2000 AD (2000 AD #2212)

Another barnstorming bumper 100-page Xmas issue sees out the year – super-intelligent ape Noam Chimpsky tangles with Judge Dredd again in ‘Three Kings’ by Ken Niemand and PJ Holden; Johnny Alpha has a Kreeler scientist in his sights in ‘Once Upon a Time in Der Vest’ by Rob Williams and Laurence Campbell; Proteus Vex returns to investigate secrets from the past in ‘The Shadow Chancellor’ by Mike Carroll and Jake Lynch; former Chief Judge Hershey’s quest of vengeance continues in the next arc ‘The Brutal’ by Rob Williams and Simon Fraser; we return to Deadworld for a series of short tales in ‘Visions of Deadworld’ by Kek-W and Dave Kendall; Sláine takes the fight to Brutus in ‘The Web of Weird’ by Pat Mills and Leonardo Manco; and we catch up with the Survival Geeks for a one-off story, courtesy of Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby and Neil Googe. Plus much more!