
2000AD Prog 2418, on sale from Wednesday in all good Local Comic Shops, newsagents and supermarkets, features two new Thrills joining “Hawk the Slayer“, “Fiends of the Western Front” and “Portals & Black Goo” – leading with a new “Judge Dredd” tale, “The Shift“. Ken Niemand and Nick Percival launch us into a new chiller for the twenty-second century lawman, as he explores how a juve myth can open up access to a horrific parallel dimension….
Also this Prog, Alex De Campi and Eduardo Ocana are back for the third and final book of deep-space drama “Full Tilt Boogie“. When we left Tee and her friends last year, they were preparing to head to the Luxine Empire and take down the ruling regime. With war about to kick off, just what can Tee do against an Empress? There’s only one way to find out!
2000AD Prog 2418
UK and DIGITAL: 5 February £3.80
NORTH AMERICA: 2 April $25.99 (Prog Pack)
DIAMOND: DEC241817
COVER: Nick Percival
In this issue:
New! JUDGE DREDD // SHIFT
by Ken Niemand (Writer) Nick Percival (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 on one side and the irradiated wasteland the Cursed Earth to the west. 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!

New! FULL TILT BOOGIE // BOOK THREE
by Alex de Campi (Writer) Eduardo Ocana (Artist) Giulia Brusco (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
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…

PORTALS & BLACK GOO // A QUORUM OF FIENDS
by John Tomlinson (Writer) Eoin Coveney (Artist) Jim Boswell (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
In the near future, the job market is more perilous than ever and Generation Y must take 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 (Letterer)
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…

FIENDS OF THE WESTERN FRONT // WILDE WEST
by Ian Edginton (Writer) Tiernen Trevallion (Artist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)
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…

Coming Soon…
• 2000AD Prog 2419 – 13th February
• The Design Art of Robin Smith – 13th February
• Judge Dredd Case Files 46 – 26th February
• Adam Eterno Volume 2 – 26th February

• Judge Dredd: The Movie – 12th March
• Shakara: The Complete Collection – 19th March
• Definitive Nemesis The Warlock Volume 3 – 26th March
• Complete Rogue Trooper Volume 1 – 10th April
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
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”.
He’s the writer of “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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