2000 AD Prog 2466 Preview – Four Continuing Tales and a Standalone Future Shock to Twist Your Brain

2000 AD Prog 2466 storms into the shelves this week, keeping the momentum rolling with four continuing stories from last week's Prog 2465. Sadly, there's no Young Death, which we've thoroughly enjoyed. But there is a fresh Future Shock to twist your brain in all the right ways. We can never complain about a Future Shock. They're always entertaining. Ned Hartley is a writer we like, so we're expecting awesomeness.

Plus, last week's ending of Death of a Judge? We're glad Judge Dredd is always the first story because, as the cover shows, it was explosive!

It's another tightly packed issue from Tharg, giving another dose of zarjaz storytelling.

• PRINT and DIGITAL: 21 January £3.99.
• COVER: CLIFF ROBINSON WITH DYLAN TEAGUE.

In Prog 2466

Judge Dredd: Death of a Judge

Writer: John Wagner.
Art: Mike Perkins.
Colours: Chris Blythe.
Letters: Annie Parkhouse.

Mega-City One, 2148 AD. Home to over 300 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, as the Mechanismo robot Judges return to the streets, Dredd's been targeted in an explosion...

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 must prove himself before a magical council...

Future Shocks: The State of Nostalgia

Writer: Ned Hartley.
Art: Steve Roberts.
Letters: Simon Bowland.

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…

Azimuth: Cornered

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. But the fact is, Azimuth was once Downlode, and it has been remade by a rogue A.I. Gun-shark Ramone Dexter is on a mission to destroy it, aided by Psi-Judge Cassandra Anderson and Suzi Nine Millimetre...

The Discarded

Writer: Peter Milligan.
Art: Kieran McKeown.
Colours: Jim Boswell.
Letters: Simon Bowland.

Junkfall, 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/prison known as Junkfall that lies out in the middle of the ocean. Dissident Aaxon 'Red' Banksy has been incarcerated here, but has discovered a self-evolving chip amongst the trash...

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