Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2398

by Benjamin Williams
1st September, 2024
2 minutes

Get ready for an action-packed issue with 2000 AD Prog 2398! This edition features Judge Dredd in a tense standoff with the Mechanismo robots, which, as you can see from the cover below, could get quite intense unless the Mechanismo's stand down.

There's also the thrilling conclusion to the current Rogue Trooper storyline and the penultimate chapters of both Silver and Herne & Shuck. Don't miss out on the excitement and drama that awaits in this latest instalment.

  • UK and DIGITAL: 4 September £3.60
  • NORTH AMERICA: 30 October $25.99 (per pack)
  • DIAMOND: JUL241987
  • COVER: CLIFF ROBINSON AND DYLAN TEAGUE

2000 AD Prog 2398 cover

In Prog 2398

Judge Dredd: Machine Rule

Writer: John Wagner
Art: Colin MacNeil
Colours: Chris Blythe
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Mega-City One, 2146 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 the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, the Mark 8 Mechanismo robot Judges have taken over, and Dredd is fighting back to reclaim control...

Judge Dredd: Machine Rule

Rogue Trooper: Recon

Writer: Geoffrey D. Wesse
Art: Paul Marshall
Colours: Pippa Bowland
Letters: Jim Campbell

Nu Earth, site of a galactic war, where the atmosphere has been rendered poisonous. So the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen, bred to be immune to the pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. Together with biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, they're searching for the traitor that sold them out — and now they've just defeated an alien entity that had apparently hostile intentions...

Rogue Trooper: Recon

Herne & Shuck: Suffer the Children

Writer: David Barnett
Art: Lee Milmore
Colours: Quinton Winter
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

The UK, 2024. Herne is a troubleshooter and hired help for many different magical factions in the country. Accompanied by Shuck, a demon in dog form, he travels the country picking up work where he can, whether it be an exorcism or a rescue. Recently, he was tasked with saving a young girl called Carys, only to find out she was scheduled for ritual sacrifice. The pair are now trying to get the child to safety...

Herne & Shuck: Suffer the Children

Brink: Consumed

Writer: Dan Abnett
Art: INJ Culbard
Letters: Simon Bowland

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 Bridget Kurtis of the Habitat Security Division is investigating their reach...

Brink: Consumed

Silver: Unearthed

Writer: Mike Carroll
Art: Joe Currie
Letters: Simon Bowland

Earth, the year 2001. A group of armed survivors sought out the resting place of a
five hundred-year-old vampire, who may just help them against the alien Sepsis, who
invaded the planet a few decades earlier. The vamp, called Baroness DeSilva, has proved
powerful in battling the extra-terrestrials, and now the resistance has tasked her with
taking out a Harvester, a vast craft that's ploughing through the land...

Silver: Unearthed

Available in print from: newsagents and comic book stores via Diamond
Available in digital from: 2000 AD webshop and apps for iPad, Android, Windows 10

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