Not even hiding behind the sofa will protect you this Halloween – pre-order The Best of Tharg’s Terror Tales now!
From the deepest, darkest recesses of the Nerve Centre vaults, the eerie alien editor of 2000 AD known as Tharg the Mighty presents the creepiest tales to ever grace the pages of the galaxy’s greatest Comic!
This fear-filled anthology introduces one-off stories full of ghosts, demons, mutants and killers and is thick with atmosphere, dark humour and mind-blowing twists.
Written and illustrated by some of the biggest names in the comic book industry, this collection features strips by Mark Millar, Al Ewing, Simon Spurrier, Chris Weston, Richard Elson and Eric Bradbury amongst others.
Out on 12 October, pre-order now in time for spooky season this October – but make sure all your doors and windows are locked before unleashing the multiple faces of horror!
ATTENTION, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2316 is OUT NOW!
I am The Mighty Tharg, all-powerful alien editor of this planet-conquering SF anthology!
Welcome, my Squaxx, to the weekly Thrillblast that is 2000 AD, featuring the very finest in future fiction. This prog we’ve got the scrotnig finale to current Judge Dredd case ‘The Night Shifter’ plus a complete Terror Tale courtesy of the Vincent and Yeowell droids alongside the latest instalments of The Out, Proteus Vex and Joe Pineapples.
Next week, prepare your optical sensors for the start of the final series of Kek-W and John Burns’ time- and dimension-spanning saga The Order, ‘Heart of Darkness’!
2000 AD Prog 2316 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 Cliff Robinson and Dylan TeagueScript: Ken Neimand / Art: Nicolo Assirelli / Colours: Peter Doherty / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // The Night Shifter, part four
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. 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, an activist from Puerto Plata has accused a hottie cook of being her torturer…
Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Mark Harrison / Letters: Simon Bowland
THE OUT // Book Three, part five
The furthest edge of the universe, far into the future. Cyd Finlea is photo-journalist working for the publishers Global Neographic, travelling deep into outer space — otherwise known as THE OUT — and cataloguing the alien societies that she encounters. She left Earth ten years ago and has been seeking other ex-pat humans — but now she’s being held and questioned after her brush with the Tankinar…
Former war-droids, the ABC Warriors were reassigned to bring peace to the frontier planet of Mars. Comprising Hammerstein, Deadlock, Blackblood, Steelhorn, Mongrol and Happy Shrapnel, the Mek-Nifcent Seven’s sharpshooter was Joe Pineapples, a robot with more secrets than most. Now he and sewer-droid Ro-Jaws are at the other end of the universe — Joe n’ Ro, lost in space, out of gas, out of love n’ outta luck!
Script: Honor Vincent / Art: Steve Yeowell / Letters: Jim Campbell
TERROR TALE // Rites
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. Mara works for ‘Departures’, a ghostwrangling service that helps families rid their homes of troublesome spirits…
Script: Mike Carroll / Art: Jake Lynch / Colours: Jim Boswell / Letters: Simon Bowland
PROTEUS VEX // Crawlspace, part five
The far future. The centuries-long war between the Alliance and the Obdurate people is over, a conflict brought to an end with the deaths of billions when the Alliance teleported a dying white dwarf star into the Obdurate system. Imperium agent PROTEUS VEX — who is operated by a flesh-pilot — became an enemy of the Alliance when he released info about past war crimes. But now war with the Scorchers has broken out…
BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2311 is OUT NOW!
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!
Cover art by Steven AustinScript: 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…
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!
Cover art by Tom FosterScript: 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…
