All systems are go and all printers are whirring at Tharg’s Nerve Centre, as 2000AD Prog 2499 beams into newsagents and Local Comic Shops today, with two massive finales nestled firmly inside.
Firstly, we have the stunning climax to “Judge Dredd: The Oubliette”, as the mega-epic storyline comes to a conclusion in an oversized final instalment. Who will be left at the end, and what kind of a state will they be in?
And then there’s the end of “Brink”, Book Seven, as… well, you’ll need to read it yourself. It’s going out with a huge shocker – but will return in the future for Book Eight.
All this, and there’s a helpful Alphabet just for serial killers, too!
“We thought you might need something soothing after two mega-finales like that,” squeaked one of the 2000AD droids, shortly before Meq-Quake carted it off for some “therapy”…
Mind, you, it’s not surprising the Druid’s are a bit skwiffy, what with printer problems and getting all those subscriber copies out to the Squaxx dek Thargo, on top of preparing the way for next week’s whole new line-up of scrotnig stories in the milestone Prog 2500.
Inside the upcoming circuit-shattering 48-pager, you’ll find the start of another major Dredd arc, “The New Future”,Rob Williams, Arthur Wyatt and Henry Flint’s follow-up to “A Better World”, plus new “Durham Red”, “Azimuth”, “Herne & Shuck” – and much more. Be ready!
2000AD Prog 2499
UK RELEASE DATE: 9th September £3.99
LUNAR RELEASE DATE: 23rd September $7.99
COVER: INJ Culbard
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. 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, he’s been imprisoned in a mysterious dungeon, but has managed to fight his way through the levels to attempt escape…
A SERIAL KILLER ABC
By James Lovegrove (Writer) Paul Marshall (Artist) Jack Davies (Colourist) 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…
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…
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More Rebellion Releases…
Still on sale in newsagents and some Local Comic Shops where stock available: Judge Dredd Megazine 495 (full details here) and the 2000AD Sci-Fi Special (details here)
Rogue Trooper: The Complete Collection – Book 4
By Steve Dillon (Writer, Artist), Simon Geller, Mark Millar, Gordon Rennie (Writers), Brett Ewins, Chris Weston, Staz Johnson (Artists)
Out: Scheduled for 10th September 2026
Paperback | 352 pages
ISBN: 978-1837866199
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The collected adventures of Rogue Trooper come to a close in this final volume of the updated Complete Collection.
Featuring seminal stories like “Cinnabar” and “What Lies Beneath”, this volume includes the work of 2000AD veterans Gerry Finley-Day, Brett Ewins and Gordon Rennie alongside superstar artists Dave Gibbons (The Killing Joke) and Steve Dillon (Preacher).
Brass Sun Volume 1: The Wheel of Worlds
By Ian Edginton and INJ Culbard
Out: 24th September 2026
Paperback | 208 pages
ISBN: 978-1837868568
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• Preorder it from 2000AD
A ground-breaking steampunk epic, in which the survival of a clockwork solar system lies in the hands of a courageous young girl!
The Orrery is a fully functioning, life-sized clockwork solar system. Several planets attached to huge metal spars, orbit a great brass sun. For many years, these worlds have fought amongst each other and many have degenerated into minor kingdoms. Worse yet, the sun has begun to wind down, and the outer worlds are starting to freeze while the rest will inevitably follow.
Wren, a young girl who lives on the outer world of Hind Leg, is tasked by her scientist grandfather to find the lost pieces of a key that can restart the sun. Setting off from her homeworld of Hind Leg, Wren is given part of the secret of the lost key that has the power to restart the sun again. Charged with travelling across the various worlds to pick up other parts of the key which was broken up after The Great War, she alone possesses the power to save the galaxy from extinction…
Now, 2000AD celebrate the series with a new collection which makes Brass Sun available in paperback for the first time. This huge paperback collection includes the first three series: Wheel of Worlds, The Diamond Age and The Floating World.
Featuring stories set across the fragile clockwork universe which Wren is determined to save, it’s time to live the adventure in this acclaimed, expansive series which has enthralled readers around the world!
REBELLION RELEASES – CURRENT CHECKLISTS
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PREVIOUS YEARS CHECKLISTS
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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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