2000 AD Prog 2154 Preview

2000 AD Prog 2154 is out this week with its five continuing stories. Hope graces the cover this week with one of our favourite artists in Clint Langley producing some fantastic work as always. It's a shame that Jimmy Broxton's brilliant work on Hope doesn't get him a cover job as well, but you'll never see me complaining about getting to admire Langley's covers.

In Hope, you'll follow Mallory as he's trapped in a hallucinogenic nightmare as he follows the leads in New York’s crow trade. Elsewhere, you'll be taken back to 22nd-century Guatemala in Judge Dredd, you’ll cheer Defoe on as he gallops after the deranged followers of Irdonozur to stop their moon mission in The Divisor, you’ll be plunged into claustrophobic confines of Salma Habitat in Brink, and you’ll be transported to a world on the edge of annihilation in Doomed.

• UK and DIGITAL: 23rd October 2019 £2.99
• NORTH AMERICA: 23rd November 2019 $25.19 (per pack)
• DIAMOND: AUG192162
• COVER: CLINT LANGLEY

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD: GUATEMALA
by John Wagner (writer) Colin MacNeil (artist) Chris Blythe (colourist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)

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, he’s travelled to the rogue nation of Guatemala, site of a robot coup, to investigate its nuclear capabilities...

DEFOE: THE DIVISOR
by Pat Mills (writer) SK Moore (artist) Ellie De Ville (letterer)

London, 1668. It is two years since the city was devastated by the Great Fire. From the ashes rose the undead, hungry for the flesh of the living. Protecting the populace are zombie hunters like Titus DEFOE, a former Leveller, who now makes it his mission to rid the capital of the ghouls. Now, following the disaster of the moon-bound rocketship the Isaac Newton, he’s discovered that the entity Irdonozur is seeking to escape Earth...

BRINK: HATE BOX
by Dan Abnett (writer) INJ Culbard (artist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

The late 21st century, and through environmental catastrophe and industrial overload Earth has been reduced to a wasteland. Mankind finally evacuated the planet in 2072 and millions were housed in a number of deep-space Habitats. But life on these cramped, overcrowded stations is tense, with many spilling over into madness. Now, HSD cop Bridget Kurtis has been made head of Major Case Division on Salma Habitat...

HOPE: UNDER FIRE
by Guy Adams (writer) Jimmy Broxton (artist) Ellie De Ville (letterer)

An alternate 1940s USA. WWII is over, victory having been secured by occult means. Now, magic is a part of everyday life, its practitioners commonplace. Mallory HOPE is one such skilled operative, though calling on the dark arts takes its toll on the user. He’s also a private investigator, hired for all manner of down n’ dirty jobs, and now his services have taken him to New York to look into the dealing of the magical drug crow...

THE FALL OF DEADWORLD: DOOMED
by Kek-W (writer) Dave Kendall (artist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)

The planet that eventually became known as DEADWORLD was once a regular civilisation existing in a dimension parallel to our own. But the end of days is coming, and creatures known as the Dark Judges are spreading their contagion, exterminating all life. While the survivors attempt to resist the undead horde, the neighbouring Soviets have seen the chaos as an ideal time to launch an attack on their enemies...

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