2000 AD Prog 2502 Preview: : Dredd, Durham Red and More
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2000 AD Prog 2502 goes on sale in the UK on 30th September, featuring five pulsating stories that all started in the bumper Prog 2500.
Judge Dredd leads the issue with The New Future, written by Rob Williams and Arthur Wyatt and drawn by Henry Flint. Ghosted: Book Two, Durham Red and Azimuth all continue, while Lee Milmore has a double role this week. As well as the cover, he draws Herne & Shuck.
- RELEASE DATE: 30th September £3.99
- US RELEASE DATE: 14th October $7.99
- COVER: LEE MILMORE
In 2000 AD Prog 2502
Judge Dredd: The New Future
Writer: Rob Williams & Arthur Wyatt. Art: Henry Flint. 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! Accounts Judge Maitland attempted to lower crime through social programmes, and was shockingly assassinated...
Ghosted: Book Two
Writer: Guy Adams. Art: Megan Huang. Letters: Simon Bowland.
Kinshasa, capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the far future. One of the fastest-growing mega-cities in the world, the metropolis is now a walled city-world, so vast and divorced from the rest of the planet that it's virtually its own realm. Young citizen Benu found herself neurally connected to a soldier fighting an alien war — but upon fleeing the city, she's discovered that war is taking place outside the wall…
Durham Red: Hungry City
Writer: Alec Worley. Art: Ben Willsher. Letters: Simon Bowland.
Late 22nd century. Of all the mutants that have operated as Search/Destroy agents, perhaps the most feared is vampire DURHAM RED, who requires blood to survive. Mistrusted by both the criminals she hunts and her fellow Strontium Dogs, Red has a formidable reputation that precedes her, and now she's awoken amongst dead bodies on a resort world with next to no memory of what happened...
Azimuth: How to Train Your Dagon
Writer: Dan Abnett. Art: Tazio Bettin. Colours: Matt Soffe. Letters: Rob Steen.
Welcome to the city of AZIMUTH, a data-driven metropolis, where anything is possible. Ruled by an aristocracy of the New Flesh, such concepts of life, death, and body-forms are fluid. Anyone can take any shape, if it can be conceived by the imagination. A stranger has ridden into town — none other than Ramone Dexter — and revealed that Azimuth is in fact Downlode recrafted by a rogue Artificial Intelligence...
Herne & Shuck: Storming the Stone
Writer: David Barnett. Art: Lee Milmore. Colours: Quinton Winter. 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, they have her again, and Herne must lead a rescue...
Pick up 2000 AD Prog 2502 in print from newsagents and comic book stores via Diamond.
Available in digital from: 2000 AD webshop and apps for iPad, & Android.
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