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British annuals are normally a collection of new and reprint material with color and black and white interiors. Published annually in hard cover, they are dated, if at all, one year ahead of the copyright. Most annuals contain illustrated text stories, comic strips and features such as puzzles, games, even articles. The art, mainly unaccredited, is average to good. This 2000AD annual features a seven-page color Rogue Trooper strip art Cam Kennedy by he also does a one-page color painting of Jude Dredd. There are three other color strips: ACE Trucking Co, Judge Dredd (Ian Gibson) and Strontium Dog (Erzquerra). Black and white strips include, the final three-part Shako (the killer Polar Bear) in it dies at the end; plus the Judge Dredd newspaper strip script by John Wagner and Alan Grant.