Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2313

A new year, a new 2000 AD Prog. We've had a good break here at Comic Book News UK, but now it's back to business.

This first issue of the new year contains the stunning second episodes of Proteus Vex, The Out and Joe Pineapples, the latest instalment of Hope, and the start of a tense new case for Judge Dredd courtesy of the Ken Niemand and Niccolo Assirelli as Dredd investigates the Night Shifter.

• UK and DIGITAL: 4 January £3.50
• NORTH AMERICA: 1 March 2024 $22 (per pack)
• DIAMOND: NOV221768
• COVER: SIMON BISLEY

In this issue:

Judge Dredd: The Night Shifter

Writer: Ken Niemand
Art: Niccolo Assirelli
Colours: Peter Doherty
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Mega-City One, 2145 AD. Home to over 200 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Unemployment is endemic and boredom universal. Tensions run a constant knife-edge and crime is rampant. Only future cops the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!

The Out: Book Three

Writer: Dan Abnett
Art: Mark Harrison
Letters: Simon Bowland

The furthest edge of the universe, far into the future. Cyd Finlea is photo-journalist working for the publisher Global Neographic, travelling deep into outer space— otherwise known as THE OUT — and cataloguing the alien societies that she encounters. She left Earth ten years ago and has been seeking other ex-pat humans —but now she’s being held and questioned after her brush with the Tankinar...

Joe Pineapples: Tin Man

Writer: Pat Mills
Art: Simon Bisley
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Former war-droids, the ABC Warriors were reassigned to bring peace to the frontier planet of Mars. Comprising Hammerstein, Deadlock, Blackblood, Steelhorn, Mongroland Happy Shrapnel, the Mek-Nifcent Seven’s sharpshooter was Joe Pineapples, a robot with more secrets than most. Now he and sewer-droid Ro-Jaws are at the other end of the universe — Joe n’ Ro, lost in space, out of gas, out of love n’ outta luck!

Hope... In The Shadows, Reel Two

Writer: Guy Adams
Art: Jimmy Broxton
Letters: Jim Campbell

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 an investigation into a cursed movie has led to the reappearance of Hope’s missing wife, Alice, whose coven plans to use the film...

Proteus Vex: Crawlspace

Writer: Mike Carroll
Art: Jake Lynch
Colours: Jim Boswell
Letters: Simon Bowland

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 — became an enemy of the Alliance when he released info about past war crimes. But now war with the Scorchers has broken out...

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