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With barely a week before the release of the 2000 AD Summer Special we are already looking forward to Christmas as Rebellion has just announced their festive offerings: the 2000 AD Annual and the Treasury of British Comics Annual are back for their 2026 editions. They will release on November 12, with standard editions retailing for £25 ($33.99) and 2000 AD webshop exclusive editions £30 ($40.99) – with preorders now open.
Both the 112-page hardcover 2000 AD and Treasury of British Comics Annuals will feature standard and webshop exclusive covers. For the 2000 AD Annual José Ladrönn will be providing the standard retail edition cover, while the webshop exclusive will be by 2000 AD alumni Simon Bisley.
The Treasury of British Comics Annual will have a standard edition cover by Staz Johnson while James Harren will get the webshop exclusive treatment.
Christmas hardcover annuals are a regular occurrence in the UK with multiple publishers pumping out licensed and home grown titles for families to pick up in time for the holiday season. Rebellion had tested the waters with their own starting with the Treasury of British Comics Annual in 2023. The barnstorming success of the Treasury annual helped pave the way for the return of the 2000 AD Annual after a three-decade hiatus last year – and sales have clearly done well enough to guarantee the continuation of both. Each annual will feature a mix of brand new material accompanied by gold nuggets from the archive.
The 2000 AD Annual 2026 promises new Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson, and Rogue Trooper stories by Rob Williams, Joe Currie, T.C. Eglington, Staz Johnson, Crom, and Jake Lynch alongside vintage material which Rebellion are keeping hush-hush about – but the teaser preview includes a Hap Hazard story written and drawn by the late Steve Dillon so that is at least confirmed.
The Treasury of British Comics Annual is often the most intriguing deal for comics fans, especially when it comes to the reprint side of things, as it draws on the enormous library of material accumulated by IPC Fleetway that now sits in Rebellion’s archives. For the third Treasury annual Rebellion have teased stories from classic British anthology comics Jag, Smash!, Wildcat, Wham!, Valiant, Misty and Whizzer & Chips. Expect a good mix of comedy, action and sci-fi/fantasy genre pieces.
The stories and creator line-up for the newly commissioned material making it into the Treasury of British Comics Annual 2026 include Helmet Head, written by Stephen Brotherstone & David Lawrence, art by Henrik Sahlstrom; Imagine If Gums Was Published in Action…, written by Ned Hartley, art by Steve White; Vanessa From Venus Vs Spellbinder, written and drawn by David Roach; and Mytek The Mighty, written by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, art by Edison Neo.
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