Rebellion Releases — 13 August 2025

The Ravilious Pact began its debut run in the pages of 2000 AD with Prog 2440. Written by TC Eglington and drawn by Steven Austin, it’s magic meets the mob, demonic possession meets dodgy geezers in modern‑day London.

It all centres on one Jason Ravilious, mob enforcer for the notorious Boucher family, who’ve ascended to the top of the pile of the London crime families. But the Bouchers are no ordinary bunch of gangsters, and this London isn’t our London. No, this is a world where this crime family have enlisted demonic entities to build up the empire ruling London’s criminal endeavours.

Right now though, things are changing. The long-standing patriarch of the Boucher family has died and the reins of the family business have passed to his unstable son Todd, who’s determined to do things his own way. And that means a hell of a lot of trouble in store for Jason. And that’s without even getting to the whole pact thing.

The 2000AD Website has an interview with the creators of The Ravilious Pact, TC Eglington and Steven Austin, so to learn more about this deliciously dark mix of London gangsters and demons head over to the Galaxy's greatest website.

And now, this week's releases...

2000AD 2445
Cover: Simon Davis.

JUDGE DREDD // TUNNELS by Rob Williams (w) RM Guera (a) Giulia Brusco (c) Simon Bowland (l)
THE RAVILLIOUS PACT by T.C.Eglington (w) Steven Austin (a) John Charles (c) Simon Bowland (l)
AZIMUTH // ABANDONED BY GOD by Dan Abnett (w) Tazio Bettin (a) Matt Soffe (c) Jim Campbell (l)
SCARLET TRACES // EMPIRE OF BLOOD by Ian Edginton (w) D'Israeli (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)
NU EARTH WAR TALES // THE LAST DAYS OF FORT NEUROPA by Gordon Rennie (w) Peter Doherty (a & l)

The Sludge — 60th Anniversary Edition by E. George Cowan (a), Bill Lacey, Ernest Kearon (a)
Rebellion ISBN 978-183786520-8, 13 August 2025, 112pp, £18.99. Available via Amazon.

SIXTY YEARS OF TOXIC TERROR!
A strange and terrible living jelly-like substance – the product of nuclear weapons testing – emerged from the depths of the sea near Canada in 1965. Known by the human world as ‘The Sludge’, this unique monster posed a threat to anything that stood in its way. Anything it covered became possessed of a frightening, malignant power aimed against Mankind!
    Celebrating sixty years since the character first appeared in the pages of Lion, this collection includes all of the Sludge's appearances from the 60s and 70s, including his crossover into the pages of the Robot Archie strip.