Comics

OUT NOW – 2000 AD Prog 2053!

18th October 2017

“Gor blimey, guv’nor – ‘Arry’s in a right pickle and no mistake!” Gordon Rennie and Tiernen Trevallion’s old school copper Absalom returns this Prog!

Suffering from cancer, Absalom is 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.

But after years of doing his masters’ bidding, Harry is preparing to enter The Mills, a demon stronghold, to rescue his grandchildren from their clutches…

2000 AD Prog 2053 is out now from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally from our webshop and apps!

Judge Dredd: Icon
by Arthur Wyatt (w) Simon Roy (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)
Mega-City One, 2139 AD. Home to over 72 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Unemployment is rife, poverty widespread, and crime is rampant. Tensions rest on a constant knife-edge, and 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!

Sláine: Archon
by Pat Mills (w) Simon Davis (a) Ellie De Ville (l)
Albion. Celtic warrior SLÁINE united the tribes of the Earth Goddess and became the first High King of Ireland, but is now a wanderer. Having journeyed to Monadh to rescue Sinead from the Drune Lords, he’s discovered that they have been experimenting on their own creations, much to the displeasure of the Cyths’ jailer, the Archon Yaldabaoth. Now, the Archon has awoken and unleashed his army of stone warriors…

Indigo Prime: A Dying Art
by John Smith (w) Lee Carter (a) Simon Bowland (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, IP’s Imagineers have been sent into psychic shock following the Christhulhu event, and a team must enter their heads to save them…

Absalom: Terminal Diagnosis
by 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 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 preparing to enter The Mills, a demon stronghold, to rescue his grandchildren…

Grey Area: Homeland Security
by Dan Abnett (w) Mark Harrison (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)
The mid 21st century. Earth has a heavily armed defence network, and any ETs arriving on the planet are housed in the Exo Segregation Zone, known as the GREY AREA, which is policed by squads of Exo Transfer Control officers like Captain Adam Bulliet and his team — wife Birdy, linguist Kymn, weapons expert Feo, and alien transfer Resting Bitch Face. Now, they must head into the Red Zone in Old Kuwait to stop hostile forces…