2000 AD LAUNCHES THE SPRING ATTACK!
Following the zarjaz line-up of Thrills that kicked off 2003,
the Galaxy's Greatest Comic reinforces its position has Britain's
premier horror, fantasy and science fiction title with a whole new wave
of stunning stories coming your way in the first quarter of this year...
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1. THE V.C.s BOOK II
By Dan Abnett & Anthony Williams
After their successful return to action last Summer,
star-troopers The V.C.s are back on the frontline once again, keeping
the galaxy clean of the Geek scourge. And if the murderous aliens
weren't enough for Major Steve Smith and his crew, they've also got to
contend with loose cannon Veto, last seen in Prog 2003's 'Escher's
Well'...
Starts Prog 1327, on sale 12 February 2003.
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2. ATAVAR II
By Dan Abnett & Richard Elson
At the end of Atavar, back in April 2002, all seemed lost and
the UOS appeared unstoppable in their march to wipe out all life in the
universe. This new series starts with the last remaining vestiges of the
Kalen race teaming up with the Binods as they attempt to halt the UOS
encroachment with massive champion-constructs - and what's this rumour
of something attacking the UOS behind their lines...?
Starts Prog 1329, on sale 26 February 2003.
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3. JUDGE DREDD: THE TRIAL OF ORLOK
By John Wagner & Cam Kennedy
Could this be the trial of the millennium? East-Meg assassin
Orlok is up in court on charges of mass murder following the Sin City
disaster, and with Dredd called to give evidence, this will be an
explosive face-off. The verdict awaits...
Starts Prog 1336, on sale 16 April 2003.
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4. SNOW/TIGER: PAX AMERICANA
By Andy Diggle & Andy Clarke
Thirty seconds into your future, codenames 'Snow' and 'Tiger'
are agents of T.A.C.T.I.C. (Trans-Atlantic Counter-Terrorist
Intelligence Command), a joint British-American high-tech covert ops
agency dedicated to thwarting international terrorism in all its forms.
When terrorists attempt to blow up the Center of Disease Control and
Prevention in Atlanta, it is merely the beginning of an even more
terrifying, global threat, and Snow/Tiger are right in the middle...
Starts Prog 1336, on sale 16 April 2003.
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5. THE A.B.C. WARRIORS: THE SHADOW WARRIORS
By Pat Mills & Carlos Ezquerra
The Mek-Nificent Seven are back! Following their return to Mars
in 2001, civil war has broken out, with the Confederacy of Martian
Industries on one side and the Union of Martian Free States on the
other. As the Warriors attempt to 'increase the peace', the Confederacy
hires mercenary company Conflict Management to create a squad of seven
robots to destroy them - seven Shadow Warriors...
Starts Prog 1336, on sale 16 April 2003.
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6. INTERCEPTOR
By Ian Edginton & Steve Pugh
How would you react if you were told that, for thousands of
years, an enigmatic alien collective called The Judiciary have used the
Earth as a vast penal colony for the most vile and dangerous criminals
in the universe and the human race themselves as the actual holding
cells? That the convicts' minds have been imprisoned in nanotech beads
and placed within the unsuspecting human hosts? 25th Century doctor
Lyria Darius is about to discover the truth...
Starts Prog 1337, on sale 23 April 2003.
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Reporter: Tharg the Mighty
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