“Scarlet Traces” returns to 2000AD this week, a story from Ian Edginton and D’Israeli, accessible for first time readers, acting as a bridge between the end of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds… and the original run of Scarlet Traces.

(For those who missed out on previous stories, however, Rebellion have released three collections, detailed below!)

After the War of the Worlds ended, what did humanity do with all that advanced technology left scattered across the planet? Scarlet Traces: Empire of Blood will reveal the terrible truth.ll

Plus, Dan Abnett continues his run of one shot stories on “Judge Dredd”, with Rob Richardson on art; and there’s more “Rogue Trooper”, “Ghosted” and “Silver”, all racing ever forwards – a packed Prog, for sure!

2000AD Prog 2432
UK and DIGITAL: 14 May £3.80
NORTH AMERICA: 2 July $24.99 (Prog Pack)
DIAMOND: MAR251585
COVER: D’Israeli

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD // NO PLACE LIKE HOME
by Dan Abnett (Writer) Rob Richardson (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 irradiated CursedEarth 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!

ROGUE TROOPER // TIDES OF WAR
by Andi Ewington (Writer) Paul Marshall (Artist) Pippa Bowland (Colourist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)

Nu Earth, site of a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers, where theatmosphere has been rendered poisonous. So the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen, immune to the pollutants – G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of hiskind. He and his biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman have gone AWOL, hunting for the Traitor General that sold them out. Now, he’s joined a patrol-boat crew…

GHOSTED // BOOK ONE
by Guy Adams (Writer) Megan Huang (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

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, 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 for well-to-do citizen Benu something strange is going on in her head…

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 afive 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, having aided the rebels in destroying Sepsis infrastructure, has been given a new mission to undertake…

NEW THRILL! SCARLET TRACES // EMPIRE OF BLOOD
by Ian Edginton (Writer) D’Israeli (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

England, the late nineteenth century. Earth has come under attack by Martian war machines, devastating huge swathes of the country with their heat rays and harvesting enormous numbers of people. Finally struck down by the planet’s viruses, the Martians’ assault collapses. Now, humanity is picking up the pieces and coming to terms with the aftermath…

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Scarlet Traces Collections

Links below are AmazonUK Affiliates; but do note all three collections are currently being offered at a discounted price on the 2000AD shop (just search for “Scarlet Traces”), so there’s no excuse not to know your tripod from your Venusian!

The Complete Scarlet Traces, Volume One

THE CHANCES OF ANYTHING COMING FROM MARS ARE A MILLION TO ONE, HE SAID.

But still they came. In the last years of the Nineteenth Century England fell to the Martians. The population was devastated, but the Martians were wiped out and Britain survived. A decade later, the British Empire has rebuilt and expanded its influence using the alien technology that brought it to its knees. Captain Robert Autumn and his manservant, Archie Currie, investigate the disappearance of Archie’s niece and uncover the sinister conspiracy behind the empire’s power!

This volume collects Ian Edginton’s and D’Israeli’s critically acclaimed comic book adaption of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds and the sequel, Scarlet Traces.

The Complete Scarlet Traces, Volume Two

Thanks to the technology left behind by the Martians and salvaged by the survivors, the British Empire has become a dominating world power once again, and has taken the fight back to the Martians! But an aging Robert Autumn knows there is more to this war than the propganda suggests. He sends journalist Charlotte Hemmingway undercover to Mars in order to discover the truth. What she discovers there is truly earth-shattering…

The Complete Scarlet Traces, Volume Three

It is 1968 and the Martians have finally returned and are ready to wreck their terrible revenge. Can a ragtag team of Humans and Venusian survivors, spread across the solar system, stop the Martian plan to weaponise the sun itself and wipe humanity off the Earth?

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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.

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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