Forthcoming Thrills - 2023

[Dash Decent]

Judge Dredd: A Penitent Man - Paperback, 128 pages, 14th March 2024

Former Judge, Kyle Asher, returns from the penal colony on Titan after serving twenty years. Working as a third-class sludge technician he is determined to prove that he can still serve the city he swore an oath to, Judge Dredd is not so sure of him, and questions whether there is such a thing as a penitent man in a place like Mega-City One. However the SJS, the Judges Internal Affairs division, are determined to run Asher out of town, and Dredd wants to know the reason why.

[Dash Decent]

Hellman of Hammer Force: The Early Adventures: Volume 2 - Paperback, 128 pages, 28th March 2024

There has never before been an anti-hero like Hellman of Hammer Force in British comics!

From the invasion of Poland in 1939 through to the fall of Berlin in 1945, Hellman of Hammer Force saw action on many fronts, and this collection contains all the hard-hitting war stories told through the eyes of Hellman which were published in Battle from 1977 through to 1978.

This ground-breaking series of thrilling combat is written by Gerry Finley-Day (Rogue Trooper) and drawn by Mike Dorey (Ro-Busters) and Patrick Wright (Day of the Eagle).

[Dash Decent]

Essential Rogue Trooper: Genetic Infantryman: Volume 1 -  Paperback, 160 pages, 28th March 2024

The first of a new series in the Essential line featuring 2000 AD's legendary war machine, Rogue Trooper!

Rogue Trooper is the last of the G.I.s – genetically-engineered infantrymen designed to sustain/withstand the noxious atmosphere of Nu-Earth, a planet ravaged by the conflict between Norts and Southers. A lone survivor of the Quartz Massacre, equipped with the bio-chips of his fallen clone brothers, he crosses the war-torn landscape in search of the Traitor General, the man responsible for their deaths – and will not rest until he has his revenge!

The first volume in the Essential series features stories by creators Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), with art by Colin Wilson (Judge Dredd) and Cam Kennedy (Star Wars: Dark Empire).

[Dash Decent]

Did the Joe Pineapples book ever actually come out? Not to stir the pot, but it seems as if there is no interest in reprinting Mills' later works; that could be for valid financial reasons (books don't sell?) or other (valid) reasons.

Rescheduled to 11th April 2024.  Paperback, 96 pages.  Set your sundials, fans - less than a year to go!

[Dash Decent]

Oops! I just realised I should have put all these new ones in a "Forthcoming Thrills - 2024" thread!

Do we have a kindly mod who can split off these last six entries?

[Leigh S]

192 pages for Search Destroy Vol 3 suggests that we are getting Muties Luck 6 pages/ Doc Quince Case 21 pages/ Bad Boys Bust 21 pages/ Portrait of a Mutant 93 pages / The Gronk Affair 22 pages


Thats 163 pages so Kid Knee sadly doesnt quite fit and will presuambly be split from the 200s run and bumped in with the 335 return era


Does leave room for Assault on Trigol 3 / Night of the Blood freaks / Kurtis Job / The Kroll Affair hopefully....

[hellscrape]

Thanks for the heads up, Dash! I've got the complete Volgan War en route to my grubby hands, this will have to follow!

[Dash Decent]

Full Tilt Boogie volume 2 is due out on 6th July 2023.  It's only 64 pages so I'm sure it'll make the prog before then.

Full Tilt Boogie 2 now scheduled for 27th August 2024.

[broodblik]

From Jake Lynch's twitter feed:

[broodblik]

Cover for Fiends Of The Eastern Front Webshop Exclusive Cover:

[Dash Decent]

That surprise cover reveal for prog 2342 - did we know that was on its way?

[Dash Decent]

Have they done a conceal/reveal on the thrillshot before?  I can't recall a previous instance.

[GoGilesGo]

Have they done a conceal/reveal on the thrillshot before?  I can't recall a previous instance.

They did something similar-ish for Bonjo last year, but not this exactly.

[Max Headroom]

It looks from the contents that the upcoming 'Fiends of the Eastern Front' volume will only feature four stories compared with the Hachette Ultimate Collection version's five. The story 'Fiends of the Western Front' (Progs 2111-2115) is not listed as appearing. This is disappointing, as I would have at the very least expected it to match the Hachette book, if not offer more. Can anyone confirm that it will definitely be missing the aforementioned story?

[broodblik]

From the webstore it is only these stories:

Fiends of the Eastern Front (the original)
Stalingrad (from the meg 245-252)
1812 (prog 2100-2105)
Strange Meeting (from the 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2019)