Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2319

Welcome once again to the 2000 AD Prog preview - the Galaxys Greatest sci-fi anthology that thrills every week.

Within these pages, you'll find the explosive finale to Dredd's interstellar outing, The Hagger They Fall. Plus, the latest instalments of The Out, Proteus Vex, The Order and Joe Pineapples. All coming together to make a fantastic-looking Prog from start to finish.

• UK and DIGITAL: 15 February £3.50
• NORTH AMERICA: 1 March 2024 $22 (per pack)
• DIAMOND: DEC221607
• COVER: SIMON COLEBY (A) JIM BOSWELL (C)

In Prog 2319

Judge Dredd: The Hagger They Fall

Writers: Arthur Wyatt, Rob Williams
Art: Paul Marshall
Colours: Dylan Teague
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. Crime is rampant and 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! Now, Dredd is on the planet Skeev and battling alien bounty hunter Keeper Hag...

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 publishers 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 returned to the Zoto homeworld to learn more about her mending...

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, Mongrol and 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!

The Order: Heart of Darkness

Writer: Kek-W
Art: John Burns
Letters: Jim Campbell

Throughout history, mankind has been under threat of extermination by the Wurms, creatures that break into our reality. Defending humanity are THE ORDER, a band of warriors that have fought the entities across the centuries. But time has become fractured, and the despotic Francis Bacon is determined to rule a vast empire. Now, The Order must battle the shadow-creatures at the edge of time itself...

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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