“sharp, confident and at times a very funny and daring comic” – Kendall Reviews on Devlin Waugh: Blood Debt
“I’ve yet to read a Devlin Waugh story that hasn’t hit me right where I live” – Big Comic Page
“I promise that you have not seen anything until you’ve read [Kot’s] take on 2000 AD’s one and only dandy Devlin Waugh” – Comics Beat
2000 AD‘s debonair vampire exorcist, Devlin Waugh, is back – and he’s more outrageous and dangerous than ever!
From writer Aleš Kot (Zero, Secret Avengers) and artists Patrick Goddard (Savage) and Mike Dowling (Unfollow) comes an exciting, shocking, and darkly hilarious new collection of Devlin’s latest adventures.
The freelance paranormal trouble-shooter and exorcist for the Vatican confronts sinister dark forces and plays the Match of Hades, before defending his demonic dildonic partner, Titivillus, in the court of Hell itself!
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Judge Dredd Megazine #453 is OUT NOW!
Alongside the latest instalments of ‘One-Eyed Jacks’, Devlin Waugh, Judge Dredd: Year One, Mega-City Two and Death Metal Planet, we’ve got the penultimate parts of Surfer and Storm Warning as well as a selection of romance strips from David Roach’s A Very British Affair collection, which is out this month, featuring early art by the likes of Carlos Ezqeurra, John Burns, Enrique Romero and more.
In the text features, there’s an interview with new script droid Honor Vincent, a look at the history of comics tied in to puppetmaster Gerry Anderson’s TV shows of the sixties and seventies, and Michael Molcher talks about his book I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future, an in-depth dive into the cultural and political context of the strip and how it reflects modern policing.
Judge Dredd Megazine #453 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 the Megazine in the first month of its release then postage in the UK is free!
Cover by Nick Percival Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Ian Richardson / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // One-Eyed Jacks, part two
Mega-City One, 2144 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 180 million citizens. Unemployment is endemic, boredom universal, and tensions run on a constant knife-edge. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!
Script: John Reppion / Art: Clint Langley / Letters: Jim Campbell
STORM WARNING // Dead & Gone, part five
Brit-Cit, 2147 AD. Much like its Mega-City counterpart, Brit-Cit Justice Department has its various divisions, from Tek to plainclothes, Tactical to Psi, and one of its more prickly operatives in the latter is Lillian Storm, who has the ability to talk to the dead, and is always accompanied by her ghostly helpers. Now, Storm has been seemingly laid to rest to cross into the afterlife…
Script: Aleš Kot / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Simon Bowland
DEVLIN WAUGH // Karma Police, part five
Brit-Cit, 2144 AD. A freelance paranormal troubleshooter and exorcist for the Vatican, Devlin Waugh is the world’s foremost supernatural investigator. Despite becoming a vampire after getting bitten tackling an outbreak in an underwater prison, Devlin continues to enjoy the finer things in life. Now, after a trip to Hell, he must investigate the curse on his bloodline…
Script: David Hine / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
DARK JUDGES // Death Metal Planet, part five
After the events on the Mayflower, in which the Dark Judges were ejected into space, they ended up on the colony world of Dominion, which they proceeded to decimate. When Mega- City marines were sent in, assisted by survivor Rosco, the planet was destroyed. Worshipped like gods on Thanatopia by a death-cult, they’ve now been targeted by a death-metal band…
Script: John Wagner / Art: Colin MacNeil / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
SURFER // Book Two, part five
Mega-City One, 2144 AD. Skysurfing is one of the most popular pastimes in the twenty-second century metropolis, a sport that requires a great deal of skill and agility. Young Zane Perks is a particularly gifted surfer, and won a place to be in an illegal movie recreating the famous Supersurf 7. Now Zane’s trying to save his father from local crim Snarky by doing a courier job…
Script: Matt Smith / Art: Simon Coleby / Colours: Len O’Grady / Letters: Chris Mowry
JUDGE DREDD // Year One, part three
‘The Long Hard Road’ begins here! In an adventure from Joe Dredd’s early days as a Mega City-One Judge, writer (and Eagle-Award-winning 2000 AD Editor) Matt Smith presents a tale where ‘all the young juves, carry the news,’ only in this case, the news is delivered with a lethal blow!
Script: Douglas Wolk / Art: Ulises Farinas / Colours: Ryan Hill / Letters: Tom B. Long
JUDGE DREDD: MEGA-CITY TWO // City of Courts, part three
Dredd heads Californee way! As part of a judicial exchange program, Dredd is sent packing to Mega-City Two, a sprawling city covering 5,000 square miles of the Californian West Coast and centered in what was once known as Los Angeles, where he soon discovers that they do things differently there.
A Very British Affair
Enjoy a selection of short stories from A Very British Affair, a new collection of the finest romance comics in British history in one spectacular volume. Featuring over 50 comics stories – many of which have never been reprinted before – this lavish book is a stunning tribute to the often uncredited creators who crafted an industry of love. Roach shines a spotlight on the Spanish and Italian artists who dominated romance, as well as the genre’s forgotten female contributors, like Jenny Butterworth, Pat Tourett and Diane Gabbott. Featuring art by comics icons like Shirley Bellwood (Misty), Jordi Badía Romero (Creepy) and Enrique Badía Romero (AXA), Mike Hubbard (Jane), Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd), John M. Burns (Modesty Blaise), Purita Campos (Patty’s World), Jesus Blaco (Steel Claw), Pepe Gonzalez (Vampirella) Jesus Redondo (Kitty Pryde) and Blas Gallego (Black Beth), this is an unmissable collection for lovers of comics and love.
Features:
Interview with writer Honor Vincentby Karl Stock
Focus on Gerry Anderson by Stephen Jewell
Interview with I Am The Law writer Michael Molcher by Karl Stock
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Judge Dredd Megazine #451 is OUT NOW!
Happy new year, citizens!
As the Judge Dredd Megazine shift into its new squarebound and 128-page format, preparations are being made for a slew of new stories coming your way this year – including Dreadnoughts, Spector, Lawless and more!
There’s a brand-new Judge Dredd story starting this issue featuring a face that will be familiar to many – John Wagner and John Cooper’s hard-bitten cop Jack McBane co-stars in ‘One-Eyed Jacks’, and for those readers who have never encountered this precursor to the Mega- City lawman we have an extract from his 1975 debut in Valiant elsewhere in these pages, and you can pick up the One-Eyed Jack collection from shop.2000AD. com.
On top of that we have the latest instalments of Surfer, Storm Warning, Devlin Waugh and Heavy Metal Planet, plus there’s a chat with David Roach about his new romance book, and we catch up with former droids Chris Standley, Jim Alexander and Kev Sutherland.
Judge Dredd Megazine #452 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 the Megazine in the first month of its release then postage in the UK is free!
Cover by Laurence Campbell & Quinton Winter Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Ian Richardson / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // One-Eyed Jacks, part one
Mega-City One, 2144 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 180 million citizens. Unemployment is endemic, boredom universal, and tensions run on a constant knife-edge. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!
Script: John Reppion / Art: Clint Langley / Letters: Jim Campbell
STORM WARNING // Dead & Gone, part four
Brit-Cit, 2147 AD. Much like its Mega-City counterpart, Brit-Cit Justice Department has its various divisions, from Tek to plainclothes, Tactical to Psi, and one of its more prickly operatives in the latter is Lillian Storm, who has the ability to talk to the dead, and is always accompanied by her ghostly helpers. Now, Storm has been seemingly laid to rest to cross into the afterlife…
Script: Aleš Kot / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Simon Bowland
DEVLIN WAUGH // Karma Police, part four
Brit-Cit, 2144 AD. A freelance paranormal troubleshooter and exorcist for the Vatican, Devlin Waugh is the world’s foremost supernatural investigator. Despite becoming a vampire after getting bitten tackling an outbreak in an underwater prison, Devlin continues to enjoy the finer things in life. Now, after a trip to Hell, he must investigate the curse on his bloodline…
Script: David Hine / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
DARK JUDGES // Death Metal Planet, part four
After the events on the Mayflower, in which the Dark Judges were ejected into space, they ended up on the colony world of Dominion, which they proceeded to decimate. When Mega- City marines were sent in, assisted by survivor Rosco, the planet was destroyed. Worshipped like gods on Thanatopia by a death-cult, they’ve now been targeted by a death-metal band…
Script: John Wagner / Art: Colin MacNeil / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
SURFER // Book Two, part four
Mega-City One, 2144 AD. Skysurfing is one of the most popular pastimes in the twenty-second century metropolis, a sport that requires a great deal of skill and agility. Young Zane Perks is a particularly gifted surfer, and won a place to be in an illegal movie recreating the famous Supersurf 7. Now Zane’s trying to save his father from local crim Snarky by doing a courier job…
Script: Matt Smith / Art: Simon Coleby / Colours: Len O’Grady / Letters: Chris Mowry
JUDGE DREDD // Year One, part two
‘The Long Hard Road’ begins here! In an adventure from Joe Dredd’s early days as a Mega City-One Judge, writer (and Eagle-Award-winning 2000 AD Editor) Matt Smith presents a tale where ‘all the young juves, carry the news,’ only in this case, the news is delivered with a lethal blow!
Script: Douglas Wolk / Art: Ulises Farinas / Colours: Ryan Hill / Letters: Tom B. Long
JUDGE DREDD: MEGA-CITY TWO // City of Courts, part two
Dredd heads Californee way! As part of a judicial exchange program, Dredd is sent packing to Mega-City Two, a sprawling city covering 5,000 square miles of the Californian West Coast and centered in what was once known as Los Angeles, where he soon discovers that they do things differently there.
Script: John Wagner / Art: John Cooper
ONE-EYED JACK
Part Dirty Harry, part Judge Dredd, ALL BADASS! Police Detective Jack McBane is the toughest, meanest law enforcer in 1970s New York City. Despite having lost his left eye in the line of duty, McBane will stop at nothing to rid the crime-infested streets of scumbags and villains – even if it means having to occasionally break the rules! Written by John Wagner and featuring the dynamic artwork of the late John Cooper, One-Eyed Jack is a seminal comic strip from Valiant which helped shape and change the course of British comic books forever.
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Judge Dredd Megazine #451 is OUT NOW!
The Megazine gets a face-lift this month – the print mag is now squarebound, with the reprint moved inside the mag itself, thereby ditching the polybag and the separate mini-trades. To mark this format change, this bumper Xmas issue is a massive 144 pages in which alongside the latest instalments of Devlin Waugh, Surfer, Storm Warning and Death Metal Planet – plus of course a complete seasonal case for Judge Dredd, courtesy of Ken Niemand and Stewart K. Moore – we’ve got two bonus stories in the shape of an eight-page Judge Dredd by Rob Williams and Will Conrad, and the debut of Mega-City 2099, a slice of retro law enforcement from Niemand and Conor Boyle, channelling that 1970s aesthetic.
Elsewhere there are interviews with two comics creators that have dipped their toes into prose – former Rogue Trooper script-droid Gerry Finley-Day and cover artist John Watson – as well as writer and editor John Freeman, plus reprints of the first issues of Judge Dredd: Year One and Mega-City Two: City of Courts, both originally published by IDW, and some classic Steel Claw material.
Judge Dredd Megazine #451 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 the Megazine in the first month of its release then postage in the UK is free!
Cover by Cliff Robinson and Dylan Teague Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Stewart K Moore / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // Dollman
Mega-City One, 2144 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 180 million citizens. Unemployment is endemic, boredom universal, and tensions run on a constant knife-edge. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!
Script: John Reppion / Art: Clint Langley / Letters: Jim Campbell
STORM WARNING // Dead & Gone, part three
Brit-Cit, 2147 AD. Much like its Mega-City counterpart, Brit-Cit Justice Department has its various divisions, from Tek to plainclothes, Tactical to Psi, and one of its more prickly operatives in the latter is Lillian Storm, who has the ability to talk to the dead, and is always accompanied by her ghostly helpers. Now, Storm has been seemingly laid to rest to cross into the afterlife…
Script: Aleš Kot / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Simon Bowland
DEVLIN WAUGH // Karma Police, part three
Brit-Cit, 2144 AD. A freelance paranormal troubleshooter and exorcist for the Vatican, Devlin Waugh is the world’s foremost supernatural investigator. Despite becoming a vampire after getting bitten tackling an outbreak in an underwater prison, Devlin continues to enjoy the finer things in life. Now, after a trip to Hell, he must investigate the curse on his bloodline…
Script: David Hine / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
DARK JUDGES // Death Metal Planet, part three
After the events on the Mayflower, in which the Dark Judges were ejected into space, they ended up on the colony world of Dominion, which they proceeded to decimate. When Mega- City marines were sent in, assisted by survivor Rosco, the planet was destroyed. Worshipped like gods on Thanatopia by a death-cult, they’ve now been targeted by a death-metal band…
Script: John Wagner / Art: Colin MacNeil / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
SURFER // Book Two, part three
Mega-City One, 2144 AD. Skysurfing is one of the most popular pastimes in the twenty-second century metropolis, a sport that requires a great deal of skill and agility. Young Zane Perks is a particularly gifted surfer, and won a place to be in an illegal movie recreating the famous Supersurf 7. Now Zane’s trying to save his father from local crim Snarky by doing a courier job…
Script: Matt Smith / Art: Simon Coleby / Colours: Len O’Grady / Letters: Chris Mowry
JUDGE DREDD // Year One
‘The Long Hard Road’ begins here! In an adventure from Joe Dredd’s early days as a Mega City-One Judge, writer (and Eagle-Award-winning 2000 AD Editor) Matt Smith presents a tale where ‘all the young juves, carry the news,’ only in this case, the news is delivered with a lethal blow!
Script: Douglas Wolk / Art: Ulises Farinas / Colours: Ryan Hill / Letters: Tom B. Long
JUDGE DREDD: MEGA-CITY TWO // City of Courts
Dredd heads Californee way! As part of a judicial exchange program, Dredd is sent packing to Mega-City Two, a sprawling city covering 5,000 square miles of the Californian West Coast and centered in what was once known as Los Angeles, where he soon discovers that they do things differently there.
Script: Tom Tully / Art: Jesús Blasco
THE STEEL CLAW // Reign of the Brain
A preview of the second collection of the sci-fi classic, The Steel Claw: Reign of the Brain! This collects writer Tom Tully’s first two stories originally published in the comic Valiant between 1963 and 1964.
Script: Ken Nieman / Art: Conor Boyle / Letters: Jim Campbell
MEGA-CITY 2099 // Rampage
A brand new retro tale set 45 years ago in the year that Judge Dredd first roared onto the pages of 2000 AD! In 2099 AD, Judge Dredd is the law!
Script: Rob Williams / Art: Will Conrad / Colours: Dylan Teague / Letters: Simon Bowland
“sharp, confident and at times a very funny and daring comic” – Kendall Reviews on Devlin Waugh: Blood Debt
“I’ve yet to read a Devlin Waugh story that hasn’t hit me right where I live” – Big Comic Page
“I promise that you have not seen anything until you’ve read [Kot’s] take on 2000 AD’s one and only dandy Devlin Waugh” – Comics Beat
2000 AD‘s debonair vampire exorcist, Devlin Waugh, is back – and he’s more outrageous and dangerous than ever!
From writer Aleš Kot (Zero, Secret Avengers) and artists Patrick Goddard (Savage) and Mike Dowling (Unfollow) comes an exciting, shocking, and darkly hilarious new collection of Devlin’s latest adventures.
The freelance paranormal trouble-shooter and exorcist for the Vatican confronts sinister dark forces and plays the Match of Hades, before defending his demonic dildonic partner, Titivillus, in the court of Hell itself!
Looking for comics to chill the blood and trouble the soul this Halloween? Well, look no further!
2000 AD has been doing elevated horror for decades, giving you tales about real people in terrifying situations, as well as some more outlandish stories featuring everything from bodybuilding British exorcists to vampire-werewolf liaisons and everything in between.
If you’re looking for spooky reads this Halloween season, check out our video on six 2000 AD comics every horror fan should read – all available from our webshop and apps!
After serving eight months at a Young Offenders Institution for arson, Shane Holt returns to his home on the Ravenglade Estate during a long, hot summer. Plagued by the ASBO generation, the estate has seen its fair share of problems but nothing comes close to the horror that lurks within Ted and Mary’s council home… From the extraordinary mind of John Smith (Devlin Waugh, Indigo Prime) with art by Edmund Bagwell (Tharg’s Future Shocks), this contemporary urban horror is guaranteed to deliver the chills!
Longbarrow Maximum Security prison has been many things over the centuries – a Roman fort, a Victorian asylum, and now the site of a gateway to another world. David Sorrell has been imprisoned for the murder of his wife and her lover, sentenced to twenty years in one of the country’s most forbidding jails. But when a strange infection starts warping the inmates into hideous creatures, life behind bars suddenly becomes a desperate struggle for survival! Written by Ian Edginton (Scarlet Traces) with art by Simon Davis (Sinister Dexter), Stone Island is modern horror at its bloody best!
Vatican exorcist, freelance paranormal investigator and altogether dashing rogue, Devlin Waugh is in the business of getting up close and extremely personal with the occult! This time he’ll have to rescue his debtor brother Freddy from a casino suspended over an unending interdimensional void, save Brit-Cit from a plague of mutagenic nightmare spores, and befriend a possessed demonic dildo, all while negotiating boyfriends ex- and current…
In March 2014, British comics lost one of its most creative and distinct voices in the form of Steve Moore. Inventor of the Future Shock, Steve created many other memorable comic book characters, including Axel Pressbutton and the psychotic Dalek killer, Abslom Daak and worked on such landmark publications as Sounds, Warrior and the Fortean Times. This collection features the highly-regarded fantasy series Tales of Telguuth which Moore developed and wrote for 2000 AD.
Ever wondered what makes cthulhu cower, nosferatu’s knees knock or satan to shake uncontrollably? Tharg the Mighty presents tales so frightening – so outrageously scary, they should come with a health warning . . . Including blood-soaked romance A Love Like Blood and Necronauts, where Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Fort and H.P. Lovecraft team up to prevent a malevolent force from enslaving mankind! This fear-filled treat features the fantastic artwork of ‘Freaky’ Frazer Irving, with stories by ‘Growling’ Gordon Rennie and ‘Jittery’ John Smith.
Midsommar meets The Wicker Man in this break-out original folk-horror series from the pages of 2000 AD! England, 2019. The secluded rural village of Harrowvale holds a dark past. Avril Eason escaped a cult that worshipped an ancient deity called THISTLEBONE – but can she ever truly escape the evil that stalks the woods? Presented in a large format hardcover edition showcasing the lush fully-painted colour artwork by world-renowned painter Simon Davis (Sláine), this first volume in an all-new series is a great jumping on point.
It’s the comics event of the year – an epic undead crossover comes to the 2000 AD multiverse!
2000 AD Prog 2300 and Judge Dredd Megazine #448 are out now – combining into one zarjaz epic storyline in an explosion of death and destruction!
Riffing off Garth Ennis’ 1990s mega-epic ‘Judgement Day’, the myriad of worlds from 45 years of 2000 AD coverge into one overarching storyline featuring legendary characters, all brought to (un)life by Ken Niemand, Henry Flint, Mike Carroll, Gary Erskine, Emma Beeby, Neil Googe, Karl Stock, Kieran McKeown, Dan Abnett, Russell M. Olson, Ian Edginton, D’Israeli, Arthur Wyatt, Toby Willsmer, Rob Williams, Staz Johnson, Leigh Gallagher, Kei Zama, Honor Vincent, Boo Cook, Gordon Rennie, Dan Cornwell, James Peaty, Nicolo Assirelli, Liam Johnson, Conor Boyle, and Steve Yeowell.
From Judge Dredd to Robo-Hunter, from Rogue Trooper to Strontium Dog, characters past and present come together in an undead event like no other – will the contagion of ‘Judgement Day’ consume the whole of the worlds of 2000 AD?
Judge Dredd: Judgement Days Writer: Ken Niemand Art: Henry Flint Letters: Annie Parkhouse Rogue Trooper: Mortal Remains Writer: Mike Carroll Art: Gary Erskine Colours: Yel Zamor Letters: Simon Bowland Survival Geeks Writer: Emma Beeby Art: Neil Googe Colours: Gary Caldwell Letters: Jim Campbell The Meat Arena Writer: Karl Stock Art: Kieran McKeown Colours: Matt Soffe Letters: Simon Bowland Sinister Dexter: Zed Zone Writer: Dan Abnett Art: Russell M. Olson Letters: Annie Parkhouse Ampney Crucis Investigates…: Setting Sons Writer: Ian Edginton Art: D’Israeli Letters: Jim Campbell Robo-Hunter: Z-Inf Writer: Arthur Wyatt Art: Toby Willsmer Letters: Simon Bowland Strontium Dog: In the (Dead) Doghouse Writer: Rob Williams Art: Staz Johnson Colours: Chris Blythe Letters: Jim Campbell
Judge Dredd Megazine #448:
Judge Dredd: The Darkest Judge Writer: Ken Niemand Art: Leigh Gallagher Colours: Chris Blythe Letters: Annie Parkhouse Shimura: Hope Lies Buried Writer: Karl Stock Art: Kei Zama Colours: Gary Caldwell Letters: Jim Campbell Anderson, Psi-Div: Allied Forces Writer: Honor Vincent Art: Boo Cook Letters: Simon Bowland Missionary Man: The Lonesome Undeath of the Widow McCall Writer: Gordon Rennie Art: Dan Cornwell Colours: Dylan Teague Letters: Jim Campbell Cadet Giant: ‘I am…’ Writer: James Peaty Art: Nicolo Assirelli Colours: Peter Doherty Letters: Simon Bowland Devlin Waugh: How I Lost the Waugh Writer: Liam Johnson Art: Conor Boyle Colours: Barbara Nosenzo Letters: Jim Campbell Armitage: An Underlying Fear Writer: Mike Carroll Art: Steve Yeowell Colours: John Charles Letters: Simon Bowland
Angelic, Devlin Waugh and The Returners all wrap up this issue, plus we have a complete Judge Dredd thriller from Ian Edginton and Dave Taylor, and another eerie Tale From the Black Museum, courtesy of Paul Starkey and Nick Dyer, allowing for a fantastic all-new line-up to start in next month’s Xmas Meg.
Dan Abnett and Phil Winslade reunite for the much-anticipated next series of Lawless, Ballots Over Badrock; having chronicled some of Chopper’s most iconic moments, John Wagner and Colin MacNeil take to the Mega-City skies once again for Surfer as the latest generation of powerboarders become embroiled in a criminal enterprise; we’re back in Brit-Cit for the third and final series of Diamond Dogs, courtesy of regular creators James Peaty and Warren Pleece; and Blunt collaborators T.C. Eglington and Boo Cook team up for the Cursed Earth-set revenge drama Death Cap.
All this, and of course Ol’ Stoney-Face greets the festive season with about as much goodwill as you’d imagine in Saviour by Ken Niemand and Steven Austin. Lots to enjoy as we leave 2021 – and there are plenty more surprises to come in the new year!
Cover by Dave Taylor Script: Ian Edginton / Art: Dave Taylor / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // Dez Rez!
Mega-City One, 2143 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 160 million citizens. Unemployment is endemic, and crime is rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges, future law-enforcers empowered to dispense instant justice. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!
Script: Si Spencer / Art: Nicolo Assirelli / Colours: Eva de la Cruz / Letters: Jim Campbell
THE RETURNERS// Amazonia // Part Seven!
South-Am, 2142 AD. Four different people in Ciudad Barranquilla – academic Barrancourt, ex-Judge Mineiro, gangbanger Correira, and transgender street-walker Chavez – all awoke from near-death experiences, and as a consequence encounter supernatural entities. Now, after having been transported back to their home country, they finally confront Irmazahina…
Script: Aleš Kot / Art: Mike Dowling / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Simon Bowland
DEVLIN WAUGH // The Reckoning // Part Seven!
Brit-Cit, 2142 AD. A freelance paranormal troubleshooter and exorcist for the Vatican, Devlin Waugh is the world’s foremost supernatural investigator. Despite becoming a vampire after getting bitten tackling an outbreak in an underwater prison, Devlin continues to enjoy the finer things in life. Having recently befriended a demon, Tittivillus, he’s given it up to Hell…
Script: Paul Starkey / Art: Nick Dyer / Letters: Simon Bowland
TALES FROM THE BLACK MUSEUM // Double Jeopardy!
Mega-City One, 2143 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…
Script: Gordon Rennie / Art: Lee Carter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
ANGELIC // Restitution// Part Five!
The Texas City Radlands, 2077. He emerged out of the desolate wastelands without a name or able to remember much of his past. Injured, clearly fleeing from individuals who want to do him harm, all he could do was mouth the word ‘Angel’. Now, having made a home in the Cursed Earth with his adopted son Linc, he’s tracked the missing Varmint to the town of Restitution…
Within this packed Megazine you’ll find the penultimate instalments of Devlin Waugh, The Returners and Angelic, wrapping up next month to clear the decks for an all-new roster of stories to start in the Xmas issue.
Alongside a complete Judge Dredd thriller from Ken Niemand and Colin MacNeil, and a Tale From the Black Museum by David Barnett and Stewart K. Moore, you’ll also find chats with writer Roger Langridge and artist Brett Parson – the creative team behind Pandora Perfect, the latest Regened series to break into the regular prog – as well as a look at the latest reprint titles being released by Hibernia Press under the Fleetway Files imprint.
There’s another new comic that’s getting a new lease of life in the shape of Monster Fun, a Halloween special of which is on sale now, and in April 2022 it will be launched as an ongoing bi-monthly – the first newsstand kids’ title in years.
In addition to all these classic comics becoming available again, if you subscribe there’s now the chance for you to own a genuine slice of 2000 AD history with a fascimile of the dummy that was put together back in Head over to shop.2000AD.com for all the deets!
Cover by Colin MacNeil Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Colin MacNeil / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // A Dream Of A Thousand Flowers!
Mega-City One, 2141 AD. Home to over 130 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America, with the irradiated wasteland known as the Cursed Earth to the west. Unemployment is rife, boredom universal and crime is rampant. Tensions rest on a knife-edge and only the zero-tolerance Judges can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!
Script: Si Spencer / Art: Nicolo Assirelli / Colours: Eva de la Cruz / Letters: Jim Campbell
THE RETURNERS// Amazonia // Part Six!
South-Am, 2142 AD. Four different people in Ciudad Barranquilla – academic Barrancourt, ex-Judge Mineiro, gangbanger Correira, and transgender street-walker Chavez – all awoke from near-death experiences, and as a consequence encounter supernatural entities. Now, after having been transported back to their home country, they seek a mysterious pyramid…
Script: Aleš Kot / Art: Mike Dowling / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Simon Bowland
DEVLIN WAUGH // The Reckoning // Part Six!
Brit-Cit, 2142 AD. A freelance paranormal troubleshooter and exorcist for the Vatican, Devlin Waugh is the world’s foremost supernatural investigator. Despite becoming a vampire after getting bitten tackling an outbreak in an underwater prison, Devlin continues to enjoy the finer things in life. Having recently befriended a demon, Tittivillus, he’s given it up to Hell…
Script: David Barnett / Art: Stewart K. Moore / Letters: Simon Bowland
TALES FROM THE BLACK MUSEUM // The Electrocist!
Mega-City One, 2143 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…
Script: Gordon Rennie / Art: Lee Carter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
ANGELIC // Restitution// Part Four!
The Texas City Radlands, 2077. He emerged out of the desolate wastelands without a name or able to remember much of his past. Injured, clearly fleeing from individuals who want to do him harm, all he could do was mouth the word ‘Angel’. Now, having made a home in the Cursed Earth with his adopted son Linc, he’s tracked the missing Varmint to the town of Restitution…
Welcome to the September Megazine, and alongside the latest instalments of Devlin Waugh, Angelic and The Returners we have the final episode of Diamond Dogs II and a complete Dredd thriller from Rory McConville and Nick Dyer, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Francisco?, that acts as an epilogue to the Project Providence storyline as Ol’ Stoney-Face assesses the fitness of Dan Francisco post-kidnapping.
We’ll be returning to the consequences of MC-1’s PP scandal, and its place in the global community, in McConville and Staz Johnson’s four-parter Praise Zort!, coming early next year. Elsewhere in this issue, we’ve got interviews with former editorial droid Simon Geller and designer turned prose novelist Rian Hughes, plus Rob Williams reveals the secrets of Out, his and Will Conrad’s new WWII/vampire title from US publishers AWA.
The Williams script-bot returns to Dredd in 2000 AD this month, partnering with Arthur Wyatt and Jake Lynch for the Atlantis-set The Hard Way, starting in jumping-on issue Prog 2250, where you’ll also find new series of Scarlet Traces, The Diaboliks, Pandora Perfect and, er, The Out! (Hmm, could this get confusing…?)
Cover by Paul Williams & Chris Blythe Script: Rory McConville / Art: Nick Dyer / Colours: Gary Caldwell / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // How Do You Solve A Problem Like Francisco!
Mega-City One, 2141 AD. Home to over 130 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America, with the irradiated wasteland known as the Cursed Earth to the west. Unemployment is rife, boredom universal and crime is rampant. Tensions rest on a knife-edge and only the zero-tolerance Judges can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, the fallout continues from Project Providence and Francisco’s kidnapping…
Script: Si Spencer / Art: Nicolo Assirelli / Colours: Eva de la Cruz / Letters: Jim Campbell
THE RETURNERS// Amazonia // Part Five!
South-Am, 2142 AD. Four different people in Ciudad Barranquilla – academic Barrancourt, ex-Judge Mineiro, gangbanger Correira, and transgender street-walker Chavez – all awoke from near-death experiences, and as a consequence encounter supernatural entities. Now, after having been transported back to their home country, they seek a mysterious pyramid…
Script: Aleš Kot / Art: Mike Dowling / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Simon Bowland
DEVLIN WAUGH // The Reckoning // Part Five!
Brit-Cit, 2142 AD. A freelance paranormal troubleshooter and exorcist for the Vatican, Devlin Waugh is the world’s foremost supernatural investigator. Despite becoming a vampire after getting bitten tackling an outbreak in an underwater prison, Devlin continues to enjoy the finer things in life. Having recently befriended a demon, Tittivillus, he’s given it up to Hell…
Script: James Peaty / Art: Warren Pleece / Letters: Simon Bowland
DIAMOND DOGS // Book Two // Part Six!
Brit-Cit, 2142 AD. The remnants of old Britain still exist alongside the twenty-second century Mega-City, and these ruins are fought over by the Brit-Cit street gangs, who see them as valuable territory. Nia Jones used to run with the Diamond Dogs, but she was also a Justice Dept informer, often playing both sides against each other. Now, she’s discovered her handler Judge Magellan’s secret…
Script: Gordon Rennie / Art: Lee Carter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
ANGELIC // Restitution// Part Three!
The Texas City Radlands, 2077. He emerged out of the desolate wastelands without a name or able to remember much of his past. Injured, clearly fleeing from individuals who want to do him harm, all he could do was mouth the word ‘Angel’. Now, having made a home in the Cursed Earth with his adopted son Linc, he’s tracked the missing Varmint to the town of Restitution…
