The 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2026, Archie Game Galaxy, Roy Of The Rovers Vol. 1, and Across The Widest Sea
From Rebellion, Archie Comics, Treasury Of British Comics, and Maverick
Here are the latest comics news items and comics previews, including:
The 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2026 returns this July to heat up your Summer holidays
Video game-related fun in Archie Game Galaxy.
Football action from the Treasury Of British Comics.
And a new young adult graphic novel from Maverick.
The 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2026 Heats Up Your July!
It’s always great to see these summer specials from Rebellion, and now they have announced this year’s offering with the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2026.
This Summer, kick off your shoes, put on your shades, kick back and relax by the pool... the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2026 is here to fill your holidays with dread and fear!
Featuring a cover from 2000 AD legend Liam Sharp, inside you’ll find plenty to keep you busy this Summer Season, as we present all-new stories for Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, and Judge Death - alongside a surprise new Thriller featuring the return of the King of Crime, Stickleback!
With creators including Ian Edginton, D’Israeli, T.C. Eglington, Boo Cook, Anthony Williams, Kek-W and more, the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special is a brilliant jump-on for anyone wanting a standalone slice of 2000 AD to brighten their July. And we’re bringing this party around the world, as the issue will be available to order internationally through Lunar Distribution!
This year’s apocalyptic Sci-Fi Special kicks off with an all-new Judge Dredd thriller from T.C. Eglington & Boo Cook, as The Lawman of the Future investigates a new case which’ll require the full force of his judgement! Strontium Dog also returns to the pages of 2000 AD as the legendary Colin MacNeil teams with writer Karl Stock to once again steer Johnny Alpha and team in pursuit of the hottest bounties in the galaxy!
There’s a complete Future Shock from the zarjaz team of Andi Ewington & Gary Welsh to bring Thrill-Power to your Summer reading list, and a new story featuring the exploits of a young Judge called Sydney De’Ath - the disturbed man who would go on to become the supernatural superfiend known only as Judge Death!
And what would the Summer be without a few surprises? Ian Edginton and D’Israeli present the startling return of Stickleback! The grotesque and fiendish Stickleback has plans for his home of London - but can he complete them without giving away his startling secret identity?
As if this weren’t enough, we have a cover crackling with apocalyptic energy courtesy of the mighty Liam Sharp, showcasing Dredd, Death and Stront in all their glory! At only £4.99 for 48 pages of incendiary action, make the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2026 your first port of call at the Duty Free this Summer, Earthlets!
At only £4.99 for 48 pages of interstellar action, the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2026 will be out on 22nd July from all good newsagents and comic book stores, via Lunar Distribution in the USA, and can also be pre-ordered through the 2000 AD webshop!
Mama mia, the gang gets gaming!
A new Archie one-shot is out this week from Archie Comics in Archie Game Galaxy.
In a new story by Holly G!, Betty's day of cat-sitting for Sabrina goes haywire when the gang gets sucked through a portal to a video game dimension.
Get it at Forbidden Planet:
Roy Of The Rovers Volume One
Football action from the Treasury Of British Comics with the rebooted football hero in Roy Of The Rovers Volume One.
CREATIVE TEAM: Rob Williams (w) Ben Willsher (a) John Charles, Guilherme Lindemberg Mendes (c) Jim Campbell (l)
RELEASE DATE: June 3
PAPERBACK, 160 pages
PRICE: £16.99
REAL ROY OF THE ROVERS STUFF!
Once a mighty team in English soccer, Melchester Rovers are now a pale imitation of what they once were. Languishing around the bottom half of the table in League Two, the future is looking decidedly grim for the club. Enter Roy Race; a sixteen-year-old striker with a lethal left foot and a burning desire to play for the club he has supported all of his life. Could he be the spark that reignites the Rovers after years in the wilderness?
From the pages of Tiger to having his own title, Roy of the Rovers is the most popular soccer strip in British comics. This action-packed sporting drama reboots the iconic character for today's generation of football fandom.
Available in print from: Treasury of British comics webshop, online retailers, book stores, and comic book stores via Diamond
Available in digital from: Treasury of British Comics webshop, 2000 AD app for Apple & Android
A coming-of-age journey adrift, where survival and self-discovery collide.
Three strangers. An endless ocean. And the uncertain passage into adulthood. Coming soon is a new young adult graphic novel from Maverick with Across The Widest Sea.
This summer, Maverick, the YA imprint of Mad Cave Studios, brings readers ACROSS THE WIDEST SEA, a visually arresting and emotionally grounded graphic novel exploring what it means to be cast into adulthood before you’re ready.
Created by author and illustrator Jean Cremers (After the Storm), with lettering by award-winning letterer Taylor Esposito and translation by Joe Johnson, who brings the story seamlessly to English-language readers.
Across the Wildest Sea sits in the in-between, where nothing is fully formed and nothing feels certain. Cremers’ fluid, expressive artwork carries that tension, letting the disorientation of growing up live on the page without forcing resolution.
Abandoned in the middle of the ocean by her parents to learn to fend for herself, Leonie must find dry land. She meets Balthazar, a teenager whose canoe is taking on water, and Agatha, who lets herself be carried by the current and no longer has any hope of landing. They join forces to find a shore. A metaphorical story about the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
Reflecting on the origins of the book, Jean Cremers said:
“I started making comics with my first album published by Éditions Le Lombard, Vague de froid/Cold Front, which didn’t earn me enough to make a living. I began looking for storyboard work, but that search was interrupted by floods that struck my village in July 2021. Three days after the water receded, I received an email from Robin Jolly, who would become my editor at Glénat. I wrote this story from that moment, drawing from both the disaster and my own transition into adulthood, which is why it takes place entirely on the water.
This album is my favorite of the three I’ve created. I wrote it quickly, trusted myself, and became deeply attached to the characters. It represents what I hope is the best side of my work: impulsive, fast-paced, and colorful.
More than anything, I hope it inspires readers to read more comics, a medium that brings together the best of words and art.”
Cremers, born in Liège in 1996, trained at Saint-Luc Liège and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he earned his Master’s degree in comics with great distinction. His work has already been recognized with the young talent grand prize at the Quai des Bulles festival in Saint-Malo.
Blending quiet character work with visual metaphor and atmosphere-driven storytelling, Across the Wildest Sea is perfect for readers drawn to introspective, emotionally grounded YA storytelling.
Across the Widest Sea arrives July 14, 2026, in paperback (ISBN: 9781545827314 | $19.99). Preorder through your local comic shop, bookstore, or maverickcomics.com.
