2000AD Prog 2470 and Judge Dredd Megazine 489 are on sale today from TG Jones, select supermarkets and newsagents, and many Local Comic Shops – and a great double dose of thrills they are, too!
Herne takes on a swimming contest this week in 2000AD, as his trials continue – can he scrape out a win against a Selkie? We also have a complete Future Shock from Ed Whiting and Peter Clinton this issue, as Judge Dee battles corruption, The Discarded strike dubious alliances, and Judge Dredd investigates a lead which could have huge consequences later this year…
Then, behind a smashing cover by the late Dave Taylor, Judge Dredd Megazine concludes the latest story for Old Man Dredd – will he make it out of this one? As the current run of Armitage concludes, Department K return for one last series… but it might not be a happy return for the team. Rok the World gets furiously political, and the gorgeous alt-future of Megatropolis continues to reveal its secrets…
Plus, Karl Stock delves into the first volume of Action: Before the Ban, the latest archival collection from the Treasury of British Comics that compiles the first handful of issues of the notorious anthology that pushed the envelope in termsof newsstand violence. It’s out next week, so don’t miss grabbing a copy!
2000AD Prog 2470
UK and DIGITAL: 18 February £3.99
COVER: Clint Langley
In This Issue:
JUDGE DREDD // THE FINDER OF LOST THINGS
by Ken Niemand (Writer) Rob Richardson (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, bordered by the irradiated wasteland of the Cursed Earth on one side and the toxic Black Atlantic on the other. 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!
HERNE & SHUCK // POWER TRIP
by David Barnett (Writer) Lee Milmore (Artist) Gary Caldwell (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, he must prove himself before a magical council…
JUDGE DEE
by Ben Wheatley (Writer) Simon Coleby (Artist) Jack Davies (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2148 AD. JUDGE DEE is a psi-operative in Justice Department’s Psi-Division, in which psychic powers are deployed in the fight against supernatural threats as well as everyday crime. She has an unmatched arrest record, which is causing some suspicion amongst her superiors — however, little do they know that she is host to a demon that is assisting her in her investigations…
FUTURE SHOCKS // ONCE UPON A TIME ON HOLLYWORLD
by Ed Whiting (Writer) Peter Clinton (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…
THE DISCARDED
by Peter Milligan (Writer) Kieran McKeown (Artist) Jim Boswell (Colourist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Junkfall, the near future. Society’s extravagant attitude to waste has continued unabated, with robot drones now collecting rubbish to be hauled away in giant hovering tankers, bound for the vast garbage island/prison known as Junkfall that lies out in the middle of the ocean. Dissident Aaxon ‘Red’ Banksy has been incarcerated here, but has discovered a self-evolving chip amongst the trash…
• Available in print from: 2000 AD webshop, book stores, Amazon, and comic book stores via Diamond | Available in digital from: 2000 AD webshop, 2000 AD app for Apple & Android
JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE 489
UK and DIGITAL: 18 February £7.50
COVER: Dave Taylor
In This Issue:
JUDGE DREDD // HALFWAY HOUSE
by Ken Niemand (Writer) Jake Lynch (Artist) Matt Soffe (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2148 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North Americais home to over 300 million citizens, where tensions run a constant knife-edge. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – heis the Law!
Now, Joe Fargo has been given his own apartment, but trouble is never far away…
MEGATROPOLIS II
by Ken Niemand (Writer) Dave Taylor (Artist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)
Imagine a Mega-City One from an alternate timeline – less the gleaming metropolis of the twenty-second century but instead an art deco retro-future variation. Joe Rico is the one good cop in a police department riddled with corruption, and partnered with the young Amy Jara, they investigated aseries of vigilante killings committed by a robot. Now, a mayoral election is looming..
ARMITAGE // DROKK THE RIPPER
by Liam Johnson (Writer) Staz Johnson (Artist) Quinton Winter (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Brit-Cit, 2148 AD. While the UK equivalent of Mega-City One has its own Judge force, it’s retained its CID plainclothes division, of which Detective Inspector Armitage was one of its veteran officers. Now a consultant, who works on cold cases, Armitage hasn’t lost his surly demeanour and distrustof authority – and now an old flame is wanted for murder…
TALES FROM THE BLACK MUSEUM // HIS ‘N HEARSE
by Paul Starkey (Writer) Brett Parson (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2148 AD. Deep in the heart of the Grand Hall of Justice lies the Black Museum, Justice Department’s permanent exhibition of the relics from bygone crimes. Whether it’s a notorious serial killer’s trophies or the weapons of the Dark Judges, the violent history of the Big Meg is laid bare here. Let undead guide Henry Dubble show you around…
DEPARTMENT K // … NO MORE
by Ned Hartley (Writer) Mike Walters (Artist) Simon Bowland (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2148 AD. Justice Department has many divisions within it tasked with dealing with the various threats that face the metropolis. The mysterious Department K is a branch of Tek-Div,whose brief is to tackle interdimensional enemies that are seeking to break through the walls of reality. Young intern Afua recently had an encounter with one such entity…
ROK THE WORLD
by John Wagner (Writer) Dan Cornwell (Artist) Jim Boswell (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
Rok learns of a devastating plan for Earth…
This issue also includes interviews with writers Antony Johnston and Ned Hartley
• Available in print from: 2000AD webshop, book stores, Amazon, and comic book stores via Diamond | Available in digital from: 2000AD webshop, 2000AD app for Apple & Android
Incoming Collection!
Action – Before the Ban 1: The Archival Collection
By Pat Mills, John Wagner (Writers) and Various Artists
Release date: Scheduled for 24th February 2026
Paperback | 368 Pages
ISBN: 978-1837866694
• Action: The Sevenpenny Nightmare Micro Site – compiled by Moose Harris
CELEBRATING SIXTY YEARS OF BRITAIN’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL COMIC!
Violent, gritty and unrelenting, Action comic was the brainchild of Pat Mills and Geoff Kemp. Tasked with creating a new anthology comic for the IPC’s boys adventure division, the pair rapidly developed a winning formula: reimagining existing story ideas from fresh perspectives and infusing them with a health dose of modern realism. With strips such as “Hookjaw”, “Dredger”, “Look Out For Lefty” and “Blackjack”, success was instantaneous but so was the criticism. Many of the press including London’s Evening Standard, The Sun and the Daily Mail were quick to denounce the comic, while Mary Whitehouse and the pressure group, Delegates Opposing Violent Education, piled pressure on the IPC board to do something about it.
In less than a year, Action had been pulled from circulation, then returned months later, a sanitised, pale shadow of its former self. But the spark had already been lit. Action had made its mark and became the catalyst for the evolution of the British comics scene, pathing the way for 2000AD and the British invasion of UK talent into America.
Collected here are the first twelve issues of Action, containing all of the strips and some of the editorial that created so much infamy back in the 1970s.
• Action: The Sevenpenny Nightmare Micro Site – compiled by Moose Harris
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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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