IN THIS PROG JUDGE DREDD // THE SKINNING ROOM Mega-City One, 2132 AD. Home to 400 million citizens, this vast urban nightmare is situated along the eastern coast of post-apocalyptic North America. With overcrowding rife and unemploy- ment endemic, crime is rampant. Empowered to dispense instant justice, only the Judges can prevent total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD – he is the Law! Judge Dredd created by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra DEFOE // A MURDER OF ANGELS 1669. It is three years since London was devastated by the Great Fire, the inferno caused by a comet passing over the capital. But from the ashes rose the undead, hungry for the flesh of the living. Protecting the populace is Titus DEFOE, who leads an elite squad of zombie hunters. Now the undead hordes have been released from their pens and are besieging the Tower of London... Defoe created by Pat Mills & Leigh Gallagher AGE OF THE WOLF // PART ONE New Thrill! London, November 2016. The world has found itself living under a permanent full moon. Scien- tists are baffled, while religious groups believe it’s the end of days. As winter falls and tensions rise, young Rowan Morrigan is attempting to flee the city, only to discover that something more than panic has brought out the beast in man... Age of the Wolf created by Alec Worley & Jon Davis-Hunt LOW LIFE // HOSTILE TAKEOVER Mega-City One, 2132. Justice Department has many divisions within it – Tek, Psi-Div, PSU – and for undercover operations there is Wally Squad. So called because Judges have to adopt the bizarre fashions of the citizens to blend in, it’s a dangerous job living on the streets – and for Judges like Dirty Frank, operating in the Big Meg’s most rundown area, insanity is a way of life... Low Life created by Rob Williams & Henry Flint NIKOLAI DANTE // CITY OF THE DAMNED Year of the Tsar 2676 AD, and bastard son of the Romanovs NIKOLAI DANTE led a revolutionary army to oust the tyrannical Tsar Vladimir the Conqueror from power. They succeeded, but their BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS! victory was short-lived when Arkady Romanov revealed himself to be the resurrected Dmitri Ro- manov, the dynasty’s ruthless patriarch, and Dante’s cyborganic Weapons Crest was destroyed... I am The Mighty Tharg, all-powerful alien editor, Nikolai Dante created by Robbie Morrison & Simon Fraser and I welcome you to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! Thirty-three years of Thrill-power and one thousand seven hundred issues, and here we are, Terrans, at the latest milestone in my cosmic quest to energise your DROID LIFE by CAT SULLIVAN planet and provide an alternative to mundane real- ity. A serious shedload of scrotnig stories have passed Sample file through these pages in that time, created by some of the biggest talents in the business, enabling 2000 AD to sustain its reputation as one of the most important and influential comics in your species’ history. You can catch up with some of those classic strips reprinted in my im- pressive range of graphic novels, available to buy from shop.2000ADonline.com, with more being published every month, but right now we’re all about the Thrills I’m delivering with this pulse-pounding prog, and believe me, Earthlets, you’re in for a treat with this little line-up – Judge Dredd, Nikolai Dante, Defoe, Low Life and Age of the Wolf. Such zarjazness shouldn’t be legal! New Thrills, new look, new price (alas, the galactic tariff for polystyrene has shot up recently) – it’s all change for my illustrious organ. But one thing remains consistent, as it has done across the decades – my com- mitment to providing the best stories in the universe! SPLUNDIG VUR THRIGG! 1700 COVER ART by JON DAVIS-HUNT WWW.2000ADONLINE.COM // FOR 2000 AD SUBSCRIPTIONS, BACK ISSUES AND MERCHANDISE CALL: 01621-877-250 OR VISIT SHOP.2000ADONLINE.COM Advertising, Marketing and PR Enquiries: 01865-792-201 ([email protected]). 2000 AD is published every Wednesday by Rebellion, Riverside House, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0ES, Earth. Tel: 01865-792201. All contents © 2010 RebellionA/S, unless specifically stated otherwise. 2000 AD ® is a registered trademark. Reproduction, storage in a retrieval system or transmission in any form or by any means without prior permission of Rebellion is strictly forbidden.2000 AD must not be sold for more than the selling price shown on the cover. Sole agents: Newsagents Direct Distribution Pty. Ltd. (Australia) and Network Distributor, Ltd (New Zealand). 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IFC (1700 NERVE CENTRE).indd 1 18/08/2010 17:29 Sample file FIRST OFF, THIS MEETING HE WAS JOHN WAGNER SHOULD KNOW WE’VE RECEIVED PROCESSED WORD THAT FORMER CHIEF IMMEDIATELY AND BEN WILLSHER JUDGE MARTIN SINFIELD ASSIGNED TO A WORK HAS ARRIVED ON CHRIS BLYTHE TITAN. GANG. ANNIE PARKHOUSE SINFIELD! THE SKINNING ROOM HEY, CHIEF JUDGE, ANY CHANCE OF A FREE PARDON? \’M AN Sample file INNOCENT MAN, CHIEF \ WAS SUCK JUDGE! \ WAS FRAMED THIS, CHIEF FRAMED! TOO! JUDGE! SILENCE! YOU’RE THE ONE THAT PUT HIM ISSUED MY TITAN TICKET, IN THE MEETH MARTY. HOW ABOUT THAT? BOX! NOW YOU’RE HERE \’VE GOT A FEELING WE’RE GOING TO GET REAL WELL ACQUAINTED! P.01-06 (DREDD-SKINNING ROOM 1).indd 1 18/08/2010 17:21 THERE’LL COLLECT BE NO HARASSING YOUR TOOLS AND JOIN THIS MAN! HE’S YOUR WORKGANG, JUST ONE OF SINFIELD. YOU NOW! IF HE’S IN THE GENERAL \’VE GIVEN THAT POPULATION, CHIEF JUDGE, SOME CONSIDERATION. \ DON’T \ QUITE YOU UNDERSTAND IT WILL BELIEVE IT WILL DO ANY HARM FOR AGREE. BE IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THE CITIZENS TO KNOW WE TREAT HIS PRESENCE THERE OUR OWN AS HARSHLY AS A SECRET. WE TREAT THEM. OTHER BUSINESS. MARGARET, YOU HAVE THE QUOTES ON THAT TROUSER CONTRACT _ YET ANOTHER ANOTHER ENDLESS THE PRICE HE MUST COUNCIL MEETING. COUNCIL MEETING. PAY FOR ASSISTING Sample file FRANCISCO’S RETURN. IT COULD BE WORSE. HE COULD BE SITTING IN FRANCISCO’S CHAIR. THE NUMBER OF CRIMINAL-RELATED SURVEILLANCES DROPPED TO EIGHTY-FOUR PER CENT AT PSU, WHILE _ AND \ THINK BUELL WILL BACK ME UP ON THIS _ THE NUMBER OF INTERNAL SURVEILLANCES _ THAT IS, SURVEILLANCE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED AT JUDGES AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES _ ROSE BY OVER FOUR HUNDRED PER CENT. THIS HE SAW IS UNDER PLOTS AGAINST HIM SINFIELD? FROM EVERY QUARTER. WITH GOOD REASON, AS IT TURNED OUT. P.01-06 (DREDD-SKINNING ROOM 1).indd 2 18/08/2010 17:21 THE PROBLEM THE HE FEELS LIKE HIS BRAIN IS CLEAR. YOU’VE CRIME STATS IS BEING SLOWLY SUCKED SEEN THE CRIME SEEM QUITE OUT THROUGH A STRAW. STATS. GOOD TO ME. IN FACT, THEY’VE NEVER BEEN BETTER. SURELY THERE CAN’T BE SO MANY THINGS TO TALK ABOUT? SO MANY TEDIOUS, TEDIOUS THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. THAT BRINGS US TO DREDD’S BUSINESS. SURE, THEY LOOK FINE, VASS _ UNTIL YOU PROBE DEEPER. CRIMES AGAINST MUTANTS DREDD? SINCE EXPELLED AREN’T RECORDED. SEVERAL WHAT’S CRIMES HAVE BEEN THAT - ? DOWNGRADED TO SIMPLE MISDEMEANOURS THIS MOTION OF YOURS, WHAT WE HAVE RE-IMPOSE ORDER IS A CRIMEWAVE. BY CRACKDOWN. PUBLIC OBEDIENCE IS AT DISCUSS. AN ALL-TIME LOW. UNDER SINFIELD THE CITY HAS DESCENDED TO A STATE OF NEAR-ANARCHY. IT’S THERE’S A IT’S ALL TO DO SOMETHING CERTAIN AIR WITH THE MUTANT \’VE NOTICED OF LAWLESSNESS SITUATION. TOO. ABOUT _ CONTEMPT FOR AUTHORITY. THE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED RATHER TOO MUCH LATITUDE, \ THINK. ZERO SO TOLERANCE, MAXIMUM YOUR SOLUTION IS PUBLICITY. CRACKDOWN? START WITH SECTOR 50 _ THAT’S SHOWN THE HIGHEST RISE IN MAJOR CRIME OUTSIDE THE HAB ZONE _ AND THEY HAVE AN EMPTY ISO-BLOCK, SampleA FORMER MUTANTS-ONLY file FACILITY, WAITING FOR OCCUPATION. WE DRAFT IN EVERY AVAILABLE HELMET. WE BRING IN SENIOR CADETS FROM THE ACADEMY, USE ROBOTS WHERE APPLICABLE. WE SWAMP THE SECTOR, BOOK EVERY WORM THAT SQUIRMS. WHEN WE’RE FINISHED WITH FIFTY, WE MOVE ON. WE KEEP DRIVING THE MESSAGE HOME _ LET THE PEOPLE KNOW THE PARTY’S OVER. YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN MIND TO ORGANISE THIS? OH, \’M SURE WE \... CAN SPARE YOU FOR NATURALLY A WHILE _ DESPITE THOUGHT YOUR VALUABLE MYSELF. CONTRIBUTIONS. OF COURSE, IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO MISS OUT ON A FEW OF THESE MEETINGS WHILE THE OPERATION IS ONGOING. WITH REGRET. P.01-06 (DREDD-SKINNING ROOM 1).indd 3 18/08/2010 17:21 HELLO, HELLO. \’M MR SKINNER. COME IN, COME IN. YOU’VE COME ABOUT THE ADVERT, \ SUPPOSE. CAN \ GET YOU SOMETHING? A NICE CUP OF MOCK CHOC? A DRINK, PERHAPS? YES, YOU MUST HAVE A SO, WHAT BRINGS DRINK.