It’s been a busy week thanks to the Bank Holiday, so I’ll make this quick. Walter the Wobot makes a guest appearance in “Judge Dredd” in this week’s 2000AD (prog 1996). What further reason do you need to get to your newsagent or comic shop and buy a copy? Go, but take us with you on your smartphone, we have some more suggestions on what to but, too…

Oh, and there are al manner of new Doctor Who collections out from Titan Comics. Who needs that new TV series when there’s this much to read?

UK Newsagents Releases

There are plenty of comics on sale in newsagents that still delight in bringing you such subversive delights, including 2000AD, The Beano, Danger Mouse comic, Commando (latest release intel here), Judge Dredd Megazine, Panini Comics Marvel Collector Editions titles, Titan Comics superhero titles and VIZ, with great strips also featuring in titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Doctor Who Adventures, Titan’s Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS (collecting their strips from the US format titles), Mega, TOXIC and many others.

Still on sale this week in newsagents is Panini Comics first issue of their new Lion Guard comic, packed with original adventure stories featuring Kion and his group of friends on their journey to protect the Pride Lands and defend the Circle of Life. It comes with two jigsaw puzzles plus a collectable figurine.

Don’t forget the wonderful Phoenix Comic is on sale in many (but not all) Waitrose supermarkets and selected high street WH Smiths stores – and some comic shops (stockist list here), as well as available on subscription.

So let’s not get too downhearted by some British publishers lack of faith in full-blown cover to cover comic strip action and humour that only those of us over a certain age remember.

Hachette Partworks, whose partwork titles include Doctor Who: The Complete History and Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection, continue their How To Draw The Marvel Way, along with their re-release of their hugely successful part work, Marvel’s Marvel Ultimate Graphic Novelseries.

Note that you may now have to subscribe if you want to continue buying Part Works some are not distributed in newsagents after their first few issues.

Digital Comic Picks

Psycho Gran by David Leach

What more reason do you need to try this comic out than Psycho Gran by David Leach?

Tune in now at www.acesweekly.co.uk/shop

Don’t miss out on all the Previous Volumes, either, which have up to 200 pages of comics including Extras, and in full form feature in an exclusive Week-to-Week facility, which transforms any volume’s serialised stories into continuous comic book-sized narratives.

British Comic Publishers

2000AD/Rebellion

2000 AD Prog 1996

Judge Dredd: Ladykiller by John Wagner (w) Carlos Ezquerra (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)
Scarlet Traces: Cold War by Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)
Jaegir: Warchild by Gordon Rennie (w) Simon Coleby (a) Len O’Grady (c) Simon Bowland (l)
Outlier: Survivor Guilt by TC Eglington (w) Karl Richardson (a) Ellie De Ville (l)
Anderson : Psi Division by Emma Beeby (w) Nick Dyer (a) Richard Elson (c) Ellie De Ville (l)

Titan Comics

Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Year 2 #12
Writer: Rob Williams
Artist: I.N.J. Culbard
Colorist: Hi-Fi
Letterer: Comicraft

Filled with new purpose, and information from the mouth of the WAR DOCTOR himself, Alice is closing in on the truth behind the Doctor’s possible-crime. But something horrific is stirring within the Squire, and the Doctor finds himself caught between duty and honor! Plus, Abslom Daak makes a fateful decision…!

Cover A: Claudia Ianniciello
Cover B: Photo – Will Brooks
Cover C: Lee Sullivan Abslom Daak Variant
Cover D: Stephen Byrne

Vikings #4 – Cover A

Ragnar Lothbrok has emerged from the bloody battle victorious, but will he survive the night that follows as he’s betrayed by one of his closest friends? Meanwhile, back at home in Kattegat, the rebellion against Ragnar’s family takes a deadly turn, as all seems lost.

Cover A: Peter Snejbjerg
Cover B: Photo
Cover C: Photo Shield

Titan Comics Collections

Penguins of Madagascar Volume 4
Writer: Cavan Scott
Artists: Lucas Ferreyra, Egle Bartolini, Grant Perkins
On sale in comic stores: Now
On sale in book stores: 13th September

More action, adventure and comedy with Skipper, Kowalski, Private and Rico. The North Wind and the Penguins of Madagascar team-up – and then argue a lot. Plus, the mysterious super-villain Artic Fox causes all sorts of trouble for our Fantastic Feathered Four!

All, this plus special back-up stories featuring the Baby Penguins of Madagascar and the North Wind!

Blacklist Volume 2: Arsonist

Writer: Nicole Phillips
Artist: Beni Lobel
FC – 128pp – $14.99 – ISBN: 978-1782762973
On sale in comic stores: Now
On sale in book stores: 27th September

Collects The Blacklist #6-10.

The Arsonist. Red and Liz are forced to go on the run to clear her name after Liz is framed as a KGB agent and killer by the shady Cabal group. But with a deadly new Blacklister cleaning house, can Red and Liz get to him before he destroys all the evidence.

Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Volume 5
Writer: Nick Abadzis
Artists: Elena Casagrande, Eleonora Carlini
Colorists: Arianna Florean, Hi-Fi, Rodrigo Fernandes
Cover: Alice X. Zhang
FC – 128pp – $19.99 – ISBN: 978-1785854286
On sale in comic stores: Now
On sale in book stores: 27th September

Collects: Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Year Two #6-10

The Tenth Doctor’s star-crossed epic continues, as allies become enemies in an interstellar arena! Plus – the Doctor, Gabby and Cindy face off against the terror of the Wishing Well Witch: Gabby and Cindy’s first trip to the UK turns deadly in a small, superstitious town, as an ancient evil is resurrected!

Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Volume 5
Writers: Si Spurrier & Rob Williams
Artists: Simon Fraser, Warren Pleece, Leandro Casco
Colourists: Gary Caldwell, Hi-Fi
Cover: Alex Ronald
FC – 128pp – $19.99 – ISBN: 978-1785853517
On sale in comic stores: Now
On aale in book stores: 27th September

Collects: Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Year Two #6-10

The Doctor struggles to clear his name, and rediscovers more of what his War Doctor incarnation got up to during the Time War! Plus: the Squire uncovers her true past, and Alice cracks a temporal mystery. (While Abslom Daak uses his chainsword to bash things a lot) Guest-starring River Song, and the best jailbreak of ANY century!

 New Graphic Novels/ Collections on Sale in UK Bookshops

US Comics On Sale This Week

List in part courtesy First Age Comics Lancaster – all the comics below can be ordered through your local comic shop, as can the 2000AD and Titan Comics titles above

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• Check out our British and Irish Comic Shops Map | Art by Nick Miller. We’ve got a range of merchandise featuring this art on sale via CafePress

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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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