Preview: Judge Dredd Megazine #426
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Judge Dredd Megazine 426 is out this week and features the finale of the Dredd story The Victims of Bennett Beeny as well as the latest instalments of Megatropolis, Dreadnoughts, Deliverance and The Returners.
The bagged collection this month is another step in the 2000 AD Encyclopedia as we reach C through to E.
- UK and DIGITAL: 18 November
- NORTH AMERICA: 9 December $13
- DIAMOND: SEP201394
- COVER: TIM NAPPER
In this issue:
Judge Dredd: The Victims of Bennett Beeny
by John Wagner (writer) Dan Cornwell (artist) Chris Blythe (colourist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)
Mega-City One, 2142 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 140 million citizens. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges, future law-enforcers empowered to dispense instant justice. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Now, Total War are attacking Bennett Beeny block...
Megatropolis
by Kenneth Neimand (writer) Dave Taylor (artist) Jim Campbell (letterer)
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 he’s just been joined by a new partner in the shape of Amy Jara. Together they’re investigating an apparent gangland murder...
Dreadnoughts: Breaking Ground
by Mike Carroll (writer) John Higgins (artist) Sally Hurst (colourist) Simon Bowland (letterer)
USA, 2035 AD. The new Justice Department is still in its early years, with Judges working alongside the police, though Fargo’s people are slowly taking over. It’s proving an explosive transition, with many citizens – and more than a few cops – unhappy with these helmeted officers taking to the streets. Judge Veranda Glover is a recent transfer to Boulder, Colorado...
The Returners: Heartswood
by Si Spencer (writer) Nicolo Assirelli (artist) Eva De La Cruz (colourist)
Brit-Cit, 2142 AD. Four different people in Ciudad Barranquilla – academic Barrancourt, ex-Judge Mineiro, gangbanger Correira, and transgender street-walker Chavez – all awoke from near-death experiences, and as a consequence are capable of dealing with the supernatural. Now, they’ve fled to Brit-Cit, hoping to find a way to escape their curse...
Deliverance
by David Hine (writer) Nick Percival (artist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)
After the events on the Mayflower, the cargo ship the Solips discovered the Dark Judges Death, Fire and Mortis floating in space, and the alien superfiends murdered the crew. They subsequently also decimated a colony, Dominion, before Mega-City marines destroyed the planet. Death was trapped in a Boing® bubble, and has been recovered by the Mortarian cult...
Features: New Books: Judge Fear’s Big Day Out And Other Stories, Duncan Jones & Alex de Campi interview
Bagged collection: The 2000 AD Encyclopedia C-E
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
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