Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2449

by Ben Williams
7th September, 2025
2 minutes

2000 AD Prog 2449 this week delivers a powerhouse finale to three gripping storylines. It's time to clear the decks for a bold new era in Prog 2450. This issue features double-length climaxes for Scarlet Traces and The Ravilious Pact. Plus there's the long-awaited conclusion to Judge Dredd's explosive thriller Tunnels that we've been waiting for.

With Dredd, Rogue, Brass Sun and more on the horizon, 2000 AD Prog 2449 is one prog you don't want to miss!

  • UK and DIGITAL: 10 September £3.80
  • NORTH AMERICA: 29 October $28.99 (Prog Pack)
  • DIAMOND: JUL250841
  • COVER: TOBY WILLSMER

2000 AD Prog 2449 cover by Toby Willsmer

In Prog 2449

Judge Dredd: Tunnels

Writer: Rob Williams
Art: RM Guera
Colours: Giulia Brusco
Letters: Jim Campbell

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 been tracking a terrorist in the Amazon, following an attack on a Sector House...

Judge Dredd: Tunnels finale

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...

The Ravilious Pact finale

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...

Scarlet Traces: Empire of Blood finale

Available in print from: newsagents and comic book stores via Diamond
Available in digital from: 2000 AD webshop and apps for iPad, Android, Windows 10

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