Judge Dredd Megazine #468: Meg 468

We head back to the early days of the Justice Department as Dreadnoughts returns this issue for the start of a short series, Nothing to Fear, courtesy as ever of Mike Carroll and John Higgins.

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

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

Judge Dredd » Body Shots (Part 1)

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

DeMarco, P.I. » No Smoke (Part 4)

Mega-City One, 2146 AD. Galen DeMarco was once a Judge, a rising star operating out of the corrupt dumping ground that was Sector House 301. But she quit the force after one romantic indiscretion too many and set herself up as a private investigator. A recent case left her fighting for her life, and as she takes on other cases, it seems her assailant isn’t finished with her yet...

Armitage » Bullets for an old man (Part 2)

Brit-Cit, 2146 AD. While the UK equivalent of Mega-City One has its own Judge force, it’s retained its CID plainclothes division, of which Detective Inspector Armitage was one of its veteran officers. Now a consultant, Armitage hasn’t lost his surly demeanour and distrust of authority, even when the CID chief is now his long-suffering former partner Treasure Steel...

Hook-Jaw » Hook Jaw (Part 5)

His name is legend, a myth that has passed into popular culture via stories, word of mouth, comics, merchandise, and more - that of the formidable Great White shark known as HOOK-JAW. A spear protruding from his lower jaw, few who encounter him live to tell the tale, so terrible is his hunger. Bodies rent asunder in his wake, the sea stained red with the blood of his victims, he’s a true terror of the deep...

Judge Dredd » Toxic (Part 1)

Mega-City One, 2130 AD. This vast urban nightmare on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to 400 million citizens, every one a potential criminal. With lawlessness rife, only the Judges can prevent total anarchy. These future lawmen are judge, jury and executioner. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd - he is the law!

Harrower Squad » Urban rotation (Part 1)

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

DreadNoughts » Nothing to Fear (Part 1)

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