Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2182

This weeks prog starts with the final instalment of Chimpsky’s Law, but it's not the only finale taking place. Hershey finishes also and Survival Geeks is coming to an end with their last-ever episode which is a shame - we'll miss those geek filled episodes. There's also a Future Shock from 2019’s Thought Bubble winners Liam Johnson and Robin Henley and The Order is back because the Wyrms always return.

• UK and DIGITAL: 20 May £2.99
• NORTH AMERICA: TBC
• DIAMOND: MAR202060
• COVER: NEIL GOOGE (artist) GARY CALDWELL (colourist)

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD: CHIMPSKY'S LAW
by Kenneth Niemand (writer) PJ Holden (artist) Quinton Winter (colourist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)

Mega-City One, 2142 AD. Home to over 140 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. 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, super-intelligent ape Noam Chimpsky has become involved with an anti-Justice Dept cell, and is escaping from the lawman...

THE ORDER: INBETWEEN DAYS
by Kek-W (writer) John Burns (artist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

Throughout history, mankind has been under threat of extermination by the Wyrms, creatures from another plane that systematically break into our reality. Defending humanity are the men and women of THE ORDER, a secret band of warriors that have fought the entities across the centuries. But the Wyrms have fractured time, and a new chronology has been created, one in which Francis Bacon has access to future tech...

FUTURE SHOCK: A.I. ♥ YOU
by Liam Johnson (writer) Robin Henley (artist) Jim Campbell (letterer)

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...

HERSHEY: DISEASE
by Rob Williams (writer) Simon Fraser (colourist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

Judge Barbara Hershey was one of Justice Department’s most respected and capable young officers before she became Chief Judge. Leading the city through numerous challenges, she only occasionally clashed with Dredd — until the ‘Small House’ affair and the revelation of Judge Smiley’s clandestine operations on her watch. Now, seriously ill from a microbial virus, she’s faked her death to deal with Smiley’s legacy...

SURVIVAL GEEKS: CRISIS OF INFINITE NERDS
by Emma Beeby, Gordon Rennie (writer) Neil Googe (artist) Gary Caldwell (colourist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)

Somewhere in the outer limits of space/time, plunging through the planes of reality, is what looks like a regular suburban two-up two-down, but it is in fact powered by misfiring transdimensional technology. Inside live sci-fi obsessives Clive, Rufus and Simon, plus reluctant housemate Sam and pet Cthulhu Howard, who explore the edge of beyond. Now, they’ve reached the final stages of a multiversal battle royale...

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