2000AD Prog 2424 and Judge Dredd Megazine 478 hit the stands this week, on sale Wednesday 19th March, with “Nu Earth War Tales” joining the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic lineup. Plus the the Megazine includes a special comic prequel to Rebellion’s latest computer game, Atomfall.
The publisher’s much-trailed Spring Assault is almost here, as this week we hit the penultimate parts of “Judge Dredd: The Shift” in 2000AD 2424, trailed by another brilliant creepy cover from Nick Percival; and “Full Tilt Boogie” – which takes centre stage with a double-length Thriller!
They’re joined by first of a new occasional series you’ll see in the Prog this year, “Nu Earth War Tales”, which explore Rogue Trooper‘s war from some unexpected perspectives.
Atomfall game gets a comic prequel
Then: change is coming to Judge Dredd Megazine, as issue 478, featuring a distinctively quirky but intriguing cover from Anthony Williams, sees the finale of “Fargo & McBane”, “Riley’s Rebels” and “Devlin Waugh”, while “Lawless” heads for a short hiatus. While those four stories are departing for now, we have a new arrival in the form of “Atomfall”, an exclusive comic prequel to the acclaimed new game from Rebellion.
For those unfamiliar, launching 27th March, Atomfall is a survival action game, coming day one to Game Pass. It will also be available on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, Windows PC and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.
Set in the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, Atomfall tasks players with solving the mystery of what happened at the Windscale nuclear power station. To solve this, you will need to navigate military encampments, delve through abandoned bunkers below ground, and risk your life in Pagan ruins. Central to the dark mystery are the host of eccentric characters and cryptic organisations that inhabit the quarantine zone. These individuals have been cut off from the outside world for years and left to their own devices, so are anything but normal.
But be careful, they aren’t all friendly and you will need to get to grips with an array of ranged and melee weapons if you are to survive…
But where are those 2000AD games?
As you’d expect, the inclusion of an admittedly marvellous-looking Atomfall prequel has, inevitably, led 2000AD fans to wonder why Rebellion has launched an all-new game, instead of drawing on its massive comics assets, including 2000AD characters, for new games. Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley recently addressed that issue in a wide ranging interview with PC Gamer, revealing “half-a-dozen 2000AD games were in the works before fizzling out”. Can you hear screaming from the ranks?
Despite opening the 2000AD universe out to potential licensing ten years ago, there’s not been much to show for it. It’s a situation clearly preying on Jason’s mind, too.
“The option is still open to people,” Kingsley told PC Gamer. “We had five or six people start things, put demos together, try and get funding for them. But then COVID happened, and I guess they sort of all fizzled a bit.”
The question proved an opportunity for the CEO to get a little philosophical about how the gaming industry itself works. “Some got some way, you know, we saw demos and went, ‘yeah, that looks great. You know, go for it with our support,'” says Kingsley.
“But you know as well as I do: lots of games get started and a relatively small fraction actually get finished. It’s quite… it’s quite tragic actually the industry. The games you get to see are a tiny representative of the number that get started. Sadly.”
For the latest news and updates on the new Atomfall game, which looks stunning, visit Atomfall.com and you can also follow Atomfall on social channels – Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X and several others, including TikTok.
This Week’s Rebellion Releases
2000AD Prog 2424
UK and DIGITAL: 19 March £3.80
NORTH AMERICA: 2 April $25.99 (Prog Pack)
DIAMOND: DEC241817
COVER: Nick Percival
In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // THE SHIFT by Ken Niemand (Writer) Nick Percival (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
FULL TILT BOOGIE // BOOK THREE by Alex de Campi (Writer) Eduardo Ocana (Artist) Giulia Brusco (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
PORTALS & BLACK GOO // A QUORUM OF FIENDS by John Tomlinson (Writer) Eoin Coveney (Artist) Jim Boswell (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
NU-EARTH WAR TALES // OVERWATCH by Gordon Rennie (Writer) Mike Walters (Artist) Matt Soffe (Colourist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)
Judge Dredd Megazine 478
UK and DIGITAL: 19 March £6.99
NORTH AMERICA: 23 April $11.99
DIAMOND: JAN251918
COVER: Anthony Williams
In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // MESSIAH COMPLEX by Ian Edginton (Writer) Paul McCaffrey (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
DEATH CAP // FRONTIER JUSTICE by T.C. Eglington (Writer) Boo Cook (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
FARGO & MCBANE // NEW YORK’S FINEST by Ken Niemand (Writer) Anna Readman (Artist) Quinton Winter (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
DEVLIN WAUGH // TWO MONTHS OFF by Alex Kot (Writer) PJ Holden (Artist) Jack Davies (Colourist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)
ROK OF THE REDS by John Wagner & Alan Grant (Writers) Dan Cornwell (Artist) Abby Bulmer (Colourist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)
ATOMFALL by Jonathan Howard (Writer) Anthony Williams (Artist) Steve Canon (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
RILEY’S REBELS by Honor Vincent (Writer) Stewart K. Moore (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
LAWLESS // A TOWN CALLED BADROCK by Dan Abnett (Writer) Phil Winslade (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Coming Soon…
THE DEFINITIVE NEMESIS THE WARLOCK: VOLUME THREE
CREATIVE TEAM: Pat Mills (Writer) Kevin O’Neill, Bryan Talbot (Artists) Steve Potter (Letterer)
RELEASE DATE: March 26
PAPERBACK, 224 pages
PRICE: £24.99
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.
REBELLION RELEASES – CURRENT CHECKLISTS
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2026
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• Roy of the Rovers – Rebellion Books Check List
PREVIOUS YEARS CHECKLISTS
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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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