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IMAGINE IF, IN 1982, THE POWERS-THAT-BE IN KING’S REACH TOWER DECIDED THAT BATTLE ACTION WAS TO merge with 2000 AD, much like Starlord and Tornado had done previously.

What characters would cross over into the pages of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, and what revamps would they undergo to fit with the anthology’s SF/fantasy remit? Well, you can see for yourself in Prog 2350, which takes that very concept and creates an alternate line-up for Tharg’s Mighty Organ – but the speculation doesn’t just stop with one title. What if, two years later, it was such a success that Battle characters were given the Dreddworld treatment in the lawman’s very own mag?

This special issue has the answer, with Dreddverse variants of Rat Pack, Johnny Red/Lofty’s One-Man Luftwaffe and Darkie’s Mob, with a couple of other characters from UK comics history thrown in. Meanwhile, in the second half of this month’s issue, we return to normal programming with the latest instalments of Spector, Dreadnoughts, Lawless, Rogue Trooper and Johnny Red. All in all, an absoutely crammed Meg – I hope you enjoy it, citizens!

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Cover art by Henry Flint
Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // Return To Billy Carter

Mega-City One, 2106 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 400 million citizens, with the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Now, in the wake of the Apocalypse War, Dredd’s returning to Billy Carter block, where the Dark Judges caused havoc…

Script: Karl Stock / Art: Kieran McKeown / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

RAD PACK

Following in the footsteps of other late-1970s IPC comics in going direct to the movies for inspiration, Rat Pack took its cue from Robert Aldrich’s gritty 1967 war actioner The Dirty Dozen, in which a group of US Army convicts (played by Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson and co) are enlisted for a dirty and hard-to-survive mission.

Script: Mike Carroll / Art: Staz Johnson / Colours: Gary Caldwell / Letters: Simon Bowland

STRATO SQUAD // Convoy Strike!

One of the launch series in Battle Picture Weekly, with art by the unheralded Italian illustrator Paolo Ongaro, Lofty’s One-Man Luftwaffe lasted for just four months, before aeroplane action left the comic ahead of Johnny Red’s arrival two years later. The premise was simple and effective – that downed RAF pilot and Nazi POW ‘Lofty’ Banks escapes from a concentration camp, takes on the identity of dead German air ace Major Ranke, and begins a secret war of attrition against the Luftwaffe while pretending to be a part of it.

Script: Alec Worley / Art: Patrick Goddard / Colours: Jim Boswell / Letters: Jim Campbell

ANDERSON, PSI-DIVISION // The Wolf & The Dragon

Mega-City One, 2106 AD. There are many divisions in Justice Department dedicated to the fight against crime, from Tek to Wally Squad, and for cases of a paranormal nature there is Psi-Division, its officers all gifted with psychic talents. Most powerful of the telepaths is Cassandra Anderson, who has the ability to read minds and occasionally receive flashes of future events. Sardonic and irreverent, Anderson is given more leeway as as Psi-Judge…

Script: Alex De Campi / Art: John McCrea / Colours: Mike Spicer / Letters: Jim Campbell

DARKE’S MOB

A predecessor to 2000 AD classic Bad Company, Darkie’s Mob had a brutal and uncompromising commander gathering a ramshackle group of fighters around him to fight against an even more monstrously lethal enemy, with their collective descent into the heart of darkness catalogued by a raw private along for the ride.

Script: John Wagner / Art: Dan Cornwell / Colours: Dylan Teague / Letters: Jim Campbell

SPECTOR // Incorruptible, part six

In a near-future US city, corruption within the branches of government has reached unsustainable levels. City Hall is rotten to the core, and the police force is equally on the take. To that end, Spector is created, a robot detective – beyond bribery and untainted by potential malfeasance – charged with rooting out criminal elements. But Spector is making many enemies amongst the cops, and they’re not above murder to try to get rid of him…

Script: Brian Buckley / Art: Alberto Ponticelli / Colours: Stephen Downer / Letters: Tom B. Long

ROGUE TROOPER // Part two

Nu-Earth, just another planet ravaged by a galaxy-wide war, its atmosphere poisoned by chemical weapons. Created to fight in such conditions were the G.I.s – genetically engineered infantrymen. But now only one remains, the man known as… Rogue Trooper!

Script: Garth Ennis / Art: Keith Burns / Colour: Jason Wordie / Letters: Rob Steen

JOHNNY RED // Part five

Legendary British fighter ace, Johnny ‘Red’ Redburn, returns once more as the commander of the Falcons – a Russian fighter squadron battling the Nazis in the skies over Stalingrad. But dogfighting Messerschmitts is about to become the least of his troubles when the NVKD – the notorious Soviet secret police – come calling!

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

LAWLESS // Most Wanted, part five

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, having been thrown off the force, and become a vigilante, she’s turned to organised crime, and is proving herself for Mr Fugly, the local crimelord…

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

DREADNOUGHTS // The March of Progress, Part six

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 uniformed cops – unhappy with these helmeted officers taking to the streets. Now a drugs cartel is striking back at the law, and Judge Veranda Glover is fleeing with a vital prisoner, whom the cartel want returned to them…

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We’ve got three new stories inside this issue – first off there’s a complete Judge Dredd thriller by Mike Carroll and Nicolo Assirelli; secondly, we head back over forty years to the early days of the future metropolis for another retro Mega-City 2099 tale, once again crafted by Ken Niemand and Conor Boyle; and third, we have the start of Brian Ruckley and Alberto Ponticelli’s sadly short-lived 2014 Rogue Trooper series for IDW, the only other 2000 AD ongoing featuring original material that they put out besides Dredd.

In addition to that, we have the latest instalments of Spector, Lawless, Dreadnoughts and Johnny Red, plus a trio of interviews: John Stokes discusses his wide-ranging career ahead of next month’s new Thirteenth Floor collection, Steve Sampson talks mid-nineties Psi-Judge Anderson, and writer Geoffrey D. Wessel reveals his in-roads to being published in the Galaxy’s Greatest.

Indeed, the Wessel droid will be appearing in Prog 2350, a special Battle Action crossover issue, and we’ll be seeing some of that war drama infiltrating Meg 460 as Battle characters get Dreddworld reinventions. Be here in thirty, creeps, for new twists on old favourites!

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Cover by Dylan Teague
Script: Mike Carroll / Art: Nicolo Assirelli / Colours: Gary Caldwell / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // Fitting The Description

Mega-City One, 2145 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 200 million citizens, with the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!

Script: John Wagner / Art: Dan Cornwell / Colours: Dylan Teague / Letters: Jim Campbell

SPECTOR // Incorruptible, part five

In a near-future US city, corruption within the branches of government has reached unsustainable levels. City Hall is rotten to the core, and the police force is equally on the take. To that end, Spector is created, a robot detective – beyond bribery and untainted by potential malfeasance – charged with rooting out criminal elements. But the android inspector is making many enemies…

Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Conor Boyle / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

MEGA-CITY 2099 // The Thin Blue Line

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

LAWLESS // Most Wanted, part four

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, having been thrown off the force, and becoming a vigilante, she’s turned to organised crime…

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

DREADNOUGHTS // The March of Progress, Part five

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. Judge Veranda Glover is a recent transfer to Boulder, Colorado, where a drugs cartel is striking back at the law…

Script: John Wagner & Alan Grant / Art: José Ortiz

THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR

Maxwell Tower is a state-of-the art tower block: a bold, experimental council tenement, run by an A.I. called Max. As building superintendent, Max’s primary function is the welfare of his tenants, a duty which he takes very very seriously. If anyone threatens his precious residents or the building itself, they can expect a visit to the thirteenth floor… A place where nightmare and reality become one!

Script: Brian Buckley / Art: Alberto Ponticelli / Colours: Stephen Downer / Letters: Tom B. Long

ROGUE TROOPER // Part one

Nu-Earth, just another planet ravaged by a galaxy-wide war, its atmosphere poisoned by chemical weapons. Created to fight in such conditions were the G.I.s – genetically engineered infantrymen. But now only one remains, the man known as… Rogue Trooper!

Script: Garth Ennis / Art: Keith Burns / Colour: Jason Wordie / Letters: Rob Steen

JOHNNY RED // Part four

Legendary British fighter ace, Johnny ‘Red’ Redburn, returns once more as the commander of the Falcons – a Russian fighter squadron battling the Nazis in the skies over Stalingrad. But dogfighting Messerschmitts is about to become the least of his troubles when the NVKD – the notorious Soviet secret police – come calling!

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  • Interview: Geoffrey D. Wessel
  • Interview: John Stokes
  • Interview: Steve Sampson
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A brand-new complete Judge Dredd thriller kicks off this issue in the shape of ‘Ratings War’ by Ian Edginton and Stewart K. Moore, plus we reach the finale of the Dark Judges saga ‘Death Metal Planet’.

Elsewhere, we have the latest instalments of Spector, Lawless and Dreadnoughts, and take a peek into new title Mega-City Max, which is on sale right now and puts a YA spin on several Dreddverse characters, including Devlin Waugh, DeMarco, P.I. and Walter the Wobot, written and drawn for the most part by creators from outside the regular 2000 AD talent pool. If it proves successful, it could be developed into an ongoing monthly, bridging the audience between the all-ages Regened stories and the prog and Meg itself. Watch this space as to whether another anthology could be joining the GGC family!

In addition, there’s chats with artist Aly Fell about his latest book and the team behind new mini First Men on Mars (both crowd-funded projects, as with last month’s Bogie Man GN – increasingly the most viable route indie creators are taking), and an interview with Conor Boyle – look out for a new ‘Mega-City 2099’ episode next issue!

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Cover by Nick Percival
Script: Ian Edginton / Art: Stewart K. Moore / Letters: Annie Parlhouse

JUDGE DREDD // Ratings War

Mega-City One, 2145 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 200 million citizens, with the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!

Script: John Wagner / Art: Carlos Ezquerra / Letters: Jim Campbell

SPECTOR // Incorruptible, part four

In a near-future US city, corruption within the branches of government has reached unsustainable levels. City Hall is rotten to the core, and the police force is equally on the take. To that end, Spector is created, a robot detective – beyond bribery and untainted by potential malfeasance – charged with rooting out criminal elements. But the android inspector is making many enemies…

Script: David Hine / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

DARK JUDGES // Death Metal Planet, part ten

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’re now part of a death-metal festival…

Script: Ales Kot / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Simon Bowland

LAWLESS // Most Wanted, part three

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, having been thrown off the force, and becoming a vigilante, she’s turned to organised crime…

Script: Matt Smith / Art: Carl Critchlow / Letters: Shawn Lee

ANDERSON, PSI DIVISION // The King of the Six Sectors, part four

In an adventure from Cassandra Anderson’s early days in the Mega-City One Psi-Division, writer Matt Smith and artist Carl Critchlow present “King of the Six Sectors.” It all starts with Anderson awaking from an unusually strong vision of an attack on the Megapolitan Museum showcasing Cursed Earth artifacts…

Script: Garth Ennis / Art: Keith Burns / Colour: Jason Wordie / Letters: Rob Steen

JOHNNY RED // part three

Legendary British fighter ace, Johnny ‘Red’ Redburn, returns once more as the commander of the Falcons – a Russian fighter squadron battling the Nazis in the skies over Stalingrad. But dogfighting Messerschmitts is about to become the least of his troubles when the NVKD – the notorious Soviet secret police – come calling!

Script: A;an Hebden / Art: Cam Kennedy

CLASH OF THE GUARDS

Italy, 1943. The United States Army have sent Captain Brad Clash to join a British platoon in order to learn from their experiences of fighting in WWII. A former Hollywood stuntman and speedway driver, Clash is a man of action who likes to tackle the enemy head on. All guts and glory, he uses his superior driving skills and American-made weapons, like the Winchester trench Gun, to keep the German Army at bay.

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

DREADNOUGHTS // The March of Progress, 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. Judge Veranda Glover is a recent transfer to Boulder, Colorado, and is making her presence felt…

Features:

  • New books: First Men on Mars
  • Interview: Ron Tiner
  • Interview: Conor Boyle
  • Interview: Aly Fell
  • New comics: Mega-City Max
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We reach the climax of ‘One-Eyed Jacks’ as the plot to rewrite history relies on New York cops McBane and Fargo to thwart it and consequently save Mega-City One, plus there’s more thrilling action in Dreadnoughts, Spector (with Dan Cornwell taking over on art duties from the late Carlos Ezquerra), Lawless and the penultimate part of Death Metal Planet.

Elsewhere, there’s chats with Dredd artist Kieran McKeown and fellow pencil-bot Rob Davis, a look at the stunning Kevin O’Neill Apex Edition, following similar tomes featuring the work of Brian Bolland and Mick McMahon, which Kev was closely involved with shortly before his death, and John Wagner reveals all about the return of The Bogie Man, his, Alan Grant and Robin Smith’s creator-owned detective comedy, a collection of which is being Kickstarted as we speak.

Judge Dredd Megazine #457 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 by Kieran McKeown & Quinton Winter
Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Kieran McKeown / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parlhouse

JUDGE DREDD // One-Eyed Jacks, part six

Mega-City One, 2145 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 200 million citizens. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Now, Dredd and Rico are investigating a link between 1970s New York and the twenty-second century…

Script: John Wagner / Art: Carlos Ezquerra / Letters: Jim Campbell

SPECTOR // Incorruptible, part three

In a near-future US city, corruption within the branches of government has reached unsustainable levels. City Hall is rotten to the core, and the police force is equally on the take. To that end, Spector is created, a robot detective – beyond bribery and untainted by potential malfeasance – charged with rooting out criminal elements. But the android inspector is making many enemies…

Script: David Hine / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

DARK JUDGES // Death Metal Planet, part nine

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’re now part of a death-metal festival…

Script: Ales Kot / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Simon Bowland

LAWLESS // Most Wanted, 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, having been thrown off the force, and becoming a vigilante, she’s turned to organised crime…

Script: Matt Smith / Art: Carl Critchlow / Letters: Shawn Lee

ANDERSON, PSI DIVISION // The King of the Six Sectors, part three

In an adventure from Cassandra Anderson’s early days in the Mega-City One Psi-Division, writer Matt Smith and artist Carl Critchlow present “King of the Six Sectors.” It all starts with Anderson awaking from an unusually strong vision of an attack on the Megapolitan Museum showcasing Cursed Earth artifacts…

Script: Garth Ennis / Art: Keith Burns / Colour: Jason Wordie / Letters: Rob Steen

JOHNNY RED // part two

Legendary British fighter ace, Johnny ‘Red’ Redburn, returns once more as the commander of the Falcons – a Russian fighter squadron battling the Nazis in the skies over Stalingrad. But dogfighting Messerschmitts is about to become the least of his troubles when the NVKD – the notorious Soviet secret police – come calling!

THE SPIDER SYNDICATE OF CRIME VS THE CROOK FROM SPACE

He’s the undisputed king of crime! The Spider is an amazing mastermind with a stunning array of weaponry and a vast network of villainous henchmen! Now the underworld is fighting back and have sent a strange assassin known as The Exterminator to lure the spider into a trap! But one battle isn’t enough for this arachnid adventurer – when a shape shifting crook from another planet arrives on Earth, the Spider must stop the alien from plundering the planet and toppling him from power!

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

DREADNOUGHTS // The March of Progress, 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. Judge Veranda Glover is a recent transfer to Boulder, Colorado, and is making her presence felt…

Features:

  • New Books: Bogieman by Karl Stock
  • Focus on Kevin O’Neill Apex Edition by Karl Stock
  • Focus on Jerry Siegel’s The Spider by Karl Stock
  • Interview with Rob Davis by Stephen Jewell
  • Interview with Kieran McKeown by Karl Stock
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With the new five-issue series of Battle Action that starts the end of this month. Ennis writes one of the stories per issue with a different artist, and he’s joined by a whole bunch of other creators working on characters such as Major Eazy, Death Squad, D-Day Dawson and more. For #1, John Wagner returns to the naval drama of HMS Nightshade, drawn by Dan Cornwell – learn more about the all-star line-up as Karl Stock chats to the writers and artists involved in this issue!

Indeed, two of those creators, Dan Abnett and Phil Winslade, are back in this very Meg as Lawless returns, picking up on the story from last year, with Metta Lawson now aligning herself with the organised crime outfit plaguing Badrock. Elsewhere, there’s all-out action in the latest instalments of Judge Dredd, Death Metal Planet, Dreadnoughts and Spector – and to coincide with the new Battle Action series, we reprint Ennis and Keith Burns’ Johnny Red mini-series, originally published by Titan in 2015. Fall in and enjoy, citizens!

Judge Dredd Megazine #456 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 by Nick Percival
Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Kieran McKeown / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parlhouse

JUDGE DREDD // One-Eyed Jacks, part five

Mega-City One, 2145 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 200 million citizens. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Now, Dredd and Rico are investigating a link between 1970s New York and the twenty-second century…

Script: John Wagner / Art: Carlos Ezquerra / Letters: Jim Campbell

SPECTOR // Incorruptible, part two

In a near-future US city, corruption within the branches of government has reached unsustainable levels. City Hall is rotten to the core, and the police force is equally on the take. To that end, Spector is created, a robot detective – beyond bribery and untainted by potential malfeasance – charged with rooting out criminal elements. But the android inspector is making many enemies…

Script: David Hine / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

DARK JUDGES // Death Metal Planet, part eight

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’re now part of a death-metal festival…

Script: Ales Kot / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Simon Bowland

LAWLESS // Most Wanted, 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, having been thrown off the force, and becoming a vigilante, she’s turned to organised crime…

Script: Matt Smith / Art: Carl Critchlow / Letters: Shawn Lee

ANDERSON, PSI DIVISION // The King of the Six Sectors, part two

In an adventure from Cassandra Anderson’s early days in the Mega-City One Psi-Division, writer Matt Smith and artist Carl Critchlow present “King of the Six Sectors.” It all starts with Anderson awaking from an unusually strong vision of an attack on the Megapolitan Museum showcasing Cursed Earth artifacts…

Script: Douglas Wolk / Art: Ulises Farinas / Colour: Ryan Hill / Letters: Tom Long

JOHNNY RED // part one

Legendary British fighter ace, Johnny ‘Red’ Redburn, returns once more as the commander of the Falcons – a Russian fighter squadron battling the Nazis in the skies over Stalingrad. But dogfighting Messerschmitts is about to become the least of his troubles when the NVKD – the notorious Soviet secret police – come calling!

THE 10,000 DISASTERS OF DORT

Written by Mike Butterworth, the writer behind the hit series The Rise and Fall of The Trigan Empire, and with art by Luis Bermejo and José Ortiz, THE 10,000 DISASTERS OF DORT is a slice of classic British comics filled with disaster, action, and peril! It is the year 2000. In fifty years’ time the planet Dort will collide with its sun and be destroyed. Ratta, the dictator of Dort has chosen Earth as a new home for his people – but first he is creating ten thousand disasters to wipe out all human life! Only Britain’s best scientist, Professor Mike Dauntless, has the mind and spirit to stop Ratta from destroying humankind! Originally running in the legendary comic Lion from 18 May 1968 to 23 November 1968, though when the strip was reprinted in Lion in 1974 it featured a new conclusion! The last two episodes were changed, though the writer and artist behind this remain unknown.

DREADNOUGHTS // The March of Progress, 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. Judge Veranda Glover is a recent transfer to Boulder, Colorado, and is making her presence felt…

Features:

  • Focus on Diceman by Stephen Jewell
  • Interviews with creators behind the new Battle Action series by Karl Stock
  • Focus on José Ortiz by Karl Stock
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He’s one of the most inventive and prolific writers to ever grace the pages of 2000 AD – and the Dan Abnett Digital Bundle brings you just some of his greatest series for an unbeatable price!

For just £50 you can download some of the award-winning writer’s best work for the Galaxy’s Greatest Comics, from his fan favourite Dredd-world epics like Insurrection and Lawless, to top notch sci-fi like Sinister Dexter and The VCs, and his acclaimed new series Brink and The Out.

Few writers have developed such a remarkable catalogue of hits for 2000 AD, and this digital bundle gives the perfect overview of Abnett’s creative and innovative career. It also includes the ebook of his novel based on his lauded post-apocalyptic sci-fi series, Kingdom.

Get ELEVEN graphic novels and one ebook novel for just £50 – download DRM-free from the 2000 AD webshop or through the 2000 AD app for Apple and Android devices.

Insurrection

When Mega-City One mining colony K-Alpha 61 declares independence from the ‘Big Meg’ and renames itself Liberty, Justice Department’s Special Judicial Squad launch a vast armada to stop further colonies from rebelling. War is inevitable…

Set in the Judge Dredd universe, this high-octane space adventure features art by 2000 AD fan favourite Colin MacNeil (Chopper, Strontium Dog, Fiends of the Eastern Front).

Brink

In the late 21st century the remains of the human race are crammed into the Habitats: vast artificial space stations; hotbeds for crime and madness policed by private security firms. When a routine drug bust goes wrong, no-nonsense Investigator Bridget Kurtis finds herself in a life or death struggle with a new sect of cultists. But evidence begins to point to something far more sinister going on behind the scenes… The first series of the new atmospheric, sci-fi thriller from Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard.

Lawless

Welcome to Badrock, where the synthol flows freely, fights break out daily and scavengers bicker over pieces of scrap found in the war-scarred badlands. Good thing they have a new Colonial Marshall, no-nonsense Metta Lawless, to keep the peace! Tensions between Meks, Muties, Uplifts and Humans are rife and only she can bring the change that Badrock needs. But for the local branch of ruthless inter-galactic hypercorp, Munce Inc. change is bad for business… How far will they go to protect their investments?

Kingdom

Out into the wilderness they trek, led by the Urgings from their Masters, charged with keeping Them off of his lawn. The pack, led by Gene the Hackman, are strong, experienced soldiers – they don’t know exactly what Them are, but they have their orders, and Them are to be scrapped at every opportunity. The Masters must be obeyed. But the The Masters are not all they appear to be and when Gene the Hackman’s pack scatter he will come face to face with a world shattering truth! With art by Richard Elson (Judge Dredd) this action-packed tale of earth’s far future is not to be missed!

The Out

Cyd Finlea is a photo-journalist working for the publishers Neographic. It has been a decade since she left Earth and travelled to into the deepest reassesses of outer space – otherwise known as THE OUT. Her encounters include meetings with strange alien societies and ex-pat humans, an experience that she shares with her trusty sentient backpack… This exciting, first volume features the inventive visuals of Mark Harrison.

The VCs

2581 AD, Earth SOLAR SYSTEM. Fifty years have passed since the human/Geek war and the surrender of the Geek homeworld. Once a star-trooper and a member of the elite battle unit known as The V.C.s, Steve Smith is now just a janitor haunted by the memories of his fallen comrades. When the Geeks launch an unprecedented attack on the humans during peace celebrations, Smith is dragged back into a bloody and vicious conflict. But this time things are different. This time the Geeks have developed a weapon that may destroy Earth itself! This sequel to a 2000 AD classic featues stunning full colour art from Henry Flint (Judge Dredd) and Anthony Williams (Spiderman).

Wardog

In the aftermath of an apocalyptic world war, humanity shares the world with sentient robots, and the population has fractured into countless tiny enclaves, each with their own customs and laws, linked only by the Sailrail network. Feuds and wars rage between these enclaves on a near-constant basis, and human-robot animosity is on the rise. Enter Jack Wardog, a man with a hole in his mind; he woke up one day with all his memories wiped, and in their place, an explosive charge with a timer display had been bonded to his forehead. Now Jack works as a Bombhead, taking on suicide missions with near-impossible deadlines — and if he fails, the consequences are terminal!

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Original undead menace and cover star Judge Death is back in Death Metal Planet by David Hine and Nick Percival; John Wagner and Colin MacNeil take to the skies once more in the second series of Surfer; Devlin Waugh is back, courtesy of Aleš Kot and Rob Richardson, picking up from the end of last year’s The Reckoning; and Judge Dredd tackles anti-xeno activists in the Cursed Earth in Babel by Ian Edginton and D’Israeli.

Add to that features on the work of the much-missed Jim Baikie appearing in a museum in Orkney, plus there’s a chat with writer William Potter, a look at the forthcoming reissue of the classic Judge Dredd board game by Sir Ian Livingstone, and the process behind the gorgeous Mick McMahon Apex Edition.

And this month’s bagged supplement is Judge Dredd: The Long Game by Michael Carroll and Mark Sexton.

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Cover by Tom Foster
Script: Ian Edginton / Art: D’Israeli / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // Babel, 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. To the west is the irradiated Cursed Earth, to the east the toxic Black Atlantic. Unemployment in the metropolis is at ninety per cent, boredom is universal, and crime is rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges, future law-enforcers empowered to dispense instant justice. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!

Script: John Reppion / Art: Clint Langley / Letters: Jim Campbell

STORM WARNING // Dead & Gone, part two

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, the spirits of children that have been with her since a demonic ritual…

Script: Aleš Kot / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Simon Bowland

DEVLIN WAUGH // Karma Police, part two

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…

Script: David Hine / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

DARK JUDGES // Death Metal Planet, part two

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. Then they were taken to Thanatopia, home to death cult, where they were worshipped like gods…

Script: David Hine / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

SURFER // Book Two, part two

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 a movie recreating the famous Supersurf 7. But the film was a scam, and the surfers either died or were arrested. Zane is facing cube-time…

Script: Michael Carroll / Art: Marx Sexton / Colours: Len O’Grady, John Charles / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

BAGGED GRAPHIC NOVEL // Judge Dredd: The Long Game

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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 in charge, Lawson tried to run for mayor, but she failed to secure the vote, and has been forced out of her position as marshal. She became a masked vigilante, rooting out organised crime – but now the law she once served is catching up to her!

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Script: Kenneth Niemand / Art: Neil Googe / Colours: Gary Caldwell / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // Little Shop of Terrors

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. To the west is the irradiated Cursed Earth, to the east the toxic Black Atlantic. Unemployment in the metropolis is at ninety per cent, boredom is universal, and crime is rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges, future law-enforcers empowered to dispense instant justice. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!

Script: Maura McHugh / Art: Lee Carter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

ANDERSON, PSI DIVISION // Dissolution // Part three

Psi-Div is a section within Justice Dept that deals with the supernatural, and its operatives all have psi-powers, from telepathy to psychokinesis. Cassandra Anderson is one of the division’s most experienced and powerful officers, and now her future’s under discussion, having helped another Judge abscond. Meanwhile, Chief Shenker’s leadership has been questioned, and he’s agreed to resign. Appointing a replacement involves the entity known as the Green Judge…

Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Phil Winslade / Letters: Jim Campbell

LAWLESS // Ballots Over Badrock // Part nine

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 in charge, Lawson tried to run for mayor, but she failed to secure the vote, and has been forced out of her position as marshal. She’s become a masked vigilante, rooting out organised crime…

Script: Alan Grant, Maura McHugh / Art: Jake Lynch, Patrick Goddard, Lee Carter / Letters: Simon Bowland, Annie Parkhouse, Jim Campbell

BAGGED GRAPHIC NOVEL // Feral & Foe

It is five years after the Last-of-All War, and the Malign Lord has been defeated, his minions scattered across the realm, fleeing retribution from the Monarchy’s Wretchfinders. Necromancer Bode and warrior Wrath are two such creatures, declared Feral & Foe, and sentenced to execution – unless they can prove themselves… An action-packed fantasy saga from writer Dan Abnett (Brink) and artist Richard Elson (Kingdom)!

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Dredd and accounts Judge Maitland’s dogged pursuit of the Red Queen comes to its fiery end this issue, as does Anita Goya’s revenge-fuelled journey in Death Cap.

Elsewhere, we have the latest instalments of Lawless and Anderson, Psi-Div, a complete Tale From the Black Museum, and chats with artists Andy Clarke, Alan Langford, Bryan Talbot and Liam Sharp!

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Script: Arthur Wyatt / Art: Jake Lynch / Colours: Jim Boswell / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // Regicide // 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. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges, future law-enforcers empowered to dispense instant justice. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Now, he’s determined to take down the Red Queen’s empire…

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

DEATH CAP // Part eight

The Cursed Earth, 2143 AD. This blasted, irradiated wilderness covers much of what’s left of post-apocalyptic twenty-second century North America. Here, mutants exiled from living in the Mega-Cities scratch out a meagre existence in ramshackle townships. Former Judge Anita Goya’s family have been massacred, and she’s gone on the hunt for the perpetrators, but she’s been infected with a fungal virus…

Script: Liam Johnson / Art: Antonio Fuso / Letters: Simon Bowland

TALES FROM THE BLACK MUSEUM // Little Weed

Mega-City One, 2144 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…

Script: Maura McHugh / Art: Lee Carter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

ANDERSON, PSI DIVISION // Dissolution // Part two

Psi-Division is a section within Justice Department that deals with supernatural threats, and its operatives all have psychic powers, from telepathy and precognition to psychokinesis and witchery. Cassandra Anderson is one of the division’s most experienced and powerful officers, and now she’s in trouble with her superiors, having let a friend abscond…

Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Phil Winslade / Letters: Jim Campbell

LAWLESS // Ballots Over Badrock // Part eight

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 in charge, Lawson tried to run for mayor, but she failed to secure the vote…

Script: Alan Grant, Maura McHugh / Art: Jake Lynch, Patrick Goddard, Lee Carter / Letters: Simon Bowland, Annie Parkhouse, Jim Campbell

BAGGED GRAPHIC NOVEL // Hook Jaw

His name is legend, a myth that has passed into pop-culture via stories, word of mouth, comics, merchandise and more – that of the formidable Great White shark known as Hook-Jaw. A true terror of the deep, few who encountered him lived to tell the tale… A stunning re-imagining of the classic Action character, this twenty-first update comes from the minds of writer Alec Worley (Durham Red) and artist Leigh Gallagher (Kingmaker)!

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Writer Maura McHugh and artist Lee Carter pick up on the aftermath of the Be Psi-ing You one-off published in Prog 2250, and finds Cass and fellow psi Corann Ryan being held under guard at Psi-Division. To keep you up to speed, that story is reprinted in this month’s bagged supplement (the Carter droid taking the opportunity to remaster his artwork to stunning effect) alongside 2019’s The Dead Run series.

Last month’s Dredd story ended with the lawman abandoned on the Black Atlantic seabed, and this Meg we discover what happened to him in the opening episode of Regicide by Arthur Wyatt and Jake Lynch. In addition to that there’s the final instalment of Diamond Dogs, the penultimate part of Death Cap, and the latest chapter of Lawless, plus Paul Cornell and Steve Yeowell reveal all about their new original graphic novel Three Little Wishes, Karl Stock talks to Garth Ennis, PJ Holden and more about the Battle Action special, and he also tracks down more of those 2000 AD creator droids that dropped out of the prog. A packed issue for sure – enjoy, creeps!

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Cover by Rachael Stott
Script: Arthur Wyatt / Art: Jake Lynch / Colours: Jim Boswell / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // Regicide // Part One!

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. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges, future law-enforcers empowered to dispense instant justice. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Now, he was abandoned at the bottom of the Black Atlantic…

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

DEATH CAP // Part Seven!

The Cursed Earth, 2143 AD. This blasted, irradiated wilderness covers much of what’s left of post-apocalyptic twenty-second century North America. Here, mutants exiled from living in the Mega-Cities scratch out a meagre existence in ramshackle townships. Former Judge Anita Goya’s family have been massacred, and she’s gone on the hunt for the perpetrators, but she’s been infected with a fungal virus…

Script: James Peaty / Art: Warren Pleece / Letters: Simon Bowland

DIAMOND DOGS // III // Part Seven!

Brit-Cit, 2143 AD. The remnants of old Britain still exist alongside the twenty-second century Mega-City, and these ruins are fought over by the Brit-Cit street gangs, who see them as valuable territory. Nia Jones used to run with the Diamond Dogs, but she’s also a Justice Dept informer, trying to buy her way out. Now, she’s working with Detective-Judge Armitage…

Script: Maura McHugh / Art: Lee Carter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

ANDERSON, PSI DIVISION // Dissolution // Part Six!

Psi-Division is a section within Justice Department that deals with supernatural threats, and its operatives all have psychic powers, from telepathy and precognition to psychokinesis and witchery. Cassandra Anderson is one of the division’s most experienced and powerful officers, and now she’s in trouble with her superiors, having let a friend abscond…

Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Phil Winslade / Letters: Jim Campbell

LAWLESS // Ballots Over Badrock // Part Seven!

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 in charge, Lawson tried to run for mayor, but she failed to secure the vote…

Script: Alan Grant, Maura McHugh / Art: Jake Lynch, Patrick Goddard, Lee Carter / Letters: Simon Bowland, Annie Parkhouse, Jim Campbell

BAGGED GRAPHIC NOVEL // Anderson, Psi Division: The Dead Run

CASSANDRA ANDERSON AND FELLOW PSIJUDGE CORANN RYAN HAVE BEEN TASKED with leading a squad of psi-cadets into the Cursed Earth to investigate a supernatural threat that’s been preying on mutants. Have these young rookies got what it takes to survive…? A thrilling paranormal adventure from writer Maura McHugh (Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder) and artist Patrick Goddard (Judge Dredd), plus there’s further stories by Alan Grant (Batman), Jake Lynch (Proteus Vex) and Lee Carter (Angelic)!