Review: 2000 AD Prog 2289

Some thoughts on this week's 2000 AD from Rebellion

A new Judge Dredd story starts this week, and we return to the gunsharks on the run in this week’s 2000 AD - Prog 2289 from Rebellion.

• UK and DIGITAL: 6 July 2022 £3.25

• NORTH AMERICA: 24 August $22.99 (per pack)

• DIAMOND: MAY221714

• COVER: GREG STAPLES

Judge Dredd: Special Relationship by Rob Williams (w) Patrick Goddard (a) Quinton Winter (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

An interesting beginning and harking back to some previous stories. The bits with Brit-Cit are always interesting and the catalyst for all of this may have some repercussions in the future.

Hope: In The Shadows by Guy Adams (w) Jimmy Broxton (a) Jim Campbell (l)

Some twists and turns here, and it leaves us on a big cliffhanger for the end of this arc. The style and colours in this arc continue to be excellent.

Skip Tracer: Valhalla by James Peaty (w) Paul Marshall (a) Dylan Teague (c) Simon  Bowland (l)

We get some of the reason why the father and daughter has been kidnapped and they aren’t as bad as you think. Of course, things could go worse. I like the showcase of the powers and the hint towards what is to come.

Dexter - Bulletopia: Malice In Plunderland by Dan Abnett (w) Tazio Bettin (a) Matt Soffe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)

A new part of this adventure and a new location. There are some good segways here, and it’s well told. I love how the misunderstanding rapidly makes things go wrong!

Brink: Mercury Retrograde by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland (l)

Part 18 and we get some reasons as to why things are going so badly. I like the twists in this tale and I’m really not sure who to trust. This was a pair of paranoid talking heads and I like the back and forth.

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