Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2405
2000 AD Prog 2405 is packed with thrill-power, like usual. Five expertly assembled instalments continue from last week to deliver maximum excitement.
This issue features the thrilling conclusion of Judge Dredd: Hater, alongside Rogue Trooper and The Out, and the penultimate chapter of the epic Brink: Consumed. Plus, Nightmare New York continues with new art by David Roach and Peter Doherty, following the much-missed John Burns.
- UK and DIGITAL: 23 October £3.80
- NORTH AMERICA: 4 December $31.99 (per pack)
- DIAMOND: AUG242084
- COVER: INJ CULBARD
In Prog 2405
Judge Dredd: Hater
Writer: Ken Niemand
Art: Silvia Califano
Colours: Giulia Brusco
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 child of a Sov and a MC-1 citizen has grown up resenting the prejudice that he’s been subjected to...
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...
Nightmare New York
Writer: Kek-W
Art: John Burns
Letters: Annie Parkhouse
Lower Manhattan, 1845. Paradise Square is at the centre of Five Points in Old New York, where five street corners meet. The early days of the North American metropolis are marked by a mix of poverty, organised crime and hardscrabble lives, where ragpickers rub shoulders with Christian missionaries. Young Lil, living rough on these dank streets, has just turned eighteen, and has been rescued by the mysterious Jimmy Blind...
The Out: Book Four
Writer: Dan Abnett
Art: Mark Harrison
Letters: Simon Bowland
The furthest edge of the universe. Cyd Finlea was a 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, having lost her old pal Cheerio and said goodbye to her daughter Joey, she’s finding work...
Rogue Trooper: When a G.I. Dies
Writer: Garth Ennis
Art: Patrick Goddard
Letters: Rob Steen
Nu Earth, site of a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers, 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...
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