The latest issue of 2000AD is on sale today in all good newsagents and comic shops, featuring a cover by Ben Willsher and:

Judge Dredd: The Grundy Bunch by Arthur Wyatt (Writer) Tom Foster (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

Mega-City One, 2139 AD. Home to over 72 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America, where unemployment is endemic, boredom universal, and crime is rampant. Tensions rest on a constant knife edge, and only the zero-tolerance Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!

Sinister Dexter: Better The Devil by Dan Abnett (Writer) Steve Yeowell (Artist) John Charles (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Gun-sharks Finnigan SINISTER and Ramone DEXTER are the best hitmen money can buy in the future city of Downlode. Having spent the last year offworld hunting for Holy Moses Tanenbaum, a ganglord from an alternate dimension whose presence threatened the fabric of reality, they’ve returned home, and are getting back to business. But whacking Tanenbaum has reset the continuum, meaning no one knows who they are…

Kingmaker by Ian Edginton (Writer) Leigh Gallagher (Artist) Ellie De Ville (Letterer)

The people of the Nine Kingdoms had thought that the undead Ichnar the Wraith King was the biggest threat to peace and freedom, but they hadn’t reckoned without the Thorn — a race of aliens that unexpectedly arrived and occupied their world, destroying those that stood in their way. Recruiting the locals to aid their Shrike troopers, they’ve been hunting down all those with magical abilities — including the wizard Ablard…

The Order:  Wyrm War by Kek-W (Writer) John Burns (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

Seventeenth-century France. The writer Cyrano de Bergerac lies on his deathbed, wanting to tell one last story before he passes — a tale of how he became part of a group of warriors known as THE ORDER, who throughout the centuries have been protecting man from the Wyrms. At certain points in history, these creatures can break through from their dimension and into ours — but now they’re wiping out the timeline…

Kingdom: As It Is In Heaven by Dan Abnett (Writer) Richard Elson (Artist) Ellie De Ville (Letterer)

Earth, the far future. Mankind has been all but destroyed, those still surviving forced into hiding by Them — insectile creatures that have taken over the world. Charged with protecting humanity are genetically engineered dog-soldiers like Gene the Hackman — savage warriors that patrol the wilderness, keeping Them off their Masters’ lawn. Now, Gene has awoken from stasis on the Masters’ orbital station, and gone on the run…

• Available in print from: UK newsagents and all good comic book stores via Diamond 
• Available in digital from: 2000 AD webshop, 2000 AD iPad app, 2000 AD Android app, 2000 AD Windows 10 app

John Freeman

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. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek 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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