Publisher: 2000 AD
Writers: Michael Carroll, Gordon Rennie, Ian Edginton, T C Eglington
Artists: Colin MacNeil, Tiernen Trevallion, D’Israeli, Karl Richardson, Simon Coleby
Release Date: UK 8 July 2015/ North America 8 August 2015
Price: £2.45/$2.99

Okay, okay, enough is really enough. STOP!

What does 2000 AD think it is playing at? How can any one comic book continue to be this good? Surely, even in my fevered 52 year old head, 2000 AD had its last rites and was cancelled two decades ago; it never made it into the twenty-first century…..surely…I mean surely..but no. 2000 AD is very much alive and kicking….And in an industry where reboots, relaunches and re-imaginations hold sway, 2000 AD simply refuses to do that death dance.

Old comic book reading codgers should be huddled around a roaring fire of over purchased copies of Dazzler 1#, Epic 1# and variant covers of comic books no one remembers (or bids for on eBay), reminiscing about 2000 AD’s ‘Good Ole Days’; the days of ‘Burger Wars’, Bolland and Judge Fish and those Alan Moore ‘Future Shocks’. Ah, yes, the old codgers say in unison, I remember it well.’

2000 AD’s ‘Good Ole Days, it turns out, are right here and right now. To be honest, it’s frightening. A comic book older than most of its readers still has an edge, still has not moments of brilliance, we all have those from time to time, ask Mrs. Hooker, but 2000 AD is brilliant all the time. I know, scary isn’t it? It’s not how the comic book industry rolls.

So, here is my advice, do not be frightened of the anomaly, pick up this copy of 2000 AD now! And if you think I’m wrong, well, where I come from, we call that a fight.

Reviewer: Steve Hooker