Review: 2000 AD - Prog 2284

From Rebellion, with a new Future Shock, is 2000 AD - Prog 2284.

• UK and DIGITAL: 1 June 2022 £3.25

• NORTH AMERICA: 27 July $32 (per pack)

• DIAMOND: APR221757

• COVER: INJ CULBARD

Judge Dredd: An Honest Man by Kenneth Niemand (w) Tom Foster (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse

Some good Judge-heavy investigating here. I think that including Dredd in your dodgy investigation may not be the best way to go about it. I like the bit with the sponsored mugging too!

Future Shocks: School Run by John Tomlinson (w) Steven Austin (a) Simon Bowland (l)

An old-school feeling Future Shock, but I had trouble getting into this one. I enjoyed the art, but I thought the story was a little too confusing in places.

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

Are we reading a breakdown? I don't know, but this clarified some of the information and makes us look in a certain way. We know that there are some other aspects here, but I liked the pace of this issue.

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

A good rundown, and I liked the banter. At first I thought we may be near the end of this story, but the final page changes all that. I love the art and the addition of the red in the colouring.

Fiends of the Eastern Front: 1963 by Ian Edginton (w) Tiernen Trevallion (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

A good action issue, with a nice twist and a good use of the 'rules' This continues to be an excellent series.

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