Alongside this week’s awesome edition of 2000AD, be sure to track down the all-new Scream! 40th Anniversary Special, a huge 64-page anthology featuring four new horror stories.

This Scream! special resurrects two classic serials back from the dead in the form of “The Dracula File” from Alex Paknadel and Alejandro Aragon, alongside “The Thirteenth Floor” by Torunn Gronbekk and Emily Schnall.

Add to that two all-new complete stories from the team of Anna Readman and George Pooley, alongside V.V. Glass, and you’ve got a horrifying collection of true terror!

Grab a blanket, hide behind the sofa, and get reading!

2000AD Prog 2407
UK and DIGITAL: 6 November £3.80
NORTH AMERICA: 4 December $31.99 (per pack)
DIAMOND: AUG242084
COVER: Paul Williams

JUDGE DREDD // THE COMFORT ZONE by Mike Carroll (w) Ben Willsher (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

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 the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!

THE OUT // BOOK FOUR by Dan Abnett (w) Mark Harrison (a) Simon Bowland (l)

The furthest edge of the universe. Cyd Finlea was a photo-journalist working for the publishers Global Neographic, travelling deep into outer space — otherwise known as THE OUT — and cataloguing the alien societies that she encounters. She left Earth ten years ago and has been seeking other ex-pat humans — but now, having lost her old pal Cheerio and said goodbye to her daughter Joey, she’s finding work…

NIGHTMARE NEW YORK by Kek-W (w) David Roach (a) Peter Doherty (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

Lower Manhattan, 1845. Paradise Square is at the centre of Five Points in Old New York, where five street corners meet. The early days of the North American metropolis are marked by a mix of poverty, organised crime and hardscrabble lives, where ragpickers rub shoulders with Christian missionaries. Young Lil, living rough on these dank streets, has just turned eighteen, and has been rescued by the mysterious Jimmy Blind…

AZIMUTH // THE FABLED BASILISK by Dan Abnett (w) Tazio Bettin (a) Matt Soffe (c) Jim Campbell (l)

Welcome to the city of AZIMUTH, a data-driven metropolis, where anything is possible. Ruled by an aristocracy of the New Flesh, such concepts of life, death, and body-forms are fluid. The New Flesh masters have been troubled by strange dreams, which seem to have predicted the coming of a stranger — none other than Ramone Dexter, who’s teamed up with Psi-Judge Cassandra Anderson to save Downlode…

ROGUE TROOPER // WHEN A G.I. DIES by Garth Ennis (w) Patrick Goddard (a) Rob Steen (l)

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, bred to be immune to the pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. Together with biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, they’re searching for the traitor that sold them out…

Scream! 40th Anniversary Special
UK and DIGITAL: 6 November £5.99
NORTH AMERICA: 11 December $9.99
DIAMOND: SEP241987
COVER: DaNi

THE DRACULA FILE // HOMO SACER by Alex Paknadel (w) Alejandro Aragon (a) Jason Wordie (c) Jonathan Stevenson (l)

THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR by Torunn Gronbekk (w) Emily Schnall (a) Jonathan Stevenson (l)

AND HIS SKIN IS COLD by George Pooley & Anna Readman (w) Anna Readman (a) JP Jordan (c) Rob Steen (l)

INVERTED BURIAL by V.V. Glass (w & a) Jonathan Stevenson (l)

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

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”.

He’s the writer of “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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