In this week’s 2000AD, Prog 2430, with a cover from Simon Davis, both Judge Dredd and Chimpsky come to an end – is it all going to end in tragedy? And how is Chimpsky going to get out of his current predicament when Dredd’s gunning for him? You’ll have to read the issue to find out! Meanwhile, Joe Currie goes ballistic with an insane aerial fight sequence in “Silver”, while Rogue Trooper takes to the scum sea in order to pursue his quarry!
Over in Battle Action #9, also out this week, with a cover by John Higgins, the end is almost in sight for Johnny Red! Will he make it to the end of the war? It’s not looking good for him, Nina, or the rest of his squad! And then the second feature of the issue brings us a story from Dredger’s past. His no-nonsense, door-stomping anti-authority persona must have come from somewhere: here, Garth Ennis and John Higgins take a look back at his childhood to find out!
Plus – if your Local Comic Shop is part of Free Comic Book Day this Saturday, try to grab a copy of the Best of 2000AD Free Comic Book Day Special 2025 (cover by Hayden Sherman) – it’s a smasher!
Out This Week from Rebellion…
2000AD Prog 2430
UK and DIGITAL: 30 April £3.80
NORTH AMERICA: 4 June $36.00 (Prog Pack)
DIAMOND: FEB251945
COVER: Simon Davis
In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // BLITZERS
by Ken Niemand (Writer) Dan Cornwell (Artist) Dylan Teague (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (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, former Mob-blitzers are trying to escape to a new life before they explode…
CHIMPSKY’S LAW // THE TRUTH CONUNDRUM
by Ken Niemand (Writer) PJ Holden (Artist) Jack Davies (Colourist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Noam Chimpsky is a super-intelligent ape living in Ludi Wittgenstein block, and he sees it as his mission to protect his fellow residents from the various threats and problems that can befall a citizen of the Big Meg. He does all this secretly, allowing others to take the credit — but now he’s encountered a rogue droid that’s perfecting a truth gas that plans to unleash it on the city…
SILVER // PERFIDIOUS
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 been given a new mission to undertake…
GHOSTED // BOOK ONE
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. Rich and diverse, it prides itself on being the perfect place to live — but for well-to-do citizen Benu something strange is going on in her head…
ROGUE TROOPER // TIDES OF WAR
by Andi Ewington (Writer) Paul Marshall (Artist) Pippa Bowland (Colourist) Jim Campbell (Letterer)
Nu Earth, site of a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers, where the atmosphere has been rendered poisonous. So the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen, immune to the pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. He and his biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman have gone AWOL, hunting for the Traitor General that sold them out. Now, he’s joined a patrol-boat crew…
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
BATTLE ACTION 9
UK and DIGITAL: 30 April £4.99
NORTH AMERICA: 4 June $7.99
DIAMOND: FEB251946
COVER: JOHN HIGGINS
In this issue:
JOHNNY RED // A COUPLE OF HEROES
by Garth Ennis (Writer) Keith Burns (Artist) Jason Wordie (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
DREDGER // MOTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
by Garth Ennis (Writer) John Higgins (Artist) Sally Jane Hurst (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
Available in print from: Treasury of British comics webshop, online retailers, book stores, and comic book stores via Diamond | Available in digital from:Treasury of British Comics webshop, 2000AD app for Apple & Android
Best of 2000AD Free Comic Book Day Special 2025
UK and NORTH AMERICA: 3 May
DIAMOND: DEC240036
COVER: Hayden Sherman
In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // CROSSING KEN DODD
by John Wagner (Writer) Jock (Artist) Chris Blythe (Colourist) Tom Frame (Letterer)
ROGUE TROOPER // THE FANATICS
by Peter Milligan (Writer) José Ortiz (Artist) Tony Jacob (Letterer)
SCARLET TRACES // EMPIRE OF BLOOD
by Ian Edginton (Writer) D’Israeli (Artist) Annie Parkhouse (Letterer)
ANDERSON, PSI DIVISION // THE SEER
by Alex de Campi (Writer) Silvia Califano (Artist) Matt Soffe (Colourist) Rob Steen (Letterer)
Available from all participating Local Comic Shops on Free Comic Book Day, Saturday 3rd May 2025, While Stocks Last / If Ordered
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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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