{"id":2418,"date":"2014-12-08T16:29:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T14:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somethingwicked.co.za\/?p=2418"},"modified":"2024-12-09T11:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T11:26:59","slug":"prog-2015-2000ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/2014\/12\/08\/prog-2015-2000ad\/","title":{"rendered":"2000AD – Prog 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

review by Joe Vaz
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PB 100 pages<\/span>
\nAvailable in print from:<\/strong> Diamond (OCT141616) and UK
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\nAvailable in digital from: <\/strong>2000 AD <\/em>webshop<\/a>, 2000 AD <\/em>iPad app<\/a><\/h6>\n

There\u2019s a reason why 2000AD is still the greatest comic around, three decades after it\u2019s launch. There are many reasons, actually, great characters, astounding art, riveting story lines and never-ending weekly thrills.<\/td>\n

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There’s a reason why 2000AD is still the greatest comic around, three decades after it’s launch. There are many reasons, actually, great characters, astounding art, riveting story lines and never-ending weekly thrills. But now in Prog 2015, available Wednesday 17th December, 2000AD is bringing back the Dark Judges, Judge Dredd’s greatest foes.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been two years in the making and has become one of the most hotly anticipated 2000 AD series ever \u2013 and now Dark Justice is coming! The Dark Judges \u2013 return in a brand new epic story beginning in the bumper (100-page) Christmas edition of the legendary British comic book, 2000 AD.<\/p>\n

Written by Dredd\u2019s co-creator John Wagner (A History of Violence) and featuring exquisite fully-painted artwork from Greg Staples, Dark Justice sees Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson again have to face the quartet of undead alien superfiends from a twisted dimension where life itself was declared a crime \u2013 Judge Death, Judge Fear, Judge Fire, and Judge Mortis!
\nWhile Wagner returns the Dark Judges to their roots in SF horror, Staples has spent two years painstakingly hand-painting this 11-part story and it is, without question, some of the greatest work of his career.<\/p>\n

Judge Death has been missing for years and Fear, Fire and Mortis\u2019s brief freedom from confinement during the anarchy of The Day of Chaos was brought to an end by serial killer PJ Maybe, who ignominiously trapped them in three wine bottles. Now, as thousands of rich emigrants board a luxury spaceship to seek a better life elsewhere, they may end up with a deadly cargo none of them anticipated!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This first part simply sets the stage, but it is clear to see the calibre of art and story-telling that will follow in the next issues.<\/p>\n

The Dark Judges have been Dredd\u2019s most popular nemeses since they were created by John Wagner, Alan Grant, and Brian Bolland \u2013 terrifying and unkillable mass murderers wearing freakish mockeries of Judge uniforms who have returned again and again to slaughter their way through Mega-City One, but always finding themselves vanquished by Dredd and Anderson.<\/p>\n

With 100 pages of brand new content, 2000 AD Prog 2015 features NINE new stories, including one brand new series and the return of some old favourites, from Pat Mills\u2019 The Visible Man to the revival of Max Normal (\u201cThe Pinstripe Freak\u201d from the world of Judge Dredd), to the political polemic of Mills\u2019 Savage, and The Order, a brand new SF\/fantasy adventure series from Kek-W and John Burns set in the 13th century.<\/p>\n

Don’t miss out on your copy:
\n2000 AD <\/em>webshop<\/a>,\u00a02000 AD <\/em>iPad app<\/a><\/p>\n

The full listing for 2000 <\/em>AD Prog 2015:
\n<\/strong>Judge Dredd: Dark Justice <\/em>by John Wagner & Greg Staples
\nSavage: Grinders<\/em> by Pat Mills & Patrick Goddard
\nThe Order<\/em> by Kek-W & John Burns
\nUlysses Sweet, Maniac For Hire: Psycho Therapist<\/em> by Guy Adams & Paul Marshall
\nMax Normal: No Comics For Old Men<\/em> by Guy Adams & Ben Willsher
\nJaegir: Brothers in Arms<\/em> by Gordon Rennie & Simon Coleby
\nThe Visible Man: The Screams in the Walls<\/em> by Pat Mills & David Hitchcock
\nLow Life: The Really Big Christmas Sleep<\/em> by Rob Williams & D\u2019Israeli
\nJudge Dredd: The Ghost of Christmas Presents<\/em> by Michael Carroll & Karl Richardson<\/p>\n

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