2000 AD Prog 2463 Preview: End-of-Year 100-Page Special
2000 AD Prog 2463 delivers the ultimate end-of-year extravaganza this week. A 100-page seasonal special packed with brand-new series, thrilling one-offs, and the epic finale to Rogue Trooper: Ghost Patrol. This landmark issue celebrates twelve months of zarjaz adventures while setting the stage for even bigger stories in 2026. From prison thrillers to folk horror, it's a must-read showcase of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic. A wonderful way to see out the year.
As exciting as 2025 has been for 2000 AD, next year looks set to be just as hectic and full of Thrill-power. There are some jaw-dropping series scheduled to appear, like Brink (yes!!!), The Fall of Deadworld, and Helium. Plus, some major developments in the world of the future lawman, which will carry into 2027 - 2000 AD's fiftieth anniversary! There's plenty to look forward to coming up.
- UK and DIGITAL: 17 December £5.99
- NORTH AMERICA: 21 January $11.75
- DIAMOND: OCT250132
- COVER: GREG STAPLES
In Prog 2463
Judge Dredd: Mik-Mak's Big Mega-City Adventure
Writer: Ken Niemand.
Art: Stref.
Colours: Fin Cramb.
Letters: Annie Parkhouse.
Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Home to over 200 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America with the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west and the poisoned Black Atlantic to the east. Unemployment is rife, and crime is rampant. Tensions rest on a knife-edge and only the zero-tolerance Judges can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he isthe Law!
Herne & Shuck: Power Trip
Writer: David Barnett.
Art: Lee Milmore.
Colours: Gary Caldwell.
Letters: Annie Parkhouse.
The UK. Herne is a troubleshooter and hired help for many different magical factions. Accompanied by Shuck, a demon in dog form, he travels the country picking up work where he can, whether it be an exorcism or a rescue. Recently, he was tasked with saving young Carys from ritual sacrifice, and has made an enemy of the organisation known as St Michael. Now, he's assumed the powers of Herne the Hunter...
Azimuth: Better the Devil you Know
Writer: Dan Abnett.
Art: Tazio Bettin.
Colours: Matt Soffe.
Letters: Jim Campbell.
Welcome to the city of AZIMUTH, a data-driven metropolis, where anything is possible. Ruled by an aristocracy of the New Flesh, anyone can take any shape, if it can be conceived by the imagination. The New Flesh masters have been troubled by strange dreams, which have predicted the coming of a stranger — none other than Ramone Dexter, who's teamed up with Psi-Judge Cassandra Anderson to save Downlode...
The Discarded
Writer: Peter Milligan.
Art: Kieran McKeown.
Colours: Jim Boswell.
Letters: Simon Bowland.
NEW STORY! The UK, the near future. Society's extravagant attitude to waste has continued unabated, with robot drones now collecting rubbish to be hauled away in giant hovering tankers, bound for the vast garbage island known as Junkfall that lies out in the middle of the ocean. It has also become a dumping ground for the world's criminals and dissidents, forced to live and scavenge amongst the trash mountains...
Young Death: Dog Eat Dog
Writer: Kek-W.
Art: Clint Langley.
Letters: Annie Parkhouse.
The planet that became known as DEADWORLD was once a regular civilisation existing in a parallel dimension. Its Judge force was notoriously brutal and openly corrupt, and so when young psychopath Sidney De'Ath joined its ranks, he quickly became something of a rising star. But Sidney is being courted by entities beyond the veil, who want to use him to usher in a global apocalypse...
Hawk The Slayer: The Call
Writer: Alec Worley.
Art: Staz Johnson.
Colours: John Charles.
Letters: Rob Steen.
It is a time of legend. HAWK THE SLAYER defeated his evil brother Voltan some years before, and now he and his compatriots, such as the Elfin bowman Crow and warrior woman Bella, are keeping an eye on the malign spread of the Black Wizards' influence. Rumours of dark magic abound, and creatures are striking with increasing regularity from the Forest of Weir. Armed with his fabled Mindsword, Hawk must keep the peace...
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 use of chemical weapons has rendered the atmosphere poisonous. So the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen, bred to be immune to the planet's lethal cocktail of pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. Together with biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, they're searching for the traitor that sold them out...
Strontium Dog: The Necks Case
Writer: Karl Stock.
Art: Colin MacNeil.
Colours: Dylan Teague.
Letters: Rob Steen.
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, whose eyes emit piercing alpha waves. His long-time partner Wulf Sternhammer has just been murdered by Max Bubba...
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