Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2214
Reading time: 2 minutes
The second prog of 2021 has every story picking up where we left off last week, with the latest instalments of Judge Dredd, Hershey, Sláine, Proteus Vex and Durham Red. It's absolutely packed, to the point where the stories run onto the back page!
Check out the preview below. It's a true delight for the eyes.
- UK and DIGITAL: 14 January 2021 £3.10
- NORTH AMERICA: 10 February 2021 $21 (per pack)
- DIAMOND: NOV201484
- COVER: NEIL ROBERTS
In this issue:
Judge Dredd: Desperadlands
by Mike Carroll (writer) William Simpson (artist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)
Mega-City One, 2142 AD. Home to over 150 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant, and only the zero-tolerance Judgescan stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, Dredd’s following a lead on a wanted perp near Ciudad Barranquilla, and has discovered a township amongst the floating rocks of a death-belt...
Hershey: The Brutal
by Rob Williams (writer) Simon Fraser (artist) Simon Bowland (letterer)
Judge Barbara Hershey was one of Justice Department’s most respected and capable young officers before she became Chief Judge. Leading the city through numerous challenges, she only occasionally clashed with Dredd — until the ‘Small House’ affair and the revelation of Judge Smiley’s clandestine operations on her watch. Now, seriously ill from a microbial virus, she’s faked her death to deal with Smiley’s legacy...
Sláine: Dragontamer
by Pat Mills (writer) Leonardo Manco (artist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)
Albion. Celtic warrior SLÁINE united the tribes of the Earth Goddess Danu and became the first High King of Ireland, but is now a wanderer, seeking adventure where the Goddess directs him. Having battled the Drune Lords on the Isle of Monadh, he’s now travelled to the city of New Troy, with the intention of taking the fight for Albion’s freedom to the tyrannical Emperor Brutus and his terrifying dragons...
Proteus Vex: The Shadow Chancellor
by Mike Carroll (writer) Jake Lynch (artist) Jim Boswell (colourist) Simon Bowland (letterer)
Another galaxy, the far future. The centuries-long war between the Alliance and the Obdurate people is over, a conflict brought to an end with the deaths of billions when the Alliance teleported a dying white dwarf star into the Obdurate system. Imperium agent PROTEUS VEX was charged with finding Chancellor Rho 7 Baryon,and when the flesh-pilot that controls Vex entered Baryon’s body he absorbed some of his memories...
Durham Red: Served Cold
by Alec Worley (writer) Ben Willsher (artist) Jim Campbell (letterer)
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. Now, she’s being held in a cell in Hawks-Carpenter Holding Station — but gunmen have targeted her...
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
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