Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2266
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Welcome to the weekly 2000 AD Prog Preview! This prog we reach the exciting finale to current Judge Dredd thriller Working Girl, plus there are the latest instalments of The Order, Proteus Vex, Kingmaker and Saphir. That should be more than enough excitement for one week!
- UK and DIGITAL: 26 January 2022 £3.25
- NORTH AMERICA: 23 February $22.99
- DIAMOND: NOV211626
- COVER: Leigh Gallagher
In this issue:
Judge Dredd: Working Girl
by Kenneth Niemand (writer) Patrick Goddard (artist) Dylan Teague (colourist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)
Mega-City One, 2144 AD. Home to over 180 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant and only the Judges — zero-tolerance cops empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, courier Mona Plankhurst had become involved in a highly dangerous delivery scheme...
Proteus Vex: Desire Paths
by Michael 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 — who is operated by a flesh-pilot — has now become an enemy of the Alliance when he released information about past war crimes...
The Order: Fantastic Voyage
by Kek-W (writer) John Burns (artist) Simon Bowland (letterer)
Throughout history, mankind has been under threat of extermination by the Wurms, creatures that break into our reality. Defending humanity are the men and women of THE ORDER, a band of warriors that have fought the entities across the centuries. But time has become fractured, and now the despotic Francis Bacon is determined to rule a vast empire. Now, the various members of The Order have become separated...
Kingmaker: Falls The Shadow
by Ian Edginton (writer) Leigh Gallagher (artist) Jim Campbell (letterer)
The Nine Kingdoms may have defeated Ichnar the Wraith King to live in relative peace, but they hadn’t reckoned on the Thorn — a race of aliens that occupied their world with the intention of strip-mining its magic. Wizard Ablard, ork Crixus and dryad Princess Yarrow believed they may have the means to stop them — but Ichnar manifested in Ablard, and Crixus and Yarrow were forced to kill him. Ichnar’s spirit escaped...
Saphir: Liaisons Dangereuses
by Kek-W (writer) David Roach (artist) Peter Doherty (colourist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)
Paris, 1899. Inspector Alphonse Mucha of the Sûreté previously met and became involved with the mysterious Lady Sofia Corundum when he was called to her house, and was embroiled in an adventure that took him to a dangerous dimension. Now, the powerful Lady Sofia has need of the Inspector once more — and yet again Paris is feeling the wrath of a being from another reality, who’s after Sofia’s child...
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