2000 AD Prog 2461 Preview: Brass Sun Finale and New Thrill Deadtown

2000 AD Prog 2461 blasts onto shelves with a line-up of thrills that fans won't want to miss. Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper continue their gripping story arcs. Judge Dredd: Messengers kicked off last week in Prog 2460 with a stunning opening episode.

Elsewhere, Brass Sun: Pavane reaches its epic finale. And new saga Deadtown launches with a double-length opener - it looks and sounds amazing.

With just one more regular issue left before the festive blow-out of Prog 2463, this edition delivers pure zarjaz energy to begin closing out 2025.

• UK and DIGITAL: 3 December £3.99
• NORTH AMERICA: 7 January $7.85
• DIAMOND: OCT250130
• COVER: ALEX RONALD

In Prog 2461

Judge Dredd: Messengers

Writer: Ken Niemand.
Art: Nick Percival.
Letters: Annie Parkhouse.

Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Home to over 250 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 is being visited by the spirit of the young woman he saved from the dimension known as the Shift...

Rogue Trooper: Ghost Patrol

Writer: Alex de Campi.
Art: Neil Edwards.
Colours: Matt Soffe.
Letters: Jim Campbell.

Nu Earth, site of a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers, where the atmosphere has been rendered poisonous. So the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen, immune to the pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. Together with biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, the digitised souls of his dead comrades, he searches for the traitor that betrayed the clone-soldiers...

DeadTown

Writer: David Barnett.
Art: Luke Horsman.
Letters: Simon Bowland.

NEW STORY! Manchester, 1998. It is five years since a Russian satellite crashed into a cemetery and caused the resurrection of the three thousand bodies buried there. The dead now exist alongside the living, though most have been housed in the enclave known as DEADTOWN. After a three-year battle, a government Revenant Rights bill has been passed, allowing the resurrected to find employment...

Brass Sun: Pavane

Writer: Ian Edginton.
Art: INJ Culbard.
Letters: Simon Bowland.

The Orrery is a clockwork solar system, a clutch of planets orbiting a vast BRASS SUN, but the outer worlds are freezing as the sun dies. Young Wren was charged with finding the elements of the key that would restart the sun, and embarked on an epic quest with conductor novice Septimus. Now the two are separated, and Wren has partnered with Ariel O'Conner to fight back against the Enginemen...

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