Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2186

2000 AD Prog 2186 is out this week with five continuing stories. Dredd heads out on his planet-saving mission in End of Days, Ray and Finny battle minions of the rogue A.I. in Boys in the HUD, Benjamin Franklin is brought to the Edge in The Order, Ravne and Jenny meet the bone-chewing undead Salvatore in The Diaboliks, and the Luxine Knights assemble in Full Tilt Boogie!

• UK and DIGITAL: 17 June £2.99
• NORTH AMERICA: 17 July $24 (per pack)
• DIAMOND: APR202009
• COVER: CLIFF ROBINSON (artist) DYLAN TEAGUE (colourist)

In this issue:

Judge Dredd: End of Days
by Rob Williams (writer) Colin MacNeil (artist) Chris Blythe (colourist) Simon Bowland (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 — zero-tolerance cops empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, strange occurances are happening around the globe, heralded by the arrival of Ichabod Azrael...

Sinister Dexter: Boys in the HUD
by Dan Abnett (writer) Steve Yeowell (artist) John Charles (colourist) Jim Campbell (letterer)

Gun-sharks Finnigan SINISTER and Ramone DEXTER are the best hitmen money can buy in the future city of Downlode. Having whacked Holy Moses Tanenbaum, a ganglord from an alternate dimension whose presence threatened the fabric of reality, they’ve found killing him reset the continuum, meaning no one knows who they are. Now, an attack on an A.G.I. has led them to discover that a rogue A.I. is at large in the city...

Full Tilt Boogie
by Alex de Campi (writer) Eduardo Ocana (artist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

Out in the deep reaches of the cosmos, teenager Tee — together with her grandmother and cat — is a bounty hunter/hired help, operating from her patched-together spaceship. Capable and resourceful, Tee was recently paid to rescue the Luxine Prince Ifan from his debtors’ prison. But they crashed on a remote moon, where they encountered an eccentric A.I. called Horus and a terrifying warrior known as the Black Dog...

The Order: Land of the Free
by Kek-W (writer) John Burns (artist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

Throughout history, mankind has been under threat of extermination by the Wurms, 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 time has become fractured, allowing a new chronology to be created. Now, Benjamin Franklin has been rescued...

The Diaboliks: La Vita Malvagia
by Gordon Rennie (writer) Dom Reardon (artist) Jim Campbell (letterer)

Solomon Ravne and Jennifer Simmons were once part of Caballistics, Inc., a private paranormal troubleshooting outfit put together by reclusive rock star Ethan Kostabi. Jennifer, however, was thrown into Hell, and became possessed by a demon. After Caballistics was disbanded, Ravne and Jenny became a couple, having a baby together. Now, in a bid to keep them off their backs, they’re working with The Malleus...

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