2000 AD Previews for AD Prog 2437 & Judge Dredd Megazine 481
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- Jun 20
- 5 min read
Our friends at 2000 AD have sent the Yeti Cave two new titles that were released this week. Over 150 pages of new comics, including 2000 AD Prog 2437 (a bumper-sized issue) and Judge Dredd Megazine 481, which contains the finale of Atomfall!! This is a huge week for 2000 AD fans. Let us know which stories you are most excited to dive into!
Release Dates -
UK & Digital: 6/18/25 £4.99
North America: 7/30/25 $25.99 (Prog Pack) Diamond: APR251621 Cover Artist - John McCrea & Mike Spicer
JUDGE DREDD // CONFESSIONS OF A WINDOW CLEANER DROID
Writer: Ken Niemand Artist: Nicolo Assirelli Colorist: Quinton Winter Letterer: Annie Parkhouse
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!
SCARLET TRACES // EMPIRE OF BLOOD
Writer: Ian Edginton
Artist: D'Israeli
Letterer: Annie Parkhouse
NEW STORY! 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...
FUTURE SHOCKS // THE PROPHECY OF LEKBITH THE GREAT & TERRIBLE
Writer: Rob Williams Artist: Simon Coleby Colorist: Jack Davies Letterer: Annie Parkhouse
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…
NU EARTH WAR TALES // THE MAJOR
Writer: Gordon Rennie
Artist: Jake Lynch
Colorist: Dylan Teague
Letterer: Jim Campbell
Nu Earth, site of a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers, where the atmosphere has been rendered poisonous. So the Southers created the Genetic Infantrymen, immune to the pollutants — G.I.s like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind. As he, together with biochips Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, search for the traitor that sold them out, stories swirl around the characters involved in this conflict...
GHOSTED // BOOK ONE
Writer: Guy Adams
Artist: Megan Huang
Letterer: Simon Bowland
NEW STORY! Kinshasa, capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the far future. One of the fastest-growing mega-cities in the world, the metropolis is now a walled city-world at the centre of the African continent, so vast and divorced from the rest of the planet that it’s virtually its own realm. Rich and diverse, it prides itself on being the perfect place to live — but not everything is what it seems on the surface…
FIENDS OF THE WESTERN FRONT // RED TIDE
Writer: Ian Edginton
Artist: Nick Percival
Letterer: Jim Campbell
In 1980, the diary of German soldier Hans Schmitt was discovered in Berlin, detailing events that occurred in 1941, when he encountered the terrifying vampire Captain Constanta and his Romanian platoon. But Schmitt was not the first person to meet Constanta — the vampire has popped up throughout history, in various countries, and now, in the late nineteenth century, he’s travelling west in pursuit of an enemy...
JUDGE DREDD VS STRONTIUM DOG
Writer: Garth Ennis
Artist: Henry Flint
Letterer: Rob Steen
The Radlands of Ji, 2114. The planet has been left reeling after Sabbat the Necromagus resurrected the world’s dead and let loose a vast army of zombies upon the mega-cities. Millions died, and many a metropolis was lost. Search/Destroy agent Johnny Alpha travelled back in time hunting for Sabbat, and teamed up with Dredd and global strikeforce that eventually defeated the necromancer. Now Alpha and Dredd return home...
Judge Dredd Megazine 481
Release Dates -
UK & Digital: 6/18/25 £4.99
North America: 7/23/25 $11.99
Diamond: APR251622
Cover Artists - Nick Brokenshire
JUDGE DREDD // MEET THE GREYS
Writer: Ian Edginton
Artist: Cam Smith
Colorist: Jim Boswell
Letterer: Annie Parkhouse
Mega-City One, 2147 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is bordered by the toxic Black Atlantic and the irradiated Cursed Earth. It is home to over 250 million citizens, where tensions run a constant knife-edge. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!
DEPARTMENT K // UNRAVELLED
Writer: Ned Hartley
Artist: Mike Walters
Letterer: Simon Bowland
Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Justice Department has many divisions tasked with dealing with the threats that face the metropolis, and Department K is a branch of Tek-Div, whose brief is to tackle interdimensional enemies seeking to break through the walls of reality. It’s headed by Judge Kirby, and comprises intern Afua, Mechanismo droid Estabon and the alien Blackcurrant...
CADET DREDD // THE HAUNTING OF ISO-BLOCK 8
Writer: Paul Starkey
Artist: Nick Brokenshire
Letterer: Jim Campbell
Mega-City One, 2076 AD. Overcrowding in the metropolis is rife, unemployment is at ninety per cent, boredom is universal and crime is rampant. Only the Judges can stop total anarchy. Cadet Joe Dredd – together with his clone-brother Rico – is a rising star in Justice Department, and will one day be its finest officer. Make no mistake, he is the Law!
ATOMFALL
Writer: Jonathan L. Howard
Artist: Anthony Williams
Colorist: Steve Canon
Letterer: Rob Steen
It’s 1957, and investigative journalist Jenny Coggins has been sent by her bosses to explore the picturesque village of Wyndham. Nothing ever happens in Wyndham – except that recently a mysterious plant has been built in the confines of the village. After receiving a message that the plant is not all that it seems, Jenny finds out that something very strange is happening in the woods…
TALES FROM THE BLACK MUSEUM
Writer: James Peaty
Artist: SEDAT OEZGEN
Letterer: Annie Parkhouse
Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Deep in the heart of the Grand Hall of Justice lies the Black Museum, Justice Department’s permanent exhibition of the relics from bygone crimes. Whether it’s a notorious serial killer’s trophies or the weapons of the Dark Judges, the violent history of the Big Meg is laid bare here. Let undead guide Henry Dubble show you around...
ROK OF THE REDS
Writers: Alan Grant & John Wagner
Artist: Dan Cornwell
Colorist: Abigail Bulmer
Letterer: Jim Campbell
Dangerous intergalactic outlaws and an arrogant footballer collide, on the run after his home world is destroyed, Rok of Arkadi needs a hiding place. And that hiding place happens to be troubled football star Kyle Dixon. A black comedy about revenge, redemption and the ‘beautiful game’.
BARREL & HAMMER // CASTAWAY
Writer: David Barnett
Artist: Luke Horsman
Letterer: Simon Bowland
Deep in the void of space, the far future. The buccaneers that patrol the galaxy on the hunt for ships to plunder have a strict hierarchy that they have to adhere to – certain targets are only available to those that belong to the Space Pirates Guild. A vacancy has opened up in the Guild, and the pirates Barrel & Hammer are amongst those battling to win it...
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