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Her first appearance was in prog 2019. She is a robot that is a janitor, cleaner, function coordinator as well as a security system. Her full name is Kalinka.

Thanks broodblik 

Referring to the Dexter story - who is Klinks?

[HAVN]

HAVN grapped me by the eyeballs! Wonderful art. And a totally baffling first episode, that left me with a thirst to get to know this world and its habitants more.

Lawless is another great story with superb artwork. Some of the big panels, such as the solar array and the water treatment plant are awesome. This particular episode felt a bit slow. My guess the pace has dropped before we are blown away by the next big action sequence.

Dirty Frank with his monocle made me smile

Was that Maggie Thatcher moonlighting as a digital judge in Counterfeit Girl?

My thought too

All digital subscribers owe it to ourselves to stay up till midnight then discuss the latest developments in the prog for the next 12 hours.

I'm here! Where are the others?

[Dredd]

Yay! As a digital subscriber, I'm ahead of the curve for once!!! 
Fantastic prog. I'm loving the black & white Langley artwork both on the outside & inside.
Brief spoiler-free comments:
It's nice to see a new supporting character being developed in Dredd. I'm getting to like Judge Sam and hope he doesn't get killed off...
Savage was mainly talking heads, but I am gripped by it. Is he being too cocky? Or does he know exactly what he was doing when he served that drink?...
Rennie continues his revamp of the Rogue Trooper universe. Look carefully at the name badge on the Nort jumpsuit.
Flesh - have I said I'm loving Clint Langley's B&W artwork? I should also add that I'm enjoying both Pat Mills stories in this prog. Shame I can't say the same about Sláine which I haven't enjoyed for years. But I digress...
Finally, it took me a while to get into Counterfeit Girl but now it's sizzling my thrill circuits nicely. The artwork is cool and it's good to have a female lead character who isn't all tits and ass.

Lets hope the physical progs start arriving today or there will thrill-starved squaxx attacking postmen & postladies like Gnasher.

[Dredd]

Just realised that the Dredd story reminds me a little of 'Gulag', a Dredd story from 2004 where he selects a special hit squad to go into Sov territory and attack a prison...

[Flesh]

Loved the Jim Murray cover. Nice composition and use of colours.

And am I the only one who likes Clint Langley's black & white artwork for Flesh? In fact I like it better than some of his colour work.

Also enjoying Patrick Goddard's black & white artwork for Savage.

My favourite story this week is Dredd. My thrill-circuits are buzzing - why are they on such a high risk mission? Not convinced by the explanation offered so far in this story...

[Bad Company]

This prog was better than expected. I could feel the thrill power crackling through my circuits, dangerously close to overload!

For a while I've been wondering what has happened to P J Maybe since Chaos Day, so now I will find out. I like the police procedural approach of this Dredd story.

The highlight for me was seeing the return of Bad Company, one of my all-time favourite 2000AD stories. I confess to being a bit confused by seeing Danny Franks as the last time I saw him, he was the new Krool Heart. Will need to hunt around for some back issues to fill in the gaps. Though it appears from the comments in this thread from other Squaxx that this story doesn't logically follow the last story anyway. I heart the tribute to Brett Ewins.

There are two things being discussed here - Joe Dredd aging, & then Dredd dying. Can't seem JD ever dying or being killed off permanently myself. However I do like the aging process and how this changes Dredd subtly, along with the fact that JD's world inexorably passes through time and the ripple of consequences that can't be undone - like the Apocalypse War & the Day of Chaos.

Just saw an earlier comment saying the blind watchmaker in Brass Sun was modeled on Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut, and I can see that now I've looked them up on Google images. I initially assumed the white-haired guy was meant to be Einstein. Interesting... And I wonder who the third person is... J.K. Rowling?!?

I immediately recognised Mark Twain (famous for wearing white suits) and Kurt Vonnegut, but struggled to work out who the middle guy was. Thought he was meant to be another famous author but after a while I came to the conclusion it was J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the inventors of the atom bomb and famous for quoting from the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

I've always loved the original JD logo and the side-on face profile on the 'J'. Would love to see it kept in some way in 2000AD or Megazine

Finally got round to reading the Summer Special today. Surprised at how enjoyable it was. Sam Slade meets IKEA meets ABBA was fun to read. Loved the FS artwork. And the pre-Apocalyse War Orlok story was a trip down Nostalgia Lane. Durham Red was the only strip I didn't enjoy.

[Indigo Prime]

Highlight for me was Lee Carter's artwork on Indigo Prime.

Dredd reads like a detective story with a methodical following of leads which I'm enjoying.

Outlier is growing on me. I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing how this story ends.

Unfortunately Sláine is boring my pants off. Love the artwork though.

And the 3rillers is a bit meh