2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2019 Preview

This year's 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special hits shops this Wednesday (19th June), with a quality 52 pages for £4.99. It's a real special edition as well, because it's dedicated to the memory of the truly great Carlos Ezquerra, who sadly passed away last year.  The man contributed so much to comics over the past 40 plus years, so it's great and fitting to have a Sci-Fi Special as a tribute to him.

There's one thing that makes this really special though, and that is the story Spector. It's a new strip that writer John Wagner and Carlos were working on at the time of Carlos' passing. The 2000AD Sci-Fi Special brings us all 20 pages that were completed, plus John's scripts for parts three and four to give readers a sense of the direction the series was heading in. Whilst it's sad we won't see it completed, this is a brilliant way to show us the beginning of the story and what they were planning.

You don't miss your copy this week!

• UK, NORTH AMERICA and DIGITAL: 19th June 2019 £4.99/$7.99
• DIAMOND: APR191909
• COVER: MICK MCMAHON

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD: NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
by Alan Grant (writer) Robin Smith (artist) Matt Soffe (colourist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)

Mega-City One, 2141 AD. Home to over 130 million citizens, this violent urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. With unemployment rife and boredom universal, crime is rampant, tensions run a knife-edge, and only the Judges — future law officers empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!

FIENDS OF THE EASTERN FRONT: STRANGE MEETING
by Guy Adams (writer) Dave Kendall (artist) Ellie De Ville (letterer)

In 1980, the diary of German soldier Hans Schmitt was discovered in Berlin, detailing events that occurred in 1941, when he and his comrades encountered the terrifying Captain Constanta and his Romanian platoon, who feasted on the blood of their Russian enemies. But before Constanta turned his vampire troops, they were very much human, and facing the reality of their mortality on the battlefield...

SPECTOR
by John Wagner (writer) Carlos Ezquerra (artist) Jim Campbell (letterer)

In a near-future US city, corruption within the branches of government has reached unsustainable levels. City Hall is rotten to the core, and the police force is equally on the take. To that end, SPECTOR is created, a robot detective — beyond bribery and untainted by potential malfeasance — who has been charged with rooting out criminal elements. But the android inspector is making many enemies...

WULF STERNHAMMER: VALHALLA
by Michael Carroll (writer) Patrick Goddard (artist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

Norway, 2171 AD. After helping Strontium Dog Johnny Alpha bring the mutant criminal Max Bubba to justice back in 793 AD, Viking warrior WULF STERNHAMMER returned to the twenty-second century with the Search/Destroy agent. Although a man now centuries ahead of his time, Wulf’s friendship with ‘Johnny Veird-Eyes’ means he decides to stay in the future — even if everyone he knows is long gone...

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