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Call me The Mighty Tharg, your ebullient emerald editor of this pulse-pounding publication!

We surge into the final month of 2022, and this is the last regular prog of the year before the traditional Xmas blow-out. Inside this issue there’s a double-length helping of Dredd as ‘The Rematch’ reaches its violent finale, the first book of Enemy Earth comes to its scrotnig conclusion, there’s more Hollywood horror in Hope, and a chilling complete Terror Tale from the Tomlinson and Milmore droids! Next week, though, it’s a whole new raft of Thrills coming your way with Prog 2312!

2000 AD Prog 2311 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!

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Cover art by Steven Austin
Script: Ken Neimand / Art: Steven Austin / Colours: Jim Boswell / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // The Rematch, part two

Mega-City One, 2144 AD. Home to over 180 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America, with the poisoned Black Atlantic on one side and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west. Unemployment is rife and crime is rampant. Only the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!

Script: John Tomlinson / Art: Lee Milmore / Letters: Simon Bowland

TERROR TALES // In The Woods

Experience the terrifying side of Thrill-power with these one-off tales from beyond the veil of sanity. Whether they be ghostly goings-on that send shivers up the spine or splatterfests that sear the retina and paralyse the mind, nothing is what it seems in these glimpses of a realm beyond our own. Kian Edler’s earliest childhood memory is the tree branches scratching against his window. Is the wood calling him…?

Script: Cavan Scott / Art: Luke Horsman / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

ENEMY EARTH // Book One, part ten

The near future. Mother Nature has turned against the people that live upon the Earth’s surface. Now, the planet’s flora and fauna have mutated and are viciously attacking humanity. As society crumbles, and survivors seek safety, young Zoe, who has lost her own family, has rescued a young boy, who has been living for five years in a bunker with his protective robot. It turns out he’s the prime minister’s son…

Script: Guy Adams / Art: Jimmy Broxton / Letters: Jim Campbell

HOPE // …in The Shadows Reel Two, part eight

An alternate 1940s USA. WWII is over, victory having been secured by occult means, and consequently magic is a part of everyday life. Mallory HOPE is one such skilled operative, though calling on the dark arts takes its toll on the user. He’s also a P.I., hired for all manner of down n’ dirty jobs — and an investigation into a cursed movie has led to the reappearance of Hope’s missing wife, Alice, who has plans for the film…

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BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2310 is OUT NOW!

I am Tharg The Mighty, the cosmic conduit through which all Thrill-power flows!

Welcome to the latest scrotnig edition of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, your one weekly bright spark of hyper-zarjazness as the northern hemisphere of your planet descends into the dark depths of winter. We’re just two weeks away from the gargantuan Prog 2312 and the traditional festive blow-out so stories are close to wrapping up to make way for a new roster to commence in the 100-page mega-issue.

Future cop Judge Dredd has a fight on his hands in ‘The Rematch’ by the Niemand and Austin droids, and Zoe and Jules must take flight in the penultimate part of Enemy Earth, plus there’s the latest instalment of Hope, a complete Terror Tale from John Tomlinson and Nick Dyer, and Ian Edginton and Warren Pleece bring us the prologue to the new Fiends of the Western Front arc as the vampire heads west, turning up in Nebraska in 1882!

2000 AD Prog 2310 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!

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Cover art by Tom Foster
Script: Ken Neimand / Art: Steven Austin / Colours: Jim Boswell / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // The Rematch, part one

Mega-City One, 2144 AD. Home to over 180 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America, with the poisoned Black Atlantic on one side and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west. Unemployment is rife and crime is rampant. Only the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!

Script: John Tomlinson / Art: Nick Dyer / Letters: Simon Bowland

TERROR TALES // The Vision Thing

Experience the terrifying side of Thrill-power with these one-off tales from beyond the veil of sanity. Whether they be ghostly goings-on that send shivers up the spine or splatterfests that sear the retina and paralyse the mind, nothing is what it seems in these glimpses of a terrifying realm beyond our own. Marcus Biggs is a go-getter in the advertising industry, a self-styled ‘alpha pup’ — but does he lack vision…?

Script: Cavan Scott / Art: Luke Horsman / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

ENEMY EARTH // Book One, part nine

The near future. Mother Nature has turned against the people that live upon the Earth’s surface. Now, the planet’s flora and fauna have mutated and are viciously attacking humanity. As society crumbles, and survivors seek safety, young Zoe, who has lost her own family, has rescued a young boy, who has been living for five years in a bunker with his protective robot. It turns out he’s the prime minister’s son…

Script: Guy Adams / Art: Jimmy Broxton / Letters: Jim Campbell

HOPE // …in The Shadows Reel Two, part seven

An alternate 1940s USA. WWII is over, victory having been secured by occult means, and consequently magic is a part of everyday life. Mallory HOPE is one such skilled operative, though calling on the dark arts takes its toll on the user. He’s also a P.I., hired for all manner of down n’ dirty jobs — and an investigation into a cursed movie has led to the reappearance of Hope’s missing wife, Alice, who has plans for the film…

Script: Ian Edginton / Art: Warren Pleece / Letters: Simon Bowland

FIENDS OF THE WESTERN FRONT // Wilde West: Prologue

In 1980, the diary of German soldier Hans Schmitt was discovered in Berlin, detailing events that occurred in 1941, when he encountered the terrifying vampire Captain Constanta and his Romanian platoon. But Schmitt was not the first person to meet Constanta — the vampire has popped up throughout history, in various countries and under various guises. Now, he’s in Nebraska in 1882…

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2000 AD Prog 2309 out now!

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BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2309 is OUT NOW!

Call me The Mighty Tharg, all-powerful alien editor of this awesome, planet-conquering organ!

Welcome back to Thrill-power Central, Terrans, and while it’s yet another circuit-shattering prog — extra-length final episodes of Judge Dredd and Hershey have meant Hope has to take a break for a week, plus we also have the scrotnig conclusion to the current Chimpsky’s Law!

2000 AD Prog 2309 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!

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Cover art by Simon Fraser
Script: Rob Williams / Art: Henry Flint / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // Buratino Must Die, part six

Mega-City One, 2144 AD. Home to over 180 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, following the ‘End of Days’ incident, two East-Meg Judges have been granted sanctuary in MC-1…

Script: Ken Niemand / Art: PJ Holden / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Simon Bowland

CHIMPSKY’S LAW // A Terrifically Disturbing Adventure, part eight

Mega-City One, 2144 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, such as Wittgenstein’s useless block Judge Stan. But now a malicious pair of psychic juves have moved into the block…

Script: Cavan Scott / Art: Luke Horsman / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

ENEMY EARTH // Book One, part eight

The near future. Mother Nature has turned against the people that live upon the Earth’s surface. Now, the planet’s flora and fauna have mutated and are viciously attacking humanity. As society crumbles, and survivors seek safety, young Zoe, who has lost her own family, has rescued a young boy, who has been living for five years in a bunker with his protective robot. It turns out he’s the prime minister’s son…

Script: Rob Williams / Art: Simon Fraser / Letters: Simon Bowland

HERSHEY // The Cold In The Bones: Book One, part eight

Judge Barbara Hershey was one of Justice Department’s most respected and capable young officers before she became Chief Judge. Leading the city through numerous challenges, she only occasionally clashed with Dredd — until the ‘Small House’ affair and the revelation of Judge Smiley’s clandestine operations on her watch. Now, seriously ill from a microbial virus, she’s faked her death to deal with Smiley’s legacy…

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BEST OF 2000 AD VOL.2

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The second volume of the best-selling Best of 2000 AD is available to pre-order now!

The brand new graphic novel series from the legendary comics publisher began with a bang – going to reprint two weeks before publication and hitting #3 on the list of the UK’s best-selling graphic novels – and the volume two raises the bar still further with another 200 pages of pulse-pounding Thrill-power!

Featuring a brand new cover for the retail edition by Becky Cloonan (Gotham Academy, Punisher) and an exclusive cover for the 2000 AD webshop by The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard, as well as design by renowned comics designer Tom Muller (X-Men), Best of 2000 AD is the essential gateway into the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic for a new generation of readers!

Every volume contains a mix of modern classics and gems from the vault. In each edition you’ll find an explosive new Judge Dredd adventure, fresh essays by prominent popular culture writers, a graphic novel-length feature presentation by global legends and a vintage Dredd case.

In this volume: Judge Dredd hunts untraceable assassins firing ‘Magic Bullets’ by Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk) and Colin Wilson (Blueberry); even robots get the ‘Red Planet Blues’ from Alan Moore (Watchmen), Steve Dillon (Preacher) and John Higgins (Judge Dredd); not even Mega City One’s brightest can escape ‘The Vampire Effect’ by John Wagner (A History of Violence), Alan Grant (Batman) and Mick McMahon (The Last American); and join the front line of the resistance against intergalactic bigots in the Gothic masterpiece Nemesis The Warlock by the creative team behind Marshal Law, Pat Mills and Kevin O’Neill!

Out on 31 January from all good book and comic book stores, as well as digitally from 2000 AD‘s webshop and apps, Best of 2000 AD Vol.2 is a must have for comic book readers new and old!

  • Becky Cloonan retail cover
  • Charlie Adlard webshop exc. cover

Full contents:

JUDGE DREDD: MAGIC BULLETS

  • Writer – Al Ewing
  • Artist – Colin Wilson
  • Colorist – Chris Blythe
  • Letters – Annie Parkhouse

BRINK BOOK ONE, PART TWO

  • Writer – Dan Abnett 
  • Artist – INJ Culbard
  • Letters – Simon Bowland 

CRITICAL ESSAY: THE DEVIANT TRIUMPHANT

  • Writer – Tom Shapira

NEMESIS THE WARLOCK: BOOK ONE

  • Writer – Pat Mills
  • Artist – Kevin O’Neill
  • Letters – Steve Potter & Tony Jacob

A.B.C. WARRIORS: RED PLANET BLUES

  • Writer – Alan Moore
  • Artist – Steve Dillon
  • Colours – John Higgins 
  • Letters – Steve Potter

JUDGE DREDD: THE VAMPIRE EFFECT 

  • Writer – Alan Grant
  • Artist – Mick McMahon 
  • Letters – Tom Frame

D.R. & QUINCH’S AGONY PAGE 

  • Writer – Jamie Delano 
  • Artist – Alan Davis 
  • Letters – Steve & Jack Potter
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It wouldn’t be Christmas without a super dose of Thrill-power to take you into the new year – and you can now pre-order the bumper Xmas issue of 2000 AD!

Featuring a new cover by Andy Clarke (Batman), 2000 AD Prog 2312 celebrates the festive period with the traditional 100-page end of year special, featuring a brand-new line-up of stories!

Judge Dredd faces off against an old enemy that’s bust out of containment in “The Last Temptation of Joe” by Ken Niemand & Lee Carter; Proteus Vex must negotiate a full-blown interstellar war in “Crawlspace” by Mike Carroll & Jake Lynch; Cyd learns more about her state of being in “The Out” Book Three by Dan Abnett & Mark Harrison; ABC Warrior Joe Pineapples reveals his past in “Tin Man” by Pat Mills, Simon Bisley & Clint Langley; Rogue Trooper encounters Nort genetic experiments in “Brothers” by Kek-W & Warwick Fraser-Coombe.

Plus, with the unexpected return of the anarchic alien, Bonjo From Beyond The Stars, by Garth Ennis and the late Kevin O’Neill and a special Judge Dredd tribute to the much-missed Alan Grant, this is a Christmas issue not to be missed!

Full contents:

  •                Judge Dredd: The Last Temptation of Joe by Ken Niemand & Lee Carter
  •                Proteus Vex: Crawlspace by Mike Carroll & Jake Lynch
  •                Joe Pineapples: Tin Man by Pat Mills, Simon Bisley & Clint Langley
  •                The Out, Book Three by Dan Abnett & Mark Harrison
  •                Bonjo From Beyond the Stars by Garth Ennis & Kev O’Neill
  •                Rogue Trooper: Brothers by Kek-W & Warwick Fraser-Coombe
  •                Hope: In the Shadows Reel Two by Guy Adams & Jimmy Broxton
  •                Judge Dredd: Troublemaker by Gordon Rennie & Robin Smith
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2000 AD Prog 2308 out now!

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BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2308 is OUT NOW!

I am Tharg, cosmic channeller of brain-frying Thrill-power — let me light up your circuits!

Indeed, your zarjazosity sensors should be glowing green across the board as you turn the pages within this pulse-pounding prog for it’s another scrotnig edition, featuring the penultimate parts of Hershey, Chimpsky’s Law and Judge Dredd: ‘Buratino Must Die’ alongside the latest instalments of Hope and Enemy Earth.

2000 AD Prog 2308 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!

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Cover art by PJ Holden
Script: Rob Williams / Art: Henry Flint / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // Buratino Must Die, part five

Mega-City One, 2144 AD. Home to over 180 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, following the ‘End of Days’ incident, two East-Meg Judges have been granted sanctuary in MC-1…

Script: Ken Niemand / Art: PJ Holden / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Simon Bowland

CHIMPSKY’S LAW // A Terrifically Disturbing Adventure, part seven

Mega-City One, 2144 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, such as Wittgenstein’s useless block Judge Stan. But now a malicious pair of psychic juves have moved into the block…

Script: Guy Adams / Art: Jimmy Broxton / Letters: Jim Campbell

HOPE // …in The Shadows Reel Two, part six

An alternate 1940s USA. WWII is over, victory having been secured by occult means, and consequently magic is a part of everyday life. Mallory HOPE is one such skilled operative, though calling on the dark arts takes its toll on the user. He’s also a P.I., hired for all manner of down n’ dirty jobs — and an investigation into a cursed movie has led to the reappearance of Hope’s missing wife, Alice, who has plans for the film…

Script: Cavan Scott / Art: Luke Horsman / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

ENEMY EARTH // Book One, part seven

The near future. Mother Nature has turned against the people that live upon the Earth’s surface. Now, the planet’s flora and fauna have mutated and are viciously attacking humanity. As society crumbles, and survivors seek safety, young Zoe, who has lost her own family, has rescued a young boy, who has been living for five years in a bunker with his protective robot. It turns out he’s the prime minister’s son…

Script: Rob Williams / Art: Simon Fraser / Letters: Simon Bowland

HERSHEY // The Cold In The Bones: Book One, part seven

Judge Barbara Hershey was one of Justice Department’s most respected and capable young officers before she became Chief Judge. Leading the city through numerous challenges, she only occasionally clashed with Dredd — until the ‘Small House’ affair and the revelation of Judge Smiley’s clandestine operations on her watch. Now, seriously ill from a microbial virus, she’s faked her death to deal with Smiley’s legacy…

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2000 AD Prog 2307 out now!

PROG 2307 OUT NOW out now

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BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2307 is OUT NOW!

Call me The Mighty Tharg, all-powerful alien editor and channeller of cosmic sci-fi excitement!

We’re back with the current autumnal line-up after my nephew Joko’s Regened takeover last prog, and you’ll find within these pulse-pounding pages the circuit-shattering latest instalments of Judge Dredd, Enemy Earth, Hershey, Hope and Chimpsky’s Law. Ensure Thrill-buffers are fully upgraded before diving in, Terrans!

2000 AD Prog 2307 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!

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Cover art by Luke Horsman
Script: Rob Williams / Art: Henry Flint / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // Buratino Must Die, part four

Mega-City One, 2144 AD. Home to over 180 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, following the ‘End of Days’ incident, two East-Meg Judges have been granted sanctuary in MC-1…

Script: Ken Niemand / Art: PJ Holden / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Simon Bowland

CHIMPSKY’S LAW // A Terrifically Disturbing Adventure, part six

Mega-City One, 2144 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, such as Wittgenstein’s useless block Judge Stan. But now a malicious pair of psychic juves have moved into the block…

Script: Guy Adams / Art: Jimmy Broxton / Letters: Jim Campbell

HOPE // …in The Shadows Reel Two, part five

An alternate 1940s USA. WWII is over, victory having been secured by occult means, and consequently magic is a part of everyday life. Mallory HOPE is one such skilled operative, though calling on the dark arts takes its toll on the user. He’s also a P.I., hired for all manner of down n’ dirty jobs — and an investigation into a cursed movie has led to the reappearance of Hope’s missing wife, Alice, who has plans for the film…

Script: Cavan Scott / Art: Luke Horsman / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

ENEMY EARTH // Book One, part six

The near future. Mother Nature has turned against the people that live upon the Earth’s surface. Now, the planet’s flora and fauna have mutated and are viciously attacking humanity. As society crumbles, and survivors seek safety, young Zoe, who has lost her own family, has rescued a young boy, who has been living for five years in a bunker with his protective robot. It turns out he’s the prime minister’s son…

Script: Rob Williams / Art: Simon Fraser / Letters: Simon Bowland

HERSHEY // The Cold In The Bones: Book One, part six

Judge Barbara Hershey was one of Justice Department’s most respected and capable young officers before she became Chief Judge. Leading the city through numerous challenges, she only occasionally clashed with Dredd — until the ‘Small House’ affair and the revelation of Judge Smiley’s clandestine operations on her watch. Now, seriously ill from a microbial virus, she’s faked her death to deal with Smiley’s legacy…

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2000 AD Regened Prog 2306 is out now!

PROG 2306 out now

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BORAG THUNGG, YOUNG EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Regened Prog 2306 is OUT NOW!

Joko-Jargo here again, bringing you another special all-ages edition of the Galaxy’s Greatest!

Welcome to the fourth and last Regened issue of 2022, and once more I have a prime selection of Thrills for Terrans of all sizes. Cadet Dredd is joined by his clone-brother Rico at the Mega-City One docks as they investigate a suspicious ship in ‘Undertow’ by Paul Starkey, Silvia Califano and Gary Welsh; the Welsh art-droid also collaborates with writer David Barnett on another Chopper adventure, ‘All For One’, as Marlon Shakespeare learns something about solidarity amongst his fellow juves.

There’s a one-off tale of the unexpected in Future Shocks with ‘The Planet Breakers’ by Karl Stock and Karl Richardson; the twenty-fifth century sport of Gravity Blading makes its debut in the pilot episode of new story Bladers by James Peaty and Leigh Gallagher, introducing Abi Caine’s misfit team the Gravity Bombshells; and there’s humour and carnage as we visit the early days of maniac-for-hire Ulysses Sweet in ‘Psychobaby’.

Yep, it’s the usual Joko mix of the strange, the surreal and the scrotnig! Don’t forget, you can now pick up no less than four zarjaz volumes of Regened stories, collected as trade paperbacks, available from shop.2000AD.com — the ideal Xmas present for every Squaxx. Enjoy, Earthlets!

2000 AD Regened Prog 2306 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!

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Cover art by Alex Ronald
Script: Paul Starkey / Art: Silvia Califano & Gary Welsh / Colours: John Charles / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

CADET DREDD // Undertow

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 zero-tolerance 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!

Script: James Peaty / Art: Leigh Gallagher / Letters: Jim Campbell

BLADERS

It’s the twenty-fifth century, and humanity has spread out amongst the stars. One of its biggest exports is Gravity Blading, the most exciting, successful and lucrative sport in the galaxy. One person who dreamed of being a Blader was Abi Caine, but severe injury forced her out of the trials. However, an unexpected and sizable inheritance has enabled her to re-enter the world of G-Blading, though not as a competitor — she’s buying up the Gravity Bombshells, a team on its last legs after their previous manager proved corrupt. Caine’s got her work cut out if she’s going get the Bombshells ready for the play-offs…

Script: Guy Adams / Art: Paul Marshall / Colours: Dylan Teague / Letters: Jim Campbell

ULYSSES SWEET // Psychobaby

The future. At some point the adult Ulysses Sweet will become infamous across the galaxy as a Maniac-For-Hire — if you have an incredibly dangerous mission that requires someone insane enough to face improbable odds, then Sweet is your man. Prone to acts of violence, and possessing a dubious connection to reality, you hire Ulysses at your peril. Indeed, there’s every chance you’ll make the situation even worse. But when it comes to utter madness, no one can touch him — and this all started as a baby, with a love for explosive weaponry and remembering the words his ruthless criminal mother told him…

Script: Karl Stock / Art: Karl Richardson / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

FUTURE SHOCK // The Planet Breakers

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, at some point in the future, the human race’s need for resources to solve its energy crisis will mean it will start mining other planets. But what happens when plundering a world goes drastically wrong…?

Script: David Barnett / Art: Gary Welsh / Colours: Gary Caldwell / Letters: Simon Bowland

CHOPPER // All For One

Mega-City One, 2103 AD. Marlon Shakespeare was just an ordinary juve in the vast twenty-second century metropolis, and like most of his generation had little to no prospects, expecting a future of unemployment and boredom. His parents have already embraced the meaninglessness of life in the Big Meg, and spend their days heading eggs into a bucket or washing up. But Marlon was determined to make a name for himself, and under the alias CHOPPER, became a famous scrawler, spraying his tag in the most audacious of places. He was eventually arrested and served an iso-cube sentence, but he’s now out, and taking up skysurfing…

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Best-selling Best of 2000 AD reprint arrives at distributors

It’s one of the UK’s best-selling graphic novels – and a brand new print run of Best of 2000 AD Vol.1 is now available.

The smash hit of the summer and backed by an international influencer campaign on Tiktok and Instagram, Best of 2000 AD Vol.1 hit number three in the UK’s top-selling graphic novels at launch in September – with copies in the UK running out a full two weeks before the official publication date and stock in the US running low, even after a restock.

A new print run has just arrived with distributors in the UK, and comic book retailers and book stores are being urged to grab fresh copies of Best of 2000 AD Vol.1 while they can to meet demand.

Never before has a 2000 AD graphic novel sold out before it publication date, reflecting the excitement for what Wired called ‘a near-perfect primer for what makes 2000 AD so special’, while comicbook.com said it is ‘hard to imagine a better entry point into that world than Best of 2000 AD’.

Owen Johnson, editor on Best of 2000 AD, said: ’I’m ecstatic but not surprised that Best of 2000 AD has proven a hit, we worked hard to make it one – and thanks to all the new faces and loyal fans, our distributors, and crucially the comic and book stores hand-selling it; they’re all responsible for this success.

‘Best of 2000 AD’s popularity is validating, and proof that not only is there hunger for this timeless comic after 45 years, but a whole new audience is waiting to connect if we evolve. 2000 AD, like all comics, should be for everyone.’

Best of 2000 AD is a six-volume landmark quarterly graphic novel series from the cult comic. The second volume is now available for pre-order and will go on sale in January 2023, with a cover by Becky Cloonan (Batman) and stories by Al Ewing, Colin Wilson, Alan Moore, Steve Dillon, Kevin O’Neill and many more.

With design by industry legend Tom Muller (X-Men), each volume includes 200 pages bursting with hand-curated stories old and new from the legendary comic book and, with no knowledge of continuity required, this is a series absolutely tailor-made to bring in new readers.

The first volume in this landmark series includes a cover by superstar artist Jamie McKelvie (The Wicked & The Divine), the first part of Alan Moore and Ian Gibson’s feminist space opera The Ballad of Halo Jones, the first part of Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard’s modern sci-fi noir Brink, two complete Judge Dredd stories by John Wagner, Kev Walker, Brendan McCarthy and Jamie Hewlett, alien delinquents D.R. & Quinch causing mayhem courtesy of Jamie Delano and Alan Davis, John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra’s mutant bounty hunters Strontium Dog, and Alan Grant and Arthur Ranson’s stunning Judge Anderson: Shamballa with an essay by comics critic Adam Karenina Sherif.

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BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2305 is OUT NOW!

I am The Mighty Tharg, all-powerful alien editor of this stunning sci-fi comics spectacular!

Welcome once again, my Thrill-hungry humanoids, to the latest edition of the Galaxy’s Greatest, where you’re guaranteed to find the finest in future fiction! As ever, we’ve got twenty-second century policing in Judge Dredd, postapocalyptic survival in Enemy Earth, revenge-fuelled drama in Hershey, magic and mayhem in Hope, and more than a little monkey business in Chimpsky’s Law — all of them scrotnig circuitshatterers without a doubt, though they’ll be taking a break for a week as next prog my nephew Joko-Jargo elbows his way into the editorial hotset for the fourth Regened issue of 2022, ensuring another all-ages takeover!

2000 AD Prog 2305 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!

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Cover art by Boo Cook
Script: Rob Williams / Art: Henry Flint / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // Buratino Must Die, part three

Mega-City One, 2144 AD. Home to over 180 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, following the ‘End of Days’ incident, two East-Meg Judges have been granted sanctuary in MC-1…

Script: Ken Niemand / Art: PJ Holden / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Simon Bowland

CHIMPSKY’S LAW // A Terrifically Disturbing Adventure, part five

Mega-City One, 2144 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, such as Wittgenstein’s useless block Judge Stan. But now a malicious pair of psychic juves have moved into the block…

Script: Guy Adams / Art: Jimmy Broxton / Letters: Jim Campbell

HOPE // …in The Shadows Reel Two, part four

An alternate 1940s USA. WWII is over, victory having been secured by occult means, and consequently magic is a part of everyday life. Mallory HOPE is one such skilled operative, though calling on the dark arts takes its toll on the user. He’s also a P.I., hired for all manner of down n’ dirty jobs — and an investigation into a cursed movie has led to the reappearance of Hope’s missing wife, Alice, who has plans for the film…

Script: Cavan Scott / Art: Luke Horsman / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

ENEMY EARTH // Book One, part five

The near future. Mother Nature has turned against the people that live upon the Earth’s surface. Now, the planet’s flora and fauna have mutated and are viciously attacking humanity. As society crumbles, and survivors seek safety, young Zoe, who has lost her own family, has rescued a young boy, who has been living for five years in a bunker with his protective robot. It turns out he’s the prime minister’s son…

Script: Rob Williams / Art: Simon Fraser / Letters: Simon Bowland

HERSHEY // The Cold In The Bones: Book One, part four

Judge Barbara Hershey was one of Justice Department’s most respected and capable young officers before she became Chief Judge. Leading the city through numerous challenges, she only occasionally clashed with Dredd — until the ‘Small House’ affair and the revelation of Judge Smiley’s clandestine operations on her watch. Now, seriously ill from a microbial virus, she’s faked her death to deal with Smiley’s legacy…