Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2341
In Prog 2341 this week, we have a brand-new Dredd thriller commencing from Ken Niemand and Tom Foster, following up A Penitent Man and An Honest Man, as Ol' Stoney-Face is once again on the trail of former Judge Kyle Asher.
And Hershey returns for the thrilling second half of The Cold in the Bones by Rob Williams and Simon Fraser! I've loved this series so far, so looking forward to this returning!
Elsewhere, Void Runners and Azimuth return alongside Portals & Black Goo that started last week.
- UK and DIGITAL: 19 July £3.50
- NORTH AMERICA: 30 August $21.99 (per pack)
- DIAMOND: MAY231959
- COVER: TOM FOSTER
In Prog 2341
Judge Dredd: A Fallen Man
Writer: Ken Niemand
Art: Tom Foster
Colours: Chris Blythe
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, a former Judge called Kyle Asher has returned from Titan, and is working for the Mob...
Azimuth: A Job For Suzi Nine
Writer: Dan Abnett
Art: Tazio Bettin
Colours: Matt Soffe
Letters: Jim Campbell
Welcome to the city of AZIMUTH, a data-driven metropolis, where anything is possible. Ruled by an aristocracy of the New Flesh, such concepts of life, death, and body-forms are fluid. Anyone can take any shape, if it can be conceived by the imagination. Suzi Nine Millimetre, for example, is a cadavatar, whose existence is given purpose by the jobs she undertakes for her New Flesh masters...
Portals & Black Goo
Writer: John Tomlinson
Art: Eoin Coveney
Colours: Jim Boswell
Letters: Simon Bowland
London, 2023. Amongst the regular people living in the capital, there are also denizens of the dark — creatures of myth and legend that have embedded themselves in society. Vampires, werewolves, demons — they're part of the population now (and more often than not are the victims of prejudice and discrimination). They also have their own particular diets, which is where Devouroo comes in...
Void Runners
Writer: David Hine
Art: Boo Cook
Letters: Annie Parkhouse
The far future. The multiple planetary systems collectively known as the Federation are controlled by entities called the Ankorites, who rely on the drug Kali's Dust to stimulate their visions. The substance can only be found in pleroma, intelligent deep-space creatures that are hunted by VOID RUNNERS like Captain Alice Shikari, who's been tasked by the Ankorites' Subjugators with searching for more...
Hershey: The Cold in the Bones
Writer: Rob Williams
Art: Simon Fraser
Letters: Simon Bowland
Barbara Hershey was a respected young officer before she became Chief Judge. Leading the city through numerous challenges, the 'Small House' affair and the revelation of Judge Smiley's clandestine operations on her watch made her re-evaluate her position. Seriously ill from a microbial virus, she's faked her death to deal with his legacy, and now alien creatures are loose, the result of a drug operation...
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