Before we give you the intel on new Rebellion releases this week, a quick heads up that 2000AD’s latest Judge Dredd adventure, “A Better World”, a story that’s shocked readers, shaken Dredd’s world and set up some threads for dangers to come is currently available in one print or digital bundle.
Reflecting contemporary issues around “defunding the police”, writers Rob Williams and Arthur Wyatt, with artist Henry Flint, delivered a brilliant, no-holds-bared political thriller in which a large-scale experiment by Justice Department accountant Judge Maitland threatens to destroy the very power of the Judges themselves. But with so much at stake, it’s soon apparent she has made some powerful enemies, who use her work to their own ends.
A powerful story posing a lot of questions, you can currently get 2000AD Progs 2364-2372 in a single bundle direct from Rebellion here. Be prepared to be blown away by three creators at the top of their game on one of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’s biggest characters, delivering a tale that will reverberate across the series for many years to come.
THIS WEEK’S REBELLION RELEASES…
2000AD Prog 2373
Cover: Stewart K. Moore
JUDGE DREDD // R.U.R. by Ken Niemand (Writer) Nicolo Assirelli (Artist) John Charles (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2146 AD. Home to over 200 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America, with the toxic Black Atlantic to the east and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west. Crime is rampant, and only future cops the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!
INDIGO PRIME // BLACK MONDAY
by Kek-W (Writer) Lee Carter (Artist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)
The multiverse. There is an infinite number of parallel realities, and all need managing in case of dimensional instability. This is where INDIGO PRIME came in, the multiverse ’s troubleshooters, whose agents are trained to deal with space/time catastrophes. Now, IP ’s HQ has been destroyed in a cataclysmic event, and its assets acquired by the company ICP. But Clive Vista has a plan, involving Tyranny Rex…
FULL TILT BOOGIE // BOOK TWO
by Alex de Campi (Writer) Eduardo Ocana (Artist) Eva De La Cruz (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Out in the deep reaches of the cosmos, teenager 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 was at war. Now, they ’ve sought refuge on Tanzagar…
THE FALL OF DEADWORLD // RETRIBUTION
by Kek-W (Writer) Dave Kendall (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
The planet that became known as DEADWORLD was once a regular civilisation existing in a parallel dimension. But the end of days is here, and creatures called the Dark Judges are spreading their contagion, exterminating all life. While Sov forces have take advantage of the chaos and invaded, Jess Childs and co have been trying to save Judge Fairfax — but Jess is in the clutches of the Nausea and Phobia…
THISTLEBONE // THE DULE TREE
by T.C. Eglington (Writer) Simon Davis (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Britain, 2020. It’s been over a year since journalist Seema Chaudry accompanied cult survivor Avril Easton back to the village of Harrowvale, where she suffered at the hands of THISTLEBONE worshippers, a crazed occult group that believed in an ancient woodland deity. One man in the village, Malcolm Kinniburgh, was keeping the Thistlebone legend alive — but it seems to be connected with an old ‘70s horror film…
• Available in print from newsagents and comic book shops via Diamond | Available in digital from: 2000AD webshop, 2000AD apps for Apple & Android
Judge Dredd: A Penitent Man
by Kenneth Niemand (Writer) Tom Foster (Artist) Chris Blythe (Colourist)
Out: 13th March 2024 | 144pp, £16.99
ISBN: 978-1837860975
Former Judge Kyle Asher returns from the penal colony on Titan after serving twenty years. Working as a third-class sludge technician he is determined to prove that he can still serve the city he swore an oath to, Judge Dredd is not so sure of him, and questions whether there is such a thing as a penitent man in a place like Mega-City One. However the SJS, the Judges Internal Affairs division, are determined to run Asher out of town, and Dredd wants to know the reason why!
COMING SOON…
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• downthetubes checklist- 2000AD, Treasury of British Collections and Specials – 2024
• 2000AD Prog 2374 – 20 March
• Judge Dredd Megazine 466 – 20 March
• Essential Rogue Trooper: Genetic Infantryman – 27 March
• Hellman of Hammer Force: Downfall – 27 March
APRIL
• Joe Pineapples: Tin Man – 9 April
• Lowborn High – 24 April
• 40 Years of Scream! – 24 April
Check out our exclusive previews of 40 Years of Scream! here and here
MAY
• Essential Judge Anderson: Satan – 7 May
• Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files 44 – 7 May
• Robot Archie & The Time Machine – 28 May
• Picture Library: The Iron Fist – 29 May
JUNE
• Judge Dredd by Brian Bolland Masterpiece Edition – 20 June
• downthetubes checklist- 2000AD, Treasury of British Collections and Specials – 2024
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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”.
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