Last week saw the first bumper 2000AD Prog of the year – but this week is just as great for new readers, with four new stories starting alongside the ongoing “Judge Dredd” tie-in tale, “Chimpsky’s Law“!
Behind a chimp-crazy cover by Cliff Robinson and Dylan Teague – no aping around from these two! – firstly, Judge Dredd has to deal with a new epidemic of exploding people in Mega-City One. Then the highly-acclaimed “Silver” returns for a second run, as Joe Currie draws a bunch of insane vampire violence! Some of the most distinctive artwork you’ll ever see in comics on offer here…
Next, there’s new story starring “Brass & Bland“, the body-looters who scrapped with Rogue Trooper several times over the years. They’re both appearing in next year’s Rogue movie, so here’s a great chance to learn a little more about their past!
Finally, there’s “GHOSTED“, by Guy Adams and Megan Huang. No spoilers! just take a look at the first page below for yourself, then head to your nearest 2000AD-stocking newsagent or supermarket – or online portal – and grab a copy on Wednesday 9th April!
2000 AD Prog 2427
UK and DIGITAL: 9 April £3.80
NORTH AMERICA: 4 June $36.00 (Prog Pack)
DIAMOND: FEB251945
COVER: CLIFF ROBINSON WITH DYLAN TEAGUE
In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // BLITZERS
by Ken Niemand (Writer) Dan Cornwell (Artist) Dylan Teague (Colourist) 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 irradiated Cursed Earth to the west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. 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!
CHIMPSKY’S LAW // THE TRUTH CONUNDRUM
by Ken Niemand (Writer) PJ Holden (Artist) Jack Davies (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Noam Chimpsky is a super-intelligent ape living in Ludi Wittgenstein block, and he sees it as his mission to protect his fellow residents from the various threats and problems that can befall a citizen of the Big Meg. He does all this secretly, allowing others to take the credit, but his attempts to make life better for the metropolis’s citizens means he can often fall foul of the Judges…
SILVER // PERFIDIOUS
by Mike Carroll (Writer) Joe Currie (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Earth, the year 2001. A group of armed survivors sought out the resting place of a five hundred-year-old vampire, who may just help them against the alien Sepsis, who invaded the planet a few decades earlier. The vamp, called Baroness DeSilva, has proved powerful in battling the extra-terrestrials, and now she’s recovering, having aided the rebels in destroying Sepsis infrastructure, striking them a major blow…
GHOSTED // BOOK ONE
by Guy Adams (Writer) Megan Huang (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
NEW STORY! 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 at the centre of the African continent, so vast and divorced from the rest of the planet that it’s virtually its own realm. Rich and diverse, it prides itself on being the perfect place to live — but not everything is what it seems on the surface…
NU-EARTH WAR TALES // NU ROMANCE
by Gordon Rennie (Writer) Gary Welsh (Artist) Gary Caldwell (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. As he, together with biochips Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, search for the traitor that sold them out, stories swirl around the characters involved in this conflict…
Available in print from: 2000AD webshop, book stores, Amazon, and comic book stores via Diamond | Available in digital from: 2000AD webshop, 2000AD app for Apple & Android
Incoming Graphic Novels from Rebellion…
Nemesis the Warlock – The Definitive Edition Volume 3
by Pat Mills (Writer), Bryan Talbot, Kevin O’Neill (Artists)
Paperback – 10th April 2025 | 224 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1837864232
• Nemesis the Warlock Volume III – The Definitive Edition – 2000AD Webshop Exclusive also available
The Definitive series of the Nemesis the Warlock saga continues with Nemesis’s continuing battle against the wicked forces of Termight’s mad tyrant Torquemada, alien freedom fighter Nemesis The Warlock is joined by his bloodthirsty son Thoth and war robots, the A.B.C. Warriors, for a nightmarish adventure across the terrifying Time Wastes.
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 edition compiles the entire series in order, with the colour centre-spread pages reproduced in their original form. Definitive Nemesis the Warlock is the ultimate way to read one of the most important sci-fi sagas published in the pages of 2000 AD.
Pat Mills is the creator and first editor of 2000 AD. He developed Judge Dredd and is the writer-creator of many of 2000 AD’s most popular stories such as Sláine, Nemesis and A.B.C. Warriors. Amongst his credits are Marshal Law (Marvel and DC Comics), co-created with Kevin O’Neill, the French graphic novel series Requiem, Vampire Knight with artist Olivier Ledroit, and Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! The Secret History of 2000 AD and Judge Dredd. His current projects include Joe Pineapples: Tin Man, illustrated by Simon Bisley and Clint Langley, Spacewarp, and Kiss My Axe! The Secret History of Sláine the Warped Warrior.
Bryan Talbot is one of the UK’s most respected comics artists. He has contributed to Future Shocks, Judge Dredd, Nemesis the Warlock, Ro-Busters and Sláine in the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, and most recently wrote and illustrated a silent One-Off. Beyond 2000 AD, Talbot is renowned for his body of graphic novel work, which includes The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, Heart of Empire, The Tale of One Bad Rat and Alice in Sunderland.
Kevin O’Neill was a 2000AD legend. From working as an art assistant on the very first prog, he quickly became involved in the creative side of the comic, co-creating classics like A.B.C. Warriors, Bonjo From Beyond The Stars, Metalzoic and Nemesis the Warlock. Outside the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, O’Neill was briefly notorious as the only artist ever to have his work rejected wholesale by the Comics Code Authority! Happily, his notoriety quickly became fame and acclaim, as his work on strips like Marshal Law and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen raised him to a deservedly high profile.
Rogue Trooper: The Complete Collection – Book 1
By Gerry Finley-Day, Alan Moore (Writers), Dave Gibbons, Cam Kennedy, Brett Ewins, Colin Wilson (Artists)
Paperback – 10th April 2025 | 368 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1837864652
The last genetic infantryman, crossing a landscape scarred by the raging war between Norts and Southers, Rogue Trooper hunts down the Traitor General, who betrayed his men and caused their slaughter.
Repackaged in a brand new edition, The Complete Rogue Trooper collects the adventures of one of 2000 AD’s best-loved and most enduring characters, originally created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons, and featuring the work of Alan Moore and veteran artists Cam Kennedy and Colin Wilson.
Essential Judge Dredd: Tour of Duty – Book 3
by John Wagner, Robbie Morrison, Al Ewing (Writers), Mike Collins, Carlos Ezquerra, Kev Walker, Patrick Goddard, John Higgins and Jon Haward (Artists)
Paperback – 23rd April 2025
ISBN: 978-1837864287
The essential Judge Dredd graphic novel series – this is the ultimate introduction to the Lawman of the Future! And this is the grand finale to the epic Tour of Duty storyline!
During Origins, Dredd discovered a mutant branch of his own bloodline. For the lawman, it brought home the injustice inherent in Justice Department’s Mutant policies. He believes that those unfortunates warped by the legacy of the Atomic Wars deserve to be treated with more humanity, as they are currently forbidden entry into Mega-City One, and exiled to facilities and townships in the irradiated wasteland. But Dredd’s support of Mutants may see him join them to live out the rest of his life in The Cursed Earth.
The stories collected in this volume affect the Dredd’s world for years to come…
Spector: Incorruptible
By John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra and Dan Cornwell
Paperback – 23rd April 2025
ISBN: 978-1837864249
Just a few years into our future, faced with unsustainable levels of corruption within the branches of city government, and a police force that is equally rotten, Spector is created. A robot detective, untainted by corruption and beyond bribery, Spector is charged with cleaning up the city. But it is an uphill battle, as many people currently in positions of power want the robot to fail.
Written by John Wagner (A History of Violence), this standalone graphic novel represents the final work of Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd), with Dan Cornwell (Rok of the Reds) completing the story.
Strontium Dog: Search and Destroy 4
by Alan Grant, John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra and Robin Smith
Hardcover – 23rd April 2025
ISBN: 978-1837864300
WELCOME TO THE DOGHOUSE
Warped by radioactive Strontium-90 fallout after the Great Nuclear War, mutants like Johnny Alpha only have one career option available: a hard life as galactic bounty hunters known by the ‘norms’ as ‘Strontium Dogs’. The Stontium Dogs patrol the galaxy, bringing trouble to the troublemakers.
It’s a hard and dangerous life where only the toughest can survive. Johnny Alpha – the leader of the mutant rebellion – might just be the toughest of them all.
This collection sees Johnny and his brother-for-life Wulf Sternhammer return to the Gronk homeworld seeking justice against a band of violent trappers – unaware that they’re walking into a trap…
Alongside “The Kid Knee Caper” and “The Killing”, this volume also contains “The Moses Incident”, in which a routine bounty takes a dark and sinister turn which changes Johnny’s world forever and sends him into the darkest parts of the galaxy. Will he be able to escape The Island of the Living Dead?
With over 300 2000AD stories to his name – not to mention over 250 Daily Star “Judge Dredd” strips – the late Alan Grant’s prolific creative record speaks for itself. Outside the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, Grant is well-known to Batman fans following a lengthy run on various incarnations of the title. He also adapted Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novels Kidnapped and Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde in Graphic Novel format with artist Cam Kennedy.
John Wagner has been scripting for 2000AD for more years than he cares to remember. His creations include Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Ace Trucking, Al’s Baby, Button Man and Mean Machine. Outside of 2000AD, his credits include Star Wars, Lobo, The Punisher and the critically acclaimed A History of Violence.
Carlos Ezquerra was the co-creator of Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Rat Pack, Major Eazy and many other fan favourite characters, he designed the classic original Dredd costume as well as visually conceptualising Mega-City One. In addition to these credits he also illustrated “A.B.C. Warriors”, “Judge Anderson”, “Tharg the Mighty”, and “Cursed Earth Koburn”, amongst many other stories. Outside of the ‘Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’, Ezquerra illustrated the first “Third World War” episodes in Crisis magazine, and become a regular collaborator with Garth Ennis, working on Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, Bloody Mary, Just a Pilgrim, Condors, The Magnificent Kevin and two special Preacher episodes. He died in 2018 but his profound influence on the world of comic art cannot be overstated.
Aside from his own co-created Bad City Blue, Robin Smith has illustrated “Future Shocks”, “Judge Dredd”, “Mean Machine”, “Rogue Trooper”, “Strontium Dog”, “Tharg the Mighty” and “Time Twisters”. He is also the illustrator of Paradox Press’s Green Candles, and is co-creator of The Bogie Man with John Wagner and Alan Grant.
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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.
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