2000 AD Prog 2481 Preview - A New Judge Dredd Story Begins

2000 AD Prog 2481 hits shelves on 6th May, and it launches a brand-new Judge Dredd story. Judge Dredd: Crossed Lines comes from writer Ken Niemand and artist Andrea Mutti, with colours by Pippa Bowland. Elsewhere in the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, Brink, Silver, Tharg's 3rillers and Helium all continue their current chapters. Brink and Silver are some of my favourites, so it's been an exciting few weeks with 2000 AD recently.

Missed last week? Read our 2000 AD Prog 2480 preview here.

• RELEASE DATE: 6th May £3.99
• LUNAR RELEASE DATE: 20th May $7.99
• COVER: TOBY WILLSMER

Inside 2000 AD Prog 2481

Judge Dredd: Crossed Lines

Writer: Ken Niemand.
Art: Andrea Mutti.
Colours: Pippa Bowland.
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 isthe 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...

Available in print from: newsagents and comic book stores via Diamond. 
Available in digital from: 2000 AD webshop and apps for iPad, Android, Windows 10.