Continuing our collection of one of British comics’ most famous and beloved characters – Robot Archie – The Treasury of British Comics are excited to reveal the next addition to the run! Robot Archie and The World of the Future, to be released on 10 September, is now available for pre-order in paperback or webshop-exclusive hardback editions!
Originally built by Professor C.R. Ritchie, the mechanical being known as Robot Archie was employed to battle injustices around the world. First published in Lion Comic, Robot Archie’s adventures are now reprinted for the first time in over fifty years! This volume also includes a one-off story which finds Archie face-to-face with The Spider, The King of Crime.
Together with the Professor’s nephew, Ted Ritchie and his best friend Ken Dale, Archie is travelling in a temperamental time-machine called ‘The Castle.’ Desperate to get back to their own time, the trio land in the middle of a future alien invasion. Can Archie defeat the sinister Krulls on his own?
Robot Archie and the World of the Future is available now for pre-order in standard or webshop-exclusive editions. The webshop-exclusive edition features a brand new cover from artist Simon Williams!
This second collection in the series includes the stories:
Robot Archie and the World of the Future, originally printed in Lion, 18th January 1969 – 26th April 1969
Robot Archie and the Island of 1000 Secrets, originally published in Lion, 3rd May 1969 – 2nd August 1969
Robot Archie in No-Man’s Land, originally published in Lion, 9th August 1969 – 18th October 1969
Robot Archie, originally published in Lion Annual 1971
Robot Archie Vs, The Spider, originally published in Lion Holiday Special 1980
And now, this week's releases...
2000AD Prog 2417
Cover: Mark Harrison.
New! JUDGE DREDD // DOG'S LIFE by Mike Carroll (w) Nicolo Assirelli (a) John Charles (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
FIENDS OF THE WESTERN FRONT // WILDE WEST by Ian Edginton (w) Tiernen Trevallion (a) Jim Campbell (l)
PORTALS & BLACK GOO // A QUORUM OF FIENDS by John Tomlinson (w) Eoin Coveney (a) Jim Boswell (c) Simon Bowland (l)
THE OUT // BOOK FOUR by Dan Abnett (w) Mark Harrison (a) Simon Bowland (l)
HAWK THE SLAYER // THE LAST OF HER KIND by Alec Worley (w) Simon Coleby (a) Gary Caldwell (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
Battle Action Vol.3 #6
Cover: Andy Clarke.
JOHNNY RED // A COUPLE OF HEROES by Garth Ennis (w) Keith Burns (a) Jason Wordie (c) Rob Steen (l)
HELLMAN // A WALK IN THE WOODS by Garth Ennis (w) Mike Dorey (a) Rob Steen (l)
Essential Rogue Trooper: The Traitor General by Gerry Finley-Day & Cam Kennedy, et al.
Rebellion ISBN 978-183786437-9, 29 January 2025, 208pp, £21.99. Available via Amazon.
The second volume in the Essential line featuring 2000 AD’s legendary war machine, Rogue Trooper!
Rogue Trooper, the last of the GIs, continues his hunt for the man responsible for the Quartz Zone Massacre, which cost the lives of his comrades. After narrowing his list of suspects to four high-ranking officers, Rogue travels to a downed satellite which serves as the hideout of the Marauders, a renegade force of deserters and space bandits. But the hunter becomes the hunted when Rogue falls into a trap set by the Marauders’ leader – the Traitor General himself!
Written by Gerry Finley-Day and Gordon Rennie, with art by Cam Kennedy, Colin Wilson and P.J. Holden, this volume concludes the hunt for the Traitor General
Judge Dredd: A Better World by Rob Williams, Arthur Wyatt (w) & Henry Flint, Jake Lynch, Boo Cook (a)
Rebellion ISBN 978-183786421-8, 29 January 2025, 1444pp, £19.99. Available via Amazon.
A Better World is a modern Judge Dredd classic, a powerful story focusing on a large-scale experiment with the aim of making Mega-City One a better place for the citizens who live there, but if the experiment is successful them the power of the Judges could well be destroyed.
Writers Rob Williams and Arthur Wyatt, with artist Henry Flint, craft a taut political thriller that challenges readers to reassess what they think of the world of Judge Dredd.
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