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SDCC 2025: 2000 AD Takes over San Diego Comic-Con 2025 with Panels and Appearances

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It’s the greatest show on Earth – and San Diego Comic Con is going to be extra Thrill-powered as Rebellion Publishing lands at Booth #2121! The publisher of the legendary comics anthology 2000 AD returns to San Diego Comic Con with high-profile guests, signings, panels, exclusive collections, freebies and more – including exclusive signings with Rogue Trooper film director Duncan Jones, as well as iconic Judge Dredd artist Jock!

With the much-anticipated Rogue Trooper movie, visionary writer/director Duncan Jones will be heading to the 2000 AD booth on Friday 25th July between 2-3pm to sign high-quality prints from the film, which stars Aneurin Barnard, Sean Bean, Hayley Atwell, and more!

One of the most acclaimed artists working in comics today, megastar Jock will also be at the 2000 AD booth across the show, signing copies of The Judge Dredd Art of Jock – which will be debuting at the show with an limited-edition slipcase edition! Jock will be signing on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at the booth.

Attendees will also have the chance to witness the staggering might of Judge Dredd for themselves, as the Judge Dredd statue designed by Jock will make his debut at this year’s show! Measuring a colossal 20in high, Dredd will be towering over the booth – and attendees at this year’s SDCC will be able to receive a show-exclusive 25% discount off the price!

Jock is also one of the many incredible creators who’ll be taking to the stage as 2000 AD present three brilliant and futuristic panels at the show. Don’t miss out on witnessing:

2000 AD: The Galaxy’s Greatest Panel
Thursday July 24, 2025 2:00pm – 3:00pm PDT, Room 23ABC

Home to Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Strontium Dog and more, 2000 AD has been thrilling comics fans for generations – and this year moderators Chloe Maveal (The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast) and Steve Morris (2000 AD Marketing Manager) are joined by superstar artist Jock (Judge Dredd) and Lisa Gullickson & Brad Gullickson (Comic Book Couples Counselling) to talk all things 2000 AD – with exclusive reveals about what the future holds for The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic!

Fear The Future!
Thursday July 24, 2025 7:00pm – 8:00pm PDT, Room 9

Nobody knows what the future may hold, but comics have always looked ahead with dread. Will we be invaded by aliens? Will environmental collapse take us out? What if there’s a robot revolution? Panellists including Nick Dragotta (Absolute Batman) and Chris Condon (News From The Fallout) join moderator Chloe Maveal (The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast) to work out: what’s the worst that could happen?

Future Shocks: Fight The Future!
Saturday July 26, 2025 5:00pm – 6:00pm PDT, Room 9

The Future is unpredictable and chaotic: when things are looking their worst, how can comics inspire readers to take the future into their own hands? Panellists including Stephanie Williams (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons), Hayden Sherman (Absolute Wonder Woman) and Matt Bors (The Toxic Avenger) join moderators Tiffany Babb (The Comics Courier) and Steve Morris (2000 AD Marketing Manager) to talk about comics, politics, satire… and revolution!

Rebellion and 2000 AD will once again be at the heart of the San Diego show floor, with show-exclusive products, signings, free merch, free comics, and the best comics available anywhere.

The booth will have free collectible tote bags featuring the Judge Dredd art of Robin Smith, free poster tubes sporting an iconic Rogue Trooper cover by Dave Gibbons, and free copies of Rebellion’s huge range of comic book titles.

To make sure that fans unable to attend don’t succumb to FOMO, the Rebellion webshop will also be celebrating San Diego Comic Con with exclusive merchandise – and don’t forget that 2000 AD Subscribers can still receive a massive 25% off orders of the Judge Dredd statue by Jock!

There’s only one place to be at this year’s San Diego Comic Con – if you’re looking for where the action is get down to Booth 2121! With so much going on, Thrill-Power will be exceeding all recommended levels!

Rebellion/2000 AD will be at Booth #2121 in the main show hall at San Diego Comic Con from Previews Night on Wednesday 23 July until close on Sunday 27 July.

Rogue Trooper Returns This September for “Ghost Patrol”

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Rogue Trooper Ghost Patrol

Attention, soldier! A major new Rogue Trooper story is coming to 2000 AD later this year, as the team of Alex de Campi and Neil Edwards bring the Ghost Patrol to Nu-Earth!

Jump onboard with 2000 AD the comic this September for the start of a massive new storyline! From the creative team of Alex de Campi and Neil Edwards, Ghost Patrol explores the history of the Genetic Infantryman project which created Rogue and his fellow G.I. comrades.

Ghost Patrol is a perfect story for first-time fans of 2000 AD, interested in learning more about the character ahead of the movie.

Beginning in September, Ghost Patrol will be part of a jump-on issue of 2000 AD which also features the return of much-loved streampunk fantasy series Brass Sun, as well as a major new storyline for Judge Dredd from creators Rob Williams and Henry Flint. If you’ve always wanted to try reading the sci-fi thrills of 2000 AD, this is the ideal place to start! 2000 AD Prog 2450 will be published on the September 17, and is also available for digital readers via the 2000 AD App.

Rebellion Publishing announce a distribution deal with Lunar Distribution

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Rebellion and Lunar Distribution

Rebellion Publishing, the home of 2000 AD and The Treasury of British Comics, have agreed to a non-exclusive deal with Lunar Distribution to distribute its publications to the comic book Direct Market. This partnerships unites Rebellion’s extensive back-catalogue of classic and modern comics with Lunar’s extensive distribution network. 

The new partnership means that across the Summer, Rebellion will be sharing their core backlist with Lunar retailers for the first time.

Starting with June’s edition of the Lunar Catalogue, Rebellion products will be available for Lunar retailers for shipping in August 2025. This makes it easy for retailers around the world to add The Galaxy’s Greatest Comics to their monthly purchases, and share characters including Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, The Trigan Empire and more with an international readership.

The initial line-up of titles available includes all six volumes of the bestselling Best of 2000 AD series, titles from the new reader-friendly Essential line, including Essential Judge Dredd and Essential Judge Anderson, as well as the Eisner-Winning book I Am The Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted The Future by Michael Molcher. 

 Rebellion titles will first be available at part of the June Lunar Catalogue, and monthly afterwards.

TITLES AVAILABLE VIA LUNAR DISTRIBUTION IN AUGUST

  • The Best of 2000 AD: Volume 1
  • The Best of 2000 AD: Volume 2
  • The Best of 2000 AD: Volume 3
  • The Best of 2000 AD: Volume 4
  • The Best of 2000 AD: Volume 5
  • The Best of 2000 AD: Volume 6
  • Essential Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs Death
  • Essential Judge Dredd: The Apocalypse War
  • Essential Judge Anderson: Shamballa
  • Essential Judge Anderson: Satan
  • Essential Judge Anderson: Childhood’s End
  • The Best of John Wagner’s Judge Dredd
  • I Am The Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted the Future

Free Comic Book Day 2025: The Best of 2000 AD Returns

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Time for a reload! The ultimate 2000 AD mix-tape returns this Free Comic Book Day for a new collection of The Best of 2000 AD celebrating the past, present, and future of The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic!

Taking place annually every May, Free Comic Book Day is an international event which finds participating comic shops giving away comic books from all the top publishers today – absolutely free! It’s not only a way to champion comics and find new readers, but a way to help support local comic book stores.

Featuring a new cover from all-powerful artist Hayden Sherman, next year The Best of 2000 AD will once again blast backwards and forwards through the timeline to deliver Thrill-Power straight to your cerebral cortex! If you love comics, ask your local retailer to order copies of Best of 2000 AD for May – it’s perfect for first-time readers!

If you’ve always wanted to try out 2000 AD for the first time, this issue will feature titanic action and classic characters including Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Judge Anderson, and more!

First up, Judge Dredd has to endure an all-out assault as he’s attacked on all sides – but why is everyone in Mega-City One gunning for the Lawman of the Future? In a classic story from superstar artist Jock and Dredd’s co-creator John Wagner, be careful when you’re Crossing Ken Dodd…

Next, Alex de Campi and Silvia Califano team up for a new story featuring Psi-Judge Anderson, celebrating 45 years since she first hit the streets of Mega-City One. Expect a high-stakes journey across the astral plane as Anderson comes face to face with cosmic horror…

Then, we have a classic Rogue Trooper Thriller from Peter Milligan and master artist José Ortiz which is guaranteed to get you fanatical! With Duncan Jones’ Rogue Trooper feature film on the horizon, we’ve dived into the archives for a story which finds Rogue taking the fight straight to the Nort Army…

And finally we have a first for The Best of 2000 AD – a glimpse into the actual future, as Ian Edginton and D’Israeli present a new volume of their acclaimed Scarlet Traces… before the series debuts in the weekly 2000 AD later in 2025! Face the future, Earthlets, as a war of the worlds leads humanity into a new age of warfare…

Make sure you head to your local comic book store on May 3rd 2025 and pick up your copy of The Best of 2000 AD, Earthlets – you’ll never be the same again!

Rebellion | BEST OF 2000 AD

The 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2024: Supernova Stories From A Sideways Universe!

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2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 

It’s the summer of true nuclear fusion as 2000 AD mashes and smashes its most popular strips together in the return of its pulsating Sci-Fi Special!

Exploding into shelves on 3 July in a 48-page supernova, the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special will feature an all-thriller AND killer line-up of creators including Ian Edginton, Dan Abnett, Ben Willsher, Nicolò Assirelli… and the return to 2000 AD of the mighty Al Ewing!

This all-new Sci-Fi Special comes beamed from an alternate dimension – one in which familiar characters from the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic have been given a different twist. The Thrill-powered characters you thought you knew have been amalgamated into one other in strange and unpredictable ways, creating an all new version of the Galaxy’s Greatest!

In this sideways universe there is only one person who has the strength to enforce the law in Mega-City One… and he’s a high-powered mutant! With eyes which can emit piercing Alpha waves, JUDGE ALPHA makes sure that nobody messes with the Justice Department!

When robots go rogue and start causing chaos in the neighborhood, who’re you gonna call? Sinister and Dexter, of course, the ROBO-SHARKS! Hired to track down and terminate troublesome droids, this pair of robo… hunters? never miss their targets! 

The Search/Destroy Agency have a number of highly-trained bounty hunters on their intergalactic roster: but none were as skilled as Friday! Framed for a crime he didn’t commit, this ROGUE/DOG is now being hunted by his fellow bounty hunters!

Ahoy! When you’re out on the wild seas of the world, flag flying in the wind and your team of scurvy dogs on deck, no bounty goes unclaimed! But the Red Wench’s captain is a rather strange chap: who is STICKLEBACK?

And if you’re a fan of high-octane thrill-sports, there’s only one place to enjoy extreme and enervating combat! The most violent sport of the future features undead, flesh-eating teams… welcome THE HARLEM ZOMBOS to 2000 AD!

Battle Action Force Returns in New Treasury Editions!

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Battle Action Force

Battle Action Force was published weekly from October 1983 to November 1986 by IPC Magazines limited, and brought together some of the greatest talents in the British comics industry of that time, both on the editorial and illustrative fronts including names like Gerry Finley-Day, Geoff Campion, and Cam Kennedy. Included within its pages were the adventures of “Action Force”, created by British toy manufacturer, Palitoy.

Four heroic Action Force teams: infantry specialists Z Force, ocean based Q Force, infiltration specialists the SAS and orbital guardians Space Force protected the world against the evil machinations of Baron Ironblood, The Black Major and their army of brainwashed Red Shadows. 

Now, for the first time in over forty years, Total Toy Books, with kind permission from Hasbro and in collaboration with Rebellion Publishing and Skeletron, have announced an officially licensed reprint of the Action Force tales from Battle Action Force collected in a series of deluxe over-sized ‘treasury editions.’ 

With original issues difficult to find and expensive to purchase in full, this is a collection not to be missed by fans of the original series – or for those who only discovered the existence of the comic in more recent times. More details to come!