UK and DIGITAL: 17 December £7.50 NORTH AMERICA: 21 January $15.50 DIAMOND: OCT250133 COVER: CLIFF ROBINSON WITH DYLAN TEAGUE
In This Issue: JUDGE DREDD // THE SURVIVOR by Ken Niemand (w) Anthony Williams (c) Annie Parkhouse (l) MEGATROPOLIS II by Ken Niemand (w) Dave Taylor (a) Jim Campbell (l) ARMITAGE // DROKK THE RIPPER by Liam Johnson (w) Staz Johnson (a) Quinton Winter (c) Annie Parkhouse (l) ANDERSON, PSI-DIV by Alec Worley (w) Ben Willsher (a) Simon Bowland (l) ROK THE GOD by John Wagner & Alan Grant (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Jim Boswell (c) Jim Campbell (l) DREADNOUGHTS // QUALIFIED IMMUNITY by Mike Carroll (w) John Higgins (a) Sally Hurst (c) Simon Bowland (l)
UK and DIGITAL: 19 November £7.50 NORTH AMERICA: 24 December $13.50 DIAMOND: SEP250170 COVER: KEITH BURNS
In This Issue: JUDGE DREDD // RHINEMANN SEVEN by Garth Ennis (w) Keith Burns (a) Jason Wordie (c) Rob Steen (l) MEGATROPOLIS II by Ken Niemand (w) Dave Taylor (a) Jim Campbell (l) ARMITAGE // DROKK THE RIPPER by Liam Johnson (w) Staz Johnson (a) Quinton Winter (c) Annie Parkhouse (l) ANDERSON, PSI-DIV by Alec Worley (w) Ben Willsher (a) Simon Bowland (l) ROK THE GOD by John Wagner & Alan Grant (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Jim Boswell (c) Jim Campbell (l) DREADNOUGHTS // QUALIFIED IMMUNITY by Mike Carroll (w) John Higgins (a) Sally Hurst (c) Simon Bowland (l)
All new Battle Action stories from series writer Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys), who is now joined by new all-star writers and artists including Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Y: The Last Man) and Chris Burnham (Batman).
BATTLE RETURNS – NOW WITH MORE ACTION!
The third Battle Action collection features the return of Action favourites Hook Jaw, the controversial Kids Rule O.K., and Death Game – one of the culprits behind the suspension of Action in 1976.
Joining these stories are new adventures for El Mestizo, the Civil War-era bounty hunter, on the trail of a double-agent; German Panzer commander Hellman, who discovers the hard truth behind the cause he fights for; Major Eazy, fighting alongside American paratroopers in the invasion of Sicily; Nina Petrova and the Angels of Death, as the Soviet airwoman sets out to rescue a comrade from behind enemy lines; and Dredger, the ice cold secret agent, whose origin is revealed for the first time.
Featuring an all-star roster of talent, as writers Brian K. Vaughan, Torunn Gronbekk, Dan Abnett, Rob Williams, John Wagner, Garth Ennis and Steve White team up with artists Chris Burnham, Tom Foster, PJ Holden, John McCrea, Henry Flint, Mike Dorey, Dan Cornwell, Patrick Goddard and John Higgins to bring you the latest and greatest edition of Battle Action.
Story: Garth Ennis, Brian K. Vaughan, John Wagner, Steve White, Rob Williams, Dan Abnett, Torunn Gronbekk Art: Chris Burnham, Dan Cornwell, John McCrea, Henry Flint, Tom Foster, Mike Dorey, PJ Holden, Patrick Goddard, John Higgins Color: Len O’Grady, Matt Soffe, Jack Davies, John Higgins, Sally Jane Hurst Letterer: Rob Steen
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UK and DIGITAL: 15 October £7.50 NORTH AMERICA: 19 November $12.99 DIAMOND: AUG250920 COVER: Laurence Campbell with Chris Blythe
In This Issue: JUDGE DREDD // LETTER FROM AMERICA by Rob Williams (w) Colin MacNeil (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l) MEGATROPOLIS II by Ken Niemand (w) Dave Taylor (a) Jim Campbell (l) ARMITAGE // DROKK THE RIPPER by Liam Johnson (w) Staz Johnson (a) Quinton Winter (c) Annie Parkhouse (l) ANDERSON, PSI-DIV by Alec Worley (w) Ben Willsher (a) Simon Bowland (l) ROK THE GOD by John Wagner & Alan Grant (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Jim Boswell (c) Jim Campbell (l) DREADNOUGHTS // QUALIFIED IMMUNITY by Mike Carroll (w) John Higgins (a) Sally Hurst (c) Simon Bowland (l)
In 1990 a seismic shock swept through the comics industry, as an upstart new comics anthology rumbled into production for the first time. Judge Dredd Megazine, a sister title to the legendary British comics anthology 2000 AD, was brought to life!
Thirty-five years later and the Megazine is still going strong, and this October we’ll be celebrating 35 drokkin’ years of awesome comics with a celebratory issue featuring the return of beloved characters and series, a celebration of everything that the Megazine has stood for across the last three and a half decades!
From its debut at the start of the 90s, Judge Dredd Megazine has been home to some of the most acclaimed and beloved comics in 2000 AD history, including Judge Dredd: America; Young Death, and Judge Anderson: Satan, as well as debuting new series including Dreadnoughts, Lawless, Armitage, Missionary Man, and Devlin Waugh.
Judge Dredd Megazine 485 is out on the 15th October, and kicks off with a new one-off America story from Rob Williams and Colin MacNeil – who was the artist on the original ground-breaking America storyline which rocked the very first issue of the Meg back in 1990! America Beeny has aged in real time since she first appeared in that story, and was taken in by the Judges and trained to be one of them. Now an active Judge, Beeny and Dredd head off into the Cursed Earth to find a message from the past waiting for them…
Megatropolis, the alternate-universe retelling of Judge Dredd and Mega-City One from Ken Niemand and Dave Taylor, is another headline feature in October’s Meg. Returning to the art-deco noir of this unpredictable universe, which debuted in Judge Dredd Megazine back in 2020, much-anticipated sequel will feature the final published artwork from co-creator Dave Taylor, who sadly passed away earlier in the year. Although he hadn’t completed this story at that time, his pages are a reminder of the fierce and passionate flair that he brought to his storytelling – and 2000 AD have pledged to complete the run in tribute to him, with Chris Weston joining the series to draw the final pages.
Elsewhere Judge Anderson has a demonic new case to solve as well, returning to the Megazine which has been her home since 1992 courtesy of Alec Worley and Ben Willsher After a film premiere is taken over by a demonic incursion, Anderson is on the scene, ready to take the psychic battle to the silver screen!
And if you’re looking for hard-hitting political realism in your comics, the return of Dreadnoughts is just what you’re looking for. This Meg-Original series has been critically acclaimed for exploring how we went from our current police system to the judge state that will take over in Judge Dredd’s era. Mike Carroll, John Higgins, and Sally Hurst head back into the darkness this issue…
Also returning is the gruff detective Armitage, who debuted in Judge Dredd Megazine #9 back in 1991. Working the tough streets of Brit-Cit, Armitage has a new case thanks to Liam Johnson and Staz Johnson which finds him exploring a serial killer whose patterns seem to replicate the murder spree of Jack the Ripper! And the anniversary line up is rounded off by the latest instalment of Rok The God, John Wagner, Alan Grant, and Dan Cornwell‘s sci-fi sports series!
The ground-shaking anniversary issue of Judge Dredd Megazine delivers over 100 pages of hard-hitting action and features, and is a true celebration of an incredible run – which continues to thrill readers around the world decades after debuting. Don’t miss this latest issue of one of the longest-running comics in history!
UK and DIGITAL: 17 September £6.99 NORTH AMERICA: 22 October $11.99 DIAMOND: JUL250842 COVER: JAKE LYNCH
In This Issue: JUDGE DREDD // THE UNREALISTS by Karl Stock (w) Stewart K. Moore (a) Annie Parkhouse (l) CADET DREDD // THE HAUNTING OF ISO-BLOCK 8 by Paul Starkey (w) Nick Brokenshire (a) Jim Campbell (l) FUTURE SHOCKS: // THE COLLECTION by Andi Ewington (w) Nicolo Assirelli (a) Simon Bowland (l) JUDGE DREDD // PUBLIC RELATIONS by Joe Ratcliffe (w) Jake Lynch (a) Emily Roach (c) Annie Parkhouse (l) ROK THE GOD by John Wagner & Alan Grant (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Abby Bulmer & Jim Boswell (c) Jim Campbell (l) ANDERSON, PSI-DIVISION // FLOWERS OF EVIL by Alex de Campi (w) Rob Richardson (a) Simon Bowland (l)
Every Best of 2000 AD contains a mix of modern classics and gems from the vault. In each edition you’ll find an explosive new Judge Dredd adventure, fresh essays by prominent popular culture writers, a graphic novel-length feature presentation by global legends and a vintage Dredd case.
In this volume: Judge Dredd makes a Tempus Fugitive of literature’s most famous time-travel enthusiast; tremble as Robbie Morrison and Henry Flint deliver galaxy-wide carnage at the hands of the retribution of a dead race, Shakara The Avenger; during a long, hot summer something rots at the heart of a council estate in John Smith and Edmund Bagwell’s Cradlegrave; Dredd sends his cadets into the Cursed Earth to face The Hotdog Run; The government agents of Ice Station Delta find their problems snowball when they tangle with Shako, the only polar bear on the CIA death list!
Boasting brand new covers from an all-star line-up of artists including Star Wars concept designer Ian McQue and Eisner-award winner Anand Radhakrishnan (Blue in Green) with designer Tom Muller (X-Men), Best of 2000 AD is the essential gateway into the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic.
Story: Ian Edginton, Robbie Morrison, Alan Moore, Ritesh Babu, John Wagner, Alan Grant, John Smith, Pat Mills, Jamie Delano, Alan Davis Art: D’Israeli, Henry Flint, Dave Gibbons, Ron Smith, Edmund Bagwell, Ramon Sola, Juan Arancio, Alan Davis Color: Len O’Grady, Chris Blythe, Mark Farmer Ink: Mark Farmer Letterer: Tom Frame, Annie Parkhouse, Ellie De Ville, Dave Gibbons, Jack Potter
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Garth Ennis and Keith Burns’ final Johnny Red story continues, as Johnny reunites with the pilot who got him kicked out of the RAF at the very beginning of his aviation career. Now a high-ranking officer, he requests Johnny’s help on a dangerous mission, and failure will irrevocably determine the war’s outcome, and foreshadow how wars are fought throughout the 20th century. This issue also features John Wagner and Dan Cornwell returning for another adventure featuring the crew of the HMS Nightshade, as Nightshade must protect a convoy from overwhelming Axis forces, but at what cost to themselves?
Story: Garth Ennis, John Wagner Art: Keith Burns, Dan Cornwell Color: Jason Wordie, Matt Soffe Letterer: Rob Steen
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At long last, Sumerian Comics has re-published The Crow: Dead Time, the lesser known 1996 follow-up to James O’Barr‘s The Crow comic that was one of the most successful independent comics of all time and inspired the cult 1994 film starring the late Brandon Lee. O’Barr only has a story credit on the book with Judge Dredd co-creator John Wagner and future art superstar Alex Maleev (Daredevil, Infamous Iron Man) handling the visuals in his first American comic book work. The Crow: Dead Time #1 isn’t an instant classic like its predecessor, but it shows the elasticity of The Crow concept and shows Maleev going from being an O’Barr to developing his own fine arts-meet-film noir style that would earn him two Eisners and make him one of Marvel and DC’s go-to pencillers in the 21st century.
The Crow: Dead Time #1 has a similar concept to the original Crow comic with a man being brought back from the dead to avenge the unjust murders of a loved one and gaining invulnerability thanks to the power of the Crow’s spirit. But, instead of an alternative rocker, James O’Barr, Wagner, and Alex Maleev resurrect a 19th century Native American farmer named Joshua who was killed by Confederate soldiers in the 1860s along with his wife and son and is back to take on a biker gang that bears a resemblance to them. In a bit of an awkward/”you can tell that this comic was written by two well-meaning white men” moment, Joshua is also a member of the Crow tribe. However, the evocation of the injustices done to the indigenous people of North America as well as how the Confederate army treated Black and indigenous folks during the Civil War creates a sense of pathos and multi-layered thirst for revenge. There aren’t song lyrics in Dead Time like there are in The Crow, but the lyrics “Imperalistic house of prayer/Conquistadors who took their share” to “Dead Souls” by Joy Division (Covered by Nine Inch Nails in the film soundtrack) that appeared in that comic definitely apply to this narrative, especially when the soldiers arrive at Joshua’s house to rape and murder his family.
The Crow: Dead Time #1 has a fragmented, dream-like tone that puts you in the shoes of a man whose suspended between the realm of the living and the dead. Wagner’s dialogue comes in starts and stops from the casual racism and cruelty of the bikers and Confederate soldiers to the agony that Joshua feels both in the past and present. This is all tied together by the directions of The Crow that helps Joshua make sense of his new reality and also helps readers get used to the new setting/avatar. I love that Dan Burr doesn’t use tails on his word balloons for the Crow’s speech showing that it’s just a voice inside Joshua’s head that makes the people around think he’s losing his marbles.
The Crow: Dead Time #1 is truly an immersive reading experience with Maleev using two distinct black and white art styles for the 1860s and the present. The present day reminded me a lot of James O’Barr’s artwork on the original Crow with a grindhouse type setting, play of light and shadows, and its protagonist having a muscular Iggy Pop/Peter Murphy type body that is ready for suffering. The 1860s are more like a black and white representation of Alex Maleev’s actual art style with realistic anatomy (Even for the horses!), but not in a stiff way. Maleev simulates motion through classic speed lines, bullet trails (When Joshua’s wife shoots one of the soldiers), Burr’s sound effects, and constantly changing camera angles and panel shapes.
Taking on the role skilled film editors, Alex Maleev, O’Barr, and Wagner splice in scenes from the past and present to make for a pleasing or powerful transition in the story. Probably, the best one is when horses transform into motorcycles, and Maleev uses white space to simulate the blinding headlights’ in the rain. There’s also an almost Gustave Dore-esque shot of Joshua being riddled with bullets juxtaposed with a hippie/Goth drug dealer getting shot to show the senseless nature of violence and might makes right hasn’t changed in the centuries. Not every sequence of scenes work, but cumulatively, they flesh out Joshua’s backstory and set up a cathartic revenge quest in the upcoming two issues.
The Crow: Dead Time #1 shows the power of black and white comics to tell emotionally resonant stories through captivating visuals from Alex Maleev and a serviceable script from John Wagner that brings the pain and grief-stricken vision of creator of James O’Barr to life. Those Lionsgate execs really should have adapted this story for their 2024 The Crow film instead of doing a retread of Eric Draven’s arc.
Story: James O’Barr Script: John Wagner Art: Alexander MaleevLetters: Dan Burr Story: 7.4 Art: 9.4 Overall: 8.4 Recommendation: Buy
Major news has hit the world of football today, highly sought-after free agent Rok of the Reds has been dramatically signed byJudge Dredd Megazine for a run in their 2024/25 Season!
The creator-owned series from legendary writers John Wagner, Alan Grant, and artist Dan Cornwell, Rok of the Reds is a hilarious and chaotic blend of sci-fi and sports that puts the shooting back into the penalty shoot-out!
The first explosive season will launch in the Judge Dredd Megazine later this year – to be followed by the second, and then a much-anticipated brand new third season by Wagner and Cornwell!
Originally published in two volumes, Rok of the Reds is a black comedy about revenge, redemption, and relegation. It follows Rok of Arkadi, an alien who seeks refuge on Earth after his homeworld is destroyed by bounty hunters. However, his attempts to hide under the radar are complicated when he has a chance meeting with arrogant young footballer Kyle Dixon, a bad boy who has been causing problems for his struggling team.
Assuming Kyle’s identity, Rok finds himself thrust unexpectedly into the spotlight: not only does he have to keep himself safe from ruthless alien bounty hunters – but he’s got games to win! Rok is going to have to learn to love the beautiful game if he’s going to keep his cover intact, or he’ll risk being captured by his enemies… or worse, relegated!
The first two Rok of the Reds stories will begin to be republished in Judge Dredd Megazine towards the end of 2024 – and will be followed by an all-new run from Wagner and Cornwell in 2025!
