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If we are done at 180, then presumably 148 is the Order, leaving one volume to guess (146).

I hope it's Strontium Dog the Star Lord years, plus any remaining straggler stories not yet collected.

Of course, there may be another 21 volumes to guess...

When are we likely to find out? When I first joined this forum a year or so ago, I started at page 1 and read all of the posts, and no, I don't recommend it! But I seem to recall messages at the time each of the expected final volumes came out, the first indication was often within Diamond Distributions solicitations for the following months showing the continuation, before anything was released by Hatchette.

My copy is missing the usual endsheets but only at the front of the book, and it's made a right mess of the opening page:



 

Anyone else seeing this?

I wasn't going to open my copy yet, but one glance at your photo made me reconsider. Glad to confirm mine is fine, with intact endsheets.

Contacted Hatchette on a subscription issue today as my monthly delivery has been delayed (175/176), and took the opportunity to ask when the spine art for the final 20 volumes would be released and was told the Collection was ending with 180. I replied that was surprising as 2000ad had announced the Final extension back in December 2023, and enclosed a link. This is the reply I then received:

We are now planning on 180 issues for this collection, but again we would like to confirm that the publishers are able to continue a collection at any time, this means that in months time they might decide to extend it, or they might finish it at 180. If there is any extension, all our customers will be informed.

So, standard smoke and mirrors, or unexpected development?!


Looking back at the Dec announcement, all of the promotional art and titles have already been released in the past few months, with the exception of the Order, but still two volumes to be revealed.

Heh yeah was me. Have had a fair amount of life chaos over recent months so haven't been keeping all my spreadsheets up to date. Will try and find some time to add all the recently released volumes and get the graphs back up to date.

I'd be grateful if you get the opportunity to update them, found your previous graphs very interesting.

I think that was Sintec. Not sure it was their last post on the subject but you can find one on page 350, post #5242, from back in December 2021.

Contents of Issue 173 Scarlet Traces vol 2

Prog 1988-1999,2023-2034,2126-2138,2250-2261.

Wonder when we will shown the art work for the relatively short 'final extension'?

Glad I waited. Now available from Forbidden Planet at £65.

https://forbiddenplanet.com/420919-2000ad-the-art-of-steve-dillon-apex-edition-hardcover/

If anyone comes across a copy of issue 150 - Kingdom vol 3 for sale, please let me know, it's the only volume I'm missing. Many thanks

My best guess for issue 200 is Stainless Steel Rat. With the colourised version being released separately by Rebellion in Dec, I'm sure they won't mention it in advance, to stop us deciding to wait for the UC version.

I mean, it's not out yet. Presumably when it is, more places will stock it.

I hope so. I'm only comparing pre-release availability to the previous volumes, as I pre-ordered most from Forbidden Planet six months in advance, but we're three and a half months out from release now and nobody else appears to be offering it for sale.

Anyone know why 'The 2000 AD Art of Steve Dillon Apex Edition' only appears to be for sale direct from 2000ad? The other artist editions were also available from Forbidden Planet and comic shops, but a Google search only shows it available direct. Well, it also shows OK comics, but they are 'out of stock'.

Surprisingly Hatchette have updated their website today and 173/175 is Scarlet Traces 2 and 174/180 is Anderson Psi Div:NWO.

According to Matt Smith's intro, there is more Lawless coming in 2024, so may be enough pages for UC issue 200?

So where does this new book take the story through to?

Megazine 389-394 Breaking Badrock, 400-409 Ashes to Ashes and 415-423 Boomtown.