Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2446

2000 AD Prog 2446 delivers a thrilling lineup of stories, setting the stage for next week's bumper issue packed with new beginnings. The anticipated finale of Judge Dredd's "Tunnels" has been postponed, so instead you're treated to "The Double" by Karl Stock and John McCrea. An absolutely stunning replacement.

This issue also features fresh instalments of fan-favourites like Azimuth, Scarlet Traces, and The Ravilious Pact, plus the winning entry from the Thought Bubble Future Shock competition.

• UK and DIGITAL: 20 August £3.80
• NORTH AMERICA: 1 October $26.99 (Prog Pack)
• DIAMOND: JUN251428
• COVER: JAKE LYNCH

In Prog 2446

Judge Dredd: The Double

Writer: Karl Stock
Art: John McCrea
Colours: Mike Spicer
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, with the toxic Black Atlantic to the east and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west. 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!

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..

Scarlet Traces: Empire of God

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...

Future Shocks: Emmett's Girl

Writer: Evie Roebuck
Art: Lucas McCoy
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…

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 shae, 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...

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