“A tense and taut crime thriller wrapped up in MC-1 mythology, all with a sprinkling of some of the best MacNeil artwork for years … Definitely one to get, one to read and re-read” – Comicon.com
From the creative team behind some of the most iconic moments in 2000 AD‘s history, John Wagner and Colin MacNeil, comes a brand new thriller set in the world of Judge Dredd!
Torn from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine, Surfer follows young skysurfer Zane Perks as he is hired by a film company to play the lead role in a recreation of legendary skysurfer Chopper’s victory in the infamous Supersurf 7.
However, after being double crossed by the production company and arrested by the Judges, Zane sets out to clear his name and find out the secret behind the scam.
From America to Chopper: Song of the Surfer, Wagner and MacNeil have been responsible for some of the most famous moments in Dredd history and this new series introduces a brand new character in a series packed with their trademark noir, grit, and humour.
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Judge Dredd Megazine #455 is OUT NOW!
New series start this issue – first up we have the much-anticipated second arc of Dreadnoughts, courtesy of regular creators Mike Carroll and John Higgins, rewinding to the early days of Justice Department in the mid twenty-first century.
Secondly, those originators of the Judge Dredd universe itself, John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, are back with Spector, a creator-owned robot-detective drama. Many of you will be aware that this was the series Carlos was working on when he sadly died in 2018, and only the first two episodes were completed (published in the 2019 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special). John decided to carry on writing the story, and Dan Cornwell will be taking over on art from part three onwards.
Also new is the Anderson, Psi-Division mini-series ‘The King of the Six Sectors’, which acts as a sequel to ‘Year One’, while both Mega-City Two and the current Devlin Waugh adventure come to a close. Elsewhere, we catch up with Devlin artist Rob Richardson, chat a life in comics with Dave Gibbons, and preview this year’s 2000 AD Free Comic Book Day special, which you’ll be able to pick up from participating stores on 5 May.
Judge Dredd Megazine #455 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!
Cover by John HigginsScript: Ken Niemand / Art: Kieran McKeown / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parlhouse
JUDGE DREDD // One-Eyed Jacks, part four
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!
Script: John Wagner / Art: Carlos Ezquerra / Letters: Jim Campbell
SPECTOR // Incorruptible, part one
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 seven
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
DEVLIN WAUGH // Karma Police, part seven
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’s confronting a curse on his bloodline…
Script: Matt Smith / Art: Carl Critchlow / Letters: Shawn Lee
ANDERSON, PSI DIVISION // The King of the Six Sectors, part one
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
JUDGE DREDD: MEGA-CITY TWO // City of Courts, part five
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.
JANE BOND
Jane Bond, Secret Agent, is the finest spy on Worldpol’s roster. Armed with her wits, her fists, and an array of futuristic tech, she is our last line of defense against a international criminal underworld. From fighting a school of super villainesses, to foiling plans to melt to Artic ice caps, to escaping the clutches of a giant mechanical lobster, there’s no shortage of dangerous missions Jane must undertake for Queen and Country! This collection of campy espionage adventure from 1960s girls’ comic Princess Tina is lovingly restored to its full glory, and is lavishly illustrated throughout by Mike Hubbard, the artist of iconic Daily Mirror strip Jane.
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 Free Comic Book Day by Karl Stock
Interview with artist Dave Gibbons by Karl Stock
Interview with artist Rob Richardson by Karl Stock
From the creative team behind some of the most iconic moments in 2000 AD‘s history, John Wagner and Colin MacNeil, comes a brand new thriller set in the world of Judge Dredd!
Torn from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine, Surfer follows young skysurfer Zane Perks as he is hired by a film company to play the lead role in a recreation of legendary skysurfer Chopper’s victory in the infamous Supersurf 7.
However, after being double crossed by the production company and arrested by the Judges, Zane sets out to clear his name and find out the secret behind the scam.
From America to Chopper: Song of the Surfer, Wagner and MacNeil have been responsible for some of the most famous moments in Dredd history and this new series introduces a brand new character in a series packed with their trademark noir, grit, and humour.
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Judge Dredd Megazine #454 is OUT NOW and two series reach their finales this issue – as Storm Warning’s underworld escapades come to a thrilling climax, and the conclusion of the second arc of Surfer has Zane Perks facing off against criminal kingpin Snarky for the last time!
That means we’ve got new stories on the horizon, and next issue will see the start of not only the much-anticipated Dreadnoughts: The March of Progress by Mike Carroll and John Higgins but also Spector, the robot-detective drama from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, with Dan Cornwell taking over art duties from episode three.
Elsewhere in this issue, however, alongside the latest instalments of Dredd, Devlin Waugh and Death Metal Planet, there’s interviews with Brian Bolland about his new memoir It’s About Time, and Mega-City Two writer and double Eisner Award winner Douglas Wolk, plus we celebrate the career of artist Eric Bradbury, who went from flying night-time raids over Nazi Germany to drawing such gems as Doomlord, The Dracula File, Invasion 1984, and numerous Future Shocks and Tharg The Mighty stories amongst others. Enjoy!
Judge Dredd Megazine #454 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!
Cover by Tom Foster Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Kieran McKeown / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // One-Eyed Jacks, part three
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!
Script: John Reppion / Art: Clint Langley / Letters: Jim Campbell
STORM WARNING // Dead & Gone, part six
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…
Script: Aleš Kot / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Simon Bowland
DEVLIN WAUGH // Karma Police, part six
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 six
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…
Script: John Wagner / Art: Colin MacNeil / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
SURFER // Book Two, part six
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…
Script: Matt Smith / Art: Simon Coleby / Colours: Len O’Grady / Letters: Chris Mowry
JUDGE DREDD // Year One, part four
‘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!
Script: Douglas Wolk / Art: Ulises Farinas / Colours: Ryan Hill / Letters: Tom B. Long
JUDGE DREDD: MEGA-CITY TWO // City of Courts, part four
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.
The Leopard from Lime Street
With the third collection of this classic series from the pages of Buster hitting bookshelves this month, we reintroduce Billy Farmer – AKA the ‘Leopardman’ – who continues to juggle his tough home life with his career as Selbridge’s premier superhero! As the Leopardman, Billy has managed to thwart countless dastardly villains, but now he faces an all new challenge as The Snow Beast is in town, intent on causing chaos during a cold winter… Written by Tom Tully with art by Eric Bradbury and Mike Western, this third collection in this classic on-going series about the adventures of Britain’s homegrown superhero!
Features:
Interview with artist Brian Bolland by Stephen Jewell
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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!
Cover by Nick Percival Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Ian Richardson / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
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!
Script: John Reppion / Art: Clint Langley / Letters: Jim Campbell
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…
Script: Aleš Kot / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Simon Bowland
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…
Script: David Hine / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
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…
Script: John Wagner / Art: Colin MacNeil / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
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…
Script: Matt Smith / Art: Simon Coleby / Colours: Len O’Grady / Letters: Chris Mowry
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!
Script: Douglas Wolk / Art: Ulises Farinas / Colours: Ryan Hill / Letters: Tom B. Long
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 Vincentby Karl Stock
Focus on Gerry Anderson by Stephen Jewell
Interview with I Am The Law writer Michael Molcher by Karl Stock
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Judge Dredd Megazine #451 is OUT NOW!
Happy new year, citizens!
As the Judge Dredd Megazine shift into its new squarebound and 128-page format, preparations are being made for a slew of new stories coming your way this year – including Dreadnoughts, Spector, Lawless and more!
There’s a brand-new Judge Dredd story starting this issue featuring a face that will be familiar to many – John Wagner and John Cooper’s hard-bitten cop Jack McBane co-stars in ‘One-Eyed Jacks’, and for those readers who have never encountered this precursor to the Mega- City lawman we have an extract from his 1975 debut in Valiant elsewhere in these pages, and you can pick up the One-Eyed Jack collection from shop.2000AD. com.
On top of that we have the latest instalments of Surfer, Storm Warning, Devlin Waugh and Heavy Metal Planet, plus there’s a chat with David Roach about his new romance book, and we catch up with former droids Chris Standley, Jim Alexander and Kev Sutherland.
Judge Dredd Megazine #452 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!
Cover by Laurence Campbell & Quinton Winter Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Ian Richardson / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // One-Eyed Jacks, 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. 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!
Script: John Reppion / Art: Clint Langley / Letters: Jim Campbell
STORM WARNING // Dead & Gone, part four
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…
Script: Aleš Kot / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Simon Bowland
DEVLIN WAUGH // Karma Police, part four
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 four
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…
Script: John Wagner / Art: Colin MacNeil / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
SURFER // Book Two, part four
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…
Script: Matt Smith / Art: Simon Coleby / Colours: Len O’Grady / Letters: Chris Mowry
JUDGE DREDD // Year One, part two
‘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!
Script: Douglas Wolk / Art: Ulises Farinas / Colours: Ryan Hill / Letters: Tom B. Long
JUDGE DREDD: MEGA-CITY TWO // City of Courts, part two
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.
Script: John Wagner / Art: John Cooper
ONE-EYED JACK
Part Dirty Harry, part Judge Dredd, ALL BADASS! Police Detective Jack McBane is the toughest, meanest law enforcer in 1970s New York City. Despite having lost his left eye in the line of duty, McBane will stop at nothing to rid the crime-infested streets of scumbags and villains – even if it means having to occasionally break the rules! Written by John Wagner and featuring the dynamic artwork of the late John Cooper, One-Eyed Jack is a seminal comic strip from Valiant which helped shape and change the course of British comic books forever.
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Judge Dredd Megazine #451 is OUT NOW!
The Megazine gets a face-lift this month – the print mag is now squarebound, with the reprint moved inside the mag itself, thereby ditching the polybag and the separate mini-trades. To mark this format change, this bumper Xmas issue is a massive 144 pages in which alongside the latest instalments of Devlin Waugh, Surfer, Storm Warning and Death Metal Planet – plus of course a complete seasonal case for Judge Dredd, courtesy of Ken Niemand and Stewart K. Moore – we’ve got two bonus stories in the shape of an eight-page Judge Dredd by Rob Williams and Will Conrad, and the debut of Mega-City 2099, a slice of retro law enforcement from Niemand and Conor Boyle, channelling that 1970s aesthetic.
Elsewhere there are interviews with two comics creators that have dipped their toes into prose – former Rogue Trooper script-droid Gerry Finley-Day and cover artist John Watson – as well as writer and editor John Freeman, plus reprints of the first issues of Judge Dredd: Year One and Mega-City Two: City of Courts, both originally published by IDW, and some classic Steel Claw material.
Judge Dredd Megazine #451 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!
Cover by Cliff Robinson and Dylan Teague Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Stewart K Moore / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
JUDGE DREDD // Dollman
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!
Script: John Reppion / Art: Clint Langley / Letters: Jim Campbell
STORM WARNING // Dead & Gone, part three
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…
Script: Aleš Kot / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Simon Bowland
DEVLIN WAUGH // Karma Police, part three
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 three
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…
Script: John Wagner / Art: Colin MacNeil / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Annie Parkhouse
SURFER // Book Two, part three
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…
Script: Matt Smith / Art: Simon Coleby / Colours: Len O’Grady / Letters: Chris Mowry
JUDGE DREDD // Year One
‘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!
Script: Douglas Wolk / Art: Ulises Farinas / Colours: Ryan Hill / Letters: Tom B. Long
JUDGE DREDD: MEGA-CITY TWO // City of Courts
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.
Script: Tom Tully / Art: Jesús Blasco
THE STEEL CLAW // Reign of the Brain
A preview of the second collection of the sci-fi classic, The Steel Claw: Reign of the Brain! This collects writer Tom Tully’s first two stories originally published in the comic Valiant between 1963 and 1964.
Script: Ken Nieman / Art: Conor Boyle / Letters: Jim Campbell
MEGA-CITY 2099 // Rampage
A brand new retro tale set 45 years ago in the year that Judge Dredd first roared onto the pages of 2000 AD! In 2099 AD, Judge Dredd is the law!
Script: Rob Williams / Art: Will Conrad / Colours: Dylan Teague / Letters: Simon Bowland
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Judge Dredd Megazine #450 is OUT NOW, continuing our brand new line-up of stories that’s an ideal place to start reading!
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.
Judge Dredd Megazine #450 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!
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
Judge Dredd Megazine #447 is OUT NOW, with more thrills from Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson, and the feature-length conclusion of the latest book of Lawless!
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!
Judge Dredd Megazine #447 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!
Cover by Phil Winslade 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)!
Judge Dredd Megazine #446 is OUT NOW, with more thrills from Judge Dredd, Diamond Dogs, Death Cap, and Lawless – plus a new Judge Anderson story!
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!
Judge Dredd Megazine #446 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!
Cover by Jake Lynch 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…
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)!
