We take a look at this week’s cyberpunk and dystopian comic releases.

REBELLION

2000 AD #2497

From the publisher –

Bear witness to my Mightiness, for I am Tharg, alien editor extraordinaire of this SF anthology!

Welcome, my Thrill-hungry Squaxx, to the third bumper prog of 2026, as we surge out of August, leaving behind a scorching summer — both literally and in terms of circuit-shattering excitement — and preparing to embrace a whole new raft of stories coming your way in September, starting in the scrotnig Prog 2500. But that’s still three weeks away, so let’s celebrate the zarjazness you hold in your hands right now because it’s forty-eight pages of eye-popping mayhem.

We’ve got double the Mega-City drama again as the last chapter of The Finders runs alongside The Oubliette with Dredd finally learning who has been behind his incarceration, plus there’s the latest instalment of Brink, the penultimate part of The Fall of Deadworld: Justice, and the last part of Nightmare New York Book Two.

Add to that a complete Future Shock from the Peaty & Yeowell droids, and a twelve-page Young Death story from Kek-W & Sedat Oezgen, and it’s quite the galactic brainblaster. Enjoy, Terrans, enjoy — your visual nodes deserve it!

2000 AD is a British science fiction comic book, which has been publishing for nearly 50 years 1977, famed for its dark British humour, and satirical and subversive stories. The jewel in the crown is Judge Dredd, a dystopian cyberpunk icon, whilst The Fall of Deadworld is a kind of an alternative history prequel series about Judge Dredd enemy Judge Death. Meanwhile Mega-City 2099 stories serve as a more traditional prequel.

MIDNIGHT FACTORY PRESS

ONE LAST TRICK #4

From the publisher – 

After the shocking reveal at the end of issue #3, Julie Bennings faces a world-altering decision. Facing nightmarish consequences no matter her choice, she must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice in her war against the Chambers Corporation. It’s a series finale like no other from writer Joseph Schmalke (We Don’t Kill Spiders, Seven Years in Darkness) with artwork by J.K. Woodward (Heavy Metal, Star Trek).

One Last Trick follows Julie Bennings, a cybernetic escort indebted to the Chambers Corporation for her augmentations. In theory she only needs to do one last job to repay them, but it’s never that easy with such a powerful company. One Last Trick is described as a cyberpunk noir with horror elements.

INDEPENDENT

Buzz Kill

From the publisher –

Disgraced. Dismissed. Dangerous…

When a military bioweapons genius weaponizes flies, he creates the ultimate weapon.

Invisible, unstoppable, death on wings.

A brutal sci-fi blast of mutant insects, black ops madness and revenge-fuelled body horror from the mind of Matt Adcock.

Long live the swarm. Long live the Buzzkill.

Buzz Kill is a one-shot comic story by Matt Adcock about what can go wrong when obsession and genius combine. The protagonist, a bioweapons developer, hits upon an ingenious application, using insects as a weapon, presenting them to a panel of judges for development. When testing doesn’t go as plan, however, the higher powers swiftly dismiss the project and move on, which pushes his work to the extreme. Buzz Kill is available to buy directly from Matt Adcock.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CompleteDarkness

KILLTOPIA: PHANTOMS #2

From the publisher –

Phantoms takes place in the neon-soaked metropolis of Neo Tokyo, and is inspired by Cowboy Bebop, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Japanese action video games, and the horror manga of Junji Ito.

The 8-issue Phantoms arc begins in the Neo Tokyo district of Shibuya, which is hit with a devastating mass mind hack on Halloween night. The hack makes everyday citizens see their worst fears come to life before their eyes, triggering violence and mayhem.

Enter Phantoms; an elite police unit formed to stop the mind hacker before their deadly manipulation goes global. Led by former Killtopia bloodsport champion, Bloody Mary, the unit finds themselves thrust into a deadly game of Yakuza turf wars, violent hacker cells, and shady Government agencies. 

As the mind hacker turns their attention to Mary and her crew, their own mental states start to deteriorate, creating a nightmarish reality where facts can’t be trusted, and twisted horrors lurk around every corner.

Can they find the hacker before they completely lose their minds?

Welcome to a new age of fear.

Available to fund now on Kickstarter, this is issue 2 of the follow-up to the fantastic Killtopia cyberpunk comic series is set 5 years after the 1st Killtopia story arc. Killtopia is a cyberpunk comic series set in the futuristic location of Neo Tokyo, where killer mecha roam, and a nano plague is rife. In the first story arc, high-tech hunters travelled to the city to hunt the mechs for money, sport, or both. One such hunter happened upon a sentient mech, who might hold the key to curing the plague.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bust/killtopia-phantoms-2

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