Issue Description

Judge Dredd // Blood of Emeralds (Part: 6)

Mega-City One, 2137 AD. Home to 50 million citizens, and still recovering from the decimation of the Chaos Bug, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America, where crime is rampant, poverty is rife, and unemployment near universal. Tensions run a constant knife-edge and only the zero-tolerance Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! In the wake of Chaos, Judges from other Justice Departments have bolstered the ranks, including Fintan Joyce from Emerald Isle...

Jaegir // Tartarus (Part: 3)

The Greater Nordland Republic. While the Norts are currently engaged in a galaxy-wide war with the Souther forces, it falls to military officers such as Kapiten-Inspector Atalia JAEGIR of the Nordland State Security Police to investigate war criminals amongst her own ranks. She’s also afflicted by the strigoi taint, a flaw in the Nort gene-pool which gives her heightened speed and strength but may one day lead to bestial madness...

Absalom // Under a False Flag (Part: 6)

London, 2011. Inspector Harry ABSALOM is an old-school copper – curmudgeonly anti-authoritarian, he’s been with the force for over forty years. Suffering from an inoperable cancer, he’s also the head of a special squad that enforces The Accord, a diplomatic treaty made in the sixteenth century between the throne of England and the powers of Hell, which means his team are responsible for tracking down and taking to task those demonic entities that break that agreement...

Helium (Part: 6)

The far future. It has been over three hundred years since the Great War ended, but there were no victors. Eighty-five per cent of the Earth’s surface now lies beneath a vast gaseous ocean known as the Poison Belt — a toxic, mutated cocktail of biological and chemical weapons designed by both sides to win the war. Instead, it almost spelt extinction for the human race. Those that survived cling to the High Lands — alpine valleys and mountaintop islands, safe from the noxious fog, and ply the clean air in ships of all description. Meanwhile, beneath the Belt, rumours of life abound...

Outlier // Dark Symmetries (Part: 5)

Alliance Territory. PI Jared Carcer was hired to look into a series of murders, the victims all personnel of salvage ship the Outlier. The killer was a crew member called Caul, who’d been experimented on by alien race the Hurde when the Outlier tried to strip one of their craft, and turned into a hybrid being, bent on revenge. Now, Carcer, haunted by Caul’s rampage, has been asked to look at further Hurde technology...

Cover: Karl Richardson

Judge Dredd - Blood of Emeralds (Part Six) (Michael Carroll - Colin Macneil)Jaegir - Tartarus (Part Three) (Gordon Rennie - Simon Coleby)Absalom - Under A False Flag (Part Six) (Gordon Rennie - Tiernen Trevallion)Helium (Part Six) (Ian Edginton - D'Israeli)Outlier - Dark Symmetries (Part Five) (T C Eglington - Karl Richardson)

2000 AD (1977)

Publisher

Rebellion

Volume Description

The first issue from 1977

Iconic, cult and British aptly describe 2000 AD. For over 35 years it has delivered weekly thrill-power to the masses. Much of its success lies in its consistency, as original creators Pat Mills and John Wagner still write for the comic and future lawman Judge Dredd has been at the core of the sci-fi anthology since prog 2. As well as appearing in the weekly, Dredd's popularity has granted him his own series, which is still going today having topped 350+ issues as well as appearances in Annuals (1980-1990), Yearbooks (1991-1994) and Mega-Specials (1988-1996).

2000 AD has launched the careers of some of British comics best known writers and artists such as Alan Moore, Alan Grant, Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis, John Wagner, Kevin O'Neill, Pat Mills, Peter Milligan, Simon Bisley and many more.

Annuals & Specials

Throughout its publishing history (from IPC, Fleetway, Egmont and currently Rebellion), there have been many spin-off specials and series, including:

Hardbacked Annuals (1977-1990) and softcover Yearbooks (1991-1994)Summer Supercomics and Sci-Fi Specials (1977-1996)Action Special (1992), Winter Specials (1988-2005) and poster progs (1977-2004)New Annuals (or, "end of the year" issues)

To mark the millennium (a year nobody thought the comic would see), a new tradition was started with the publication of the new 'Annual Progs' starting from issue number #2000 when the ongoing series had just reached #1173 (12/08/1999).

These 100-page specials slot in between the last prog of the old year and the first of the new. As well as featuring special one-off stories and features, they also kick-off the new years series.

Notable Characters

British boys comics have been in decline since the 1980s and 2000 AD is now the last man standing, having seen off all of the competition. But despite all of these cancellations, only two other comics have ever merged with 2000 AD - Starlord (1978) and Tornado (1979). Both added new characters to the 2000 AD roster including Strontium Dog from Starlord, which is still in the line-up today and still being scripted and illustrated by its original creators.

With such a back catalogue of characters, stories and sagas, reprints were inevitable. In the UK, Titan Books printed the first graphic novel collections, starting with Judge Dredd in 1981. In the US, Eagle Comics began printing a monthly Judge Dredd comic in 1983 (with iconic covers from Brian Bolland).

Over the years there have been countless graphic novel collections and reprint titles. In the UK these have taken the form of the more traditional anthology format (Best of 2000AD, Classic 2000AD and Extreme Editions), but in the US, stories have been resized and recoloured to fit the smaller format and released as specific character series (such as ABC Warriors, Nemesis the Warlock, Sam Slade and Judge Dredd).

Judge Dredd movie and IDW's spin-off

In 2012, 2000 AD celebrated its 35th anniversary. With the comic in rude health, this special year saw the release of new movie Dredd - a faithful adaptation of the future lawman that banished memories of Sylvester Stallone's 1995 effort. Plus, IDW launched their own original Judge Dredd series (the first time a US publisher has printed new Dredd stories since DC gave us Judge Dredd and Legends of the Law back in 1994).

Publication HistoryProgsPublisherStart DateEnd Date#1-535IPC02/26/7708/15/87#536-1013Fleetway08/22/8710/15/96#1014-1204
#2000Egmont/Fleetway10/22/9608/08/00#1205-1262
#2001Egmont Magazines
(under license from Rebellion)08/15/0010/03/01#1263-
#2002-Rebellion10/10/01present

Notes:

#86-126 were published as 2000 AD and Star Lord (10/14/78-08/18/79).

#127-177 were published as 2000 AD and Tornado (08/25/79-09/13/80).

#2000 and higher are considered annuals or so-called "end of the year" issues (see description above).

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