Preview: Judge Dredd Megazine 479
Judge Dredd Megazine 479, this month, features several new stories. Paul Starkey and Nick Brokenshire present "The Haunting of Iso-Block 8," as Cadet Dredd takes on a strange case. Ken Niemand and Dan Cornwell's "Old Man Joe" see the adult Dredd meeting his alternate-reality counterpart.
Armitage returns in "Murder," investigating a cold case in an automated environment created by Liam Johnson and Warren Pleece. David Barnett and Luke Horsman's "Barrel & Hammer" introduces a lively space-pirate comedy, which is one I'm really looking forward to.
Additionally, the issue includes the penultimate part of Death Cap, more from Atomfall, Rok of the Reds, the next chapter of the Meg Files, and an interview with Cadet Dredd artist Nick Brokenshire.
- UK and DIGITAL: 16 April £6.99
- NORTH AMERICA: 19 May $12.99
- DIAMOND: FEB251947
- COVER: TOBY WILLSMER
In Megazine 479
Judge Dredd: Old Man Joe
Writer: Ken Niemand
Art: Dan Cornwell
Colours: Matt Soffe
Letters: Annie Parkhouse
Mega-City One, 2147 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 250 million citizens. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Now, an older version of Dredd from a parallel dimension has found himself in the Big Meg...
Death Cap: Frontier Justice
Writer: T.C. Eglington
Art: Boo Cook
Letters: Simon Bowland
The Cursed Earth, 2144 AD. This blasted, irradiated wilderness covers much of what's left of post-apocalyptic twenty-second century North America. Here, mutants scratch out a meagre existence in ramshackle townships. Former Judge Anita Goya's family were massacred, and she became infected with a virulent fungus. Now she's being hunted by Justice Dept...
Cadet Dredd: The Haunting of ISO-BLOCK 8
Writer: Paul Starkey
Art: Nick Brokenshire
Letters: Jim Campbell
Mega-City One, 2076 AD. Overcrowding in the metropolis is rife, unemployment is at ninety per cent, boredom is universal and crime is rampant. Only the Judges can stop total anarchy. Cadet Joe Dredd – together with his clone-brother Rico – is a rising star in Justice Department, and will one day be its finest officer. Make no mistake, he is the Law!
ATOMFALL by Jonathan Howard (w) Anthony Williams (a) Steve Canon (c) Rob Steen (l)
Armitage: Murder. Setting: Automated, Express
Writer: Liam Johnson
Art: Warren Pleece
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, Armitage hasn't lost his surly demeanour and distrust of authority – and now he's looking into another of his cold cases...
ROK OF THE REDS by John Wagner & Alan Grant (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Abby Bulmer (c) Jim Campbell (l)
New! Barrel & Hammer: Booty Call
Writer: David Barnett
Art: Luke Horsman
Letters: Simon Bowland
NEW STORY! Deep in the void of space, the far future. The buccaneers that patrol the galaxy on the hunt for ships to plunder have a strict hierarchy that they have to adhere to - certain targets are only available to those that belong to the Space Pirates Guild, and to break that ruling can land you in a whole heap of trouble...
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