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

Judge Dredd Megazine #472 out now

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Judge Dredd Megazine #472 is OUT NOW!

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!

Judge Dredd Megazine #472 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: 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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Nordland Rising! 2000 AD Prog 2400 out now!

PROG 2400 out now

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ATTENTION, EARTHLETS – 2000 AD Prog 2400 is OUT NOW!

I am The Mighty Tharg, all-powerful alien editor of this eye-popping SF anthology!

We mark another benchmark issue — two thousand four hundred progs! How on Quaxxann did that happen? — with a special crossover event. In previous years, we’ve had the zombie variants of the characters and the ‘What if…?’ of the Battle Action merger — but this time, it’s war!

Yes, in this particular alternate take on 2000 AD history, the Norts, having defeated the Southers, have sought new worlds to conquer, and Nu Earth’s nearby black hole gives them the opportunity to invade multiple other universes. So, just as Dredd and co are fending off the Sovs at the height of the Apocalypse War, a new enemy joins the fray. And it’s not just Mega-City One that’s coming under attack — Bad Company, the V.C.s, Major Eazy and more are facing the might of the Nordland Empire, and will have to collaborate to strike back…

This is a story too big to contain in just one 48-page issue, so it carries on into Judge Dredd Megazine 472 — handily, on sale the very same day as this pulse-pounding prog! So prepare for an epic battle, Terrans, as Kano, Hershey, Jupe and Constanta team up for the very first time…

2000 AD Prog 2400 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 2000 AD in the first week of its release then postage in the UK is free!

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Cover Art: Cliff Robinson with Dylan Teague
Script: Ken Niemand / Art: John McCrea / Colours: Mike Spicer / Letters: Annie Parkhouse

JUDGE DREDD // NORDLAND RISING

Mega-City One, 2104 AD. Home to over 800 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant, and only the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, East-Meg One has launched an all-out nuclear attack on MC-1, followed by an invasion…

Script: Peter Milligan / Art: Cam Smith / Letters: Jim Campbell

BAD COMPANY // THE TORTURE FARM

The planet Ararat, the twenty-third century. This world has become the site of a vicious war between mankind and the alien Krool. They’ve been in deadly conflict for several years now, with little progress — the Krool’s ruthlessness and penchant for sadistic torture has made them a formidable foe. But a rumour has emerged of a strange outfit operating behind enemy lines, called BAD COMPANY…

Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Nick Dyer /Colours: Jack Davies / Letters: Simon Bowland

THE V.C.s // NORTS & DOUBLE-CROSSES

The Earth solar system, the twenty-sixth century. No one knew where the alien Geeks came from, but they sure weren’t friendly. When they started attacking mankind’s outposts, it was up to the Global Combat Corps to protect the galaxy. Otherwise known as THE V.C.s — the Vaccuum Cleaners, because they clear-up the spaceways — this team of heavily armoured marines go where they’re needed to tackle the Geek menace…

Script: Ian Edginton / Art: Nick Percival / Letters: Jim Campbell

FIENDS OF THE EASTERN FRONT // WHAT’S BRED IN THE BONE

Earth, the Second World War. As the German Army battles the Russians, one particular platoon found itself allied with a Romanian squad, led by the brutal Captain Constanta. The Romanian soldiers were hungry for revenge against the Soviets, but little did the Germans realise that Constanta and his crew were in fact vampires — and their bloodlust meant anyone was a target…

Script: Gordon Rennie / Art: Simon Coleby / Colours: Gary Caldwell / Letters: Simon Bowland

JAEGIR // 100 MILLION MARTYRS

The Greater Nordland Republic. While the Norts were engaged in a galaxy-wide war with the Souther forces, it fell to military officers such as Kapiten-Inspector Atalia JAEGIR of the Nordland State Security Police to investigate war criminals amongst her own ranks. The daughter of War Marshal Josef Jaegir, she’s also suffering from the Strigoi curse, a fault in the Nort DNA that can bring out the beast within…

Script: Arthur Wyatt / Art: Tom Foster / Colours: Chris Blythe / Letters: Simon Bowland

MAJOR EAZY // AFRIKA NORTS

The African desert, 1942. During the Allied campaign, few officers were as singular as Major Eazy — long-haired and laconic, this scruffy maverick never failed to irritate his superiors. With a cigar hanging from his lips and often found driving his distinctive Bentley, Eazy seemed crazy — but his eccentricities were overlooked because when it came to warfare, he always gets the job done…

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Get eleven Dan Abnett graphic novels for just £50!

THE ULTIMATE DAN ABNETT DIGITAL BUNDLE out now

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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!