2000 AD Prog 2480 Preview - A standalone Dredd and a new 3riller

2000 AD Prog 2480 hits shelves on 29th April, and it’s another packed issue from the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. Judge Dredd returns in a complete one-off case, Silent Witness, by Ken Niemand and Nick Dyer, while Brink, Silver and Helium all continue their latest chapters. Prog 2480 also kicks off a brand-new Tharg’s 3rillers, Poster Girl, from Paul Starkey and Paul Marshall. Missed last week? Read our 2000 AD Prog 2479 preview here.

• RELEASE DATE: 29th April £3.99
• COVER: JOE CURRIE

In Prog 2480

Judge Dredd: Silent Witness

Writer: Ken Niemand.
Art: Nick Dyer.
Colours: John Charles.
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, with the irradiated wasteland that is the Cursed Earth to the west, and the toxic Black Atlantic on the other side. 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!

Brink: The Call of the Void

Writer: Dan Abnett.
Art: INJ Culbard.
Letters: Simon Bowland.

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, often spilling over into madness. Sects are rife, and Bridget Kurtis of the Habitat Security Division is investigating their reach...

Silver: Malignant

Writer: Mike Carroll.
Art: Joe Currie.
Letters: Simon Bowland.

Earth, the year 2001. A group of armed survivors sought out the resting place of a five hundred-year-old vampire, who may just help them against the alien Sepsis, who invaded the planet a few decades earlier. The vamp, called Baroness DeSilva, has proved powerful in battling the extra-terrestrials, and now, having aided the rebels in destroying Sepsis infrastructure, has just been instrumental in blowing up a nuclear facility...

Tharg's 3rillers: Poster Girl

Writer: Paul Starkey.
Art: Paul Marshall.
Colours: Dylan Teague.
Letters: Rob Steen.

Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of super-charged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! In the near future, the Avalon Project created supersoldiers to fight wars and protect the UK. Years later, these experimental troops are all dead, their identities mostly forgotten, but one group of journalists think they can track down a survivor...

Helium: Red October

Writer: Ian Edginton.
Art: D'Israeli.
Letters: Annie Parkhouse.

The far future. It has been three hundred years since the Great War ended, and eighty-five per cent of the Earth's surface now lies beneath a gaseous ocean known as the Poison Belt. The survivors live above the lethal fugue, but a Professor Bloom has emerged from a city below the belt, claiming he can make the planet habitable again. Constable Hodge was tasked with protecting him, but it came at great cost...

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