The ideal issue of 2000 AD for new readers!
21st March 2018
Ever wanted to start reading the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic? This week’s 2000 AD is perfect for new and lapsed readers alike, with seven fresh new stories in a bumper 48-page issue!
Prog 2073 is packed with pulsating Thrills that will leave you dizzy and delirious with joy, featuring some of the top talent 2000 AD has to offer – including John Wagner, Chris Weston, Carlos Ezquerra, Emma Beeby and Rob Williams!
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Hitmen Sinister Dexter are back in The Salad of Bad Cafe – a new story by Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy, Warhammer) Steve Yeowell (Zenith) and John Charles (Marvel Heroes)! And in two special one-offs, James Peaty (Doctor Who) and Dylan Teague (Le Casse) deliver the one-and-done Future Shock: Freedom Wears Two Faces while Kek-W (Fall of Deadworld) and Dan Cornwell (Rok of the Reds) provide a Fear-ful story of meddling with the dark side in Judge Fear: Memories Are Made Of This!
Make sure you set your receptors to STUNNED, Earthlets – 2000 AD Prog 2073 is channeling serious Thrill-power!
Judge Dredd » Fit for Purpose
by Rob Williams (w) Chris Weston (a) Dylan Teague (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
Mega-City One, 2140 AD. Home to 72 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America, where crime is rampant. Only the zero-tolerance Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, the psychopathic Pin of the SJS (internal affairs) has her sights set on Gerhart, one of the lawman’s chief allies…
Jaegir » In The Realm Of Pyrrhus
by Gordon Rennie (w) Simon Coleby (a) Len O’Grady (c) Ellie De Ville (l)
The Greater Nordland Republic. While the Norts are currently engaged in a galaxy-wide war with the Souther forces, it falls to military officers such as Kapiten-Inspector Atalia JAEGIR of the Nordland State Security Police to investigate war criminals amongst her own ranks. She’s also suffering from the Strigoi curse, a fault in the Nort DNA that can bring out the beast within. Now, she’s on a mission with her team to Nu Earth…
Tharg’s Future Shocks » Freedom Wears Two Faces
by James Peaty (w) Dylan Teague (a) Simon Bowland (l)
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…
Sinister Dexter » The Salad Of Bad Cafe
by Dan Abnett (w) Steve Yeowell (a) John Charles (c) Ellie De Ville (l)
Gun-sharks Finnigan SINISTER and Ramone DEXTER are the best hitmen money can buy in the future city of Downlode. Having spent the last year offworld hunting for Holy Moses Tanenbaum, a ganglord from an alternate dimension whose presence threatened the fabric of reality, they’ve returned home, and are getting back to business. But whacking Tanenbaum has reset the continuum, meaning no one knows who they are…
Judge Anderson » Undertow
by Emma Beeby (w) David Roach (a) Jose Villarrubia (c) Simon Bowland (l)
Mega-City One, 2140 AD. Psi-Division is a section of Justice Department that specialises in Judges with accentuated psychic talents — from precognition to exorcism, it deals with all manner of paranormal crimes. Cass ANDERSON is Justice Dept’s top telepath, and has saved the city on numerous occasions from all manner of supernatural threats. Recently she’s taken the rookie Psi-Judge Flowers, a danger pre-cog, under her wing…
Judge Fear » Memories Are Made Of This
by Kek-W (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)
JUDGE FEAR is one of the four Dark Judges, twisted creatures from a parallel dimension, who believe that since all crime is committed by the living then life itself is a crime. Together with his brothers Death, Fire and Mortis, they purged their own world, and have sought to do the same to Mega-City One. Recently, they instigated a massacre on the colony spaceship the Mayflower, and Fear’s spirit was captured in a suction trap…
Strontium Dog » The Son
by John Wagner (w) Carlos Ezquerra (a) Ellie De Ville (l)
Late 22nd century. After the Atomic Wars, many survivors were warped by the Strontium 90 fallout. These ‘mutants’ became a victimised underclass, forced into ghettos, and the only job open to them was bounty hunting. One such Search/Destroy agent, or STRONTIUM DOG, is Johnny Alpha, who recently led a mutant revolt against the norms. Now, the Doghouse, orbiting base of the S/D agency, had reopened for business…
