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Annuals! They’re making a comeback! Or at least those from the Rebellion stable of characters – after the success of last year’s Treasury of British Comics Annual, we’re not only getting another one of those (on sale as we speak), but also the hardback 2000 AD Annual has returned after an absence of thirty-four years, and will be available to purchase from the webstore at the end of this month (in both regular and webshop exclusive editions).

Karl Stock catches up this issue with the creators that have been working on the new stories you’ll find inside both titles, with many revealing that the Xmas annual was their first exposure to comics as a child, underlining just what a traditional part they played in the seasonal festivities.

Elsewhere, there’s a brand-new Dredd thriller from Mike Carroll and Nick Percival as a Psi-Judge makes the mistake of trying to penetrate the lawman’s mind, alongside the latest instalments of Devlin Waugh, Death Cap, Lawless, Fargo & McBane and Cadet Rico, and a new all-ages strip makes its debut in the shape of Honor Vincent and Stewart K. Moore’s Cursed Earth-set Riley’s Rebels.

All this and much more – enjoy, creeps!

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Cover Art: Nick Percival
Script: Mike Carroll / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // LAWMEN OF THE FUTURE

Mega-City One, 2146 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 200 million citizens, bordered by the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. Tensions run a knife-edge and crime is rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!

Script: T.C. Eglington / Art: Boo Cook / Letters: Simon Bowland

DEATH CAP // FRONTIER JUSTICE, Part Two

The Cursed Earth, 2144 AD. This blasted, irradiated wilderness covers much of what’s left of post-apocalyptic twenty-second century North America. Here, mutants scratch out a meagre existence in ramshackle townships. Former Judge Anita Goya’s family were massacred, and she became infected with a virulent fungus, fighting to retain her humanity as she sought revenge…

Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Anna Readman / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

FARGO & MCBANE // NEW YORK’S FINEST, Part One

New York City, the 1970s. Detective Jack McBane was one of the toughest cops to patrol the metropolis, having no compunction in handing out summary justice upon criminals. Although his ruthless attitude wins him few friends, he has one in Officer Eartha Fargo, who worked with him in NYC before moving out to Jaxville with her family. Now, Jack’s a wanted man…

Script: Ales Kot / Art: PJ Holden / Colours: Jack Davies / Letters: Jim Campbell

DEVLIN WAUGH // TWO MONTHS OFF, Part Two

Brit-Cit, 2146 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, he’s on holiday with his three boyfriends…

Script: Brandon Easton / Art: Kei Zawa / Colours: Eva De La Cruz / Letters: Shawn Lee

JUDGE DREDD // FALSE WITNESS, Part Three

While on a job for a rich client, Justice Academy drop-out and professional fixer Mathias Lincoln makes a horrific discovery — children are disappearing, and the conspiracy stretches from the wastes of the Cursed Earth all the way to the halls of power in Mega-City One…

Script: Honor Vincent / Art: Stewart K. Moore / Letters: Simon Bowland

RILEY’S REBELS // Part One

The Cursed Earth: an irradiated wasteland covering much of what was once the United States. Inhabited today by mutants, exiles… and lost children. Now, Riley wanders this wilderness, looking for something important…

Script: Liam Johnson / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Jim Campbell

CADET RICO // THE CYCLE, Part Two

From the moment he was cloned, Rico has been bred for Justice. Enrolled into the Academy as a child, he and his brother Joe are learning the hard way that it isn’t easy to be the Law in Mega-City One…

Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Phil Winslade / Letters: Simon Bowland

LAWLESS // A TOWN CALLED BADROCK, Part Two

Colonial Marshal Metta Lawson was appointed to the frontier township of Badrock on the planet 43 Rega, intent on stamping her authority on the colony. But in doing so, Lawson made many enemies, including Munce, Inc., the mega-corporation that funded Badrock. Now, with the SJS also running things, Lawson’s recently returned to the force after going undercover…

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Next year will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the release of the Stallone Judge Dredd movie, and no doubt you’ve seen the news that Rebellion will be publishing a new edition of the official comics adaptation by Andrew Helfer and Carlos Ezquerra to mark the occasion.

Well, we’re slightly getting ahead of the celebrations with this issue’s Dredd story Lawmen of the Future by Ken Niemand and Dan Cornwell, which acts as a follow-up to Prog 2262’s Trinity, and is not short of more than a few Sly digs. It kicks off a brand-new line-up that commences inside, with the returns of Devlin Waugh, Lawless and Death Cap, plus Eartha Fargo and One-Eyed Jack McBane reunite after last year’s One-Eyed Jacks story for their very own series, courtesy of Niemand and Anna Readman, who won the Observer graphic short story competition while she was in the middle of drawing this at the tail-end of 2023.

Karl Stock chats to her about her burgeoning comics career, plus there’s interviews with Joe Currie, Anna Morozova and the creators behind the new Scream! special. All this, plus a brand-new Cadet Rico series and much more! Enjoy, citizens…

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Cover Art: Cliff Robinson with Dylan Teague
Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Dan Cornwell / Colours: Matt Soffe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // LAWMEN OF THE FUTURE

Mega-City One, 2146 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 200 million citizens, bordered by the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. Tensions run a knife-edge and crime is rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!

Script: T.C. Eglington / Art: Boo Cook / Letters: Simon Bowland

DEATH CAP // FRONTIER JUSTICE, Part One

The Cursed Earth, 2144 AD. This blasted, irradiated wilderness covers much of what’s left of post-apocalyptic twenty-second century North America. Here, mutants scratch out a meagre existence in ramshackle townships. Former Judge Anita Goya’s family were massacred, and she became infected with a virulent fungus, fighting to retain her humanity as she sought revenge…

Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Anna Readman / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

FARGO & MCBANE // NEW YORK’S FINEST, Part One

New York City, the 1970s. Detective Jack McBane was one of the toughest cops to patrol the metropolis, having no compunction in handing out summary justice upon criminals. Although his ruthless attitude wins him few friends, he has one in Officer Eartha Fargo, who worked with him in NYC before moving out to Jaxville with her family…

Script: Ales Kot / Art: PJ Holden / Colours: Jack Davies / Letters: Jim Campbell

DEVLIN WAUGH // TWO MONTHS OFF, Part One

Brit-Cit, 2146 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, and is a prominent part of the community in which he lives…

Script: Brandon Easton / Art: Kei Zawa / Colours: Eva De La Cruz / Letters: Shawn Lee

JUDGE DREDD // FALSE WITNESS, Part Two

While on a job for a rich client, Justice Academy drop-out and professional fixer Mathias Lincoln makes a horrific discovery — children are disappearing, and the conspiracy stretches from the wastes of the Cursed Earth all the way to the halls of power in Mega-City One…

Script: Roger Langridge / Art: Gary Welsh / Colours: John Charles / Letters: Simon Bowland

PANDORA PERFECT in PERFECT SOUNDS, Part Five

When criminal genius, sometimes babysitter and all round bad ‘un Pandora Perfect is broken out of prison by her faithful robot Gort, no one’s valuables are safe! Pandora and Gort set out on the heist of their lives, stealing fabulous jewels, pickpocketing guffwarblers, and more besides!

Script: Liam Johnson / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Jim Campbell

CADET RICO // THE CYCLE, Part One

From the moment he was cloned, Rico has been bred for Justice. Enrolled into the Academy as a child, he and his brother Joe are learning the hard way that it isn’t easy to be the Law in Mega-City One…

Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Phil Winslade / Letters: Simon Bowland

LAWLESS // A TOWN CALLED BADROCK, Part One

Colonial Marshal Metta Lawson was appointed to the frontier township of Badrock on the planet 43 Rega, intent on stamping her authority on the colony. But in doing so, Lawson made many enemies, including Munce, Inc., the mega-corporation that funded Badrock. Now, with the SJS also running things, Lawson’s recently returned to the force after going undercover…

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OUT NOW: Nordland Rising Continues in Judge Dredd Megazine #472

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Welcome to the second half of the epic Nordland Rising Event – I trust you’ve already read 2000 AD Prog 2400 (if you haven’t, stop right here and consume the first part of this crossover before continuing) and are ready for an interdimensional team-up between some of the Galaxy’s Greatest most iconic characters as they fight back against the invading Norts.

Dredd’s put together three strike teams, each with a target that will take out the heads of the opposing forces, but are they prepared for just how ruthless the enemy is…?

For the latter portion of the issue, we’ve got complete Tales From the Black Museum and Dept K stories, plus the latest instalment of Pandora Perfect, as well as chats with cover artist Jim Murray and Nordland contributor Neil Edwards, and Herne & Shuck writer David Barnett talks about his new folk-horror novel Withered Hill.

Add to that the start of the last of the IDW miniseries, False Witness, and it’s an undeniably explosive issue!

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Cover Art: Jim Murray
Script: Alec Worley / Art: Kevin West / Colours: Dylan Teague / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

NORDLAND RISING // PROLOGUE

Thanks to advances in Nort technology, War Marshal Josef Jaegir has used the black hole
around which Nu Earth orbits as a means of invading other universes. Reaching out to
Sov War Marshal Kazan, he’s joined forces with East-Meg One to subjugate Mega-City One,
and in other realities the Norts have allied themselves with the alien Krool, the Geeks, the
Volgans and the Nazis. It’s a war on all fronts, with Jaegir demanding nothing less than
total victory.

Meanwhile, Venus Bluegenes has used a d-jump device to hop between the universes
and recruit fighters from the various affected realities – Bad Company, the V.C.s, Captain
Constanta and his Fiends, Major Eazy – and brought them back to MC-1. Now, Dredd,
Anderson, Rogue Trooper and Atalia Jaegir – rebelling against her father – have assembled
strike-teams to go after the enemy…

Script: Liam Johnson / Art: Warren Pleece / Letters: Jim Campbell

NORDLAND RISING // HIT ONE

NORDLAND RISING // HIT TWO

NORDLAND RISING // HIT THREE

NORDLAND RISING // HIT FOUR

Script: Brandon Easton / Art: Kei Zawa / Colours: Eva De La Cruz / Letters: Shawn Lee

JUDGE DREDD // FALSE WITNESS, Part One

While on a job for a rich client, Justice Academy drop-out and professional fixer Mathias Lincoln makes a horrific discovery — children are disappearing, and the conspiracy stretches from the wastes of the Cursed Earth all the way to the halls of power in Mega-City One…

Script: Roger Langridge / Art: Gary Welsh / Colours: John Charles / Letters: Simon Bowland

PANDORA PERFECT in PERFECT SOUNDS, Part Four

When criminal genius, sometimes babysitter and all round bad ‘un Pandora Perfect is broken out of prison by her faithful robot Gort, no one’s valuables are safe! Pandora and Gort set out on the heist of their lives, stealing fabulous jewels, pickpocketing guffwarblers, and more besides!

Script: Ned Hartley / Art: Mike Walters / Letters: Jim Campbell

DEPARTMENT K // MURDER ON THE TRANSDIMENSIONAL EXPRESS

Tech Whizz Cadet Afua is the newest intern at Mega-City One’s Department K. A team made up of geeks, robots and misfits, their job is to protect our dimension at all costs! For beyond the fabric of reality lies a multitude of multiverses and monsters, determined to reach our world…

Script: Liam Johnson / Art: Conor Boyle / Letters: Simon Bowland

TALES FROM THE BLACK MUSEUM // SHADOW OF DEATH

Mega-City One, 2146 AD. Deep in the heart of the Grand Hall of Justice lies the Black Museum, Justice Department’s permanent exhibition of the relics from bygone crimes. Whether it’s a notorious serial killer’s trophies or the weapons of the Dark Judges, the violent history of the Big Meg is laid bare here. Let undead guide Henry Dubble show you around…

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Those of you born in the seventies and grew up in the eightiest are just the right age to appreciate the Scarred For Life books, which celebrate (and perhaps question too) the weirdness of popculture during these decades, from public-information films to children’s TV, sweets to urban legends.

The first two self-published doorstop tomes have just been joined by a third volume, which examines life under the shadow of the Bomb, and naturally focuses a chapter on The Apocalypse War, which was originally published when nuclear fear was at its height. In this issue, Scott Montgomery chats to the SFL authors about how formative 2000 AD was for an audience terrified by Threads and When the Wind Blows.

Elsewhere, there’s chats with artists Mark Farmer, Paul McCaffrey and Gemma Sheldrake, a look at the return of 2000 AD fanzine Zarjaz, plus a whole bunch of stories wrap up as Dredd, Harrower Squad, Dreadnoughts and Armitage all reach their final episodes. It clears the decks for next month’s crossover event Nordland Rising, in which the Norts from the Rogue Trooper universe wage war on the worlds of 2000 AD!

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Cover Art: Neil Roberts
Script: Alec Worley / Art: Kevin West / Colours: Dylan Teague / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // HIVE, Part Two

Mega-City One, 2146 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 200 million citizens, bordered by the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. Tensions run a knife-edge and crime is rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Now, an alien entity is abroad in the city…

Script: Liam Johnson / Art: Warren Pleece / Letters: Jim Campbell

ARMITAGE // BULLETS FOR AN OLD MAN, Part Five

Brit-Cit, 2146 AD. While the UK equivalent of Mega-City One has its own Judge force, it’s retained its CID plainclothes division, of which Detective Inspector Armitage was one of its veteran officers. Now a consultant, Armitage hasn’t lost his surly demeanour and distrust of authority – and the case he’s been brought on to has links to his past…

Script: Roger Langridge / Art: Gary Welsh / Colours: John Charles / Letters: Simon Bowland

PANDORA PERFECT in PERFECT SOUNDS, Part Three

When criminal genius, sometimes babysitter and all round bad ‘un Pandora Perfect is broken out of prison by her faithful robot Gort, no one’s valuables are safe! Pandora and Gort set out on the heist of their lives, stealing fabulous jewels, pickpocketing guffwarblers, and more besides!

Script: Ned Hartley / Art: Mike Walters / Letters: Jim Campbell

DEPARTMENT K // MECHA-CITY ONE, Part Three

Tech Whizz Cadet Afua is the newest intern at Mega-City One’s Department K. A team made up of geeks, robots and misfits, their job is to protect our dimension at all costs! For beyond the fabric of reality lies a multitude of multiverses and monsters, determined to reach our world…

Script: Mark Russell / Art: Max Dunbar / Colours: Jose Luis Rio / Letters: Simon Bowland

JUDGE DREDD // TOXIC, Part Four

Dredd’s investigation into the death of a seemingly unremarkable sewage worker spirals into a waste management crisis that could destroy all of Mega-City One, which has long used genetic modification on its waste workers to control the deluge of filth that flows under the city each days. When Dredd discovers that some of them have foregone that disfiguring procedure in favor of hosting protective alien symbiotes, it sparks a groundswell of anti-immigration fervor…

Script: David Baillie / Art: Steve Yeowell / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

HARROWER SQUAD / URBAN ROTATION, Part Four

Cal-Hab, 2146 AD. This wild area north of Brit-Cit has become notorious as a dumping ground for
the world’s radioactive waste, and as a consequence much of it outside the major conurbations
such as Glascal is an inhospitable wasteland populated by mutant tribes. Patrolling the
wilderness are heavy-weapons Judge teams like Harrower Squad…

Script: Mike Carroll / Art: John Higgins / Colours: Sally Hurst / Letters: Simon Bowland

DREADNOUGHTS / NOTHING TO FEAR, Part Four

USA, 2035 AD. The new Justice Department is still in its early years, with Judges working alongside the police. It’s proving an explosive transition, with many citizens – and more than a few cops – unhappy with these helmeted officers taking to the streets. Boulder, Colorado, has been a recent flashpoint, and now the Judges’ influence is spreading wider…

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OUT NOW: Judge Dredd Megazine #470

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We’re well into the holiday season, so that can only mean it’s time for Summer Specials to accompany you on your travels. By now I hope you’ve all picked up the alt-universe 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special, and hitting the shelves right now is the 2024 Misty special, which sees US comics writer Gail Simone craft a trio of chilling tales with artists such as Aly Fell and Carola Borelli. You can take a peak into the creation of this spooktacular issue elsewhere in this typically packed Meg.

We’ve also got chats with some of the writers and artists behind the new Regened strips, such as Ned Hartley and Mike Walters, and a sneaky peek at the new strips that will be appearing under the all-ages banner. Elsewhere, there’s a new Dredd thriller courtesy of Ian Edginton and US artist Kevin West, making his debut for the House of Tharg, and another complete Mega-City 2099 tale from Ken Niemand and Tom Foster, joining Armitage, Dreadnoughts and Harrower Squad.

Be here in thirty for the conclusion to all these stories as we wrap up the current roster in time for a special crossover event coming your way in September – the multiversethreatening Nordland Rising!

Judge Dredd Megazine #470 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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Cover Art: Andy Clarke
Script: Alec Worley / Art: Kevin West / Colours: Dylan Teague / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // HIVE

Mega-City One, 2146 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North
America is home to over 200 million citizens, bordered by the irradiated Cursed Earth to the
west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. Tensions run a knife-edge and crime is rampant.
Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!

Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Tom Foster / Letters: Simon Bowland

MEGA-CITY 2099 //NU-YOO

Mega-City One, 2099 AD. Before the Judges took complete control of the metropolis, there were two strands of law enforcement – regular uniformed cops did much of the day-to-day policing, while the helmeted Judges were called upon to pass judgement on certain criminals, their vested powers giving them the ability to dispense on-the-spot sentences…

Script: Liam Johnson / Art: Warren Pleece / Letters: Jim Campbell

ARMITAGE // BULLETS FOR AN OLD MAN, Part Four

Brit-Cit, 2146 AD. While the UK equivalent of Mega-City One has its own Judge force, it’s retained its CID plainclothes division, of which Detective Inspector Armitage was one of its veteran officers. Now a consultant, Armitage hasn’t lost his surly demeanour and distrust of authority – and the case he’s been brought on to has links to his past…

Script: Roger Langridge / Art: Gary Welsh / Colours: John Charles / Letters: Simon Bowland

PANDORA PERFECT in PERFECT SOUNDS, Part Two

When criminal genius, sometimes babysitter and all round bad ‘un Pandora Perfect is broken out of prison by her faithful robot Gort, no one’s valuables are safe! Pandora and Gort set out on the heist of their lives, stealing fabulous jewels, pickpocketing guffwarblers, and more besides!

Script: Ned Hartley / Art: Mike Walters / Letters: Jim Campbell

DEPARTMENT K // MECHA-CITY ONE, Part Two

Tech Whizz Cadet Afua is the newest intern at Mega-City One’s Department K. A team made up of geeks, robots and misfits, their job is to protect our dimension at all costs! For beyond the fabric of reality lies a multitude of multiverses and monsters, determined to reach our world…

Script: Mark Russell / Art: Max Dunbar / Colours: Jose Luis Rio / Letters: Simon Bowland

JUDGE DREDD // TOXIC, Part Three

Dredd’s investigation into the death of a seemingly unremarkable sewage worker spirals into a waste management crisis that could destroy all of Mega-City One, which has long used genetic modification on its waste workers to control the deluge of filth that flows under the city each days. When Dredd discovers that some of them have foregone that disfiguring procedure in favor of hosting protective alien symbiotes, it sparks a groundswell of anti-immigration fervor…

Script: David Baillie / Art: Steve Yeowell / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

HARROWER SQUAD / URBAN ROTATION, Part Three

Cal-Hab, 2146 AD. This wild area north of Brit-Cit has become notorious as a dumping ground for
the world’s radioactive waste, and as a consequence much of it outside the major conurbations
such as Glascal is an inhospitable wasteland populated by mutant tribes. Patrolling the
wilderness are heavy-weapons Judge teams like Harrower Squad…

Script: Mike Carroll / Art: John Higgins / Colours: Sally Hurst / Letters: Simon Bowland

DREADNOUGHTS / NOTHING TO FEAR, Part Three

USA, 2035 AD. The new Justice Department is still in its early years, with Judges working alongside the police. It’s proving an explosive transition, with many citizens – and more than a few cops – unhappy with these helmeted officers taking to the streets. Boulder, Colorado, has been a recent flashpoint, and now the Judges’ influence is spreading wider…

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Rok of the Reds Transfers to Judge Dredd Megazine!

Rok On!

Major news has hit the world of football today, with the announcement that highly sought-after free agent Rok of the Reds has been dramatically signed by Judge Dredd Megazine for a run in their 2024/25 Season!

The creator-owned series from legendary writers John Wagner (Judge Dredd), Alan Grant (Batman), and breakout artist Dan Cornwell (Rogue Trooper), Rok of the Reds is a hilarious and chaotic blend of sci-fi and sports that puts the shooting back into the penalty shoot-out!

The first explosive season will launch in the Judge Dredd Megazine later this year – to be followed by the second, and then a much-anticipated brand new third season by Wagner and Cornwell!

Speaking on the surprise signing, co-creator John Wagner said: “Rok fans kept asking for a third series of our alien footie saga, but keen as Dan and I were to do it we couldn’t see a way to make it happen. So when Rebellion stepped in and agreed to run it in the Judge Dredd Megazine we went from ’sick as parrots’ to ‘over the moon’ quicker than you could say ‘Fergie time’!

“We’re more than pleased, too, that books one and two will be reprinted first, helping to bring the story to a wider audience. As regular readers will tell you, you don’t have to love football to enjoy Rok of the Reds.

“As for book three – provisionally titled ‘Rok the World’ – in our alien hero’s hands may lie the fate of the human race…not to mention the more weighty matter of promotion for the Radford Reds!”

2000 AD‘s intergalactic ‘Manager’ Tharg the Mighty said: “With a proven track record, Rok of the Reds is a zarjaz addition to our back line, and will add even more depth of play to the already stacked roster we have in the Meg”

Originally published in two volumes, Rok of the Reds is a black comedy about revenge, redemption, and relegation. It follows Rok of Arkadi, an alien who seeks refuge on Earth after his homeworld is destroyed by bounty hunters. However, his attempts to hide under the radar are complicated when he has a chance meeting with arrogant young footballer Kyle Dixon, a bad boy who has been causing problems for his struggling team.

Assuming Kyle’s identity, Rok finds himself thrust unexpectedly into the spotlight: not only does he have to keep himself safe from ruthless alien bounty hunters – but he’s got games to win! Rok is going to have to learn to love the beautiful game if he’s going to keep his cover intact, or he’ll risk being captured by his enemies… or worse, relegated!

The first two Rok of the Reds stories will begin to be republished in Judge Dredd Megazine towards the end of 2024 – and will be followed by an all-new run from Wagner and Cornwell in 2025!

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War is Declared! 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine Cross Over For “Nordland Rising”

War Has Been Declared!

This September, the Nort Army are setting out to conquer the 2000 AD Multiverse – and it’s going to take some unlikely allies to stop them!

The massive crossover event story Nordland Rising will see Rogue Trooper’s oldest enemies invade multiple different storylines from across 2000 AD’s history, as they take on Judge Dredd, Bad Company, Fiends of the Eastern Front, The VCs and more. Spread across 2000 AD Prog 2400 and Judge Dredd Megazine 472, this is an all-out action assault – and The Norts aren’t taking any prisoners!

Featuring stories from Ken Niemand, John McCrea, Peter Milligan, Ian Edginton, Nick Percival, Dan Abnett, Gordon Rennie, Simon Coleby, and more, Nordland Rising will see the return of familiar faces including Jaegir and Major Eazy as the War begins in 2000 AD and then crosses over for the epic climax in Judge Dredd Megazine. With both issues out on the 18th September, readers will be able to read the whole saga in one go – a veritable overdose of Thrill-power!

This is a great way to jump onboard 2000 AD for the first time and get a blast of action from some of The Galaxy’s Greatest writers and artists. Easily accessible for new readers – but packed with surprises for long-term fans – the crossover will then be followed by 2000 AD Prog 2401: a jump-on issue featuring the return of Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard on Rogue Trooper; the follow up to Judge Dredd: A Better World from Rob Williams, Arthur Wyatt and Jake Lynch, and the return of fan-favourite series The Out for an all-new run!

Nordland Rising will begin in 2000 AD 2400 on the 18th September, and conclude the same day in Judge Dredd Megazine 472. Make sure to grab both halves of the story, Earthlets!

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OUT NOW: Judge Dredd Megazine #469

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From this issue we’re dropping one of the reprints in favour of two brand-new strips from the Regened all-ages stable – kicking the strand off are new series for fan-favourite Pandora Perfect by Roger Langridge and Gary Welsh and transdimensional Tek-boffins Department K by Ned Hartley and Mike Walters.

Look out for the return of Cadet Dredd in the coming months as well as the debut of Riley’s Rebels by Honor Vincent and Stewart K. Moore and Barrel & Hammer by David Barnett and Luke Horsman!

A typically packed Meg for you again this month, with Swiftian satire in the complete Dredd thriller Hard Copy by Alec Worley and Ben Willsher, and another retro Mega- City 2099 strip from Ken Niemand and Conor Boyle, alongside the latest instalments of Dreadnoughts, Armitage and Harrower Squad.

Elsewhere, we pay tribute to Dredd and Tales of Telguuth artist Jon Haward, who sadly passed away in April, plus we take a look at several new projects heading your way, such as the crowdfunded Roxy special, this year’s 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special, the stunning Steve Dillon Apex Edition, and the collected Battle Action Force. Enjoy, creeps!

Judge Dredd Megazine #469 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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Cover Art: Alex Ronald
Script: Alec Worley / Art: Ben Willsher / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // HARD COPY

Mega-City One, 2146 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North
America is home to over 200 million citizens, bordered by the irradiated Cursed Earth to the
west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. Tensions run a knife-edge and crime is rampant.
Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!

Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Conor Boyle / Letters: Simon Bowland

MEGA-CITY 2099 // THE CUCKOOS

Mega-City One, 2099 AD. Before the Judges took complete control of the metropolis, there were two strands of law enforcement – regular uniformed cops did much of the day-to-day policing, while the helmeted Judges were called upon to pass judgement on certain criminals, their vested powers giving them the ability to dispense on-the-spot sentences…

Script: Liam Johnson / Art: Warren Pleece / Letters: Jim Campbell

ARMITAGE // BULLETS FOR AN OLD MAN, Part Three

Brit-Cit, 2146 AD. While the UK equivalent of Mega-City One has its own Judge force, it’s retained its CID plainclothes division, of which Detective Inspector Armitage was one of its veteran officers. Now a consultant, Armitage hasn’t lost his surly demeanour and distrust of authority – and the case he’s been brought on to has links to his past…

Script: Roger Langridge / Art: Gary Welsh / Colours: John Charles / Letters: Simon Bowland

PANDORA PERFECT in PERFECT SOUNDS, Part One

When criminal genius, sometimes babysitter and all round bad ‘un Pandora Perfect is broken out of prison by her faithful robot Gort, no one’s valuables are safe! Pandora and Gort set out on the heist of their lives, stealing fabulous jewels, pickpocketing guffwarblers, and more besides!

Script: Ned Hartley / Art: Mike Walters / Letters: Jim Campbell

DEPARTMENT K // MECHA-CITY ONE, Part One

Tech Whizz Cadet Afua is the newest intern at Mega-City One’s Department K. A team made up of geeks, robots and misfits, their job is to protect our dimension at all costs! For beyond the fabric of reality lies a multitude of multiverses and monsters, determined to reach our world…

Script: Mark Russell / Art: Max Dunbar / Colours: Jose Luis Rio / Letters: Simon Bowland

JUDGE DREDD // TOXIC, Part Two

Dredd’s investigation into the death of a seemingly unremarkable sewage worker spirals into a waste management crisis that could destroy all of Mega-City One, which has long used genetic modification on its waste workers to control the deluge of filth that flows under the city each days. When Dredd discovers that some of them have foregone that disfiguring procedure in favor of hosting protective alien symbiotes, it sparks a groundswell of anti-immigration fervor. ..

Script: David Baillie / Art: Steve Yeowell / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

HARROWER SQUAD / URBAN ROTATION, Part Two

Cal-Hab, 2146 AD. This wild area north of Brit-Cit has become notorious as a dumping ground for
the world’s radioactive waste, and as a consequence much of it outside the major conurbations
such as Glascal is an inhospitable wasteland populated by mutant tribes. Patrolling the
wilderness are heavy-weapons Judge teams like Harrower Squad…

Script: Mike Carroll / Art: John Higgins / Colours: Sally Hurst / Letters: Simon Bowland

DREADNOUGHTS / NOTHING TO FEAR, Part Two

USA, 2035 AD. The new Justice Department is still in its early years, with Judges working alongside the police. It’s proving an explosive transition, with many citizens – and more than a few cops – unhappy with these helmeted officers taking to the streets. Boulder, Colorado, has been a recent flashpoint, and now the Judges’ influence is spreading wider…

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Thrills For The Future! All-Ages Comics Return to 2000 AD This Summer

New home, same attitude – Cadet Dredd is coming to the Judge Dredd Megazine, and he’s bringing his friends!
 
Following the success of 2000 AD’s quarterly all-ages Regened special issues, the best of Rebellion’s all ages revolution will find a home in the Judge Dredd Megazine as they step up into the regular roster in our legendary comic books.
 
As part of Rebellion’s continuing mission to hook a whole new generation on Thrill-power, strips such as Cadet Dredd, Departmetnt K and Pandora Perfect will find a new home in the monthly title.
 
June’s edition of Judge Dredd Megazine is proud to welcome back some more familiar favourites to its monthly roster of Thrills. Get ready for the return of…
 
Pandora Perfect! Lock up your loot, because criminal mastermind and nefarious swindler Pandora and robot companion Gort are back and ready to cause more chaos across the galaxy! Writer Roger Langridge is joined by artist Gary Welsh for a high-octane space adventure with the most notorious robber in the universe!
 
Department K: Interdimensional Investigators! Mega-City One Justice Department’s most chaotic team must once-again battle threats to protect the dimensional safety of the world. Having already travelled a multiverse of monsters and warded off threats from beyond the fabric of reality, join Ned Hartley and Mike Walters as Department K come face-to-face with the craziest creatures in the cosmos!
 
And later this year get ready for the return of Cadet Dredd! Paul Starkey and Nick Brokenshire invite you to join young Joseph Dredd and his clone brother Rico as they attempt to learn the ropes of the Justice System, and earn their badges as Judges!
 
The move follows the successful transition of Alex de Campi and Eduardo Ocaña’s Full Tilt Boogie, as well as Pandora Perfect and Department K, into 2000 AD, paving the way for a richer mix of all ages stories as part of the Megazine’s blend of sci-fi action and adventure!
 
Plus, as they replace the classic reprints which have been published in Judge Dredd Megazine each month, it means readers get to enjoy more all-new Thrills each and every issue for the same galaxy-busting price.
 
With these awesome new Thrills coming soon to Judge Dredd Megazine, it’s never been a better time for Earthlets of all ages to try out The Galaxy’s Greatest and explore new universes through the wonderful world of comics!

A teaser from the new Pandora Perfect by Roger Langridge and Gary Welsh….
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We head back to the early days of the Justice Department as Dreadnoughts returns this issue for the start of a short series, Nothing to Fear, courtesy as ever of Mike Carroll and John Higgins.

There’s also a new case for Harrower Squad, a complete comical Dredd thriller from Ian Edginton and D’Israeli, the finale to DeMarco, P.I.: No Smoke, and the latest instalment of Armitage. Hookjaw also wraps up this month – and a new IDW Dredd mini-series commences, Toxic by Paul Jenkins and Marco Castiello – and from next issue we’ll be replacing one of the reprint slots with a pair of brand-new stories. What they’ll be, you’ll have to wait and see, but it’ll mean yet more original content in the Meg for no extra cost!

Elsewhere, Karl Stock chats with a further bunch of creators who’ve dropped out of 2000 AD for one reason or another in the fifth chapter of the Where Are They Now? series, as well as up-and-coming artist Laura Helsby and RM Guéra and Giulia Brusco, the art-bot duo behind the Rob Williams-scripted Dredd that’s just finished in the prog, Rend & Tear With Tooth & Claw. As always, a meaty package to get your own teeth into, creeps!

Judge Dredd Megazine #468 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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Cover Art: John Higgins
Script: Ian Edginton / Art: D’Israeli / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // BODY SHOTS

Mega-City One, 2146 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North
America is home to over 200 million citizens, bordered by the irradiated Cursed Earth to the
west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. Tensions run a knife-edge and crime is rampant.
Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!

Script: Laura Bailey / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Simon Bowland

DEMARCO, P.I. // NO SMOKE, Part Four

Mega-City One, 2146 AD. Galen DeMarco was once a Judge, a rising star operating out of the
corrupt dumping ground that was Sector House 301. But she quit the force after one romantic
indiscretion too many and set herself up as a private investigator. Now, she’s taken on a case
investigating possible stolen items in a black-market auction, but she’s been set up…

Script: Liam Johnson / Art: Warren Pleece / Letters: Jim Campbell

ARMITAGE // BULLETS FOR AN OLD MAN, Part Two

Brit-Cit, 2146 AD. While the UK equivalent of Mega-City One has its own Judge force, it’s retained its CID plainclothes division, of which Detective Inspector Armitage was one of its veteran officers. Now a consultant, Armitage hasn’t lost his surly demeanour and distrust of authority – and the case he’s been brought on to has links to his past…

ROBOT ARCHIE’S TIME MACHINE

Originally built by Professor C.R. Ritchie, the mechanical being known as Robot Archie was employed to battle injustices around the world, particularly in the jungles of Africa and South America. The automated action hero has worked with the Professor to create ‘The Castle’ – a fully-functioning time machine!

Script: Si Spurrier / Art: Conor Boyle / Colours: Giulia Brusco / Letters: Rob Steen

HOOKJAW // Part Five

The seas off the coast of Africa are the setting for an action-packed, visceral tale of the Great White shark that is a relentless force of nature! Research scientists, the US military, Somali pirates… all of them may feel they’re the hero of the story, but they have reckoned without the near-mythical Hookjaw!

Script: Mark Russell / Art: Max Dunbar / Colours: Jose Luis Rio / Letters: Simon Bowland

JUDGE DREDD // TOXIC, Part One

Dredd’s investigation into the death of a seemingly unremarkable sewage worker spirals into a waste management crisis that could destroy all of Mega-City One, which has long used genetic modification on its waste workers to control the deluge of filth that flows under the city each days. When Dredd discovers that some of them have foregone that disfiguring procedure in favor of hosting protective alien symbiotes, it sparks a groundswell of anti-immigration fervor. ..

Script: David Baillie / Art: Steve Yeowell / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

HARROWER SQUAD / URBAN ROTATION, Part One

Cal-Hab, 2146 AD. This wild area north of Brit-Cit has become notorious as a dumping ground for
the world’s radioactive waste, and as a consequence much of it outside the major conurbations
such as Glascal is an inhospitable wasteland populated by mutant tribes. Patrolling the
wilderness are heavy-weapons Judge teams like Harrower Squad…

Script: Mike Carroll / Art: John Higgins / Colours: Sally Hurst / Letters: Simon Bowland

DREADNOUGHTS / NOTHING TO FEAR, Part One

USA, 2035 AD. The new Justice Department is still in its early years, with Judges working alongside the police. It’s proving an explosive transition, with many citizens – and more than a few cops – unhappy with these helmeted officers taking to the streets. Boulder, Colorado, has been a recent flashpoint, and now the Judges’ influence is spreading wider…