As this year’s 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special launches Wednesday, Rebellion has offered up an additional peek at each of the stories being showcased in the 48-pager.
Priced £4.99, the Sci-Fi Special is available from July 3 in UK comic shops and on the 2000 AD webshop. It can also be ordered from PREVIEWS (MAY241896) with an anticipated store date of August 7, retailing for $9.50.
The 2024 edition of the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special takes characters old and new, and mashes them up in a self-described “sideways universe”. Alongside the return of star creator Al Ewing to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, it will also showcase work by Ian Edginton, Dan Abnett, Ben Willsher, Nicolò Assirelli, and more.
According to Rebellion,
“This all-new Sci-Fi Special comes beamed from an alternate dimension – one in which familiar characters from the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic have been given a different twist. The Thrill-powered characters you thought you knew have been amalgamated into one other in strange and unpredictable ways, creating an all new version of the Galaxy’s Greatest!”
Featured stories in the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special (2024):
- Karl Stock and Ben Willsher step up to merge two titanic John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra creations: Judge Dredd and Johnny Alpha (Strontium Dog):
“In this sideways universe there is only one person who has the strength to enforce the law in Mega-City One… and he’s a high-powered mutant! With eyes which can emit piercing Alpha waves, JUDGE ALPHA makes sure that nobody messes with the Justice Department!”
- Dan Abnett and Anthony Williams reunite to merge two bounty hunting properties Dan Abnett & David Millgate’s Sinister Dexter with John Wagner & Ian Gibson’s Robo-Hunter:
“When robots go rogue and start causing chaos in the neighbourhood, who’re you gonna call? Sinister and Dexter, of course, the ROBO-SHARKS! Hired to track down and terminate troublesome droids, this pair of robo… hunters? never miss their targets!”
- James Peaty and Nicolò Assirelli merge Strontium Dog (again) with Gerry Finley-Day & Dave Gibbons’ Rogue Trooper:
“The Search/Destroy Agency have a number of highly-trained bounty hunters on their intergalactic roster: but none were as skilled as Friday! Framed for a crime he didn’t commit, this ROGUE/DOG is now being hunted by his fellow bounty hunters!”
- Merging two Ian Edginton co-creations – pirate adventure Red Seas (with Steve Yeowell) and Stickleback, the ‘Pope of Crime’ (with D’Israeli) — with Paul McCaffrey on art:
“Ahoy! When you’re out on the wild seas of the world, flag flying in the wind and your team of scurvy dogs on deck, no bounty goes unclaimed! But the Red Wench’s captain is a rather strange chap: who is STICKLEBACK?”
- Al Ewing takes his fan favourite Zombo (co-created with Henry Flint) and mashes it up with Pat Mills & Dave Gibbons’ classic future sport series Harlem Heroes — alongside artist Boo Cook:
“And if you’re a fan of high-octane thrill-sports, there’s only one place to enjoy extreme and enervating combat! The most violent sport of the future features undead, flesh-eating teams… welcome THE HARLEM ZOMBOS to 2000 AD!”
