Judge Dredd Megazine #488: Meg 488

We’re back into 2026 with another packed issue, which features the final chapters of the current Dreadnoughts and Anderson, Psi-Div arcs.

Alongside Megatropolis and Armitage, this Meg sees the start of a new Dredd thriller, Halfway House, by Ken Niemand & Jake Lynch, following up on the Old Man Joe story from last year. Also new is Rok the World, the third instalment in the SF football epic by creators John Wagner & Dan Cornwell, exclusive to the Meg.

The Wagner droid is also subjected to an Interrogation as he talks about this series of Rok as well as his and Mike Perkins’ portentious-sounding Dredd story Death of a Judge, currently running in the prog. Also chatting to Karl Stock this issue is Johnny Red artist Keith Burns and film director Ben Wheatley, best known for movies such as Kill List, Sightseers and A Field in England, but now dipping his toe into comic-scripting with the Psi-Div series Judge Dee, illustrated by Simon Coleby, and scheduled to appear in 2000 AD at the end of this month.

In addition, Stephen Jewell talks to Alex De Campi and Marc Laming about their new Dan DareKickstarter as the Pilot of the Future gets his latest revamp. Enjoy!

JUDGE DREDD // HALFWAY HOUSE, Part One

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 Four

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…Parkhouse

ARMITAGE // DROKK THE RIPPER, Part Four

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 Four

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 WORLD // Chapter One

DREADNOUGHTS // QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, Part Four

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…