The name’s Slade, Sam Slade! That’s S-L-A-Y-E-D to you!
John Wagner, Ian Gibson and Jose Ferrer’s Robo-Hunter is one of the all-time classic 2000 AD comic strips and now for the first time the original story, printed in colour as a five-issue mini series by Eagle Comics in the 1980s, will be available in a single collection!
For forty years, Sam Slade has been one of the best robo-tectives in the business, but all of his experience couldn’t prepare him for his latest case. In 2080 overpopulation of the Earth led the Space Commission into seeking out new planets to colonise.
Four years later they discovered Verdus, a suitable planet in the Crab Nebula. Now, Colonists who sent there have not been heard from again. The Commission believe that robots have taken control of the planet and want Sam to uncover the truth. It’s a dangerous case, but one Sam can’t refuse – otherwise he’s guaranteed a bullet in the head!
Out on 27 September, with Gibson and Ferrer’s stunning artwork, with gritty old school colour, this is a collection that’s guaranteed to slay!
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!
Cover art by Steve RobertsScript: 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…
It’s the comics event of the year – an epic undead crossover comes to the 2000 AD multiverse!
2000 AD Prog 2300 and Judge Dredd Megazine #448 are out now – combining into one zarjaz epic storyline in an explosion of death and destruction!
Riffing off Garth Ennis’ 1990s mega-epic ‘Judgement Day’, the myriad of worlds from 45 years of 2000 AD coverge into one overarching storyline featuring legendary characters, all brought to (un)life by Ken Niemand, Henry Flint, Mike Carroll, Gary Erskine, Emma Beeby, Neil Googe, Karl Stock, Kieran McKeown, Dan Abnett, Russell M. Olson, Ian Edginton, D’Israeli, Arthur Wyatt, Toby Willsmer, Rob Williams, Staz Johnson, Leigh Gallagher, Kei Zama, Honor Vincent, Boo Cook, Gordon Rennie, Dan Cornwell, James Peaty, Nicolo Assirelli, Liam Johnson, Conor Boyle, and Steve Yeowell.
From Judge Dredd to Robo-Hunter, from Rogue Trooper to Strontium Dog, characters past and present come together in an undead event like no other – will the contagion of ‘Judgement Day’ consume the whole of the worlds of 2000 AD?
Judge Dredd: Judgement Days Writer: Ken Niemand Art: Henry Flint Letters: Annie Parkhouse Rogue Trooper: Mortal Remains Writer: Mike Carroll Art: Gary Erskine Colours: Yel Zamor Letters: Simon Bowland Survival Geeks Writer: Emma Beeby Art: Neil Googe Colours: Gary Caldwell Letters: Jim Campbell The Meat Arena Writer: Karl Stock Art: Kieran McKeown Colours: Matt Soffe Letters: Simon Bowland Sinister Dexter: Zed Zone Writer: Dan Abnett Art: Russell M. Olson Letters: Annie Parkhouse Ampney Crucis Investigates…: Setting Sons Writer: Ian Edginton Art: D’Israeli Letters: Jim Campbell Robo-Hunter: Z-Inf Writer: Arthur Wyatt Art: Toby Willsmer Letters: Simon Bowland Strontium Dog: In the (Dead) Doghouse Writer: Rob Williams Art: Staz Johnson Colours: Chris Blythe Letters: Jim Campbell
Judge Dredd Megazine #448:
Judge Dredd: The Darkest Judge Writer: Ken Niemand Art: Leigh Gallagher Colours: Chris Blythe Letters: Annie Parkhouse Shimura: Hope Lies Buried Writer: Karl Stock Art: Kei Zama Colours: Gary Caldwell Letters: Jim Campbell Anderson, Psi-Div: Allied Forces Writer: Honor Vincent Art: Boo Cook Letters: Simon Bowland Missionary Man: The Lonesome Undeath of the Widow McCall Writer: Gordon Rennie Art: Dan Cornwell Colours: Dylan Teague Letters: Jim Campbell Cadet Giant: ‘I am…’ Writer: James Peaty Art: Nicolo Assirelli Colours: Peter Doherty Letters: Simon Bowland Devlin Waugh: How I Lost the Waugh Writer: Liam Johnson Art: Conor Boyle Colours: Barbara Nosenzo Letters: Jim Campbell Armitage: An Underlying Fear Writer: Mike Carroll Art: Steve Yeowell Colours: John Charles Letters: Simon Bowland
