OUT NOW: Judge Dredd Megazine #453
15th February 2023
Judge Dredd Megazine 453 out now
Judge Dredd Megazine #453 is OUT NOW!
Alongside the latest instalments of ‘One-Eyed Jacks’, Devlin Waugh, Judge Dredd: Year One, Mega-City Two and Death Metal Planet, we’ve got the penultimate parts of Surfer and Storm Warning as well as a selection of romance strips from David Roach’s A Very British Affair collection, which is out this month, featuring early art by the likes of Carlos Ezqeurra, John Burns, Enrique Romero and more.
In the text features, there’s an interview with new script droid Honor Vincent, a look at the history of comics tied in to puppetmaster Gerry Anderson’s TV shows of the sixties and seventies, and Michael Molcher talks about his book I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future, an in-depth dive into the cultural and political context of the strip and how it reflects modern policing.
Judge Dredd Megazine #453 is out now from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally from our webshop and apps! Don’t forget that if you buy an issue of the Megazine in the first month of its release then postage in the UK is free!
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JUDGE DREDD // One-Eyed Jacks, part two
Mega-City One, 2144 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 180 million citizens. Unemployment is endemic, boredom universal, and tensions run on a constant knife-edge. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!
STORM WARNING // Dead & Gone, part five
Brit-Cit, 2147 AD. Much like its Mega-City counterpart, Brit-Cit Justice Department has its various divisions, from Tek to plainclothes, Tactical to Psi, and one of its more prickly operatives in the latter is Lillian Storm, who has the ability to talk to the dead, and is always accompanied by her ghostly helpers. Now, Storm has been seemingly laid to rest to cross into the afterlife…
DEVLIN WAUGH // Karma Police, part five
Brit-Cit, 2144 AD. A freelance paranormal troubleshooter and exorcist for the Vatican, Devlin Waugh is the world’s foremost supernatural investigator. Despite becoming a vampire after getting bitten tackling an outbreak in an underwater prison, Devlin continues to enjoy the finer things in life. Now, after a trip to Hell, he must investigate the curse on his bloodline…
DARK JUDGES // Death Metal Planet, part five
After the events on the Mayflower, in which the Dark Judges were ejected into space, they ended up on the colony world of Dominion, which they proceeded to decimate. When Mega- City marines were sent in, assisted by survivor Rosco, the planet was destroyed. Worshipped like gods on Thanatopia by a death-cult, they’ve now been targeted by a death-metal band…
SURFER // Book Two, part five
Mega-City One, 2144 AD. Skysurfing is one of the most popular pastimes in the twenty-second century metropolis, a sport that requires a great deal of skill and agility. Young Zane Perks is a particularly gifted surfer, and won a place to be in an illegal movie recreating the famous Supersurf 7. Now Zane’s trying to save his father from local crim Snarky by doing a courier job…
JUDGE DREDD // Year One, part three
‘The Long Hard Road’ begins here! In an adventure from Joe Dredd’s early days as a Mega City-One Judge, writer (and Eagle-Award-winning 2000 AD Editor) Matt Smith presents a tale where ‘all the young juves, carry the news,’ only in this case, the news is delivered with a lethal blow!
JUDGE DREDD: MEGA-CITY TWO // City of Courts, part three
Dredd heads Californee way! As part of a judicial exchange program, Dredd is sent packing to Mega-City Two, a sprawling city covering 5,000 square miles of the Californian West Coast and centered in what was once known as Los Angeles, where he soon discovers that they do things differently there.
A Very British Affair
Enjoy a selection of short stories from A Very British Affair, a new collection of the finest romance comics in British history in one spectacular volume. Featuring over 50 comics stories – many of which have never been reprinted before – this lavish book is a stunning tribute to the often uncredited creators who crafted an industry of love. Roach shines a spotlight on the Spanish and Italian artists who dominated romance, as well as the genre’s forgotten female contributors, like Jenny Butterworth, Pat Tourett and Diane Gabbott. Featuring art by comics icons like Shirley Bellwood (Misty), Jordi Badía Romero (Creepy) and Enrique Badía Romero (AXA), Mike Hubbard (Jane), Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd), John M. Burns (Modesty Blaise), Purita Campos (Patty’s World), Jesus Blaco (Steel Claw), Pepe Gonzalez (Vampirella) Jesus Redondo (Kitty Pryde) and Blas Gallego (Black Beth), this is an unmissable collection for lovers of comics and love.
Features:
- Interview with writer Honor Vincent by Karl Stock
- Focus on Gerry Anderson by Stephen Jewell
- Interview with I Am The Law writer Michael Molcher by Karl Stock