Wait! No!! Is that…? Yes, “Judge Dredd: The Oubliette” has some surprises coming for you this week, including some reappearances you probably weren’t expecting in 2000AD!

And while Dredd prepares for war, there are the latest instalments of “Helium”, “Silver” and “Brink” all waiting for you in this week’s Prog 2484, featuring a cover by Joe Currie, as well.

If that wasn’t enough Thrill-Power, tis week also offers a self-contained “Future Shock” from James Lovegrove and Steve Roberts which helps teach us all the alphabet…

2000AD Prog 2484
Release Date: 27th May £3.99
Lunar Release Date: 10th June $7.99
Cover: Joe Currie

In This Issue

JUDGE DREDD // THE OUBLIETTE
By Ken Niemand (Writer) Dan Cornwell (Artist) Chris Blythe (Colourist) 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, with the toxic Black Atlantic on one side and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west. Crime is rampant, tensions run a knife-edge, and only the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!

BRINK // THE CALL OF THE VOID
By Dan Abnett (Writer) INJ Culbard (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

The late 21st century, and through environmental catastrophe and industrial overload Earth has been reduced to a wasteland. Mankind finally evacuated the planet in 2072 and millions were housed in a number of deep-space Habitats. But life on these cramped, overcrowded stations is tense, often spilling over into madness. Sects are rife, and Bridget Kurtis of the Habitat Security Division is investigating their reach…

SILVER // MALIGNANT
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 just been instrumental in blowing up a nuclear facility…

FUTURE SHOCKS // AN ALIEN INVASION ALPHABET
By James Lovegrove (Writer) Steve Roberts (Artist) Rob Steen (Letterer)

Out in the vast reaches of the universe, there are an infinite number of stories waiting to be told. These cautionary tales pass from traveller to traveller in the spaceports and around campfires on distant planets, acquiring the status of legend, their shocking ends a salutory lesson in hubris. Anything is possible in these twisted trips into the galaxy’s dark side. Abandon your preconceptions, and expect the unexpected…

HELIUM // RED OCTOBER
By Ian Edginton (Writer) D’Israeli (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

The far future. It has been three hundred years since the Great War ended, and eighty-five per cent of the Earth’s surface now lies beneath a gaseous ocean known as the Poison Belt. The survivors live above the lethal fugue, but a Professor Bloom has emerged from a city below the belt, claiming he can make the planet habitable again. Constable Hodge was tasked with protecting him, but it came at great cost…

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Other Rebellion Releases

New Adventures from the Trigan Empire – Book One
By Michael Carroll and Tom Foster
Out: Scheduled for 21st May 2026
Hardcover | 64 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837862726
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For the first time in 40 Years, the Trigan Empire rises once again! From the award-winning creative team of Michael Carroll (Dreadnoughts), and Tom Foster (Judge Dredd), New Adventures from the Trigan Empire continues the classic, groundbreaking comics story originally told by Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence.

Decades have passed since we were last visitors to The Trigan Empire, and an aging Emperor Trigo has started to think about who his successor may be. His right-hand man and nephew, Janno, is perceived as the natural successor – but Trigo’s abandoned son, Nikko, has long harboured a grudge against his father and now, having built his own Empire whilst in exile, he’s in perfect position to take revenge on his family and seize the Empire he believes is rightfully his….

Will the Trigan Empire rise… or fall? Don’t miss the beginning of an incredible new saga!

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June 2026

Azimuth: Volume 1
by Dan Abnett and Tazio Bettin
Out: Scheduled for 4th June 2026
Paperback | 176 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837867936
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You Have Reached Your Destination

This is Azimuth. Azimuth is everything. It is the city that always was and always will be. You are safe. Because this is Azimuth.

In an eternal city that is everything, Suzi Nine Millimetre is a soul for hire, doing whatever is asked of her by whoever happens to be asking. A job’s a job.

When two Lords of New Flesh hire Suzi to get to the bottom of their disturbing and prophetic dreams, she must travel the land to speak to the most powerful beings in Azimuth.

What are the dreams prophesizing? And who is the rider of the pale horse bringing death with him?

Roy of the Rovers Volume One (A Roy of the Rovers Graphic Novel)
By Rob Williams (Writer), Ben Willsher (Artist)
Out: Scheduled for 4th June 2026
Paperback | 160 pages
ISBN: 978-1837867820
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Once a mighty team in English soccer, Melchester Rovers are now a pale imitation of what they once were. Languishing around the bottom half of the table in League Two, the future is looking decidedly grim for the club. Enter Roy Race; a sixteen-year-old striker with a lethal left foot and a burning desire to play for the club he has supported all of his life. Could he be the spark that reignites the Rovers after years in the wilderness?

From the pages of Tiger to having his own title, Roy of the Rovers is the most popular soccer strip in British comics. This action-packed sporting drama reboots the iconic character for today’s generation of football fandom.

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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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