The 2000 AD talent search is BACK at Thought Bubble 2023!
Attention writers and artists!
The search for the next generation of talent with the prize of paid work with the comic book 2000 AD, where legendary creators such as Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Jock, Brian Bolland, Frazer Irving, Charlie Adlard, and many more got their big break, is on. If you want to join them then read on!
It’s Dragons’ Den meets the Nerve Centre as Tharg the Mighty’s droids sit in judgement on hopeful writers and artists looking to join their ranks. All online and all Thrill-powered!
Previous winners have gone to regular work with the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic – and you could be joining them! Whether you’re into sci-fi, horror, time twisters, or anything else, we’re especially looking for pitches from women and creators from marginalised communities.
ATTENTION, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2348 is OUT NOW!
Alien editor Tharg The Mighty here once again, delivering Thrill-power to your needy circuits!
Things are coming close to wrapping up in this prog, as we hit the penultimate parts of Judge Dredd thriller A Fallen Man, Azimuth, the 3rillerDie Hoard, and Hershey’s elegiac outing The Cold in the Bones. Add to that a complete Future Shock, Fear & Loathing of Las Vegas, by the Hartley and Currie droids, and it’s an issue thrumming with sheer momentum. Be here in seven for multiple finales across the board!
Indeed, be here in a fortnight and you’ll have the pleasure of diving into the zarjaz Prog 2350, a bumper outing so expansive that it spills into Meg 460 too, which is on sale the same day (yes, like the zombie spectacular last year, you’ll get the most from the experience if you purchase both titles). So what’s the theme of 2023’s scrotnig special?
Well, long-term Squaxx will be aware that both Starlord and Tornado were merged with 2000 AD, bringing with them select characters such as Strontium Dog and Blackhawk. But what if, in an alternate past, Battle Action folded into the GGC, and the likes of Major Eazy, Hellman and El Mestizo joined the SF line-up? What then, Terrans? What then? Stay tuned!
2000 AD Prog 2348 is out now from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally from our webshop and apps! Don’t forget that if you buy an issue of 2000 AD in the first week of its release then postage in the UK is free!
Cover by Jake LynchScript: Ken Niemand / Art: Tom Foster / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // A Fallen Man, Part Seven
Mega-City One, 2145 AD. Home to over 200 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant, and only future cops the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, former Judge Kyle Asher is attempting to flee the city, having betrayed his Mob employers…
Script: Ned Hartley / Art: Joe Currie / Letters: Simon Bowland
FUTURE SHOCKS // FEAR & LOATHING OF LAS VEGAS
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…
Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Tazio Bettin / Colours: Matt Soffe / Letters: Jim Campbell
AZIMUTH // THE STRANGER, Part Six
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. The New Flesh masters have been troubled by strange dreams and portents, which seem to have predicted the coming of a stranger — none other than Ramone Dexter…
Script: Eddie Robson / Art: Nick Brokenshire / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
THARG’S 3RILLERS // DIE HOARD, Part Two
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 twenty-second century, in the aftermath of a brutal war with an alien race called the Imishoi. A house-clearance team are assessing the hundreds of items that have been hoarded in a reclusive millionaire’s mansion — but the house’s A.I. is still active…
Script: Rob Williams / Art: Simon Fraser / Letters: Simon Bowland
HERSHEY // THE COLD IN THE BONES, Part Seven
Barbara Hershey was a respected young officer before she became Chief Judge. Leading the city through numerous challenges, the ‘Small House’ affair and the revelation of Judge Smiley’s clandestine operations on her watch made her re-evaluate her position. Seriously ill from a microbial virus, she’s faked her death to deal with his legacy, and now she’s returned to MC-1 to see out the case…
In this volume of the best-selling Complete Case Files series, Dredd uncovers the House of Pain, a no-way-out, brutal torture prison for serial perps, and must stop Orlok from spreading a lethal bio-virus – from beyond the grave!
And, after a mysterious package is delivered to the Grand Hall of Justice, Dredd ventures into the Cursed Earth in search of answers that will unveil the history of the Judges, and their ascent to total power. That’s right – the Mega-Epic decades in the making, Origins, begins in the Case Files with this volume!
Written by John Wagner (A History of Violence), Gordon Rennie (Warhammer), John Smith (Devlin Waugh), and Simon Spurrier (Hellblazer, X-Men), with art by Colin MacNeil (Strontium Dog: The Final Solution), PJ Holden (Fearless), Laurence Campbell (BPRD: Hell on Earth), Simon Fraser (Nikolai Dante), Paul Marshall (Tharg’s Future Shocks), Peter Doherty (Superman/Batman: World’s Finest), Inaki Miranda (Fables), and Lee Garbett (Loki: Agent of Asgard).
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files is the ultimate series for fans of the lawman of the future, collecting ever case, in order, from more than four decades of adventures in the pages of 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine. From the groundbreaking classics to the modern masters, this on-going and best-selling series collects the stories that have made Judge Dredd one of the world’s biggest comic book characters!
ATTENTION, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2347 is OUT NOW!
BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS! I am alien editor Tharg The Mighty, here once again to overload your Thrill-sensors!
We’re back after last week’s all-ages intervention helmed by my nephew Joko, and Judge Dredd: A Fallen Man, Azimuth: The Stranger and Hershey: The Cold in the Bones are all continuing, while Portals & Black Goo reaches its ghafflebette finale. Joining the line-up is another of my 3rillers in the shape of the zarjaz Die Hoard by Eddie Robson and Nick Brokenshire, plus I publish the winning Art Stars Dredd one-pager by Alan Kerr!
We’re just three weeks away from the ultrascrotnig Prog 2350 and the amazing delights it contains — more news on what you’ll find inside that bumper issue to come — but while you’re eagerly anticipating that particular Thrill-splurge, make sure you keep your circuits topped up by immersing yourself in Meg 459, which features three new stories: there’s a complete Dredd, another retro Mega-City 2099 thriller, and the start of IDW’s short-lived Rogue Trooper series by Brian Ruckley and Alberto Ponticelli.
Add to that more Lawless, Dreadnoughts, Johnny Red and Spector, interviews with John Stokes and Steve Sampson and much more, it’d be a crime to miss it!
2000 AD Prog 2347 is out now from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally from our webshop and apps! Don’t forget that if you buy an issue of 2000 AD in the first week of its release then postage in the UK is free!
Cover art by Stewart K MooreScript: Ken Niemand / Art: Tom Foster / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // A Fallen Man, Part Six
Mega-City One, 2145 AD. Home to over 200 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant, and only future cops the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, a former Judge called Kyle Asher has returned from Titan, and is working for the Mob…
Script: John Tomlinson / Art: Eoin Coveney / Colours: Jim Boswell / Letters: Simon Bowland
PORTALS & BLACK GOO // Night Shift, Part Seven
In the near future, the job market is more perilous than ever and Generation Y must take on any task to make ends meet. Kroy Plemons is a rider for Devouroo — a food delivery service for creatures of the night. Devouroo policy is ruthless and Kroy barely escapes with his life after being placed on the Night Shift. Elsewhere, Magister Dain makes a fateful call and Nona Nomus fights off a self-styled vampire-hunter…
Script: Eddie Robson / Art: Nick Brokenshire / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
THARG’S 3RILLERS // DIE HOARD, Part One
Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of supercharged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! Earth, the twenty-second century, in the aftermath of a brutal war with an alien race called the Imishoi. Humanity’s data-storage systems were attacked, as well as libraries, museums and archives, erasing vast swathes of culture and history…
Script: Rob Williams / Art: Simon Fraser / Letters: Simon Bowland
HERSHEY // THE COLD IN THE BONES, Part Six
Barbara Hershey was a respected young officer before she became Chief Judge. Leading the city through numerous challenges, the ‘Small House’ affair and the revelation of Judge Smiley’s clandestine operations on her watch made her reevaluate her position. Seriously ill from a microbial virus, she’s faked her death to deal with his legacy, and now alien creatures are loose, the result of a drug operation…
Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Tazio Bettin / Colours: Matt Soffe / Letters: Jim Campbell
AZIMUTH // THE STRANGER, Part Five
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. The New Flesh masters have been troubled by strange dreams and portents, which seem to have predicted the coming of a stranger — none other than Ramone Dexter…
On the 29th August 1981 the last of the Genetic Infantrymen made his debut in the pages of 2000 AD. That’s right: today marks the anniversary of Rogue Trooper, created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons!
And to celebrate we have 40% off his debut collection in the webshop!
Rogue Trooper follows Rogue, a Genetic Infantryman, as he chases through the poisonous landscape of Nu-Earth on a vital mission. Genetically-engineered to survive on the war-warped surface of the planet, the blue-skinned Rogue is the last of his kind – and yet his comrades Helm, Gunnar and Bagman are always with him on his travels.
You see, after they were all killed in action during the bitter war between the Norts and Southers, Rogue’s colleagues now exist only in the form of biochips – technology which downloads a GI’s entire personality at the time of his death for later retrieval. Helm sits in his helmet, Gunnar controls his rifle, and Bagman – you guessed it – controls his backpack.
Written by Gerry Finley-Day and with stunning stunning art from Dave Gibbons, Brett Ewins, Colin Wilson and many others, Rogue Trooper’s clever genre mash-up of sci-fi and war comics made it one of the most popular stories in 2000 AD history!
This year Rogue returned to the pages of the Prog with the critically-acclaimed “Blighty’s Valley” from the creative team of Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard. For two weeks each year, Nu Earth’s orbit carries it close to a black hole known as Zvartchvintern. During those two weeks, things go a little… screwy – as Rogue Trooper experienced first-hand in this startling story, which proved there was plenty of life left in that Trooper!
Stay alert, Earthlets – the collection of Blighty Valley will be out in 2024!
ATTENTION, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2346 is OUT NOW!
Joko-Jargo here again, bringing you another special all-ages edition of the Galaxy’s Greatest!
Welcome to the latest Regened takeover, where I wrest control of the Command Module from my Uncle Tharg for one week only, and charge the creator droids with scripting and drawing stories for Terrans of any size.
Inside this bumper prog you’ll find another complete Cadet Dredd thriller, this time by James Peaty and Joe Currie, as a cadet from Mega-City Two joins the Academy of Law in The Exchange; dwarf private eye Renk returns after his debut tale in Prog 2296 for the follow-up Twinkle Toes, once again by Paul Starkey and Anna Readman; artificial intelligence and its impact on a human workforce comes under the spotlight in the Future Shock AutoCop by Karl Stock and Toby Willsmer; and we’re back at magical comprehensive Lowborn High for the latest adventure by David Barnett and Mike Walters!
Several of the series that first appeared in the Regened progs have now been collected into graphic novels, including Pandora Perfect, Department K and Full Tilt Boogie — and there are also four anthology volumes, compiling the strips from previous issues. There’s a wealth of all-ages material available right now from shop.2000AD.com, so check it out, humes!
2000 AD Prog 2346 is out now from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally from our webshop and apps! Don’t forget that if you buy an issue of 2000 AD in the first week of its release then postage in the UK is free!
Cover art by Peter YongScript: James Peaty / Art: Joe Currie / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
CADET DREDD // The Exchange
Mega-City One, 2077 AD. Home to over 800 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. On one side is the polluted Black Atlantic, and to the west is the blasted radlands of the Cursed Earth. Overcrowding in the metropolis is rife, unemployment is at ninety per cent, boredom is universal and crime is rampant. Only the Judges — a zerotolerance police force empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. CADET JOE DREDD — together with his clone-brother Rico — is a rising star in Justice Department, and will one day be its finest officer. Make no mistake, he is the Law!
LOWBORN HIGH // Wishing Well
For as long as anyone can remember, Wychdusk Manor has been the school to which all the top magical novices are sent, where they are trained to become the world’s greatest wizards. There, students are taught every form of spellcasting by the wisest of mages, and to be part of Wychdusk’s alumni is an incredible honour. But what about those that don’t make the grade, that don’t have the talent to make it to this prestigious establishment? For them, there’s LOWBORN HIGH, a rundown inner-city comprehensive that is often struggling with funding. Androgeus Frost has recently joined the school, becoming friends with Maisy, Ali and Drill and forming the Deadbeats Club, but he feels he belongs at Wychdusk…
FUTURE SHOCKS // Autocop
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 salutary lesson in hubris. Anything is possible in these twisted trips into the galaxy’s dark side. Abandon your preconceptions, and expect the unexpected. Now, in the near future, the increasing use of A.I. is causing much concern amongst human workers, fearful of losing their jobs to automation. Murtin Spork is a plasti-soup taster, who thinks his role is irreplaceable, but technology is progressing at an alarming rate…
RENK // Twinkle Toes
Crepuscularia is the biggest city in the eastern region, sitting on the edge of the Weeping Desert, home to over fifty thousand beings. It’s a massive melting pot, in which entities of all types live together amongst its narrow streets, and next to anything is bought and sold from the various traders. But if you want someone or something found, and you don’t have the gold to employ a wizard, or the silver for a warrior, then dwarf RENK will take your copper coin. A wily private detective, his diminutive stature belies a dogged determination to locate his quarry, and he knows the vast metropolis like the back of his hand…
The best-selling series collecting The Law in order continues as Judge Dredd tests his wits against a grisly selection of Mega-City One’s most maniacal murderers!
In the dystopian metropolis Mega-City One, crime lurks around every corner, whether it’s The Surgeon, who feeds on the still beating heart of his victims, the globetrotting blogging serial killer Global Psycho’ , or the deadly plots in Mega-City One’s virtual gardening competitions! The only thing stopping the city from falling into depravity and chaos are the Judges, and toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – Judge, Jury and Executioner!
Written by John Wagner (A History of Violence) with Gordon Rennie (Warhammer), Ian Edginton (Scarlet Traces), and Robbie Morrison (The Authority) and boasting art by Henry Flint (Hawk the Slayer), Cam Kennedy (Star Wars), Arthur Ranson (Anderson, Psi-Divison), Greg Staples (Magic: The Gathering), Ian Gibson (The Ballad of Halo Jones) and D’Israeli (Scarlet Traces), and out on 16 August – The Complete Case Files Vol. 42 is another blood pumping collection of taunt crime capers in the nightmarish Mega-City One!
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files is the ultimate series for fans of the lawman of the future, collecting ever case, in order, from more than four decades of adventures in the pages of 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine. From the groundbreaking classics to the modern masters, this on-going and best-selling series collects the stories that have made Judge Dredd one of the world’s biggest comic book characters!
ATTENTION, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2345 is OUT NOW!
I am Tharg The Mighty, your galactic green guide to the GGC’s ghafflebette goods!
Your week-long wait for another hit of pulse-pounding Thrill-power is over, Terrans, as I and my crack squad of creator droids have returned to brighten up your Wednesday (or whatever day you choose to consume your prog on — any one works).
Yes, prepare for that gravity well of cosmic excitement to open up in the middle of your otherwise regular existence and suck all your attention into these circuit-shattering pages. Inside, you’ll find the latest scrotnig instalments of A Fallen Man, Hershey, Portals & Black Goo and Azimuth, plus the infernally tense finale to Maxwell’s Demon, which wraps up just ahead of next week’s Regened takeover issue.
By now you Squaxx should know the score — my nephew Joko-Jargo grabs the helm for a bumper all-ages prog, the current run of Thrills will return in two weeks’ time — so don’t be surprised when my verdant visage doesn’t greet you in Prog 2346!
2000 AD Prog 2345 is out now from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally from our webshop and apps! Don’t forget that if you buy an issue of 2000 AD in the first week of its release then postage in the UK is free!
Cover art by Lee MilmoreScript: Ken Niemand / Art: Tom Foster / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // A Fallen Man, part five
Mega-City One, 2145 AD. Home to over 200 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant, and only future cops the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, a former Judge called Kyle Asher has returned from Titan, and is working for the Mob…
Script: Rob Williams / Art: Simon Fraser / Letters: Simon Bowland
HERSHEY // The Cold in the Bones, part five
Barbara Hershey was a respected young officer before she became Chief Judge. Leading the city through numerous challenges, the ‘Small House’ affair and the revelation of Judge Smiley’s clandestine operations on her watch made her reevaluate her position. Seriously ill from a microbial virus, she’s faked her death to deal with his legacy, and now alien creatures are loose, the result of a drug operation…
Script: David Barnett / Art: Lee Milmore / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
THARG’S 3RILLERS // Maxwell’s Demon, part three
Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of super-charged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! Young Caris was going to be sacrificed by her village but was saved by itinerant magician Herne and his dog Shuck. It was discovered that Caris is a powerful summoner and let loose a demon upon the village elders. Now, a demon has been released from an infomancy engine…
Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Tazio Bettin / Colours: Matt Soffe / Letters: Jim Campbell
AZIMUTH // The Stranger, part four
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. The New Flesh masters have been troubled by strange dreams and portents, which seem to have predicted the coming of a stranger — none other than Ramone Dexter…
Script: John Tomlinson / Art: Eoin Coveney / Colours: Jim Boswell / Letters: Simon Bowland
PORTALS & BLACK GOO // Night Shift, part six
In the near future, the job market is more perilous than ever and Generation Y must take on any task to make ends meet. Kroy Plemons is a rider for Devouroo — a food delivery service for creatures of the night. Devouroo policy is ruthless and, after a series of unpaid deliveries, Kroy is placed on the night shift and despatched to the notorious Apollyon House. His friends Nona and Magister Dain are also in danger…
ATTENTION, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2344 is OUT NOW!
I am The Mighty Tharg, awesome channeller supreme of the cosmic energy Thrill-power!
Welcome, seekers of the scrotnig, to the latest salvo of circuit-shattering excitement courtesy of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. There’s more bonebreaking law enforcement in Judge Dredd, nervechilling action in Hershey, street-brawling drama in Azimuth, monster-mashing mayhem in Portals & Black Goo, and demonic information overload in Maxwell’s Demon — in other words, another thirty-two pages to deliver you to realities beyond your own, where, once a week, you can transport your imagination to ghafflebette new realms!
2000 AD Prog 2344 is out now from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally from our webshop and apps! Don’t forget that if you buy an issue of 2000 AD in the first week of its release then postage in the UK is free!
Cover art by Lee MilmoreScript: Ken Niemand / Art: Tom Foster / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // A Fallen Man, part four
Mega-City One, 2145 AD. Home to over 200 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant, and only future cops the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, a former Judge called Kyle Asher has returned from Titan, and is working for the Mob…
Script: Rob Williams / Art: Simon Fraser Olson / Letters: Simon Bowland
HERSHEY // The Cold in the Blood, part four
Barbara Hershey was a respected young officer before she became Chief Judge. Leading the city through numerous challenges, the ‘Small House’ affair and the revelation of Judge Smiley’s clandestine operations on her watch made her reevaluate her position. Seriously ill from a microbial virus, she’s faked her death to deal with his legacy, and now alien creatures are loose, the result of a drug operation…
Script: David Barnett / Art: Lee Milmore / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
THARG’S 3RILLERS // Maxwell’s Demon, part two
Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of supercharged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! Young Caris was going to be sacrificed by her village but was saved by itinerant magician Herne and his dog Shuck. It was discovered that Caris is a powerful summoner and let loose a demon upon the village elders. Now, Herne is trying to exorcise an infomancy engine…
Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Tazio Bettin / Colours: Matt Soffe / Letters: Jim Campbell
AZIMUTH // The Stranger, part three
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. The New Flesh masters have been troubled by strange dreams and portents, which seem to have predicted the coming of a stranger — none other than Ramone Dexter…
Script: John Tomlinson / Art: Eoin Coveney / Colours: Jim Boswell / Letters: Simon Bowland
PORTALS & BLACK GOO // Night Shift, part five
In the near future, the job market is more perilous than ever and Generation Y must take on any task to make ends meet. Kroy Plemons is a rider for Devouroo — a food delivery service for creatures of the night. Devouroo policy is ruthless and, after a series of unpaid deliveries, Kroy is placed on the night shift and despatched to the notorious Apollyon House. His friends Nona and Magister Dain are also in danger…
ATTENTION, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2343 is OUT NOW!
Bear witness to the works of I, Tharg The Mighty, alien editor of this awesome SF anthology!
Galactic greetings, you Thrill-hungry humanoids, and welcome once again to the weekly diode-dazzler that is 2000 AD. Joining the lineup of Judge Dredd, Hershey, Portals & Black Goo and Azimuth this week is a new 3riller, Maxwell’s Demon, by David Barnett and Lee Milmore, which is a follow-up to their popular three-parter The Crawly Man, published in Progs 2297-2299.
Once again starring magical troubleshooter Herne and his dog Shuck, this latest outing picks up the story as the pair seek to get their ward Caris to safety after the girl was nearly sacrificed by the elders of her village. But Cudd isn’t finished with the child, and they want revenge on Herne and Shuck too…
2000 AD Prog 2343 is out now from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally from our webshop and apps! Don’t forget that if you buy an issue of 2000 AD in the first week of its release then postage in the UK is free!
Cover art by Dave TaylorScript: Ken Niemand / Art: Tom Foster / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // A Fallen Man, part three
Mega-City One, 2145 AD. Home to over 200 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant, and only future cops the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, a former Judge called Kyle Asher has returned from Titan, and is working for the Mob…
Script: Rob Williams / Art: Simon Fraser Olson / Letters: Simon Bowland
HERSHEY // The Cold in the Blood, part three
Barbara Hershey was a respected young officer before she became Chief Judge. Leading the city through numerous challenges, the ‘Small House’ affair and the revelation of Judge Smiley’s clandestine operations on her watch made her reevaluate her position. Seriously ill from a microbial virus, she’s faked her death to deal with his legacy, and now alien creatures are loose, the result of a drug operation…
Script: David Barnett / Art: Lee Milmore / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
THARG’S 3RILLERS // Maxwell’s Demon, part one
Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of supercharged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! Young Caris was going to be sacrificed by her village but was saved by itinerant magician Herne and his dog Shuck. It was discovered that Caris is a powerful summoner and let loose a demon upon the village elders. Now, Herne and Shuck are trying to get the girl to safety…
Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Tazio Bettin / Colours: Matt Soffe / Letters: Jim Campbell
AZIMUTH // The Stranger, part two
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. The New Flesh masters have been troubled by strange dreams and portents, which seem to have predicted the coming of a stranger — none other than Ramone Dexter…
Script: John Tomlinson / Art: Eoin Coveney / Colours: Jim Boswell / Letters: Simon Bowland
NEW THRILL: PORTALS & BLACK GOO // Night Shift, part four
In the near future, the job market is more perilous than ever and Generation Y must take on any task to make ends meet. Kroy Plemons is a rider for Devouroo — a food delivery service for creatures of the night. Devouroo policy is ruthless and, after a series of unpaid deliveries, Kroy is placed on the night shift and despatched to the notorious Apollyon House. His friends Nona and Magister Dain are also in danger…
