Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2283

It’s that time of the week again, where we take a look at what's to come in the 2000 AD prog. This week, 2000 AD prog 2283 contains the latest instalments of Judge Dredd, Hope, Fiends of the Eastern Front and Brink.

Plus there’s the explosive final part of Dexter: The Thing in the Thing. Don't worry though, this isn't the end of the Bulletopia arc as there's more to come in just over a month's time.

• UK and DIGITAL: 25 May 2022 £3.25
• NORTH AMERICA: 25 May $26 (per pack)
• DIAMOND: MAR221846
• COVER: TAZIO BETTIN

In this issue:

Judge Dredd: An Honest Man
by Kenneth Niemand (writer) Tom Foster (artist) Chris Blythe (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 — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, Kyle Asher is a former Judge, sent to Titan twenty years ago for beating a citizen to death, but is working as an auxiliary...

Brink: Mercury Retrograde
by Dan Abnett (writer) INJ Culbard (artist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

The late 21st century, and through environmental catastrophe and industrial overload Earth has been reduced to a wasteland. Mankind finally evacuated the planet in 2072 and millions were housed in a number of deep-space Habitats. But life on these cramped, overcrowded stations is tense, often spilling over into madness. Sects are rife, and both the Habitat Security Division and certain journalists are investigating...

Hope: In The Shadows
by Guy Adams (writer) Jimmy Broxton (artist) Jim Campbell (letterer)

An alternate 1940s USA. WWII is over, victory having been secured by occult means, and consequently magic is a part of everyday life. Mallory HOPE is one such skilled operative, though calling on the dark arts takes its toll on the user. He’s also a P.I., hired for all manner of down n’ dirty jobs, and being based in Los Angeles means he’s often involved in the movie business — and a film production appears cursed... 

Dexter: Bulletopia Chapter Nine - The Thing in the Thing
by Dan Abnett (writer) Tazio Bettin (artist) Matt Soffe (colourist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

Gun-sharks Finnigan SINISTER and Ramone DEXTER were the best hitmen money could buy in the future city of Downlode. Having whacked Holy Moses Tanenbaum, a ganglord from an alternate dimension, they found killing him reset the continuum, meaning no one knew who they were. But now a rogue A.I. is at large, and Dexter, Carrie Hosanna and Billi Octavo are on the run, trying to get to sanctuary in Mangapore...

Fiends of the Eastern Front: 1963
by Ian Edginton (writer) Tiernen Trevallion (artist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)

In 1980, the diary of German soldier Hans Schmitt was discovered in Berlin, detailing events that occurred in 1941, when he encountered the terrifying vampire Captain Constanta and his Romanian platoon. But Schmitt was not the first trooper to meet Constanta — the vampire was on the Western Front too, in France in 1916. Now, in 1963, the bloodsucking creature was working in East Berlin — but he was betrayed...

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