''Judge Dredd: The Megazine'' is a monthly British

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, launched in September

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. It is a sister publication to '' 2000 AD''. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and

Judge Dredd Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology Comic book, comic. He is the ...

's locale

Mega-City One Mega-City One is a fictional city that features in the ''Judge Dredd'' comic book series and related media. A post-nuclear megalopolis covering much of what is now the Eastern United States and some of Canada, the city's exact geography depends ...

Content

Like ''2000 AD'', ''Judge Dredd Megazine ''is an anthology, featuring both ongoing and stand-alone stories. Some series have comprised a specific storyline while others only a loose thematic connection. Originally the Megazine only set stories in the world of ''

'', including both spin-off series and ''

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''-style done-in-one stories, starting with '' Strange Cases'' and continuing with ''

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''. It has since expanded to include some unconnected stories and text pieces, including articles, interviews and reviews. Unlike ''2000 AD'', reprint material has been extensively used in order to bring costs down. As well as older ''2000 AD'' stories such as '' Helltrekkers'', there have also been reprints that originate elsewhere, such as ''

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'' and ''

Charley's War ''Charley's War'' was a British comic strip about the First World War, written by Pat Mills and drawn by Joe Colquhoun. It was originally published in ''Battle Picture Weekly'' from January 1979 to October 1986. Though later parts of the st ...

''. Since the demise of ''2000 AD Extreme Edition'', a bimonthly ''2000 AD'' spinoff which focused on reprints of old strips, a separate reprint supplement has been packaged with each issue of the Megazine, usually focusing on the work of a particular ''2000 AD'' contributor or compiling a particular strip. Starting in issue #276 a

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slot that featured ''

Tank Girl ''Tank Girl'' is a British comic book character created by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett, and first appeared in print in 1988 in the British comics magazine ''Deadline''. After a period of intense popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, ...

,'' '' American Reaper'' and ''

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'' has appeared.

Series

For a complete list of stories, see the ''

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'' section below. *''

Al's Baby ''Al's Baby'' is a British comedy comic series, which featured in the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' and its weekly parent publication '' 2000 AD'' in the 1990s. It tells the story of Al 'The Beast' Bestardi, a mob enforcer compelled into male pregnancy ...

'' *''

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'' *''

Armitage Armitage is a village in Staffordshire, England on the south side of the Trent and Mersey Canal south just outside of the market town of Rugeley and north of the city of Lichfield, and noteworthy for the Armitage Shanks sanitary porcelain factor ...

'' *'' The Bad Man'' *''

Black Atlantic ''Black Atlantic'' (2004) is an original novel written by Simon Jowett and Peter J. Evans, based on the long-running British science fiction comic strip ''Judge Dredd Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner ...

'' *''

Black Siddha ''Black Siddha'' is a comic series created by Pat Mills and published in the British anthology ''Judge Dredd Megazine''. The story revolves around a super-powered Deva knight, Mardaka (literally "who crushes" or "who makes suffer"), who is "known ...

'' *''

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'' *'' Brit-Cit Brute'' *'' Cal-Hab Justice'' *''

Citi-Def This is a list of minor '' 2000 AD'' stories. Stories A Absalom ''Absalom'' is a horror story spin-off from ''Caballistics, Inc.'' by Gordon Rennie and Tiernen Trevallion. The stories were "Noblesse Obligie" in ''2000 AD'' #1732–1739 (Ma ...

'' *'' Creep'' *''

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'' *'' Devlin Waugh'' *''

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'' *'' Fiends of the Eastern Front'' *'' Harke and Burr'' *''

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'' *'' The Inspectre'' *''

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'' *''

'' *'' Judge Hershey'' *'' Low Life'' *'' Missionary Man'' *'' Psi-Judge Anderson'' *'' Shimura'' *'' Sleeze 'n' Ryder'' *''

The Simping Detective Jack Point, also called "the Simping Detective", is a character in the British comic anthology ''Judge Dredd Megazine'', a spin-off from ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD''. He was created by Simon Spurrier and Frazer Irving. He was originally a Mega- ...

'' *''

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'' *''

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'' *''

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'' *'' Young Middenface''

Themed one-offs

*'' Strange Cases'' *''

Creator-owned

*''

'' *'' American Reaper'' *''

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'' *'' Numbercruncher'' *'' Ordinary'' *''

'' *''

Reprints

From ''2000AD'': *'' Button Man'' #3.72-3.75 *''

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'' #218-223 From other publishers: *''

'' #3.40-3.63 *''

Sin City ''Sin City'' is a series of neo-noir comics by American comic book writer-artist Frank Miller. The first story originally appeared in ''Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special'' (April 1991), and continued in ''Dark Horse Presents'' #51� ...

'' #3.42–3.44 *''

'' #211-244 *''

Bob The Galactic Bum ''Bob, the Galactic Bum'' was a four-issue comic miniseries published by DC Comics in 1995. Written by Alan Grant and John Wagner and illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra, it was a science-fiction comedy about a vagrant called Bob and his sidekick, Buck ...

'' #266-273

Supplements

Some issues are accompanied by supplements containing stories reprinted from earlier issues of the ''Megazine'' or from ''2000AD''. (A complete list is given below.)

Features

Text articles appear in between the stories. They are usually comic-related, such as

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, interviews with writers and artists, or articles about stories, but they can also be about science-fiction, horror and fantasy

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, book reviews and upcoming films. A feature that ran from 2006 was "Small Press". This section dealt with

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writer/artists. It featured reviews of comics, and included one story every issue. They are usually unrelated to the Judge Dredd universe. At the end of most issues is a letters section, called Dreddlines, where the readers can voice their opinions about the magazine.

Creators

Creators to have worked for ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' include: *

Simon Bisley Simon Bisley is a British comic book artist best known for his 1990s work on '' ABC Warriors'', '' Lobo'' and '' Sláine''. Early life Simon Bisley began drawing when he was six years old. He is self-taught, with only a short one-year stay a ...

Carlos Ezquerra Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (12 November 1947 – 1 October 2018) was a Spanish comics artist who worked mainly in British comics. He is best known as the co-creator of ''Judge Dredd''. Biography Early work Born in Ibdes, province of Zaragoza, Arag ...

* Alan Grant (also a consultant editor) *

Trevor Hairsine Trevor Hairsine is a British comics artist, whose detailed style has been compared to that of Bryan Hitch. In August 2005 Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada named him as one of Marvel Comics's "Young Guns", a group of artists who have the qual ...

Chris Halls Chris Cunningham (born 15 October 1970) is a British video artist and music video director, best known for his music videos for electronic musicians such as Autechre, Squarepusher, and most notably Aphex Twin on videos for " Windowlicker" an ...

Cam Kennedy Campbell ("Cam") Kennedy is a Scottish comics artist. He is best known for his work on '' 2000 AD'', especially the flagship titles ''Judge Dredd'' and ''Rogue Trooper''. Biography Following work in commercial art in his hometown of Glasgow, ...

Pat Mills Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfather o ...

Robbie Morrison Robbie Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer known for his work in the weekly anthology '' 2000 AD'', where he co-created the long-running serial ''Nikolai Dante'' with artist Simon Fraser. Career Morrison began his career in '' 2000 ADs ...

Arthur Ranson Arthur James Ranson (born 1939) is an English comic book illustrator, known for his work on '' Look-in'', '' Anderson: Psi Division'', ''Button Man'' and ''Mazeworld''. His work on Cassandra Anderson has been called "photo-realistic". Early lif ...

Gordon Rennie Gordon Rennie is a Scottish comics writer, responsible for ''White Trash: Moronic Inferno'', as well as several comic strips for '' 2000 AD'' and novels for ''Warhammer Fantasy''. In May 2008, he announced he was leaving comics to concentrate f ...

Si Spencer Si Spencer (1961 – 16 February 2021)Si Spencer, 1961-2021
at ''

Simon Spurrier Simon "Si" Spurrier (born 2 May 1981) is a British comics writer and novelist, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller, and an art director for the BBC. Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write ...

John Wagner John Wagner (born 1949) is an American-born British comics writer. Alongside Pat Mills, he helped revitalise British comics in the 1970s, and continues to be active in the British comics industry, occasionally also working in American comics. ...

(also a consultant editor)

Editors

Steve MacManus Steve MacManus (sometimes credited as Ian Rogan) is a British comics, comic writer and editor, particularly known for his work at ''2000 AD (comic), 2000 AD''. Biography Born in London and educated in Devon, MacManus joined IPC Media, IPC in ...

, 1990–1991 (issues 1.01 – 1.12) * David Bishop, 1991–1995 (1.13 – 3.12) * John Tomlinson, 1996 (3.16 – 3.21) *David Bishop, 1996–2000 (3.22 – 3.63) *

Andy Diggle Andy Diggle is a British comic book writer and former editor of the weekly anthology series '' 2000 AD''. He is best known for his work on ''Adam Strange'' and ''Green Arrow'' for DC Comics as well as his creator-owned series '' The Losers'' an ...

, 2000 (3.64 – 3.68) *David Bishop, 2000–2002 (3.69 – 4.08) * Alan Barnes, 2002–2006 (4.09 – 4.18, 201 – 240) *

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, 2006–present (241 – present) (Note: 4.18 was the 200th issue. From the next issue a new numbering system was introduced, and the issue which would have been 4.19 became 201.)

Awards

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: won the

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for Best Ongoing Publication * 1993: won the UK Comic Art Award for Best Ongoing Publication * 1999: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite British Comic *

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite British Comic *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite British Comic * 2004: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite British Comic *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Colour Comic Book - British *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

: won the Eagle Award for Best British Colour ComicEagle Awards website, 2006 winners
/ref> * 2007: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Colour Comicbook - British *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Colour Comicbook - British *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Colour Comicbook — British

Notes

References

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External links

Official ''2000 AD'' Web site''2000 AD'' Review fan site

Lists of stories on WikiCommons

* A list of all stories to appear in the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' from 1990 to November 2022 (#1 to #450) * A more detailed list of ''Judge Dredd'' stories from 1990 to November 2022 (#1 to #450) * A list of stories in the supplements to all issues up to #450 {{Buster Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1990 1990 comics debuts Judge Dredd Fleetway and IPC Comics titles Rebellion Developments titles

Content

Series

Themed one-offs

Creator-owned

Reprints

Supplements

Features

Creators

Editors

Awards

See also

Notes

References

External links

Lists of stories on WikiCommons