2000 AD Regened Volume 2

2000 AD Regened

by Matt Smith, John Reppion, Nicolò Assirelli

2000 AD Regened is a thrill-powered collection for earthlets of all ages, featuring your favourite 2000 AD characters! Reimagined versions of classic characters like Dredd, Judge Anderson and Johnny Alpha star in action packed adventures alongside brand new characters, specially created for a younger audience. It's a race against time as Cadet Dredd and his clone brother Rico have to defuse a hostage situation in 'Bad Seeds'. When Judge Anderson encounters a malevolent force trying to turn the kids of Mega-City One into swots she has to RESTORE mayhem to the streets. Other characters include Pandora futuristic criminal, terrible babysitter and all round bad 'un, teenage mutant bounty hunter Johnny Alpha and the return of ghostbusting duo Finder and Keeper. All this and more in the second volume of 2000 AD ’s celebrated series of all-ages science fiction stories!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

144 pages, Paperback

First published July 6, 2021

About the author

Librarian Note: There are more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Matt Smith worked for publisher Pan Macmillan as a desk editor before becoming Assistant Editor on 2000 AD, Britain's award-winning weekly SF anthology title - a comic he had read religiously for the previous fifteen years. He has been editor of the galaxy's greatest comic since 2002, and lives in Oxford.

Reviews

[Darryl Sloan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't think there's one story in here that I thought was excellent. Some were fair. Most were mediocre and forgettable.

The low point was the story "Venus Bluegenes," who is a female version of Rogue Trooper - because rebooting franchises with women replacing men has worked so well for the movie industry, eh? This character comes out with the classic line: "The only thing dumber than a human is a male human." Now, imagine old Rogue Trooper saying: "The only thing dumber than a human is a female human." Unthinkable, isn't it? See the problem with Venus Bluegenes? And of course, she's a total Mary Sue who's automatically brilliant at everything and no adversity ever fazes her.

Go ahead, "2000 AD," continue on your path of wokeness; continue putting down men (your primary audience), you absolute plonkers.

[Craig Lotter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great smattering of 2000 AD stories, with a slant to a more teenage readership. I enjoyed revisiting these worlds of far flung dystopian science and often wry (and sometimes outright) over the top silliness - basically the very thing 2000 AD has always brought to the table since the very beginning. Nothing earth shattering or jaw droppingly good, but nevertheless a thoroughly enjoyable mix of characters and settings presented in easy to digest 10 pages stories that work even for a older fan like myself.

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recent Reads: 2000AD Regened 2. Another anthology from 2000AD specials; new exploits for Cadet Dredd, more young Johnny Alpha, and a smattering of future shocks. Atempted new characters fall a little flat, though, missing the edge of the parent title. Still, it passed the time.