Tharg's Nerve Centre

THARG’S NERVE CENTRE

IN THIS PROG JUDGE DREDD // ICON Mega-City One, 2139 AD. Home to 72 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America, where unemployment is endemic, boredom universal, and crime is rampant. Tensions run 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!

Judge Dredd created by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra ROGUE TROOPER // A SOLDIER’S DUTY Nu Earth, just one planet among many caught up in a galactic war between the Norts BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS! and the Southers. Strategically vital, both sides are desperate to secure it but use of I am The Mighty Tharg, all-powerful alien editor chemical weapons has rendered the atmosphere poisonous. Only Genetic Infantrymen of this award-winning sci-fi anthology! like ROGUE TROOPER, the last of his kind, can survive on its surface — and he, together Welcome, my Thrill-hungry humanoids, to the with his biochip buddies, is hunting for the Traitor General that betrayed them... latest of my regular jumping-on issues, and within Rogue Trooper created by Gerry Finley-Day & Dave Gibbons this bumper 48-page prog you’ll find a scrotnig line- up of new stories to wrap your cranial circuits around GREY AREA // HOMELAND SECURITY — Celtic barbarian Sláine returns for the final book The mid 21st century. Earth has a heavily armed defence network, and any ETs arriving of The Brutania Chronicles by Pat Mills and Simon on the planet are housed in the Exo Segregation Zone, known as the GREY AREA, Davis; Captain Adam Bulliet and his team head off which is policed by squads of Exo Transfer Control officers like Captain Adam Bulliet for a new mission in Grey Area: Homeland Security and his team — wife Birdy, linguist Kymn, weapons expert Feo, and alien transfer Resting by Dan Abnett and Mark Harrison; interdimensional Bitch Face. They have to keep the peace amongst all manner of off-world life forms... troubleshooters Indigo Prime are back in A Dying Art Grey Area created by Dan Abnett & Karl Richardson by John Smith and Lee Carter; and, of course, future lawman Judge Dredd is cracking heads as usual on SLÁINE // ARCHON the mean streets of Mega-City One in Icon by T.C. Albion. Celtic warrior SLÁINE united the tribes of the Earth Goddess and became the Eglington and Colin MacNeil. Add to that complete first High King of Ireland, but is now a wanderer. Having journeyed to Monadh to rescue Rogue Trooper, Sinister Dexter and The Fall of Sinead from the Drune Lords, he’s discovered that they have been experimenting on Deadworld stories — plus InSight magazine catches their own creations, much to the displeasure of the Cyths’ jailer, the Archon Yaldabaoth. up with superhero Zenith as he turns fifty — and you Now, the Archon has awoken and unleashed his army of stone warriors... have a veritable feast for your eye-pods. Immerse Sláine created by Pat Mills & Angie Kincaid yourselves in the zarjazosity, my Squaxx! And if you’re a new, hooked reader then don’t forget INDIGO PRIME // A DYING ART that you can have your weekly progs delivered direct The multiverse. There are an infinite number of parallel realities, and all need by subscribing. Just visit shop.2000AD.com, and you managing in case of dimensional instability. This is where INDIGO PRIME comes in, too can be plugged in to a vast wealth of Thrill-power! the multiverse’s troubleshooters, whose agents — recruited post-death — are trained to SPLUNDIG deal with space/time catastrophes. Now, the majority of IP’s Imagineers have been sent VUR THRIGG! into psychic toxic shock following the Christhulhu event... Indigo Prime created by John Smith & Chris Weston SINISTER DEXTER // DOWN IN THE DUMPS Gun-sharks Finnigan SINISTER and Ramone DEXTER are the best hitmen money can buy in the future city of Downlode. Having spent the last year offworld hunting for Holy Moses Tanenbaum, a ganglord from an alternate dimension whose presence threatened the fabric of reality, they’ve returned home, and are getting back to business. But whacking Tanenbaum has reset the continuum, meaning no one knows who they are...

Sinister Dexter created by Dan Abnett & David Millgate THE FALL OF DEADWORLD // HOME COVER ART The planet that eventually became known as DEADWORLD was once a regular civilisation Simon Davis existing in a dimension parallel to our own. But the end of days is coming: riots, storms, undead creatures roaming the landscape. Now, Judge Fairfax, formally a part of this world’s Advertising, Marketing and PR Enquiries: 01865-792201 ([email protected]). 2000 AD is published brutal Justice Department, who fled the chaos with a young girl called Jess under his every Wednesday by Rebellion, Riverside House, Osney Mead, protection, has been captured by Psiren and her cronies and brought back to the capital... Oxford OX2 0ES, Earth. All contents © 2017 Rebellion A/S, unless specifically stated otherwise. 2000 AD® is a registered The Fall of Deadworld created by Kek-W & Dave Kendall trademark. Reproduction, storage in a retrieval system or transmission in any form or by any means without prior permission of Rebellion is strictly forbidden. 2000 AD must not be sold for more than the selling price shown on the cover. Any resemblance to people living or dead, or to any companies or institutions (except for satirical purposes) is unintended and purely coincidental. Printed in Great Britain by PCP. Distribution/Trade Enquiries:Sample Seymour, 2 East Poultry Avenue, file London EC1A 9PT. Tel: 020-7429-4000. ISSN 0262 284X. TMO assisted by Cyber-Matt. Design by SAM 2.0, OZ-BRN-1 & MA2. Damage Report: In honour of ThoughtBubble — which you might be at right now, reading this — here are the Nerve Centre top tips for having your portfolio seen. 1. Be polite. 2. Be patient. 3. No more Wolverine genitalia, please. Some of us have to sleep at night. 4. Under-the-table bungs/free oil will be accepted. 5. Non-adherence to rules 1-4 will be met with instant vaporisation. EVERY WEDNESDAY EVERY FORTNIGHT WWW.2000AD.COM FOR SUBS ENQUIRIES, BACK ISSUES AND MERCHANDISE WWW.2000AD.COM/THRILL-MAIL | WWW.2000AD.COM/PODCAST CALL 01865 797022 OR VISIT SHOP.2000AD.COM GRAND HALL OF JUSTICE _

THAT CHIN! IT’S PERFECT!

THIS SOME NEW I.D. SCAN? ICONPART ONE IT WAS FELT THAT A STATUE SHOULD REFLECT THE HARD WORK IT’LL BE AND SACRIFICES OF OUR CITY’S INCREDIBLE, JUDGES. \ PROMISE! YOU’LL BE AN ICON!

NOT EXACTLY. LARGE THIS IS PARTS OF SECTOR NYE WRIGHT. 123 HAVE RECENTLY HE’S BEEN BEEN REDEVELOPED AND COMMISSIONED THE OPENING COINCIDES TO CREATE A WITH THE FIVE-YEAR COMMEMORATIVE ANNIVERSARY OF STATUE FOR CHAOS DAY. THE AREA. TO THAT END, YOUR NAME WAS PUT FORWARD.

SCRIPT T.C. EGLINGTON ART COLIN MACNEIL COLOURS THEN CHRIS YOU BETTER BLYTHE HOPE HE’S CLEAN. LETTERS \’M GOING TO RUN ANNIE PARKHOUSE EVERY BACKGROUND CHECK \ CAN ON HIM. Sample file

PICK SOMEONE COUNCIL VOTE ELSE, \’M NOT WAS UNANIMOUS. H-HE’S INTERESTED. IT’S NOT UP FOR JOKING, DISCUSSION. RIGHT? THIS WEEK CALL LINE 1, WHAT ON HOT TOPIC, WE’VE IN WITH YOUR ARE YOUR LEARNT THAT A DAY OF REACTION! THOUGHTS? CHAOS MEMORIAL STATUE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE ASK: IS THE INCLUSION OF JUDGE DREDD IN IS THIS A JOKE? HAS BAD TASTE? EVERYONE FORGOT THAT DREDD STARTED THIS WITH NUKING EAST-MEG ONE?

LINE 2?

COMMEMORATE THE JUDGES, SURE, BUT DREDD...?

LINE 3, IS IT A GOOD IDEA?

YEAH! THE MAN’S A LEGEND!

DREDD? YOU GOT TO BE DROKKIN’ KIDDIN’ ME! HE’S THE REASON WE’RE IN THIS WHOLE MESS!

HEY, BUDDY, MY WIFE WATCH YOUR MOUTH! AND KIDS DIED, YOU JUDGES SAVED MY FAMILY SCUMBAG! WHEN THE WHOLE BLOCK COLLAPSED. SHAME YOU DIDN’T JOIN THEM! DREDD, WE TYPICAL HAVE A PUBLIC JOHN GRAY BLOCKER, AFFRAY AT AIN’T YOU? ALWAYS HIGSON PLAZA. GET PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. JAYBIRDS NEVER SAVED MY YEAH, YEAH. FOLKS. COPY WHAT A SURPRISE, THAT. ON OUR A WHINY SPUG FROM WAY. JOHN HIGGS. IT’S CALLED LIFE _ SUCK IT UP! Sample file

YOU’RE WAY OVER THE LINE THERE, PAL. JOVUS, LIONEL, CAN YOU GO ANY SLOWER? WE’RE GOING TO LOSE OUT TO CHANNEL 23. AGAIN.

MR MALIK, ARE YOU SURE THIS IS EVEN WORTH IT?

DREDD SAVED DREDD’S US, YOU UNGRATEFUL A DROKKIN’ STOMM-STAINS! KILLER!

WORTH IT? GET WOULD YA LOOK FILMING! AT THAT, LIONEL? \ THINK WE MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE A SCOOP!

SURE THING, MR MALIK! SURE Sample file THING! RESPECT THE LAW, YOU DROKKWADS!

DREDD FOREV _

IT’S THE JAYS!

ARREST THEM T-THANK ALL. ADD AN EXTRA YOU, KIND YEAR FOR ANY SIR. RUNNERS.

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ME IT TOO! WAS THAT HEY, \-\’M A JOHN GRAY BYSTANDER! LOT! QUICK, IN HERE, FRIEND! YOU’LL BE SAFE!

THIS IS AND WE’VE MO MALIK AT HIGSON JUST SEEN INCREDIBLE PLAZA. CITIZENS HAVE FOOTAGE OF DREDD BEEN IN UPROAR OVER THE SHOOTING A PRO-JUSTICE NEWS THAT JUDGE DREDD DEPARTMENT SUPPORTER. WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF IS IT A CASE OF A CHAOS DAY MEMORIAL TOUGH LOVE OR BAD STATUE. JUDGEMENT?

MY CON-APT IS ALWAYS OPEN TO ANYONE FROM JOHN HIGGS. \ HAD FRIENDS THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

HEY, IT’S SURE DID. JOSIE AND HER MY BERT GOT FAM. YOU GET A COUPLA HITS CAUGHT UP IN FROM ONE OF THIS? THEM MOUTHY IDIOTS.

\ SAW IT ALL ON CHANNEL MC-Y. THOSE JUDGES, THEY SHOOT FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS LATER. IT’S JUST PLAIN WRONG.

YEAH... BUT COME ON, ONE OF THEM DID RAY, WHOSE STOP MY FRIEND SIDE ARE GETTIN’ HIS HEAD YOU ON? SMASHED IN _

TRUST ME, \’VE JUST SEEN GOOD PEOPLE SAYIN’, IS GET PULLED DOWN BY ALL. THE JUDGES. \ DON’T WANT TO SEE SampleIT AGAIN. file

YOU CAN WELL, CALL ME LINUS. IT’S THANK YOU FOR HIDING A PLEASURE TO MAKE US, SIR. \ OWE YOU ONE FOR FRIENDS WITH ALL OF THIS. MY NAME’S DUG, YOU GOOD, HONEST BY THE WAY. AMERICANS. QUITE A FEW RUNNERS. WE’LL REVIEW THE SURVEILLANCE CAMS AND SEE IF WE CAN I.D. ANY OF THEM.

SEEMS THIS STATUE PROCESS OF YOU HAS THE PERPS. \ NEED STIRRED UP TO SPEAK WITH MIXED HERSHEY. FEELINGS.

DREDD, WHATEVER THIS IS A WE DO THERE’LL BE MO, THE VIEWING MO BY NAME, MISTAKE. WE’RE OUTRAGE. THIS IS A MINOR FIGURES ON THIS FOOTAGE MO’ BY NATURE. WE’RE JUDGES. WE ENFORCE INCIDENT WHIPPED UP BY ARE SPECTACULAR, AND OUR GONNA SPIN HEADS, THE LAW. WE DON’T THE MEDIA. IF WE GIVE IN ADVERTISING REVENUE IS WAY BOSS. NEED ANOTHER REASON TO THE CITS’ OPINION UP. \ DON’T CARE HOW YOU TO RILE THE PUBLIC NOW, THEN WHAT DO IT, GET ME MORE YOU GOT OVER CHAOS. NEXT? OF THE SAME. A PLAY? TRUST ME, IT’LL BLOW OVER. \ SURELY DO, LIONEL.

HERE WE ARE AT THE SITE OF THE DREDD COMMEMORATIVE STATUE IN SECTOR 123, FORMERLY THE SITE OF THE EXCLUSIVE CHERNOBYL HOTEL. CITIZENS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM GATHERING AT THIS LOCATION OR ORGANISING INTO A PROTEST GROUP. THE JUDGES WANT THIS PROJECT TO RUN WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.

PLEASE, PEOPLE, STAY AT HOME.

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