2000 AD Prog 1989 out now!
13th July 2016
It’s another ghafflebette edition of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic and Prog 1989 is on shelves and on your digital device of choice now, Earthlets!
As the fightback continues in Judge Dredd, things get desperate in Brink and the mystery depends in Black Shuck – plus are humanity’s days numbered in Scarlet Traces: Cold War and the frontier proves to be a dangerous place in Future Shocks: Meat!
2000 AD Prog 1989 is available now in both print and digital from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally through the zarjaz 2000 AD apps for Apple, Android, and Windows 10 devices!
Judge Dredd: Reclamation
by Michael Carroll (w) Colin MacNeil (a) Len O’Grady (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
Mega-City One, 2138 AD. Home to 72 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, Dredd, Giant and Rico are leading a squad in an assault on the Grand Hall to topple Texas City Chief Judge Oswin…
Brink
by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland (l)
The late 21st century, and through environmental catastrophe and industrial overload Earth has been reduced to a uninhabitable wasteland. Mankind finally evacuated the planet in 2075 and millions were housed in a number of Habitats, the human race crammed into these artificial worlds, living off synth food and nudge drugs. Now, HSD Detective Kurtis is investigating sect activity alone after her partner was killed…
Black Shuck: Sins of the Father
by Leah Moore and John Reppion (w) Steve Yeowell (a) Chris Blythe (c) Ellie De Ville (l)
East Anglia, 815 AD. When the Anglo-Saxon warrior known as BLACK SHUCK washed up at the court of King Ivar, it was discovered he was the monarch’s bastard son, sired during a Viking raid on the town of Dunwich. Shuck successfully aided Ivar in his fight against the monstrous Jötunn, and became king himself. But his bestial curse has been passed on to his unborn sons, and his family will perish unless he seeks help…
Future Shocks: Meat
by Martin Feekins (w) Jon Davis-Hunt (a) Ellie De Ville(l)
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…
Scarlet Traces: Cold War
by Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)
UK, 1968. It is now several decades since Mars waged war on Earth, and the major nations have access to Martian-derived technology. Britain, however, is still recovering from Martian bombardment in the 1940s, when much of the south of England was destroyed. This was followed by the arrival in the 1950s of two million Venusians, seeking refuge from Martian occupation. Now, a mysterious figure has landed…
