SECTOR CONTROL In this issue JUDGE DREDD GREAT EXECUTIONS Mega-City One, 2134 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North EDITOR’S LETTER America is home to 50 million citizens. Crime is rampant, and the Judges are empowered AT THE TIME OF WRITING THE TRAILER FOR THE DREDD to dispense summary justice. These lawmen are judge, jury and executioner. Toughest of all MOVIE HAS PASSED 1.2 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE, is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Now, young Charlie Wackett is being groomed as a killer... Judge Dredd created by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra as well as over 300,000 views via Lionsgate’s website, and that’s within less than a week of it going online, so it seems SAMIZDAT SQUAD GREY ZONE something of an understatement to say that anticipation ap- Samizdat – a form of Soviet dissent. The Sov Block radwastes, 2134 AD. Captain Grigori Rykov pears sky-high at the moment. To stoke that fevered hunger and Lieutenant Anna Tereshkova were formerly of the Sov military, fighting the separatists, for cinematic law enforcement even further, you’ll find a page but they’ve now formed their own six-man strikeforce, Samizdat Squad, hitting back at the ruling party. Now, fleeing the lethal Omon Division, they’ve entered a restricted zone... of new stills elsewhere in this issue showing Karl Urban and Samizdat Squad created by Arthur Wyatt & Paul Marshall Olivia Thirlby looking the part as Judges Dredd and Anderson. Talking of the Psi-Judge, she’ll be back next month for the SNAPSHOT PART FIVE start of her latest series, Stone Voices, scripted by Alan Grant San Francisco, 2012 AD. Jake Dobson is a twentysomething slacker, working in a comic-book and illustrated by Boo Cook, which means that we say good- store. When he finds a discarded smartphone containing pictures of a murder victim, he im- mediately contacts the police – but then the ‘victim’ arrives at the station, claiming it to be a bye this issue to Hondo-City Justice (only temporarily – Mike misunderstanding. When the gunman comes after Jake, he has to find out what’s going on... Collins and Cliff Robinson are already hard at work on Inaba’s Snapshot created by Andy Diggle & Jock next case, Revenge of the 47 Ronin, which will probably be coming your way next year) and Samizdat Squad. Elsewhere, HONDO-CITY JUSTICE PROJECT BEHEMOTH Chris Weston chats about his adventures in Hollywood in the Hondo City, 2134 AD, where ancient samurai values clash with high technology in the Japan of the twenty-second century. Aiko Inaba is a rarity – a woman rightfully wearing the uniform second part of his interview, and Alan Grant writes a new of a Hondo City Judge Inspector. Once Judge Shimura’s cadet partner, she is now a rising star Dredd prose story in the wake of Day of Chaos. Enjoy, creeps! in Justice Central. Now, mercenary Lucas Shrapnel has ingested the Behemoth formula... Judge Inspector Inaba created by Robbie Morrison & Frank Quitely NEIL ROBERTS Sample file COVER ART MATT SMITH EDITOR Features PYE-01 & R1F4 DESIGN & PRODUCTION PAGES 16-22 INTERROGATION Chris Weston Part Two PAGES 32-33 INTERROGATION Chris Burnham JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE 326 Published every four weeks by Rebellion, Riverside House, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0ES. All contents © 2012 PAGE 49 Rebellion A/S unless otherwise stated. Snapshot © 2012 Andy Diggle & Jock. All rights reserved. 2000 AD ® is a registered trademark. Reproduction, storage in MOVIE PREVIEW a retrieval system or transmission in any form or by any means in whole or part See the latest stills from DREDD! without prior permission of Rebellion A/S is strictly forbidden. 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HIRED ASSASSIN, HOWEVER, WAS NOT ONE OF THE EXPECTATIONS \ IMAGINED \ WOULD HAVE TO FULFILL. GREAT EXECUTIONS PART 02 P.05-14 (DREDD-GE 2).indd 5 28/06/2012 18:11 ‘BEWARE OF WHAT YOU ASK FOR, YOUNG WACKETT’ MAY HAVE BEEN MORE APPROPRIATE ADVICE. WAS IT REALLY ONLY SIX MONTHS SINCE \ TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN THE UPPER STRATA OF MEG SOCIETY? THIS IS HA HA STELLA MINE? ALL HA! GREER, THIS RAGGEDY MINE? REPAIRMAN IS GONNA SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR _ AHEM! CHARMING AS REST ASSURED THAT ELECTRIFIED YOU’LL BE THE MOST CHICKEN DANCE YOU ELIGIBLE OF BACHELORS IF \ WERE PERFORMING WAS, \ ONCE \’M FINISHED UH, WITH YOU. MIGHT MAKE A SUSPECT THIS MS STELLA KIND OF. SUGGESTION, MIGHT APPRECIATE SIR? A LITTLE MORE DECORUM. SPROCKET-717, WELL, ROBO-SERVANT ADVANCED NO, NOT CLASS, AT YOUR SERVICE. YOUR REALLY... BENEFACTOR HAS PROGRAMMED A ME TO MOULD YOU INTO SWEETHEART, \ THE PERFECT MAN PRESUME? ABOUT TOWN. Sample file TIME TA-DA! TO UNVEIL THE NEW YOU... WE’LL START BY INCINERATING THESE RAGS AND FITTING YOU WITH THE PROPER ATTIRE, SHALL WE? P.05-14 (DREDD-GE 2).indd 6 28/06/2012 18:11 NOT AT ALL, SIR IS SPROCKET, FAR NICE TRY, DISPLEASED? FROM IT. SIR. LESSON TWO: VOCABULARY. \’M JUST TRYING TO BE... DECORUMATIC. LESSON THREE: BUSINESS. LESSON FOUR: SOCIETY. LESSON FIVE: POLITICS. LESSON SIX: THE LAW. UNDER SPROCKET’S TUTELAGE, LESSON SEVEN: THE ARTS. \ BECAME SOMETHING OF A LESSON EIGHT: PERSONAL SENSATION IN SOCIETY AND RELATIONSHIPS. CELEBRITY CIRCLES. THERE WERE ALSO MORE A POOR BOY MADE GOOD. INTRIGUING LESSONS TO FIREARMS... THE PERSONIFICATION OF AS BE LEARNT... THE AMERICAN DREAM. BIG AS YOUR ARM. YOU BUT NOT ATE SWAMP HALF AS TASTY, RATS? \’LL BET. Sample file ...AND UNARMED COMBAT. A CRACK-SHOT FROM HUNTING SWAMP RATS IN THE GARBAGE WASTES AND PHYSICALLY FIT FROM MY PREVIOUS OCCUPATION, \ SAILED THROUGH BOTH. EXCELLENT, SWAMP-HOPPER. \ HAVE TAUGHT YOU WELL. P.05-14 (DREDD-GE 2).indd 7 28/06/2012 18:11 NAIVELY, \ PRESUMED THE ...ALTHOUGH ONE ACQUISITION OF SUCH FACE FROM THE VIOLENT DISCIPLINES TO PAST CONTINUED BE INTENDED PURELY FOR TO HAUNT ME. SELF-DEFENCE. THE MEG WAS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT. STELLA! ALSO, MY FOCUS WAS VERY MUCH ON THE FUTURE... THE RAGGEDY STELLA! REPAIR-BOY? YOU JUST A \ MEAN, REALLY? IT’S ME! CHARLIE... SEEM TO HAVE LITTLE. AND YOU WERE MY CHARLES WACKETT! HOW... WE SPENT A RISEN IN THE \ DID IT ALL INSPIRATION HOW... REMEMBER? GLORIOUS SUMMER WORLD. FOR YOU. TO BETTER TOGETHER IN MYSELF. MS GREER’S _ Sample file T-TRUE, BUT MAYBE WE COULD SORRY, YOU THRILLING? WONDERFUL? \’VE NEVER GET TO KNOW EACH AND EAT CAN TAKE THE HEART-BREAKING? GLORIOUS? FORGOTTEN OTHER BETTER NOW.