Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2439
2000 AD Prog 2439 this week kicks off a new Dredd story, Tunnels, by Rob Williams and RM Guera. There is also a complete Future Shock, Infiltrator, by Adam Stone, a winner from the 2024 Thought Bubble portfolio competition alongside Lucas McCoy, who debuts next month.
Elsewhere, Nu Earth Tales, Scarlet Traces and Tharg's 3rillers continue on from last week.
- UK and DIGITAL: 2 July £3.80
- NORTH AMERICA: 3 September $30.00 (Prog Pack)
- DIAMOND: MAY251643
- COVER: CLIFF ROBINSON WITH DYLAN TEAGUE
In Prog 2439
Judge Dredd: Tunnels
Writer: Rob Williams
Art: RM Guera
Colours: Giulia Brusco
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. 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!
Nu Earth War Tales: The Major
Writer: Gordon Rennie
Art: Jake Lynch
Colours: Dylan Teague
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...
Tharg's 3rillers: Far From Eden
Writer: Alan Kerr
Art: Ian Richardson
Colours: Pippa Bowland
Letters: Simon Bowland
Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of super-charged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! The planet Eden, the far future. Earth is finally dying after centuries of pollution and stripping it of its resources, and mankind must find a new world to call its own. A potential home has been discovered in Eden, but first the native species must be removed before humanity can move in...
Future Shocks: Infiltrator
Writer: Ed Whiting
Art: Adam Stone
Letters: Simon Bowland
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…
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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