us a glimpse of the future; and Ghosted attempts an escape route!

It’s another tightly-packed issue of 2000AD this week, just the way you like it!

There’s also news on the first guests for its upcoming 50 Years Of 2000AD event London next March. Day tickets for this much-anticipated celebration will go on sale online tomorrow, Thursday 5th November. More intel below!

2000AD Prog 2507
UK Release Date: 4th November £3.99
Lunar Release Date: 18th November $7.99
COVER: Boo Cook

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD // THE NEW FUTURE
By Rob Williams & Arthur Wyatt (Writers) Henry Flint (Artist) 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. 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! In the wake of the failed Sector 304 social reforms, now terrorists have exploded a device at a cloning facility…

GHOSTED // BOOK TWO
By Guy Adams (Writer) Megan Huang (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Kinshasa, capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the far future. One of the fastest-growing mega-cities in the world, the metropolis is now a walled city-world, so vast and divorced from the rest of the planet that it’s virtually its own realm. Young citizen Benu found herself neurally connected to a soldier fighting an alien war — but upon fleeing the city, she’s discovered that war is taking place outside the wall…

DURHAM RED // HUNGRY CITY
By Alec Worley (Writer) Ben Willsher (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Late 22nd century. Of all the mutants that have operated as Search/Destroy agents, perhaps the most feared is vampire DURHAM RED, who requires blood to survive. Mistrusted by both the criminals she hunts and her fellow Strontium Dogs, Red has a formidable reputation that precedes her, and now she’s awoken amongst dead bodies on a resort world with next to no memory of what happened…

AZIMUTH // THE PACK
By Dan Abnett (Writer) Tazio Bettin (Artist) Matt Soffe (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)

Welcome to the city of AZIMUTH, a data-driven metropolis, where anything is possible. Ruled by an aristocracy of the New Flesh, such concepts of life, death, and body-forms are fluid. Anyone can take any shape, if it can be conceived by the imagination. A stranger has ridden into town — none other than Ramone Dexter — and revealed that Azimuth is in fact Downlode recrafted by a rogue Artificial Intelligence…

HERNE & SHUCK // STORMING THE STONE
By David Barnett (Writer) Lee Milmore (Artist) Quinton Winter (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

The UK. Herne is a troubleshooter and hired help for many different magical factions. Accompanied by Shuck, a demon in dog form, he travels the country picking up work where he can, whether it be an exorcism or a rescue. Recently, he was tasked with saving young Carys from ritual sacrifice, and has made an enemy of the organisation known as St Michael. Now, they have her again, and Herne must lead a rescue…

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50 Years Of 2000AD – First Guests Announced

Rebellion have announced the first guests for 50 Years Of 2000AD, its 50th anniversary celebration, the galaxy’s greatest party next March.

As we’ve previously reported, to celebrate half a century of the groundbreaking comic book in 2027, 2000AD publisher Rebellion is hosting a special two-day immersive live extravaganza, to be staged at Protein Studios in Shoreditch, London on 6th to 7th March.

Day tickets for this much-anticipated celebration will go on sale online tomorrow, Thursday 5th November.

This explosive, must-see celebration will be as unique and thrilling as the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic itself, with a jam-packed schedule of prestige events, original programming, world exclusive merchandise, and one-of-a-kind spectacles befitting the legacy of the finest comic book export the UK has ever produced.

The first roster guests announced are Pat Mills, (2000AD’s creator), John Wagner, Brian Bolland, Dan Abnett, Duncan Fegredo , Henry Flint, Patrick Goddard, Chris Weston, Rob Williams, Robin Smith, Will Simpson, TC Eglington, Mike Dorey, Leah Moore, John Reppion, Mike Dowling, Joe Currie, Dan Cornwell and Ned Hartley.

Plus Guest Of Honour, Conchita Ezquerra, the widow of the co-creator of Judge Dredd, Carlos Ezquerra, who passed in 2018.

There are many more guests to be announced in the coming weeks – check out the official 2000AD website here to see the full line-up as it’s revealed.

Jason Kingsley CBE, CEO and co-founder of Rebellion said: “We are delighted to be celebrating 50 years of the galaxy’s greatest comic. We have been the custodians of this cherished British cultural icon for over half of its life, which means a great deal to us.

“Not only is this a celebration of 2000AD’s past but we are very much looking toward to marking our way into the future, telling more incredible stories that will delight audiences both existing and new. We cannot wait to see you there!”

Matt Smith, the editor of 2000AD for the last 26 years, said: “It’s only natural that the comic with the thermonuclear impact would have a lasting legacy – and 2000AD is still thrilling readers fifty years since its launch. It’s an incredible achievement for a weekly British sci-fi anthology to still be here five decades on, and testament to the strength and timeless quality of the stories from an amazing roster of talent. Such a milestone demands a celebration to match – and I hope loyal Squaxx will come join the droids for this galactic event!”

Day tickets for this much-anticipated celebration will go on sale online tomorrow, Thursday 5th November. Bookmark this official 2000AD page for intel!

New Rebellion Releases…

Johnny Red – Volume 1 The Falcons (Classic Johnny Red)
By Tom Tully (Writer), Joe Colquhoun (Artist)
Out: Scheduled for 4th November 2026
Paperback/ Hardcover | 320 pages
ISBN: 978-1837868513 (Paperback) | 978-1837869206 (Hardcover)
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“The Falcons are yours now, Johnny. Protect them from this madness that men bring upon each other.”

It is 1941.

Kicked out of the Royal Air Force for striking an officer, trainee pilot Johnny Redburn finds himself on a British merchant vessel, part of a supply convoy bound for the beleaguered USSR. When the Germans attack he takes to the skies in the ship’s sole fighter aircraft – and is very soon fighting for his life. Yet Johnny’s real struggle begins when he joins Russia’s Falcon Squadron, a fighter unit abandoned by its superiors, the pilots expected to sacrifice themselves against the Nazi invaders.

So begins the legend of the Red Devil, as the young Englishman and his Russian comrades fling themselves against the foe in one dreadful battle after another: Leningrad, Murmansk, Stalingrad, each more terrible than the last. Assailed by both the German Air Force and the Soviet secret police, Johnny and the Falcons fly into peril alongside the Angels of Death, the all-woman night bomber squadron led by the beautiful Nina Petrova. As the carnage intensifies and casualties mount, Johnny Red must fight for the lives of his squadron – before the war devours them all.

The first in a series collecting Johnny Red in its entirety, this volume presents the complete two-year run by original artist Joe Colquhoun (Charley’s War), written by co-creator Tom Tully (Roy of the Rovers): a British comics classic, quite simply the greatest aerial combat strip of all time.

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John Freeman

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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