Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2423
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2000 AD Prog 2423 fills the gap left by the end of Hawk the Slayer's first series with a brand new Future Shocks - a thrilling new tale titled "Last Chance to See." As the cosmic winds carry whispers of cautionary legends, readers are invited to set aside their preconceptions and embark on a twisted journey into the dark corners of the universe.
This latest story promises an unforgettable cautionary tale, filled with unexpected twists and turns that challenge the very fabric of reality.
Elsewhere, there's the continuing stories of Judge Dredd The Shift, and Full Tilt Boogie, whilst we're coming close to the end of the latest Fiends of the Western Front and Portals & Black Goo series.
- UK and DIGITAL: 12 March £3.80
- NORTH AMERICA: 30 April $25.99 (Prog Pack)
- DIAMOND: JAN251916
- COVER: TIERNEN TREVALLION

In Prog 2423
Judge Dredd: The Shift
Writer: Ken Niemand
Art: Nick Percival
Letters: Annie Parkhouse
Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Home to over 250 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, Dredd's entered a terrifying parallel reality called the Shift, seeking to rescue a young student...

Portals & Black Goo: A Quorum of Fiends
Writer: John Tomlinson
Art: Eoin Coveney
Colours: Jim Boswell
Letters: Simon Bowland
In the near future, the job market is more perilous than ever and Generation Y must take on any task to make ends meet. Kroy Plemons was a rider for Devouroo — a food-delivery service for creatures of myth and legend. Devouroo policy is ruthless and Kroy has in the past barely escaped with his life after being given the night shift, when London's most lethal denizens are hungry. Indeed, there's unrest across the capital...

Full Tilt Boogie: Book Three
Writer: Alex de Campi
Art: Eduardo Ocana
Colours: Giulia Brusco
Letters: Simon Bowland
Tee — together with her grandmother and cat — is a bounty hunter/hired help, operating from her spaceship the FULL TILT BOOGIE. Tee was paid to rescue the Luxine Prince Ifan from his debtors' prison. In the process, she encountered a resurrected Anubite warrior, a member of the enemy race with whom the Luxine Empire battled. Now, Tee and her allies must take on the Empress herself, who is once again going to war...

Future Shocks: Last Chance to See
Writer: Paul Goodenough
Art: Luke Horsman
Letters: Annie Parkhouse
Out in the vast reaches of the universe, there are an infinite number of stories waiting to be told. These cautionary tales pass from traveller to traveller in the spaceports and around campfires on distant planets, acquiring the status of legend, their shocking ends a salutory lesson in hubris. Anything is possible in these twisted trips into the galaxy's dark side. Abandon your preconceptions, and expect the unexpected…

Fiends of the Western Front: Wilde West
Writer: Ian Edginton
Art: Tiernen Trevallion
Letters: Jim Campbell
In 1980, the diary of German soldier Hans Schmitt was discovered in Berlin, detailing events that occurred in 1941, when he encountered the terrifying vampire Captain Constanta and his Romanian platoon. But Schmitt was not the first person to meet Constanta — the vampire has popped up throughout history, in various countries and under various guises, and now he's in North America in the late nineteenth century...

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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