Judge Dredd Megazine 486 Preview: Garth Ennis Returns with Rhinemann Seven

Judge Dredd Megazine 486 continues the thrill after last month's landmark 35th anniversary issue, delivering another packed line-up of fan favourites. Inside, you'll find the second episodes of Armitage, Dreadnoughts, Anderson: Psi-Div, and Megatropolis, alongside a brand-new complete Judge Dredd story from Garth Ennis and Keith Burns. This is a follow-up to the classic 1985 one-off The Squadron That Time Forgot. It charts the dangerous journey of a WWII German pilot who escapes into the Cursed Earth.

Elsewhere, there are chats with Sean Phillips about the new collection of his 2000 AD work and Andreas Butzbach about his OGN Big-Ass Sword, plus a look into the contents of the 2026 Treasury and 2000 AD annuals.

• UK and DIGITAL: 19 November £7.50
• NORTH AMERICA: 19 November $12.99
• DIAMOND: AUG250920
• COVER: KEITH BURNS

In Megazine 486

Judge Dredd: Rhinemann Seven

Writer: Garth Ennis.
Art: Keith Burns.
Colours: Jason Wordie.
Letters: Rob Steen.

Mega-City One, 2147 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is bordered by the toxic Black Atlantic and the irradiated Cursed Earth. It is home to over 250 million citizens, where tensions run a constant knife-edge. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!

Megatopolis II

Writer: Ken Niemand.
Art: Dave Taylor.
Letters: Jim Campbell.

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...

Artmitage: Drokk the Ripper

Writer: Liam Johnson.
Art: Staz Johnson.
Colours: Quinton Winter.
Letters: Annie Parkhouse.

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 now an old flame is wanted for murder...

Anderson, PSI-DIV

Writer: Alec Worley.
Art: Ben Willsher.
Letters: Simon Bowland.

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 – and now she must deal with a cinema multiplex that's overrun with demons...

Rok the God by John Wagner & Alan Grant (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Jim Boswell (c) Jim Campbell (l)

Dreadnoughts: Qualified Immunity

Writer: Mike Carroll.
Art: John Higgins.
Colours: Sally Hurst.
Letters: Simon Bowland.

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...

Available in print from: newsagents and comic book stores via Diamond
Available in digital from: 2000 AD webshop and apps for iPad, Android, Windows 10