Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2443

Welcome to the latest blast of zarjazness - 2000 AD Prog 2443 delivers mind-melting excitement every week, and this week is no different! This week's issue features a stellar lineup of creators, including Rob Williams & RM Guera with their ongoing gritty Judge Dredd tale, T.C. Eglington and D'Israeli continuing the latest Scarlet Traces story arc, and more. Dive in and check out the stunning interiors that make 2000 AD Prog 2443 an essential read!

• UK and DIGITAL: 30 July £3.80
• NORTH AMERICA: 3 September $30.00 (Prog Pack)
• DIAMOND: MAY251643
• COVER: TAZIO BETTIN

In Prog 2443

Judge Dredd: Tunnels

Writer: Rob Williams
Art: RM Guera
Colours: Giulia Brusco
Letters: Simon Bowland

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, he's in Ciudad Barranquilla, following a lead on an attack on a Sector House...

The Ravilious Pact

Writer: T.C.Eglington
Art: Steven Austin
Colours: John Charles
Letters: Simon Bowland

London, 2025. Jason Ravilious is an enforcer for the notorious Boucher mob, one of the capital's more feared underworld organisations. But they are no ordinary gangland outfit — they have connections with demonic entities that have helped them build their criminal empire. Jason was loyal to the Boucher patriarch Archie, but he's now died and power has transferred to his unstable son Todd...

Tharg's 3rillers: Relict: Invasive Species

Writer: Honor Vincent
Art: Lee Milmore
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! Earth, the far future. Stephen, a super-intelligent mouse, tired of its loneliness in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, travelled back in time and rescued its rodent brethren. But their communication skills remain limited, and Stephen needs their help to protect them from the predatory bugs...

Azimuth: Abandoned by God

Writer: Dan Abnett
Art: Tazio Bettin
Colours: Matt Soffe
Letters: Jim Campbell

Welcome to the city of AZIMUTH, a data-driven metropolis, where anything is possible. Ruled by an aristocracy of the New Flesh, such concepts of life, death, and body-forms are fluid. Anyone can take any shape, if it can be conceived by the imagination. A stranger has ridden into town — none other than Ramone Dexter — and revealed that Azimuth is in fact Downlode recrafted by a rogue Artificial Intelligence...

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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