2000 AD Prog 1990 out now!
20th July 2016
Welcome to your seven-day blast of zarjazness, Terrans, courtesy of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic!
The third and final series of deep-space drama Outlier starts this Prog, courtesy of regular creators T.C. Eglington and Karl Richardson (if you need a little catch-up on events to date, see my handy info guide below), while the Reclamation arc comes to a close as Dredd faces off for the final time against the Texas City forces.
Don’t miss the scrotnig coda to this edge-of-your-seat epic by Mike Carroll and Carlos Ezquerra in this month’s Judge Dredd Megazine, which also features the latest instalments of Lawless, Blunt and Realm of the Damned!
2000 AD Prog 1990 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…
Outlier: Survivor Guilt
by T.C. Eglington (w) Karl Richardson (a) Ellie De Ville (l)
Alliance Territory. PI Jared Carcer was hired to look into the murders of salvage ship the Outlier’s crew. The killer was a crew member called Caul, who’d been experimented on by alien race the Hurde, and turned into a vengeful being. Carcer and Caul teamed up to save Caul’s girlfriend Jess and Carcer’s parents from a Hurde ark ship — but Carcer didn’t make it out, and now the Hurde are turning their eyes on mankind…
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…
