After last week’s packed schedule – including the 2000AD SciFi Special! – is it time for a rest at the House of Tharg? Of course not! 2000AD 2442 is on sale now, and has another blast of extreme Thrill-power to deliver. Judge Dredd gets more desperate, Dexter Ramone steps back onto the Azimuth scene, the tension ramps up on The Ravilious Pact … and hey what the heck! Have some talking mice, too!

It’s the Galaxy’s Greatest for a reason!

2000AD Prog 2442
UK and DIGITAL: 23rd July £3.80
NORTH AMERICA: 3rd September $30.00 (Prog Pack)
DIAMOND: MAY251643
COVER: Cliff Robinson with Dylan Teague

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD // TUNNELS
by Rob Williams (Writer) RM Guera (Artist) Giulia Brusco (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Home to over 250 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Tensions are on a knife-edge, 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 in Ciudad Barranquilla, following a lead on an attack on a Sector House…

THE RAVILLIOUS PACT
by T.C.Eglington (Writer) Steven Austin (Artist) John Charles (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

London, 2025. Jason Ravilious is an enforcer for the notorious Boucher mob, one of the capital’s more feared underworld organisations. But they are no ordinary gangland outfit — they have connections with demonic entities that have helped them build their criminal empire. Jason was loyal to the Boucher patriarch Archie, but he’s now died and power has transferred to his unstable son Todd…

THARG’S 3RILLERS // RELICT: INVASIVE SPECIES
by Honor Vincent (Writer) Lee Milmore (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)

Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of super-charged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! Earth, the far future. Stephen, a super-intelligent mouse, tired of its loneliness in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, travelled back in time and rescued its rodent brethren. But their communication skills remain limited, and Stephen needs their help to protect them from the predatory bugs…

AZIMUTH // ABANDONED BY GOD
by Dan Abnett (Writer) Tazio Bettin (Artist) Matt Soffe (Colourist) Jim Campbell (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…

SCARLET TRACES // EMPIRE OF BLOOD
by Ian Edginton (Writer) D’Israeli (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)

England, the late nineteenth century. Earth has come under attack by Martian war machines, devastating huge swathes of the country with their heat rays and harvesting enormous numbers of people. Finally struck down by the planet’s viruses, the Martians’ assault collapses. Now, humanity is picking up the pieces and coming to terms with the aftermath, but there appears to be vestiges of the aliens left…

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John Freeman

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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