2000 AD #1981 was published by Rebellion and IPC Magazines Ltd. on May 1, 2016, as part of a series that began in 1977. Dan Abnett and Emma Beeby write, and art comes from Adam Brown, Dave Kendall and Gary Caldwell. It features Sláine, Chief Judge Hershey, Bridget Kurtis, Jess Childs and Judge Fairfax, among 13 characters cataloged on VerseDB.