Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2228

This weeks 2000 AD Prog is the one we've been eagerly awaiting as it contains the final episode of the latest Sláine adventure Dragontamer. Elsewhere, we have the latest instalments of A Penitent Man, Feral & Foe and Thistlebone, and the concluding chapter of the 3riller Chorus & the Ring!

• UK and DIGITAL: 21 April 2021 £3.10
• NORTH AMERICA: 26 May 2021 $21 (per pack)
• DIAMOND: FEB211480
• COVER: LEONARDO MANCO

In this issue:

Judge Dredd: The Penitent Man
by Kenneth Niemand (writer) Tom Foster (artist) Chris Blythe (colourist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)

Mega-City One, 2143 AD. Home to over 160 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant and only the zero-tolerance Judges can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD— he is the Law! Former Judge Kyle Asher has recently returned from Titan, having served a twenty-year sentence. But he’s facing a hostile reception from the SJS... 

Thistlebone: Poisoned Roots
by TC Eglington (writer) Simon Davies (artist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

Britain, 2020. It’s been over a year since journalist Seema Chaudry accompanied cult survivor Avril Easton back to the village of Harrowvale, where she suffered at the hands of Jasper Hillman’s THISTLEBONE worshippers, a crazed occult group that believed in an ancient woodland deity. In the process of researching for a book on the Thistlebone legend, Seema believes much of it centres around one man — Malcolm Kinniburgh...

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. Currently in Albion, he’s been battling against the Trojan forces of the tyrannical Emperor Brutus, whose Dragon Squadrons have been subjugating the populace. Sláine’s discovered that Brutus has a deranged half-dragon son, Alban...

Tharg's 3rillers: Chorus & The Ring
by James Peaty (writer) Mike Collins (artist) Dylan Teague (colourist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)

Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of super-charged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! It’s the fifty-seventh century, and with Earth a distant memory its people have since spread across the stars. One such group is The Divine Chorus of Freedom, a religious movement based on a ring of asteroids. Now, Battle Sister Evangelista faces off against the War-Pontiff...

Feral & Foe II
by Dan Abnett (writer) Richard Elson (artist) Jim Campbell (letterer)

It is five years after the Last-of-All-War, when the Monarchy succeeded in defeating the Malign Lord. With their leader dead, his minions are scattered, fleeing retribution from the Wretchfinders. Necromancer Bode and warrior Wrath are two such beings, and were offered a deal — hunt and kill their own kind or be declared FERAL & FOE. Now, they’ve sought out Golgone the Necromancer...

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