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ATTENTION, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2339 is OUT NOW!

I am The Mighty Tharg, verdant majesty of the Thrillverse — join me in my scrotnig kingdom!

A pulse-poundingly packed prog this week, Terrans, so stuffed with zarjazness that it even takes over the back cover. Yep, that’s thirty-two pages of pure comics mastery, courtesy of my crack coterie of creator-bots — inside, you’ll find the ghafflebette finale to Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard’s nerve-shredding Rogue Trooper thriller ‘Blighty Valley’ (they may well be collaborating on another tale from Nu Earth in the near future, so keep your eye-pods peeled), plus there’s the penultimate part of the current Judge Dredd story ‘In the Event of My Untimely Demise’, the latest instalments of Azimuth and Void Runners, and a complete Future Shock from the Sandifer and Broxton droids.

If that doesn’t slam your circuits into next week, my Squaxx, then I don’t know what will! In fact, talking of seven days’ hence, I’ve got yet another new Thrill to delight your diodes — don’t miss the start of Portals & Black Goo by John Tomlinson and Eoin Coveney, a darkly comic look at the world of zero-hour contracts for the Devouroo delivery drivers, who risk life and, very often, limb!

2000 AD Prog 2339 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 Jake Lynch
Script: Mike Carroll / Art: Paul Marshall / Colours: Dylan Teague / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // In the Event of My Untimely Demise, 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, with the poisoned Black Atlantic on one side and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west. 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, he is leading a task force to take down the mega-mobs, unaware one has a psi-connection with him…

Script: Elizabeth Sandifer / Art: Jimmy Broxton / Letters: Simon Bowland

FUTURE SHOCKS // Laser Lennox in the Lair of the Sinister Skull

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: David Hine / Art: Boo Cook / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

VOID RUNNERS // part five

The far future. The multiple planetary systems collectively known as the Federation are controlled by entities called the Ankorites, who rely on the drug Kali’s Dust to stimulate their visions. The substance can only be found in pleroma, intelligent deepspace creatures that are hunted by VOID RUNNERS like Captain Alice Shikari, who’s been tasked by the Ankorites’ Subjugators with searching for more…

Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Tazio Bettin / Colours: Matt Soffe / Letters: Jim Campbell

AZIMUTH // A Job For Suzi Nine, part two

NEW STORY! 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. Suzi Nine Millimetre, for example, is a cadavatar, whose existence is given purpose by the jobs she undertakes for her New Flesh masters…

Script: Garth Ennis / Art: Patrick Goddard / Letters: Rob Steen

ROGUE TROOPER // Blighty Valley, part thirteen

Nu Earth, site of a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers, where use of chemical weapons has rendered the atmosphere toxic. So the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen, bred to be immune to the planet’s lethal cocktail of pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. Now, together with his biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, Rogue’s partnered with a squad of WWI soldiers…

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2000 AD Prog 2330 out now!

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ATTENTION, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2330 is OUT NOW!

Call me The Mighty Tharg, known across the universe for the cosmic Thrill-power I bring!

Another week, another brain-melting issue of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic to fire up your imagination circuits. Within this pulse-pounding prog you’ll find the latest ghafflebette instalments of Rogue Trooper, Durham Red and Enemy Earth, plus there’s a complete Judge Dredd thriller from the Edginton and Assirelli creator-bots, and a Future Shock, ‘Look at Your Hands’, from debuting droids Elizabeth Sandifer and Laura Helsby.

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Cover art by Leonardo Manco
Script: Ian Edginton / Art: Nicolo Assirelli / Colours: Pippa Bowland / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // Chimera

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, with the poisoned Black Atlantic on one side and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west. 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!

Script: Alec Worley / Art: Ben Willsher / Letters: Simon Bowland

DURHAM RED // Mad Dogs, part five

Late 22nd century. Of all the mutants that have operated as Search/Destroy agents, perhaps the most feared is vampire DURHAM RED, who requires blood to survive. Mistrusted by both the criminals she hunts and her fellow Strontium Dogs, Red has a formidable reputation that precedes her. Now, she’s undertaking a job for the GIC, having dropped into a high-rad zone that a drugs cartel is using as their base…

Script: Elizabeth Sandifer / Art: Laura Helsby / Letters: Jim Campbell

FUTURE SHOCKS // Look At Your Hands

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: Cavan Scott / Art: Luke Horsman / Letters: Simon Bowland

ENEMY EARTH // Book Two, 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 Jules, who’s the prime minister’s son. Now, the pair have travelled to Scotland, and made it to an old government facility…

Script: Garth Ennis / Art: Patrick Goddard / Letters: Rob Steen

ROGUE TROOPER // Blighty Valley, part five

Nu Earth, site of a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers, where use of chemical weapons has rendered the atmosphere toxic. So the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen, bred to be immune to the planet’s lethal cocktail of pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. Now, together with his biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, Rogue’s found himself on a WWI battlefield…

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2000 AD Regened Prog 2325 out now!

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ATTENTION, EARTHLETS OF ALL AGES– 2000 AD Prog 2325 is OUT NOW!

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

Welcome to the first Regened special of 2023, where I bust into my Uncle Tharg’s office, usurp the editorial hotseat for one week, and program the creator droids to deliver some scrotnig Thrills for humanoids of all sizes.

Within this packed issue you’ll find another case for Cadet Dredd, courtesy of Ned Hartley and Toby Willsmer, as he enters the dreamscape of his clonebrother Rico; those young genetically engineered proto-soldiers are back in Mayflies by Mike Carroll and Simon Coleby as they battle mercenaries out to score a bounty; lowlife criminal Eddie Schlepper teams up with a malfunctioning robot in the Future Shock ‘VIN-E, Blow the Doors!’ by James Peaty and Gary Welsh; there’s a short Robo-Hunter prose story from Scott Montgomery as Sam Slade tries his hand at droid stand-up comedy; and we return to the rundown school for wizards Lowborn High, courtesy of the regular creative combo of David Barnett and Anna Morozova, as Andy Frost, Maisy, Ali and Drill all discover the perils of choosing your animal familiar!

If you missed any of the previous Regened issues, don’t forget there are now no less than four collected volumes available now from shop.2000AD.com!

2000 AD Prog 2325 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 Steve Roberts
Script: Ned Hartley / Art: Toby Willsmer / / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

CADET DREDD // Dream Team

Mega-City One, 2074 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: David Barnett / Art: Anna Morozova / Colours: Phillip Vaughan / Letters: Jim Campbell

LOWBORN HIGH // Old Familiars

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…

Script: Scott Montgomery / Art: Ian Gibson

ROBO-HUNTER // Tough Crowd

Brit-Cit, the twenty-second century. In this future metropolis, droids are an everyday part of life, performing many of the menial jobs for their human masters. But occasionally a robot can go rogue, either a product of haywire circuits or a desire to break from its programming. That is when you call for a ROBOHUNTER, private detectives specialising in tracking down missing meks and dealing with dangerous ‘bots. Sam C. Slade is one of the best Robo-Hunters in the business, and is accompanied by his robotic cigar Stogie and his idiot understudy Hoagy, a pair who often prove more of a hindrance than a help…

Script: James Peaty / Art: Gary Welch / Colours: Pippa Bowland / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

FUTURE SHOCKS // Vin-E, Blow The Doors

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 twenty-third century, Eddie Schlepper is an experienced conman and thief, always on the lookout for that big score. Could the robot he’s about to literally run into be the answer to his criminal schemes…?

Script: Michael Carroll / Art: Simon Coleby / Colours: Len O’Grady / Letters: Simon Bowland

MAYFLIES // The Scarab

Nu Earth is just one planet among many caught up in a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers. Strategically vital, both sides are desperate to secure it but use of chemical weapons during the conflict has rendered the atmosphere poisonous. So the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen, bred to be immune to the planet’s cocktail of pollutants. But the gene-engineers are always looking to improve the next generation of G.I.s, giving them specialised abilities — and a squad of young clones have gone AWOL, escaping from a Nort attack. Now, they’re holed up on space station Camp Isthmus, having defeated the local criminal kingpin…

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2000 AD Regened Prog 2288 is out now!

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2000 AD‘s all-ages special Regened returns in Prog 2288 – out now from all good newsagents, comic book stores, and digitally from the 2000 AD webshop and app!

It’s that time once again when Joko-Jargo storms the Command Module, temporarily boots his Uncle Tharg out of his office and assumes control of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic!

In this zarjaz all-ages issue you’ll find another case for Cadet Dredd as he investigates disappearances at the Alien Zoo in Zootrapolis by Liam Johnson and Joel Carpenter; Roger Langridge and Brett Parson reunite for a new Pandora Perfect caper as a giant chicken rampages through the city; wheeler-dealing duo Scooter & Jinx return and must track down a missing actor in The Big, Grand Souffle of Nothing; we head back to the rundown comprehensive school for wizards for the second episode of David Barnett and Anna Morozova’s Lowborn High as Andy Frost is co-opted into the Orbitus playoffs; and there’s a mind-bending short story in Future Shocks: Into the Void from Karl Stock and Tom Newell!

Remember, humes, if you missed any of my previous Regened issues, you can now get the stories in four scrotnig book collections, available from shop.2000AD.com.

2000 AD Prog 2288 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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CADET DREDD: ZOOATRAPOLIS

Script: Liam Johnson / Art: Joel Carpenter / Colours: John Charles / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Mega-City One, 2076 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!

LOWBORN HIGH: GOOD SPORT

Script: David Barnett / Art: Anna Morozova / Letters: Jim Campbell

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 or the family name to make it to this prestigious establishment? For them, there’s LOWBORN HIGH, a rundown inner-city comprehensive that is often struggling with funding, but its pupils can still be capable of some truly amazing feats…

FUTURE SHOCKS: INTO THE VOID

Script: Karl Stock / Art: Tom Newell / Colours: Barbara Nosenzo / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

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. Now, at some point in the future, the online world will become ever more sophisticated, allowing users to leave reality — or solidstate — behind and exist in an environment of nothing but memes and dreams…

SCOOTER & JINX: THE BIG, GRAND SOUFFLE OF NOTHING

Script: James Peaty / Art: Steve Roberts / Letters: Simon Bowland

Scooter Occultatum was working at Mondo’s Mektail Bar on Eco- Point when she encountered Jinx Calhoun, a rogue and a thief, who has more than enough secrets of his own and plenty of enemies with scores to settle. When gangsters came after them, keen to get their hands on something Jinx had stolen, the pair went on the run, Jinx discovering in the process that Scooter is in fact a Bone Machine, a highly lethal cybernetic organism. When Jinx was severely wounded, Scooter managed to save his life but lost her self-repairing functionality — and the two became bonded at a level neither them fully understands…

PANDORA PERFECT: FEED THE BIRD

Script: Roger Langridge / Art: Brett Parson / Letters: Simon Bowland

Earth, the far future. While the towering starscrapers and flying cars may make this look like some idealised Utopia, crime is still a major problem, and there’s no felon more wanted than the nefarious Pandora Perez — burglar, safe-cracker, armed bandit and all-round career criminal. Just when the authorities thought that they’d finally managed to incarcerate her, her loyal robot assistant Gort came to her rescue and succeeded in breaking her out of her cell. Despite being a wanted woman, Pandora’s still up to her usual confidence tricks, and now she’s looking to score a big payday by stealing some pills that increase the size of poultry…

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2000 AD‘s all-ages special Regened returns in Prog 2280 – out now from all good newsagents, comic book stores, and digitally from the 2000 AD webshop and app!

Joko-Jargo brings you another special all-ages edition of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic – precision-tooled to engage as inclusive an audience as possible!

And what a line-up — Cadets Dredd and Rico investigate med-supplies being released onto the streets in Red Medicine; skysurfer Chopper has a mystery of his own to unpick when Boingers start going missing in What Goes Up; there’s a complete Future Shock as household appliances become aware in Smart Home; the unruly Class Omega-Default IV (who first appeared in Prog 2130) return in The Unteachables; and Lowborn High makes its debut, showing where student wizards go that don’t manage to make it into the prestigious Wychdusk Manor academy!

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CADET DREDD: RED MEDICINE

  • Script: James Peaty
  • Art: Luke Horsman
  • Letters: Annie Parkhouse

THE UNTEACHABLES

  • Script: Karl Stock
  • Art: Xulia Vicente
  • Colours: Matt Soffe
  • Letters: Simon Bowland

FUTURE SHOCKS: SMART HOME

  • Script: Honor Vincent
  • Art: VV Glass
  • Letters: Annie Parkhouse

LOWBORN HIGH

  • Script: David Barnett
  • Art: Anna Morozova
  • Letters: Jim Campbell

CHOPPER: WHAT GOES UP⁣⁣⁣

  • Script: David Barnett
  • Art: Nick Roche
  • Colours: John Charles
  • Letters: Simon Bowland