Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2436

This week's 2000 AD Prog 2436 sees several stories coming to a close. Judge Dredd: The First 100 wraps up (was secretly hoping this would be way longer), as does Rogue Trooper: Tides of War, along with the second volume of the vampire vs. aliens saga, Silver. Don't worry, though, as Silver will return for a third arc next year!

Meanwhile, Ghosted is building towards its own finale in a couple of weeks, and Bey's investigation in Scarlet Traces is gaining momentum. With all these stories reaching their respective climaxes, new thrills are on the way. Next week, we'll have the second bumper issue of the year, featuring a mix of standalone strips and opening instalments. That's always an exciting prog to look forward to, even when you're enjoying all the current stories.

• UK and DIGITAL: 11 June £3.80
• NORTH AMERICA: 30 July $25.99 (Prog Pack)
• DIAMOND: APR251621
• COVER: JOE CURRIE

In Prog 2436

Judge Dredd: The First 100

Writer: Dan Abnett
Art: Colin MacNeil
Colours: Chris Blythe
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. Tensions are on a knife-edge, 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, Judge Gable is relating the time she partnered Dredd...

Rogue Trooper: Tides of War

Writer: Andi Ewington
Art: Paul Marshall
Colours: Pippa Bowland
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. He and his biochip buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman have gone AWOL, hunting for the Traitor General that sold them out. Now, he's joined a patrol-boat crew...

Ghosted: Book One

Writer: Guy Adams
Art: Megan Huang
Letters: Simon Bowland

Kinshasa, capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the far future. One of the fastest-growing mega-cities in the world, the metropolis is now a walled cityworld, so vast and divorced from the rest of the planet that it's virtually its own realm. Rich and diverse, it prides itself on being the perfect place to live — but for Benu something strange is going on in her head, a mental connection to a soldier…

Silver: Perfidious

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, having aided the rebels in destroying Sepsis infrastructure, has been given a new mission to undertake...

Scarlet Traces: Empire of Blood

Writer: Ian Edginton
Art: D'Israeli
Letters: Annie Parkhouse

England, the late nineteenth century. Earth has come under attack by Martian war machines, devastating huge swathes of the country with their heat rays and harvesting enormous numbers of people. Finally struck down by the planet's viruses, the Martians' assault collapses. Now, humanity is picking up the pieces and coming to terms with the aftermath, but there appears to be vestiges of the aliens left...

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