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BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS!

Welcome to your weekly Thrillsplosion that is 2000 AD, the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic!

She’s back — that gnarly old psychopath SJS Judge Pin returns this prog for new Judge Dredd thriller Control by Rob Williams and Chris Weston.

Last seen in The Fields (Progs 2035-2036) and Fit for Purpose (Progs 2073- 2074), Pin — who murders Judges that fall short of her standards — was instrumental in ensuring Dredd’s ally Gerhart took the Long Walk into the Cursed Earth, and now she’s made Ol’ Stoney-Face himself her next target, believing him to be not worthy of the badge. Dredd, of course, has his own suspicions about Pin… and so the scene is set for a showdown between the pair.

Needless to say, Terrans, you won’t want to miss a single episode of this ghafflebette story, so ensure your local Thrill-merchant has your 2000 AD reserved for you every Wednesday — or better yet, head over to shop.2000AD.com and take out a sub, where the Galaxy’s Greatest will be delivered direct to your door!

Elsewhere in this pulse-pounding prog, there’s more transdimensional weirdness in Indigo Prime, rural terrors in Thistlebone, and psychic shenanigans in Anderson, Psi-Division — while in Absalom, Harry draws closer to his goal. Will he succeed in rescuing his grandkids? Who will survive the grand finale? Find out in a fortnight!

2000 AD Prog #2142 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 by Chris Weston

 

JUDGE DREDD // CONTROL

By Rob Williams (w) Chris Weston (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

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. 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! The psychopathic SJS Judge Pin murders officers that fall short of her standards, and JD is right now in her sights…

 

INDIGO PRIME // FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VISTA

Kek-W (w) Lee Carter (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

The multiverse. There is an infinite number of parallel realities, and all need managing in case of dimensional instability. This is where INDIGO PRIME comes in, the multiverse’s troubleshooters, whose agents — recruited post-death — are trained to deal with space/ time catastrophes. Now, following the Christhulhu event, in which Major Arcana forced the Lanzer Corporation into the open, IP’s HQ has been destroyed…

 

ANDERSON, PSI-DIVISION // MARTYRS

Emma Beeby (w) Aneke (a) Barbara Nosenzo (c) Simon Bowland (l)

Mega-City One, 2141 AD. Psi-Div is a section of Justice Department that specialises in Judges with accentuated psychic talents — from precognition to exorcism, its operatives deal with all manner of paranormal crimes, and Cassandra ANDERSON is Psi-Div’s top telepath. Now she’s been trying to rehabilitate Psi-Judge Karyn, who can’t control the monster that dwells within her — but Karyn’s been taken to a mysterious location…

 

ABSALOM // TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS

Ian Edginton (w) Leigh Gallagher (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

UK, 2017. Inspector Harry ABSALOM is an old-school copper — curmudgeonly antiauthoritarian, he’s been with the force for over forty years. Suffering from cancer, he’s the head of a special squad that enforces The Accord, a diplomatic treaty made in the 16th century between the throne of England and the powers of Hell. Now, he’s leading a unit that is storming The Mills, a demon stronghold, to rescue his grandchildren…

 

THISTLEBONE // PART SIX

T.C. Eglington (w) Simon Davis (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

England, 2019. The rural village of Harrowvale holds a dark past — namely that, on a farm bordering the vast tracts of woodland, it hosted a cult seeking to escape civilisation, worshipping an ancient deity called THISTLEBONE. Led by the charismatic Jasper illman, their pagan beliefs grew ever more radical to the point where they tried to  sacrifice the young Avril Eason. She escaped, and now, years later, Avril has returned to Harrowvale with journalist Seema Chaudry to ensure that the cult is truly dead…

BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS!

Welcome to another awe-inspiring prog guaranteed to energise your excitement-nodes, Terrans, as the latest instalments of Absalom, Thistlebone, Indigo Prime and Anderson, Psi-Division are joined this week by a scrotnig complete Dredd story, Liberators, courtesy of the McConville and Foster droids!

New strips are the name of the game over in the Megazine this month, for issue 410 is hitting Thrill-merchants’ shelves as we speak and it features no less than two new series — DeMarco, P.I. is back with a new creative team at the helm in the shape of writer Laura Bailey and artist Paul Williams as the former Judge investigates a woman seemingly plagued by evil spirits; and Maura McHugh and Patrick  Goddard collaborate on a new Anderson thriller, The Dead Run, with Cass taking five psi-cadets into the Cursed Earth on their version of the Hotdog Run.

Add to that more ghafflebette episodes of Dredd, The Returners and Diamond Dogs, plus interviews with the McHugh script-bot and other recently constructed creator-meks — Aneke, Brian Corcoran and Erica Schultz — as well as Brit scribe Ollie Masters, and a look at short-lived UK anthology Speed. Enjoy and you’ve got yourself one excellent issue of the mightiest megazine to ever grace this cursed Earth!

2000 AD Prog #2140 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 by Simon Davis

JUDGE DREDD // LIBERATORS

By Rory McConville (w) Tom Foster (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

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 populace crammed into vast city blocks, unemployment is rife, boredom universal, and crime is rampant. Only the Judges — a zero-tolerance police force empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!

 

INDIGO PRIME // FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VISTA

Kek-W (w) Lee Carter (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

The multiverse. There are an infinite number of parallel realities, and all need managing in case of dimensional instability. This is where INDIGO PRIME comes in, the multiverse’s troubleshooters, whose agents — recruited post-death — are trained to deal with space/time catastrophes. Now, following the Christhulhu event, in which Major Arcana forced the Lanzer Corporation into the open, IP’s HQ is breaking apart…

 

ANDERSON, PSI-DIVISION // MARTYRS

Emma Beeby (w) Aneke (a) Barbara Nosenzo (c) Simon Bowland (l)

Mega-City One, 2141 AD. Psi-Div is a section of Justice Department that specialises in Judges with accentuated psychic talents — from precognition to exorcism, its operatives deal with all manner of paranormal crimes, and Cassandra ANDERSON is Psi-Div’s top telepath. Now she’s been trying to rehabilitate Psi-Judge Karyn, who can’t control the monster that dwells within her — but Karyn’s been taken to a mysterious location…

 

ABSALOM // TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS

Ian Edginton (w) Leigh Gallagher (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

UK, 2017. Inspector Harry ABSALOM is an old-school copper — curmudgeonly antiauthoritarian, he’s been with the force for over forty years. Suffering from cancer, he’s the head of a special squad that enforces The Accord, a diplomatic treaty made in the 16th century between the throne of England and the powers of Hell. Now, he’s leading a unit that is storming The Mills, a demon stronghold, to rescue his grandchildren…

 

THISTLEBONE // PART SIX

T.C. Eglington (w) Simon Davis (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

England, 2019. The rural village of Harrowvale holds a dark past — namely that, on a farm bordering the vast tracts of woodland, it hosted a cult seeking to escape civilisation, worshipping an ancient deity called THISTLEBONE. Led by the charismatic Jasper illman, their pagan beliefs grew ever more radical to the point where they tried to  sacrifice the young Avril Eason. She escaped, and now, years later, Avril has returned to Harrowvale with journalist Seema Chaudry to ensure that the cult is truly dead…

 

BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS!

Welcome to the weekly circuit-shatterer that is the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, Terrans, and once again our crack team of creator droids bring you a stunning selection of stories that are guaranteed to set your pulses racing!

Alongside the finale to Judge Dredd thriller The Samaritan and the ongoing instalments of Thistlebone, Absalom and Anderson, Psi- Division, this prog we welcome back interdimensional troubleshooters Indigo Prime for the start of the latest arc Fall of the House of Vista by Kek-W and LeeCarter, picking up almost straight away from where we left off at the close of A Dying Art back in Prog 2058.

Those of you that need a recap of all the goings-on that have shaken the multiverse need look no further than the handy ‘Story So Far…’ blog post published recently!

Such is the rich history of this pulse-pounding publication that you never know when a character may make a return appearance. Wondering, for example, what may have become of the psychopathic SJS Judge Pin, who was zeroing in on Dredd? Look no further than Prog 2141, my Squaxx, as Rob Williams and Chris Weston are back with the scrotnig Control!

2000 AD Prog 2139 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 by Aneke

JUDGE DREDD // THE SAMARITAN

By Kenneth Niemand (w) Staz Johnson (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

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. Crime is rampant, and only the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, Dredd has been severely injured in a shoot-out and abducted by the psychic medical practitioner known as The Samaritan…

 

INDIGO PRIME // FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VISTA

Kek-W (w) Lee Carter (a)  Ellie De Ville (l)

The multiverse. There are an infinite number of parallel realities, and all need managing in case of dimensional instability. This is where INDIGO PRIME comes in, the multiverse’s troubleshooters, whose agents — recruited post-death — are trained to deal with space/time catastrophes. Now, following the Christhulhu event, in which Major Arcana forced the Lanzer Corporation into the open, IP’s HQ is breaking apart…

 

ANDERSON, PSI-DIVISION // MARTYRS

Emma Beeby (w) Aneke (a) Barbara Nosenzo (c) Simon Bowland (l)

Mega-City One, 2141 AD. Psi-Div is a section of Justice Department that specialises in Judges with accentuated psychic talents — from precognition to exorcism, its operatives deal with all manner of paranormal crimes, and Cassandra ANDERSON is Psi-Div’s top telepath. Now she’s been trying to rehabilitate Psi-Judge Karyn, who can’t control the monster that dwells within her — but Karyn’s been attacked by a mysterious creature…

 

ABSALOM // TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS

Ian Edginton (w) Leigh Gallagher (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

UK, 2017. Inspector Harry ABSALOM is an old-school copper — curmudgeonly antiauthoritarian, he’s been with the force for over forty years. Suffering from cancer, he’s the head of a special squad that enforces The Accord, a diplomatic treaty made in the 16th century between the throne of England and the powers of Hell. Now, he’s leading a unit that is storming The Mills, a demon stronghold, to rescue his grandchildren…

 

THISTLEBONE // PART FIVE

T.C. Eglington (w) Simon Davis (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

England, 2019. The rural village of Harrowvale holds a dark past — namely that, on a farm bordering the vast tracts of woodland, it hosted a cult seeking to escape civilisation, worshipping an ancient deity called THISTLEBONE. Led by the charismatic Jasper illman, their pagan beliefs grew ever more radical to the point where they tried to  sacrifice the young Avril Eason. She escaped, and now, years later, Avril has returned to Harrowvale with journalist Seema Chaudry to ensure that the cult is truly dead…

BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS!

Barrelling into July like Justice One engaging its hyperdrive systems, the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic shows no signs of slowing down, and that’s just the way we know you Squaxx like it — supercharged zarjazness taking you on a head-spinning rollercoaster ride!

This week we must wave farewell to Scarlet Traces, but the Edginton and D’Israeli droids will be back before you know it — and that means next prog we have a new Thrill joining Judge Dredd, Thistlebone, Absalom and Anderson, Psi-Division in the shape of Indigo Prime.

Yes, the multi-dimensional trouble-shooters are back, courtesy of Kek-W and Lee Carter, picking up where we left off in 2017’s A Dying Art (Progs 2050-2058), and things aren’t looking too good for Major Arcana’s mob, with the station undergoing imminent collapse and a Christhulhu on the rampage. Be here in seven for the mind-expanding Fall of the House of Vista, Terrans!

Tharg’s Mighty Organ has rarely shied away from the oddball, the esoteric and the just plain weird — whether it’s The Dead, Hewligan’s Haircut, Revere or The Zaucer of Zilk, there’s always room within these pages for strips that challenge the conventional. Who needs the norm when you can have 2000 AD?

2000 AD Prog 2138 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 byTiernen Trevallion

JUDGE DREDD // THE SAMARITAN

By Kenneth Niemand (w) Staz Johnson (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

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. Crime is rampant, and only the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, Dredd has been severely injured in a shoot-out and abducted by the psychic medical practitioner known as The Samaritan…

 

THISTLEBONE // PART FOUR

T.C. Eglington (w) Simon Davis (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

England, 2019. The rural village of Harrowvale holds a dark past — namely that, on a farm bordering the vast tracts of woodland, it hosted a cult seeking to escape civilisation, worshipping an ancient deity called THISTLEBONE. Led by the charismatic Jasper illman, their pagan beliefs grew ever more radical to the point where they tried to  sacrifice the young Avril Eason. She escaped, and now, years later, Avril has returned to Harrowvale with journalist Seema Chaudry to ensure that the cult is truly dead…

 

ANDERSON, PSI-DIVISION // MARTYRS

Emma Beeby (w) Aneke (a) Barbara Nosenzo (c) Simon Bowland (l)

Mega-City One, 2141 AD. Psi-Div is a section of Justice Department that specialises in Judges with accentuated psychic talents — from precognition to exorcism, its operatives deal with all manner of paranormal crimes, and Cassandra ANDERSON is Psi-Div’s top telepath. Now she’s been trying to rehabilitate Psi-Judge Karyn, who can’t control the monster that dwells within her — but Karyn’s been attacked by a mysterious creature…

 

SCARLET TRACES // HOME FRONT

James Peaty (w) Brian Corcoran (a) Matt Soffe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

1968. It is decades since Mars waged war on Earth, and the major nations have access to Martian-derived technology, but Britain is still recovering from Martian bombardment in the 1940s, when much of the south of England was destroyed. This was followed by the arrival in the 1950s of two million Venusians, seeking refuge from Martian occupation. Now, the Martians have weaponised the sun, and are on the attack, decimating countries around the world, and mankind must find a way to fight back…

 

ABSALOM // TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS

Ian Edginton (w) Leigh Gallagher (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

UK, 2017. Inspector Harry ABSALOM is an old-school copper — curmudgeonly antiauthoritarian, he’s been with the force for over forty years. Suffering from cancer, he’s the head of a special squad that enforces The Accord, a diplomatic treaty made in the 16th century between the throne of England and the powers of Hell. Now, he’s leading a unit that is storming The Mills, a demon stronghold, to rescue his grandchildren…

BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS!

Behold the glory that is 2000 AD Prog #2137, stuffed carefully by hand with only the highest quality Thrill-power!

The new Thrills just keep on coming — after the zarjaz first instalments of Thistlebone and Absalom in the last two progs, this issue we welcome back Anderson, Psi-Division for a brand-new case, written by Emma Beeby and with art duties handed to debuting droid Aneke.

Following on from the events of last year’s Undertow (Progs 2073-2080), the possessed Psi-Judge Karyn is attempting to undergo training and be rehabilitated. But can she truly control the monster inside? And can Justice Department trust her? Cass is sticking by her friend, convinced she’s not a creature to be feared, but others are not so sure…

PLUS there’s more Dredd, Thistlebone, and Absalom PLUS Scarlet Traces’ penultimate instalment! Don’t miss any of these op-quality thrills!

2000 AD Prog 2137 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 by Tula Lotay

 

JUDGE DREDD // THE SAMARITAN

By Kenneth Niemand (w) Staz Johnson (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

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. Crime is rampant, and only the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, Dredd has been severely injured in a shoot-out and abducted by the psychic medical practitioner known as The Samaritan…

 

SCARLET TRACES // HOME FRONT

Ian Edgington (w) D’Israeli (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

1968. It is decades since Mars waged war on Earth, and the major nations have access to Martian-derived technology, but Britain is still recovering from Martian bombardment in the 1940s, when much of the south of England was destroyed. This was followed by the arrival in the 1950s of two million Venusians, seeking refuge from Martian occupation. Now, the Martians have weaponised the sun, and are on the attack, decimating countries around the world, and mankind must find a way to fight back…

 

THISTLEBONE // PART THREE

T.C. Eglington (w) Simon Davis (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

England, 2019. The rural village of Harrowvale holds a dark past — namely that, on a farm bordering the vast tracts of woodland, it hosted a cult seeking to escape civilisation, worshipping an ancient deity called THISTLEBONE. Led by the charismatic Jasper illman, their pagan beliefs grew ever more radical to the point where they tried to  sacrifice the young Avril Eason. She escaped, and now, years later, Avril has returned to Harrowvale with journalist Seema Chaudry to ensure that the cult is truly dead…

 

ANDERSON, PSI-DIVISION // MARTYRS

Emma Beeby (w) Aneke (a) Barbara Nosenzo (c) Simon Bowland (l)

Mega-City One, 2141 AD. Psi-Division is a section of Justice Department that specialises in Judges with accentuated psychic talents — from precognition to exorcism, mindreading to astral projection, its operatives deal with all manner of paranormal crimes. Cassandra ANDERSON is Psi-Div’s top telepath, and has been responsible for saving the city on many occasions. But right now she’s trying save the possessed Karyn…

 

ABSALOM // TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS

Gordon Rennie (w) Tiernen Trevallion (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

UK, 2017. Inspector Harry ABSALOM is an old-school copper — curmudgeonly antiauthoritarian, he’s been with the force for over forty years. Suffering from inoperable cancer, he’s the head of a special squad that enforces The Accord, a diplomatic treaty made in the 16th century between the throne of England and the powers of Hell. Now, he’s leading a unit that is storming The Mills, a stronghold of the demonic Rathborne family, to rescue his grandchildren, fully aware that this could get them all killed…

Allow us to channel Thrills into your brainpans, Earthlets, for 2000 AD Prog #2136 has been unleashed upon the world!

Every once in a while the moons of zarjazness align and you lucky Squaxx are the recipients of a megawow Wednesday. Well, this week it’s that time again, for not only do you have this pulse-pounding prog to entertain you, but there’s also this month’s Judge Dredd Megazine and the 2019 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special hitting the racks at the very same time!

This week’s zarjaz prog sees the return of Harry Absalom for his final battle with demonkind – courtesy as ever of the Rennie and Trevallion droids – plus new Dredd, and more creepy Thistlebone and Scarlet Traces!

The mighty Meg 409 has three new stories starting in the shape of Judge Dredd: The Red Queen’s Gambit by Arthur Wyatt and Jake Lynch, The Returners: Chandhu by Si Spencer and Nicolo Assirelli, and Brit-Cit gangland thriller Diamond Dogs by James Peaty and Warren Pleece, alongside the final instalments of Lawless and The Torture Garden.

The scrotnig Sci-Fi Special is a tribute to much-missed art-bot Carlos Ezquerra, with new Dredd, Fiends of the Eastern Front and Wulf Sterhnammer stories from the likes of Alan Grant, Robin Smith, Guy Adams, Dave Kendall, Mike Carroll and Patrick Goddard alongside the opening chapters of John Wagner and Carlos’s android detective drama Spector.

Utterly scrotnig throughout, don’t miss ‘em!

2000 AD Prog 2136 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 by Tiernen Trevallion

 

JUDGE DREDD // THE SAMARITAN

By Kenneth Niemand (w) Staz Johnson (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

Mega-City One, 2141 AD. Home to over 130 million citizens, this violent urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Unemployment is rife, boredom endemic, and crime is rampant. Only the Judges — future law officers empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Despite the resources that Justice Department has to hand, there are still some perps that evade capture — one such felon is The Samaritan…

 

SCARLET TRACES // HOME FRONT

Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

1968. It is decades since Mars waged war on Earth, and the major nations have access to Martian-derived technology, but Britain is still recovering from Martian bombardment in the 1940s, when much of the south of England was destroyed. This was followed by the arrival in the 1950s of two million Venusians, seeking refuge from Martian occupation. Now, the Martians have weaponised the sun, and are on the attack, decimating countries around the world, and mankind must find a way to fight back…

 

THISTLEBONE // PART TWO

T.C. Eglington (w) Simon Davis (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

England, 2019. The rural village of Harrowvale holds a dark past — namely that, on a farm bordering the vast tracts of woodland, it hosted a cult seeking to escape civilisation, worshipping an ancient deity called THISTLEBONE. Led by the charismatic Jasper illman, their pagan beliefs grew ever more radical to the point where they tried to  sacrifice the young Avril Eason. She escaped, and now, years later, Avril has returned to Harrowvale with journalist Seema Chaudry to ensure that the cult is truly dead…

 

ABSALOM // TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS

Gordon Rennie (w) Tiernen Trevallion (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

UK, 2017. Inspector Harry ABSALOM is an old-school copper — curmudgeonly antiauthoritarian, he’s been with the force for over forty years. Suffering from inoperable cancer, he’s the head of a special squad that enforces The Accord, a diplomatic treaty made in the 16th century between the throne of England and the powers of Hell. Now, he’s leading a unit that is storming The Mills, a stronghold of the demonic Rathborne family, to rescue his grandchildren, fully aware that this could get them all killed…

Borag Thungg, Earthlets, and welcome to 2000 AD Prog #2135, your weekly booster shot of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic!

This prog we commence a creepy new folk-horror series in the shape of T.C. Eglington and Simon Davis’s scrotnig Thistlebone, as cult survivor Avril Eason and journalist Seema Chaudry head back to the village of Harrowvale to investigate the lingering myth of the titular woodland deity.

Needless to say, make sure you don’t miss a single episode of this nerve-jangling, atmospheric thriller, Terrans — indeed, it may make you think twice about taking that shortcut home through the trees in future…

Elsewhere, we have a complete Dredd story from Rory McConville and Inaki Miranda, the latest dispatch from the war against the Martians in Scarlet Traces, and the second arc of fantasy saga Kingmaker comes to its zarjaz finale.

That can only mean that a new Thrill awaits you in seven days, and I’m pleased to say that we’ve got more supernatural shenanigans inbound, for Gordon Rennie and Tiernen Trevallion are reuniting for the second book of Absalom: Terminal Diagnosis! The grand climax to the entire series, the crotchety copper and his band of demonslayers are heading into The Mills to save his grandkids.

Don’t miss it, humes!

2000 AD Prog 2131 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 by Simon Davis

 

JUDGE DREDD // TECHNOPHOBES

By Rory McConville (w) Inaki Miranda (a) Eva De La Cruz (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

Mega-City One, 2141 AD. Home to over 130 million citizens, this violent urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Unemployment is rife, boredom endemic, and crime is rampant. Only the Judges — future law officers empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Despite Dredd’s misgivings, robot Mechanismo Judges have been rolled out to support the human ranks — and others are equally unhappy…

 

SCARLET TRACES // HOME FRONT

Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

1968. It is decades since Mars waged war on Earth, and the major nations have access to Martian-derived technology, but Britain is still recovering from Martian bombardment in the 1940s, when much of the south of England was destroyed. This was followed by the arrival in the 1950s of two million Venusians, seeking refuge from Martian occupation. Now, the Martians have weaponised the sun, and are on the attack, decimating countries around the world, and mankind must find a way to fight back…

 

THISTLEBONE // PART ONE

T.C. Eglington (w) Simon Davis (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

NEW THRILL! England, 2019. The secluded rural village of Harrowvale holds a dark past — that years earlier, on a farm bordering the vast tracts of woodland, it hosted a cult that was seeking to escape civilisation and find purity in the old ways, namely worshipping an ancient deity called THISTLEBONE. Led by the charismatic Jasper Hillman, their pagan beliefs grew ever more radical to the point where they held the young Avril Eason captive with the intention of sacrificing her. But Avril escaped…

 

KINGMAKER // OUROBOROS

Ian Edginton (w) Leigh Gallagher (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

The people of the Nine Kingdoms may have defeated Ichnar the Wraith King to live in relative peace and harmony, but they hadn’t reckoned on the Thorn — a race of aliens that occupied their world with the intention of strip-mining its magic. Wizard Ablard, ork Crixus and dryad Princess Yarrow believe they may have the means to stop them — not least because Crixus can somehow conjure the Ebora, the world-spirit. Having been visited by a manifestation of the Ebora, Crixus now plans to unite the races…

Borag Thungg, Earthlets!

Supplicate yourselves before the creepy puppet creature that is cover star Quilli, for the ancient god/ventriloquist’s dummy is back for a follow-up to the Bailey and Hitchcock droids’ eerie Terror Tale from last year!

Also reuniting this prog is Rob Williams and Henry Flint, who provide the complete Judge Dredd thriller Pets that acts as something of an epilogue to their highly popular saga The Small House, originally published in autumn 2018.

Look out for the zarjaz collected volume coming your way in September, complete with a spiffy new cover from the Flint art-bot)!

There’s also more zarjaz action from Scarlet Traces and the action is ramping up in more Kingmaker.

Alas, we must wave farewell to sharp-dressed shuggy champion Max Normal this week as his scrotnig story comes to a close, but make sure you’re back here in seven days for the start of chilling new folk-horror series Thistlebone by T.C. Eglington and Simon Davis.

When Avril escaped capture by a cult that worshipped the eponymous woodland entity, and the perpetrators were locked away, she thought her nightmare was over — but the Thistlebone myth is one that seemingly is not going to die easily…

Don’t miss it, Terrans!

2000 AD Prog 2134 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 by David Hitchcock

 

JUDGE DREDD // PETS

By Rob Williams (w) Henry Flint (a) Gary Caldwell (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

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. 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! Last year, Dredd, with help from Judges Giant and Maitland, took down Justice Dept operative Smiley. But not without cost…

 

SCARLET TRACES // HOME FRONT

Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

1968. It is decades since Mars waged war on Earth, and the major nations have access to Martian-derived technology, but Britain is still recovering from Martian bombardment in the 1940s, when much of the south of England was destroyed. This was followed by the arrival in the 1950s of two million Venusians, seeking refuge from Martian occupation. Now, the Martians have weaponised the sun, and are on the attack…

 

TERROR TALES // THE QUILLI COMMITTEE

Laura Bailey (w) David Hitchcock (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

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, nothing is what it seems in these glimpses of a realm beyond our own. Ventriloquist Jerry Reginaldo claimed to be channelling an ancient god called Quilli through his puppet. Now it’s gained a cult-like following…

 

KINGMAKER // OUROBOROS

Ian Edginton (w) Leigh Gallagher (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

The people of the Nine Kingdoms may have defeated Ichnar the Wraith King to live in relative peace and harmony, but they hadn’t reckoned on the Thorn — a race of aliens that occupied their world with the intention of strip-mining its magic. Wizard Ablard, ork Crixus and dryad Princess Yarrow believe they may have the means to stop them — not least because Crixus can somehow manifest the Ebora, the world-spirit…

 

MAX NORMAL // HOW THE MAX GOT HIS STRIPES

Guy Adams (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Jim Boswell (c) Simon Bowland (l)

Mega-City One, 2141 AD. MAX NORMAL was once Dredd’s go-to informer, the Pinstripe Freak who had his ear permanently to the slab, the shuggy-playing legend with a taste for shampagne and the high life, who cruised the streets of the metropolis picking up all manner of info. Forty years later, he’s left much of his nark larks behind him, and he’s now bought up old shuggy hall the Golden Pocket, a pivotal place in his childhood…

Welcome to another mind-melting hit of zarjaz Thrill-power!

The response to the all-ages takeover in the scrotnig Prog 2130 has been unanimously positive, and there have been multiple calls for more of this kind of thing (as well as a general desire to see further instalments of Full Tilt Boogie and Finder & Keeper — watch this space, humes!).

With the additional success of the Cor!! Buster Special, we may well be entering a new era of kids’ comics whereby quality is not measured by the plastic toy on the front but by the eye-popping stories inside, galvanising young imaginations everywhere!

Would you like to see a regular all-ages 2000 AD hitting the shelves every month, Terrans? What characters would be ideal to appear within its pages? We’d love to hear your thoughts, so email us via the input@2000ADonline.com address and have your say.

Back to the business at hand, and this prog sees the current Judge Dredd thriller and The Chimera reach their ghafflebette finales,  more Scarlet Traces and Kingmaker action, and Max Normal faces down the psychopathic Earl Twins in the penultimate instalment of How the Max Got His Stripes — be here in seven for the haute couture climax, ya dig, daddio?

2000 AD Prog 2131 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 by Neil Roberts

JUDGE DREDD // NEW BLOOD

By Kenneth Niemand (w) P.J. Holden (a) John Charles (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

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. Crime is rampant, and only the Judges — a zero-tolerance police force empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, a former cadet whom Dredd failed on a Hotdog Run has returned to seek his revenge…

THARG’s 3RILLERS // THE CHIMERA

James Peaty (w) Brian Corcoran (a) Matt Soffe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of super-charged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! In The Grind />

KINGMAKER // OUROBOROS

Ian Edginton (w) Leigh Gallagher (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

The people of the Nine Kingdoms may have defeated Ichnar the Wraith King to live in relative peace and harmony, but they hadn’t reckoned on the Thorn — a race of aliens that occupied their world with the intention of strip-mining its magic. Wizard Ablard, ork Crixus and dryad Princess Yarrow believe they may have the means to stop them — not least because Crixus can somehow manifest the Ebora, the world-spirit…

 MAX NORMAL // HOW THE MAX GOT HIS STRIPES

Guy Adams (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Jim Boswell (c) Simon Bowland (l)

Mega-City One, 2141 AD. MAX NORMAL was once Dredd’s go-to informer, the Pinstripe Freak who had his ear permanently to the slab, the shuggy-playing legend with a taste for shampagne and the high life, who cruised the streets of the metropolis picking up all manner of info. Forty years later, he’s left much of his nark larks behind him, and he’s now bought up old shuggy hall the Golden Pocket, a pivotal place in his childhood…

 

SCARLET TRACES // HOME FRONT

Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

1968. It is decades since Mars waged war on Earth, and the major nations have access to Martian-derived technology, but Britain is still recovering from Martian bombardment in the 1940s, when much of the south of England was destroyed. This was followed by the arrival in the 1950s of two million Venusians, seeking refuge from Martian occupation. Now, the Martians have weaponised the sun, and are on the attack…

Strap yourselves in, Thrill-hungry humanoids, for another weekly ride upon the cosmic  rollercoaster that is the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic!

This prog — alongside the ongoing Kingmaker, Max Normal, Scarlet Traces and The Chimera — we have a new Dredd story from script-droid Rory McConville and ace art-bot Siku, whom we haven’t seen drawing Ol’ Stoney-Face within these pages since Meatmonger sixteen years ago!

In other exciting news, the ever-popular Judge Dredd Complete Case Files series is catching up to this period, with Case Files 33 launching later this month!

It features stories from 2001, a year into the Rebellion era, with modern classics like Bodies of Evidence, The Chief Judge’s Man, The Runner, Rampots and more from the likes of John Wagner, Cam Kennedy, Duncan Fegredo, Will Simpson and Jock to name just a few.

2000 AD Prog 2131 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 by Jon Davis-Hunt

JUDGE DREDD // NEW BLOOD

By Rory McConville (w) Siku (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

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. Crime is rampant, and only the Judges — a zero-tolerance police force empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!

SCARLET TRACES // HOME FRONT

Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

1968. It is decades since Mars waged war on Earth, and the major nations have access to Martian-derived technology, but Britain is still recovering from Martian bombardment in the 1940s, when much of the south of England was destroyed. This was followed by the arrival in the 1950s of two million Venusians, seeking refuge from Martian occupation. Now, the Martians have weaponised the sun, and are on the attack…

MAX NORMAL // HOW THE MAX GOT HIS STRIPES

Guy Adams (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Jim Boswell (c) Simon Bowland (l)

Mega-City One, 2141 AD. MAX NORMAL was once Dredd’s go-to informer, the Pinstripe Freak who had his ear permanently to the slab, the shuggy-playing legend with a taste for shampagne and the high life, who cruised the streets of the metropolis picking up all manner of info. Forty years later, he’s left much of his nark larks behind him, and he’s now bought up old shuggy hall the Golden Pocket, a pivotal place in his childhood…

 

THARG’s 3RILLERS // THE CHIMERA

James Peaty (w) Brian Corcoran (a) Matt Soffe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of super-charged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! In The Grind, a sprawling mega-city, />

KINGMAKER // OUROBOROS

Ian Edginton (w) Leigh Gallagher (a) Ellie De Ville (l)

The people of the Nine Kingdoms may have defeated Ichnar the Wraith King to live in relative peace and harmony, but they hadn’t reckoned on the Thorn — a race of aliens that occupied their world with the intention of strip-mining its magic. Wizard Ablard, ork Crixus and dryad Princess Yarrow believe they may have the means to stop them — not least because Crixus can somehow manifest the Ebora, the world-spirit…