Scarlet Traces may be set just after the end of The War of the Worlds… but that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to see any alien activity in 2000AD, Prog 2435 on sale today!
Things ratchet up a notch in this week’s instalment of Ian Edginton and D’Israeli‘s astounding series – but they’re not the only ones raising the stakes! Rogue Trooper’s problems keep getting worse in Tides of War, while Baroness DeSilva is suffering all kinds of torture in Silver!
Plus – can you tell the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic is heading towards a round of finales? Wednesday 18th June will see a bumper-issue of 2000AD land in stores, and it’ll be bringing a whole new set of Thrills to the Galaxy’s Greatest – so sit back and enjoy the ride!
Plus – read on for some Rebellion book release schedule changes, with some titles pushed back to 2026 release, and a new The Spider title coming in December!
Oh, and we can’t let just Guardian readers see this ad, right Squaxx dek Thargo?
2000AD Prog 2435
UK and DIGITAL: 4 June £3.80
NORTH AMERICA: 30 July $25.99 (Prog Pack)
DIAMOND: APR251621
COVER: Toby Willsmer
In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // THE FIRST 100
by Dan Abnett (Writer) Colin MacNeil (Artist) Chris Blythe (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. 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! Now, Judge Gable is relating the time she partnered Dredd…
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 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. 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 Benu something strange is going on in her head, a mental connection to a soldier…
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, having aided the rebels in destroying Sepsis infrastructure, has been given a new mission to undertake…
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, but there appears to be vestiges of the aliens left…
• Available in print from: 2000AD webshop, WHSmith, key supermarkets, book hops, Amazon, and comic book shops via Diamond | Available in digital from: 2000AD webshop, 2000AD app for Apple & Android
Rebellion Releases in June 2025
We’ve just updated our 2025 Rebellion Release Page noting that: Rex Power – Invasion of the Fear Bugs! has moved to a March 2026 on sale date; New Adventures from the Trigan Empire – Book One has moved to a May 2026 on sale date; added details for The Spider vs. Spider-Boy, on sale in December 2025
Rogue Trooper: The Complete Collection – Book 2
by Gerry Finley-Day, Cam Kennedy, et al.
Release Date: Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Paperback | 368 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837865352
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The Complete Rogue Trooper series continues to collect every adventure of one of 2000AD’s most popular characters, originally created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), this second volume features the work of veteran artists Cam Kennedy (Star Wars: Dark Empire) and Brett Ewins.
The hunt for the Traitor General, who betrayed Rogue and caused the deaths of his fellow soldiers, comes to a conclusion, bringing to an end the first phase of Rogue’s storyline.
Thistlebone Book Three: The Dule Tree
by T.C. Eglington and Simon Davis
Out: Scheduled for 5th June 2025
Hardcover | 80 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837865369
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After the death of Malcolm Kinniburgh, who had previously kept the Thistlebone legend alive, the local Harrowvale constabulary find clues that lead them to investigate the abandoned film production of a 1970s folk horror film, The Dule Tree. Based on a harrowing account from the seventeen hundreds where thirteen innocent women and one man were hanged during the witch trials, the film itself ran into production problems, the source of which has remained a mystery for fifty years.
Tom Eglington began writing for 2000AD in 2010, his first work being on a Steve Yeowell illustrated “Future Shock”, “Universal Masterchef”. Since then, he has gone on to create scripts for numerous “Future Shocks”, “3rillers”, “Time Twisters” and “Mega-City One Tales”. He has created original series “Outlier”, “Blunt” and “Thistlebone”. His run of scripts on “Judge Dredd” have seen him work with Boo Cook, Brendan McCarthy, Colin MacNeil, and Staz Johnson. His work beyond the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic includes two children’s novels, and he is known as an artist, with work appearing in galleries as far afield as New York, LA and Australia.
Simon Davis divides his time between comic work and portrait painting and is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP). Davis began working in comics in the early 1990s but has also worked as a storyboard artist and magazine illustrator. Among the many characters that he has drawn for 2000AD, he is probably best known for his work on Sinister Dexter with Dan Abnett, Stone Island and Ampney Crucis with Ian Edginton, and Slaine: The Brutania Chronicles with Pat Mills.
Essential Judge Death: My Name Is Death
by John Wagner, Peter Doherty, et al.
Out: Wednesday 18th June 2025
Paperback | 192 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837865277
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Judge Death is “the most dangerous threat Mega-City One faces, and he’s on the loose again.” – Slings And Arrows
The essential graphic novel series – the ultimate introduction to the world of 2000AD! This collection is an ideal jumping on point for new readers.
The Essential Judge Death: My Name Is Death is the perfect introduction to Judge Dredd’s greatest foe.
From the pen of acclaimed Judge Dredd creator John Wagner (A History of Violence) comes the origin story of 2000AD‘s most enduring villain. Includes “Young Death”, with art by Peter Doherty (Shaolin Cowboy), “Tea With Mrs. Gunderson” by artist Dean Ormston (Black Hammer) and the classic “My Name Is Death” and “The Wilderness Days”, with art by Frazer Irving (Batman & Robin).
REBELLION RELEASES – CURRENT CHECKLISTS
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2026
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2025
• Roy of the Rovers – Rebellion Books Check List
PREVIOUS YEARS CHECKLISTS
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2024
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2023
• Check out our guide to 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics releases for 2022
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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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