Roll up your sleeves, gird your Thrill-receptors, and prepare to immerse yourselves in the latest issue of 2000AD, the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, on sale today in surviving newsagents not obliterated by bottom feeding thrill suckers, Local Comic Shops, select supermarkets, and as a digital edition, too.
The scrotnig line-up that blasted into this reality in Prog 2500 – “Judge Dredd”, “Azimuth”, “Herne & Shuck”, “Durham Red” and “Ghosted” — continues apace, brimming as ever with high-octane action, adventure and intrigue!
Talking of 2000AD, you may have already seen Tharg the Mighty has teamed up with Palace Skateboards, to deliver some exclusive 2000AD-branded skate wear. head to palaceskateboards.com, to order, and check out an all-new eleven-page tie-in “Judge Dredd” story on the 2000AD and Palace Instagram, scripted by Liam Johnson and drawn by Jake Lynch, specially commissioned by Palace.
Oh, and… Halloween is coming! Are you ready to SCREAM…?
2000AD Prog 2504
Release Date: 14th October £3.99
US Release Date: 28th October $7.99
COVER: Tazio Bettin
In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // THE NEW FUTURE
By Rob Williams & Arthur Wyatt (Writer) Henry Flint (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2148 AD. Home to over 300 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. 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! Accounts Judge Maitland attempted to lower crime through social programmes, and was shockingly assassinated…
GHOSTED // BOOK TWO
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. Young citizen Benu found herself neurally connected to a soldier fighting an alien war – but upon fleeing the city, she’s discovered that war is taking place outside the wall…
DURHAM RED // HUNGRY CITY
By Alec Worley (Writer) Ben Willsher (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Late 22nd century. Of all the mutants that have operated as Search/Destroy agents, perhaps the most feared is vampire DURHAM RED, who requires blood to survive. Mistrusted by both the criminals she hunts and her fellow Strontium Dogs, Red has a formidable reputation that precedes her, and now she’s awoken amongst dead bodies on a resort world with next to no memory of what happened…
AZIMUTH // HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DAGON
By Dan Abnett (Writer) Tazio Bettin (Artist) Matt Soffe (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
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. Anyone can take any shape, if it can be conceived by the imagination. A stranger has ridden into town – none other than Ramone Dexter – and revealed that Azimuth is in fact Downlode recrafted by a rogue Artificial Intelligence…
HERNE & SHUCK // STORMING THE STONE
By David Barnett (Writer) Lee Milmore (Artist) Quinton Winter (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
The UK. Herne is a troubleshooter and hired help for many different magical factions. Accompanied by Shuck, a demon in dog form, he travels the country picking up work where he can, whether it be an exorcism or a rescue. Recently, he was tasked with saving young Carys from ritual sacrifice, and has made an enemy of the organisation known as St Michael. Now, they have her again, and Herne must lead a rescue…
• Available in print from: 2000AD webshop, newsagents, Local Comic Shops and supermarkets | Available in digital from: 2000AD webshop, 2000AD app for Apple & Android | Buy a Cover Print
Don’t forget that if you buy an issue of 2000AD in the first week of its release from 2000AD direct, then postage in the UK is free!
Coming Soon from Rebellion…
Scream Halloween Special 2026
Release Date: 28th October £5.99
US Release Date: 28th October $9.99
Cover: Salvador Lavado
In this issue:
THE DRACULA FILE // REALPOLITIK
By Alex Paknadel (Writer) Alejandro Aragon (Artist) Jason Wordie (Colourist) Jonathan Stevenson (Letterer)
THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR // CONVERSATIONAL REALITY GENERATION
By Zac Thompson (Writer) Mattia Monaco (Artist) Maco (Letterer)
CONSENT IS KEY
By Zoe Tunnell (Writer) Chloe Brailsford (Artist) JP Jordan (Colourist) Jodie Troutman (Letterer)
THE BOG BODY
By Oliver Gerlach (Writer) Vic Malhotra (Artist) Maco (Letterer)
BISHOP’S END // LIGHTS OUT
By Michael Gorman (Writer) Babs Tarr (Artist) Kyle Fewell (Colourist) Maco (Letterer)
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
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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