Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2426

2000 AD Prog 2426 this week is a bumper issue that marks the first of the quarterly special issues, featuring a stunning cover by Tony Harris, known for his work on Ex Machina and Starman.

Inside, you'll find an exciting lineup of extra-sized stories. Not only is there an explosive finale to Portals & Black Goo, but also a one-off story titled Blow By Blow from the regular team of Kek-W and Dave Kendall. This story serves as an interlude before the upcoming storyline, Justice, resumes.

We also return to Nu Earth for another War Tale, this time from the talented duo of Rennie and MacNeil. To top it off, a certain beloved Mega-City simian is making a comeback.

• UK and DIGITAL: 2 April £4.99
• NORTH AMERICA: 4 June $36.00 (Prog Pack)
• DIAMOND: FEB251945
• COVER: TONY HARRIS WITH JEREMY CLARK

In this issue:

Judge Dredd: The Truth Bomber

Writer: Ken Niemand
Art: PJ Holden
Colours: Jack Davies
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, with the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. 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!

Chimpsky's Law: The Truth Conundrum

Writer: Ken Niemand
Art: PJ Holden
Colours: Jack Davies
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Noam Chimpsky is a super-intelligent ape living in Ludi Wittgenstein block, and he sees it as his mission to protect his fellow residents from the various threats and problems that can befall a citizen of the Big Meg. He does all this secretly, allowing others to take the credit, but his attempts to make life better for the metropolis's citizens means he can often fall foul of the Judges...

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...

The Fall of Deadworld: Blow by Blow

Writer: Kek-W
Art: Dave Kendall
Letters: Simon Bowland

The planet that became known as DEADWORLD was once a regular civilisation existing in a parallel dimension. But the end of days is coming, and creatures called the Dark Judges are spreading their contagion, exterminating all life. While Sov forces have take advantage of the chaos and invaded, Jess Childs and her fellow rebels have rescued the tortured Judge Fairfax from De'Ath's clutches — but others want revenge...

Nu Earth War Tales: Black Dome

Writer: Gordon Rennie
Art: Colin MacNeil
Colours: Chris Blythe
Letters: Jim Campbell

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, immune to the pollutants - G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. As he, together with biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, search for the traitor that sold them out, stories swirl around the characters involved in this conflict...

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