Preview: Prog 2226

It's that time of the week again - time to preview the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, the 2000 AD Prog. Inside, we have the latest instalments of Judge Dredd, Feral & Foe and Thistlebone, another complete Vision of Deadworld story, and the start of the second of a trio of spring 3rillers, Chorus & the Ring by James Peaty and Mike Collins.

• UK and DIGITAL: 7 April 2021 £3.10
• NORTH AMERICA: 26 May 2021 $21 (per pack)
• DIAMOND: FEB211480
• COVER: MIKE COLLINS (artist) DYLAN TEAGUE (colourist)

In this issue:

Judge Dredd: The Penitent Man
by Kenneth Niemand (writer) Tom Foster (artist) Chris Blythe (colourist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)

Mega-City One, 2143 AD. Home to over 160 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant and only the zero-tolerance Judges can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD— he is the Law! Former Judge Kyle Asher has recently returned from Titan, having served a twenty-year sentence. But he’s facing a hostile reception... 

Thistlebone: Poisoned Roots
by TC Eglington (writer) Simon Davies (artist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

Britain, 2020. It’s been over a year since journalist Seema Chaudry accompanied cult survivor Avril Easton back to the village of Harrowvale, where she suffered at the hands of Jasper Hillman’s THISTLEBONE worshippers, a crazed occult group that believed in an ancient woodland deity. In the process of researching for a book on the Thistlebone legend, Seema believes much of it centres around one man — Malcolm Kinniburgh... 

Visions of Deadworld: The Man Who Killed Mortis
by Kek-W (writer) Dave Kendall (artist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

The planet that eventually became known as DEADWORLD was once a regular civilisation existing in a dimension parallel to our own. But the end of days is coming, and creatures known as the Dark Judges are spreading their contagion, exterminating all life, which they see as a crime. Zombie ‘greys’ are doing their bidding, having consumed the Dead Fluids, and other monstrosities stalk the streets, preying on survivors... 

Tharg's 3rillers: Chorus & The Ring
by James Peaty (writer) Mike Collins (artist) Dylan Teague (colourist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)

Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of super-charged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! It’s the fifty-seventh century, and with Earth a distant memory its people have since spread across the stars. One such group is The Divine Chorus of Freedom, a religious movement based on a ring of asteroids. Once it championed liberation, but now the faith demands conquest...

Feral & Foe II
by Dan Abnett (writer) Richard Elson (artist) Jim Campbell (letterer)

It is five years after the Last-of-All-War, when the Monarchy succeeded in defeating the Malign Lord. With their leader dead, his minions are scattered, fleeing retribution from the Wretchfinders. Necromancer Bode and warrior Wrath are two such beings, and were offered a deal — hunt and kill their own kind or be declared FERAL & FOE. Now, they’ve inadvertently swapped bodies...

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