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PAGES 16-19 FROM THE ASHES NEW COMICS Mega-City One, 2138 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America PREDATOR VS DREDD VS ALIENS is home to 72 million citizens. Crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are future lawmen the Judges, empowered to dispense instant justice. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the PAGES 20-23 Law! Now, after Texas City Chief Judge Oswin’s failed coup, Justice Dept is picking up the pieces... INTERROGATION Judge Dredd created by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra JOE HILL

REALM OF THE DAMNED TENEBRIS DEOS PAGES 50-52 Some time in the near future. The world has finally been overrun by the forces of darkness. FICTION The Vatican’s last line of paranormal defence – The Congregation – has been overwhelmed, NO ACT OF KINDNESS and sole survivor Alberic Van Helsing has made a deal with the creatures that were once his prey. He must stop an even worse threat – the rise of the reawoken half-vampire Balaur... Realm of the Damned created by Alec Worley & Pye Parr

BLUNT PART THREE The Mega-City One colony Getri-1, 2138 AD. On this remote outpost, Earth colonists have been attempting to make a new home on the planet, cataloguing and exploring its unusual flora and fauna. When one of their shuttles crashes in the Argossa Wilds, a search and rescue party is sent out to retrieve it, led by the half-human, half-Uplift tracker Blunt... Blunt created by T.C. Eglington & Boo Cook

LAWLESS OF MUNCE AND MEN Colonial Marshal Metta Lawson was appointed to the frontier township of Badrock on the 20 planet 43 Rega, intent on stamping her authority on the colony. But in doing so, Lawson made many enemies, including Munce, Inc., the mega-corporation that funds Badrock. After hired killers attempted to murder her, Lawson is now bringing the full weight of the law on Munce... Lawless created by & Phil Winslade

EDITOR’S LETTER the epic dredd thriller that began in in april comes to a close in this issue with a Sample file special epilogue story from Mike Carroll and Carlos Ezquerra – from much consternation over the lawman’s seeming demise to an undercover pursuit across Brit- Cit and battles in both the Cursed Earth and Mega-City itself, it’s been quite a ride. Look out for the collection in 2017, and I hope those of you that have been picking up the Megazine to read both sides of the series will be sticking around as there’s plenty of good stuff still to come within these pages (not least a double-helping of Lawless next month). Indeed, it’s a busy July as this year’s 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special has just hit the shelves, which includes John 16 Wagner and Brendan McCarthy on Dredd, Dan Abnett JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE 374 and Tom Foster on , Guy Adams and Published monthly by Rebellion, Riverside House, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0ES. All contents © 2016 Rebellion A/S unless otherwise stated. Realm of the Jimmy Broxton on Rogue Trooper and more, plus Dark Damned © 2016 Werewolf Press. All rights reserved. Judge Dredd® is a regis- Horse publish the first issue of their Predator vs Judge tered trademark. Reproduction, storage in a retrieval system or transmission in Dredd vs Aliens mini-series on the 27th – see the any form or by any means in whole or part without prior permission of Rebel- A/S is strictly forbidden. No similarity between any of the fictional names, interview this issue with writer John Layman and artist characters, persons and/or institutions herein with those of any living or dead Chris Mooneyham. History’s also been made with the PYE PARR persons or institutions is intended (except for satirical purposes) and any such COVER ART similarity is purely coincidental. Judge Dredd Megazine must not be sold at publication this month of The Cursed Earth Uncensored, more than the recommended selling price shown on the cover. Printed in the UK a handsome hardback of the Dredd classic that reprints MATT SMITH by PCP. Distribution and trade enquiries: Seymour, 2 East Poultry Avenue, London for the first time since their original publication the EDITOR EC1A 9PT (0207-429-4000). ISSN 0960 1813. infamous banned episodes that got in such 2000 AD SAM GRETTON Tharg’s Future Shop SHOP.2000ADONLINE.com hot water back in 1978. An essential purchase for any & Oz OSBORNE Subs, Back issues & merch ENQUIRIES 01621 877250 Squaxx – buy it now before The Man changes his mind! GRAPHIC DESIGN ADVERTISING SALES Keith Richardson 01865 792201

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DREDD TRUSTS YOU, AND SO DO \.

WE DON’T CHOOSE TO BECOME JUDGES, LEWIS _

\’M NOT A COUNSELLOR, CHIEF AND THAT SCREAMER JUDGE... \’M KNOCKED MY PSI-ABILITIES NOT SURE WHY OFF-LINE _ IT’LL BE WEEKS YOU’RE TELLING BEFORE \’M BACK ME THIS. TO NORMAL. ‘ _ SOMEONE ELSE CHOOSES FOR US. PARENTS, USUALLY.

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OSWIN SHE BREEZED DREDD, YOU HAVE DAMN NEAR IN HERE, CONFIDENT AND WHAT DID \ TELL YOU A POINT TO MAKE, BROKE ME, HELPFUL. SHE SEEMED LIKE THE YESTERDAY? GREGORY? LEWIS. ANSWER TO ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS, AND LIKE A TRUSTING FOOL \ WAS TAKEN IN.

\’VE CHECKED \ RECOMMENDED YOUR LOGS _ YOU THAT YOU TAKE FOUR WERE OFF-DUTY FOR WEEKS OFF FOR RECUPERATION THE TIME IT TOOK YOU TO AND A COMPLETE MEDICAL WALK BACK TO YOUR ASSESSMENT. LAWMASTER. \’M THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND \ OUT-RANK YOU. SO GET IN THE DAMN MED-WAGON OR YOU’RE ON SUSPENSION.

\ WAS BARELY OUT OF ‘...THE MOST STUBBORN, THE ACADEMY WHEN HUMOURLESS, INFURIATING HE CAME INTO MY LIFE. PAIN IN THE BUTT \ EVER JUDGE JOSEPH ENCOUNTERED.’ DREDD...

CHIEF JUDGE? YOU ASKED TO BE INFORMED... DREDD’S FILED HIS INCIDENT REPORT ON HE REALLY THE TEXANS HOLED UP IN DOES HATE THE SECTOR THREE. PAPERWORKSample... YOU file EVER POKE AROUND INSIDE WONDER DREDD’S HEAD, WHO WROTE IT LEWIS? MA’AM, FOR HIM THIS THAT WOULD TIME? BE COMPLETELY AGAINST...

...A FEW TIMES, YES. \ HAD TO.

MA’AM?

‘\ HAD TO FIND NEVER MIND. OUT IF HE WAS THANK YOU, FOR REAL.’ GUERRERO. DREDD HAS ‘HE’S NOT WITHOUT FLAWS, OF ALMOST NO EGO... COURSE _ HE’S ONLY HUMAN _ BUT AND NO AMBITIONS DREDD SIMPLY ACCEPTS HIS FLAWS OTHER THAN TO AND MOVES ON. HE DOESN’T DWELL ON KEEP DOING THEM THE WAY THE REST OF US DO. HIS DUTY.

‘THE ONLY OTHER EVERYONE PERSON \’VE MET ELSE _ AND \ MEAN WHO EVEN COMES EVERYONE, JUDGE CLOSE IS RICO.’ OR OTHERWISE _ IS A COMPLEX MESS OF DISTRACTIONS AND HOPES AND REGRETS AND DREAMS. BUT DREDD JUST FOCUSES ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND NO DOUBT YOU’VE SCANNED ME, TOO? OF COURSE YOU HAVE _ THERE ARE NO SECRETS FROM TELEPATHS. CHIEF JUDGE, IF THERE’S NOTHING PRESSING, \ NEED TO GET BACK TO _

NO, YOU DON’T. \ ASKED YOU HERE FOR A REASON, LEWIS. FOLLOW ME.

\ WAS FOURTEEN WHEN JUDGE-TUTOR PEPPER THE LOOK TOOK ME ASIDE AND OF DISAPPOINTMENTSample file PROUDLY TOLD ME THAT ON HIS FACE WHEN \ CADET, THE SIR, THAT’S \ WAS TO BE DECLINED HAUNTED ME JUDGES WORKING IN NOT IMPORTANT FAST-TRACKED FOR FOR MONTHS. STRATEGIES HAVE THE TO ME _ \ WANT STRATEGIES. LOWEST MORTALITY TO BE ON THE RATE OF ANY STREETS. DIVISION! A YEAR SO AFTER LATER, PEPPER THAT \ SPENT IF \ EVERY SPARE MINUTE TOLD ME THAT MY STAYED ON MARKSMANSHIP IN THE SHOOTING THE TRACK TO GALLERY. SCORES WERE BE A STREET NOT GOOD JUDGE, \ WOULD ENOUGH. PROBABLY IN MY FINAL FAIL. MARKSMANSHIP ASSESSMENT \ CAME WITHIN THREE POINTS OF BEATING THE ALL-TIME RECORD SET BY RICO DREDD.

THAT’S THE FIRST RICO, OF COURSE. NOT THE ONE YOU KNOW.

DREDD, YOU WERE EVISCERATED BY A HARPOON THEN TELEPORTED BY AN EXPERIMENTAL DEVICE THAT COULD EASILY HAVE TURNED YOU INSIDE OUT...

EVEN YOU MUST Sample file UNDERSTAND THAT THE HUMAN BODY HAS LIMITS.

‘THE RESULT ‘USING THORN AS A WAS THORN, FIGUREHEAD OSWIN A MINDLESS, ORCHESTRATED ALMOST THE GRINDSTONE INDESTRUCTIBLE COWBOYS’ ATTACKS GIANT. ON OUR OUTPOSTS IN THE CURSED EARTH.’

OSWIN’S PEOPLE CLONED ONE OF THEIR OWN PERSONNEL _ A PSI-JUDGE _ AND MANIPULATED ITS DNA IN AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE A PROTOTYPE CREATURE. ALL CREDIT RIGHT. WE WERE WORD OF OSWIN KNEW THAT TO OSWIN _ SHE ALREADY ON THE EDGE, SO SHE ADVICE, LEWIS _ THE BRITS WANTED TO PASS KNEW WHAT SHE GOT HER LACKEYS TO PUSH US _ AND ALWAYS GET THEM THE BUCK FOR THE MURPHYVILLE WAS DOING. THEN SHE CAUGHT US AT THE LAST TO GO THROUGH SPACEPORT MASSACRE, AND HAD SECOND, KNOWING THAT WE WOULD PROPER CHANNELS. IF THEY DON’T BOTHER, REQUESTED THAT DREDD AND BE GRATEFUL. THEN IT WASN’T JOYCE BE EXTRADITED. IMPORTANT.

NOT NOW, CHIEF CADET. MAKE AN JUDGE! IF YOU’VE APPOINTMENT. GOT A MOMENT, \’D LIKE _

‘THAT GOT DREDD OUT OF THE WAY YOU ARE ONE WHAT? NO. BUT YOU’RE _ PLUS SHE KNEW \’D BE RATTLED LUCKY S.O.B., DREDD NOT THAT AT ALL NOT TWENTY ANY IF \ BELIEVED HE’D BEEN KILLED.’ _ CORDEN IS THE _ YOU’RE IN SUPERB MORE, AND YOU’RE STILL FINEST SURGEON IN CONDITION. NO NOT BULLETPROOF. LEARN BRIT-CIT. REASON YOU CAN’T TO KEEP YOUR DAMN HEAD DOWN. ANYONE KEEP GOING FOR ELSE, YOU’D ANOTHER FEW BE DEAD. DECADES.

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\’M AT THE AGE \ KNOW WHERE \ SHOULD YOU WON’T BE SLOWING DOWN. WANT TO \ KNOW, EVERYONE HEAR THIS, KEEPS TELLING BUT _ ME.

WITH OSWIN GONE THERE’S A VOID AT THE TOP OF THE TC JUSTICE DEPARTMENT...