Digital 2000 AD Prog 2044

The Magic is Back

Writers: Gordon Rennie, Michael Carroll, Pat Mills, Guy Adams, Emma Beeby, Dan Abnett

Artists: Eoin Covenay, John Higgins, Mark Harrison, Paul Marshall, Jimmy Broxton

Colourers: Quinton Winter, Sally Hurst

Letterers: Annie Parkhouse, Ellie De Ville, Simon Bowland, Sally Hurst

Cover Artist: Jimmy Broxton

Episodes include:

Judge Dredd » Ouroboros (Part 4)

Mega-City One, 2139 AD. Home to over 72 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Unemployment is rife, poverty widespread, and crime is rampant. Tensions rest on 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!

Grey Area » Signal SIx Twenty-Four (Part 2)

The mid 21st century. Earth has a heavily armed defence network, and any ETs arriving on the planet are housed in the Exo Segregation Zone, known as the GREY AREA, which is policed by squads of Exo Transfer Control officers like Captain Adam Bulliet and his team — wife Birdy, linguist Kymn, weapons expert Feo, and alien transfer Resting Bitch Face. Confronted with all manner of life forms, they have to keep the peace...

The Alienist » Inhuman Natures (Part 3)

England, 1908. Madelyn Vespertine, an Edwardian woman of unknown age and origin, investigates strange events of an apparently occult nature, accompanied by Professor Sebastian Wetherall. Little do those that meet the pair know that the Professor is actually an out-of-work actor called Reginald Briggs, a stooge covering for the fact that Madelyn is not human, and is trying to protect mankind from an imminent interdimensional threat...

Greysuit » Foul Play (Part 5)

Bolivaria, 2014. John Blake is a GREYSUIT, a Delta-Class assassin working for a branch of British Intelligence. Given superhuman powers through extreme mental conditioning, Greysuits are feared for their ruthlessness. But Blake’s programming has broken down, and his memories have returned. Now, he’s getting payback on his handlers. But having targeted arms dealer Hugo Prince, Blake’s been captured and facing execution...

Hope » ...For the Future (Part 7)

An alternate 1940s Hollywood. WWII is over, victory having been secured by occult means. Now, magic is a part of everyday life, its practitioners commonplace. Mallory HOPE is one such skilled operative, though calling on the dark arts takes its toll on the user. He’s also a private investigator, hired for all manner of down n’ dirty jobs, but the one desperate case he wants to close is the whereabouts of his wife and son...

Stories include:

• Ouroboros
• Signal SIx Twenty-Four
• Inhuman Natures
• Foul Play
• ...For the Future