Judge Dredd Megazine #486: Meg 486

I trust you enjoyed the all-new line-up that marked the Megazine’s thirty-fifth anniversary last month – we’re back this issue with the second episodes of Armitage, Dreadnoughts, Anderson, Psi-Div and Megatropolis, plus we have a complete Dredd story from the Johnny Red team of Garth Ennis & Keith Burns as they craft a follow-up to the 1985 one-off The Squadron That Time Forgot, charting the adventures of a WWII German pilot that managed to escape into the Cursed Earth.

Elsewhere, there’s chats with Sean Phillips about the new collection of his 2000 AD work and Andreas Butzbach about his OGN Big-Ass Sword, plus we take a look into the contents of the 2026 Treasury and 2000 AD annuals, which after last year’s success are back and veritably packed with good stuff, both all-new stories and choice cuts from the archives.

As ever, plenty to get your teeth into, creeps!

JUDGE DREDD // RHINEMANN SEVEN

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!

MEGATROPOLIS II, Part Two

Imagine a Mega-City One from an alternate timeline - less the gleaming metropolis of the twenty-second century but instead an art deco retro-future variation. Joe Rico is the one good cop in a police department riddled with corruption, and partnered with the young Amy Jara, they investigated a series of vigilante killings committed by a robot…

ARMITAGE // DROKK THE RIPPER, Part Two

Brit-Cit, 2147 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, who works on cold cases, Armitage hasn’t lost his surly demeanour and distrust of authority - and the department heads have no love for him either…

ANDERSON, PSI-DIV // HELL NIGHT AT THE CINE-PIT, Part Two

Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Psi-Div is a section within Justice Department 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, having saved the city on numerous occasions from paranormal threats…

ROK THE GOD // Chapter Five

The hilarious sequel to Rok of the Reds. Alien footballer Rok becomes a god - but even gods have enemies. Meanwhile ten-inch-high Kyle Dixon and corrupt referee Nigel Bull go on the strangest ‘buddy movie’ break out you can imagine.

DREADNOUGHTS // QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, Part Two

USA, 2036 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, was a recent flashpoint, and now the Judges’ influence is spreading wider to California…