Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2293

2000 AD Prog 2293 features the penultimate instalments of both Special Relationship and Malice in Plunderland, as the latest Judge Dredd and Dexter stories prepare for their explosive finales next week.

Elsewhere, there are the latest episodes of Brink, Skip Tracer and Jaegir.

• UK and DIGITAL: 3 August 2022 £3.25
• NORTH AMERICA: 30 November $23.99 (per pack)
• DIAMOND: AUG221773
• COVER: PAUL MARSHALL (artist) DYLAN TEAGUE (colourist)

In this issue:

Judge Dredd: Special Relationship
by Rob Williams (writer) Patrick Goddard (artist) Quinton Winter (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, as the Atlantis complex is being rebuilt, hacked footage of Brit-Cit Judges being killed has been released...

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...

Skip Tracer: Valhalla
by James Peaty (writer) Paul Marshall (artist) Dylan Teague (colourist) Simon  Bowland (letterer)

The Cube, the 27th century. This vast city floating in the depths of space was refitted by the Earth-led Consociation as a solution to a universal housing problem. It’s home to every kind of undesirable and wanted criminal. That’s where SKIP TRACER Nolan Blake came in, a former soldier turned psi-tracker. But now the Cube has come under the malignant influence of a nearby blackstar, and Blake has entered it on a mission... 

Dexter - Bulletopia: Malice In Plunderland
by Dan Abnett (writer) Tazio Bettin (artist) Matt Soffe (colourist) Annie Parkhouse (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... 

Jaegir: Ferox
by Gordon Rennie (writer) Simon Coleby (artist) Len O'Grady (colourist) Jim Campbell (letterer)

The Greater Nordland Republic. While the Norts are currently engaged in a galaxy-wide war with the Southers, it falls to military officers such as Kapiten-Inspector Atalia JAEGIR of the Nordland State Security Police to investigate war criminals. She’s also suffering from the Strigoi curse, a fault in the Nort DNA. Now, Jaegir’s determined to wipe out the enemy, and entering the psychotropic Miasma region she’s been captured...

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