2000 AD Annual #1984

In "Hoagy's First Case," the usually reliable Hoagy gets his first solo assignment when Sam steps out on a job, only to accidentally aid a burglar by taking down the house’s robot guard dog. His clumsy attempt to escape the dog’s clutches sparks a fire that burns the whole place down, leaving Sam to face the owner and explain the mess—while footing the bill.

In the Glass Mountains of Nu Earth, Rogue finds a dying prototype trooper—once the first of his kind, now a lone survivor of war’s brutal beginning. With a Nort patrol closing in, Rogue makes a choice that defies protocol, then waits in silence as the old man faces his end, holding fast to a dog-chip he refuses to recycle.

In the grimy corridors of the Bill Bixby Block, Judge Dredd hunts a creature that’s slipped through the cracks—both literally and morally. When a young man named Kelvin vanishes, leaving behind a trail of blood and a terrifying new identity, Dredd must confront the truth behind the rumors: the beast in 24B isn’t just a monster, it’s a mystery wearing a human face.