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The 2000 AD and Treasury of British Comics Annuals Return!

Blaze through the weary Winter weather with the thermonuclear power of 2000 AD – the comics juggernaut which burns ever-bright with Thrill-Power! This November The 2000 AD Annual returns once again, a classic yearly feast which this Christmas features more new stories than ever before… as Tharg The Mighty begins his preparations for the 50th Anniversary of The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic!

Running over 100 pages, The 2000 AD Annual 2027 features a standard edition cover from the award-winning Jock and a webshop-exclusive cover from legendary fan-favorite 2000 AD Droids Cliff Robinson and Dylan Teague! In addition, the Annual will feature new stories featuring some of 2000 AD’s most beloved characters and creators, including:

  • Judge Dredd by Rob Williams and RM Guera
  • Robo-Hunter by Garth Ennis and Chris Burnham
  • The Out by Dan Abnett and Mark Harrison
  • Hawk the Slayer by Alec Worley and Staz Johnson
  • Fiends of the Eastern Front by Ian Edginton and Alejandro Aragon
  • Tharg’s Future Shocks by Mike Carroll and Kieran McKeown

In addition, the Annual will feature a collection of classic Thrills from across 2000 AD’s fifty years of publication, including plenty of surprises, features, and the returns of classic characters! You may think you know what to expect – but you absolutely cannot predict what Tharg has planned for you this Christmas!

But that’s not all! The Treasury of British Comics Annual also returns in November for a collection of both new and classic stories hand-picked from the archive to guarantee some warmth this Winter! Featuring stories – including several never reprinted before until now – from across the decades, The Treasury of British Comics Annual 2027 will reprint an assortment of astounding comics from the pages of Action, Misty, 2000 AD, Tiger, Boy’s World, Buster, Monster Fun, Valiant, HurricaneWhizzer & Chips, and more!

A festive feast for fans of comics, the Annual also features four new strips commissioned exclusively for this collection, including:

  • Helmet Head & Janus Stark by Stephen Brotherstone, David Lawrence, and Laurent LeFeuvre
  • Robot Archie Vs Vanessa From Venus by David Roach and Emily Roach
  • Black Beth by Alec Worley and Aly Fell
  • Death Wish by Rich Prinn and Shane Connery Volk

Celebrate the depth, diversity and dynamism of British Comics History, as we champion classic characters and breathe vibrant new life into their wild and wonderful adventures!

The Treasury of British Comics Annual will be released this November, available either as the standard edition featuring a cover from the Mighty Mike Perkins, or as a fiendish webshop-exclusive edition cover from the gory Godmachine!

Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2484

2000 AD Prog 2484

UK RELEASE DATE: 27th May £3.99
LUNAR RELEASE DATE: 10th June $7.99
COVER: Joe Currie

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD // THE OUBLIETTE by Ken Niemand (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
BRINK // THE CALL OF THE VOID by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland (l)
SILVER // MALIGNANT by Mike Carroll (w) Joe Currie (c) Simon Bowland (l)
FUTURE SHOCKS // AN ALIEN INVASION ALPHABET by James Lovegrove (w) Steve Roberts (a) Rob Steen (l)
HELIUM // RED OCTOBER by Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

2000 AD Prog 2484

Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2483

2000 AD Prog 2483

UK RELEASE DATE: 20th May £3.99
LUNAR RELEASE DATE: 3rd June $7.99
COVER: Cliff Robinson and Dylan Teague

In this issue:
JUDGE DREDD // THE OUBLIETTE by Ken Niemand (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

BRINK // THE CALL OF THE VOID by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland (l)

SILVER // MALIGNANT by Mike Carroll (w) Joe Currie (c) Simon Bowland (l)

HELIUM // RED OCTOBER by Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

2000 AD Prog 2483

Preview: Imperial Guardians #3

Imperial Guardians #3

(W) Dan Abnett (A) Marcelo Ferreira

A Kymellian mathematician has just developed the ultimate decryption algorithm – but for reasons of Galactic Union security, that CAN’T be allowed to happen. Time for MAXIMUS of the Inhumans to send in his Imperial Guardians – GAMORA, CAPTAIN MARVEL, AMADEUS CHO, DARKHAWK and COSMIC GHOST RIDER – for a little cleanup operation. Trouble is, the Shi’ar Empire want the algorithm too, and they’ve tasked their Superguardians to retrieve it. Are things going to go well? You do the math.

Imperial Guardians #3

Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2482

2000 AD Prog 2482

UK RELEASE DATE: 13th May £3.99
LUNAR RELEASE DATE: 27th May $7.99
COVER: D’ISRAELI

JUDGE DREDD // CROSSED LINES by Ken Niemand (w) Andrea Mutti (a) Pippa Bowland (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
BRINK // THE CALL OF THE VOID by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland (l)
SILVER // MALIGNANT by Mike Carroll (w) Joe Currie (c) Simon Bowland (l)
THARG’S 3RILLERS // POSTER GIRL by Paul Starkey (w) Paul Marshall (a) Dylan Teague (c) Rob Steen (l)
HELIUM // RED OCTOBER by Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

2000 AD Prog 2482

Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2481

2000 AD Prog 2481

UK RELEASE DATE: 6th May £3.99
LUNAR RELEASE DATE: 20th May $7.99
COVER: TOBY WILLSMER

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD // CROSSED LINES by Ken Niemand (w) Andrea Mutti (a) Pippa Bowland (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
BRINK // THE CALL OF THE VOID by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland (l)
SILVER // MALIGNANT by Mike Carroll (w) Joe Currie (c) Simon Bowland (l)
THARG’S 3RILLERS // POSTER GIRL by Paul Starkey (w) Paul Marshall (a) Dylan Teague (c) Rob Steen (l)
HELIUM // RED OCTOBER by Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

2000 AD Prog 2481

Preview: Flash Gordon #16

Flash Gordon #16

(W) Dan Abnett (A) Manuel Garcia

NEW CREATIVE TEAM TAKES FLASH TO NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN STARS! Legendary comics writer and novelist Dan Abnett and veteran artist Manuel Garcia launch an all-new era of epic adventure!

Flash Gordon is grounded! With Mongo now an impossible distance away, and Earth’s governments reacting to the potential dangers of alien worlds, space travel is now reserved for the experts…and a former football player-turned-sword-wielding rabble rouser isn’t making the cut. But when a huge object–a meteor? a planet?–appears on a collision path with Earth, Flash will leave the experts in the dust. With a bootleg spaceship courtesy of Doctor Zarkov and fiery backup in the form of Dale Arden, Flash blasts off on an intercept course. But the Earth Rocketry Administration isn’t far behind–and astronaut Dane “Ditch” Albright is not about to let Flash Gordon steal his spotlight. A rivalry for the ages, a new alien world, and threats deadlier than ever–adventure awaits for fans new and old!

Flash Gordon #16

Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2480

2000 AD Prog 2480

UK and DIGITAL: 29 April £3.99
Cover: Joe Currie

In This Issue:
JUDGE DREDD // SILENT WITNESS by Ken Niemand (w) Nick Dyer (a) John Charles (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
BRINK // THE CALL OF THE VOID by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland (l)
SILVER // MALIGNANT by Mike Carroll (w) Joe Currie (a) Simon Bowland (a)
THARG’S 3RILLERS // POSTER GIRL by Paul Starkey (w) Paul Marshall (a) Dylan Teague (c) Rob Steen (l)
HELIUM // RED OCTOBER by Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

2000 AD Prog 2480

Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2479

2000 AD Prog 2479

UK and DIGITAL: 22 April £3.99
COVER: STEVEN AUSTIN WITH MATT SOFFE

In This Issue:
JUDGE DREDD // FLAMES AND WHITE PHOSPHOROUS by TC Eglington (w) Paul Marshall (a) Quinton Winter (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
BRINK // THE CALL OF THE VOID by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland (l)
SILVER // MALIGNANT by Mike Carroll (w) Joe Currie (c) Simon Bowland (l)
FUTURE SHOCKS // CREATURE FEATURETTE by Lilith Allen (w) Philip Read (a) Rob Steen (l)
HELIUM // RED OCTOBER by Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

2000 AD Prog 2479

Dan Abnett and Matteo Della Fonte shine the spotlight on the early days of Peter Parker and Frank Castle’s not-so-friendly relationship this July in Punisher vs. Spider-Man

This summer Peter Parker and Frank Castle take a walk down memory pain in Punisher vs. Spider-Man, an all-new five issue limited series detailing some of the duo’s earliest encounters in the Marvel Universe.

Taking place shortly after Punisher’s debut dust-up with Spider-Man in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man #129, writer Dan Abnett and artist Matteo Della Fonte force Peter Parker and Frank Castle to set aside their differences for the greater good… until they inevitably turn on one another once again.

THE PUNISHER AND SPIDER-MAN, two of the most notorious names in New York City with very different approaches to making the Big Apple safer (or not, depending on who you ask!). Brought together by happenstance and forced to stay that way by an ally from Frank Castle’s past in need, will the web-slinger and the gunslinger be able to begrudgingly set aside their differences before they find themselves at one another’s throats?!

Check out the main cover for Punisher vs. Spider-Man #1 by Jonas Scharf and a variant by Netho Diaz, plus interior pages by Matteo Della Fonte below. And for more early days Spider-Man vs. Punisher action, look for the Amazing Spider-Man #129 Facsimile Edition [New Printing] in comic shops this July.

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