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Badges of Honour! Declare Your Allegiance to the Galaxy’S Greatest Comic with This Set of 2000 Ad Badges — Free for Every New Subscriber!*

BADGES OF HONOUR! DECLARE YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO THE GALAXY’S GREATEST COMIC WITH THIS SET OF 2000 AD BADGES — FREE FOR EVERY NEW SUBSCRIBER!*

Tharg’s Mighty Organ has celebrated a momentous milestone as it breezed past its fortieth anniversary, but there’ll be no let-up in the Thrill-power as it enters the next stage of its life. To mark this historical moment, a set of four pin badges recreating the iconic logos that have graced 2000 AD’s covers over the last four decades has been produced. The badges won’t be available to buy from any shops, but if you take out either a new Annual or Two- Year physical subscription to both 2000 AD and the Judge Megazine, the set of four is yours for free!* Both current Annual and Two-Year combi subscribers will also automatically receive the pin-badge set. Monthly subscribers (and Annual subscribers to 2000 AD only or the Megazine only) are not eligible for the free pin-badge set but can purchase it from the subs-bots. Details will be made available online.

In addition to subscribers receiving special incentives like this, it’s great value to subscribe to both titles. Although the cover prices for both 2000 AD and the Meg have risen, subs prices are currently frozen — for the bargain sum of £170 per year or just £15.50 per month**, you’ll get each new prog and Meg delivered direct to your door, up to four days before they hit the shelves. There’s never been a better time to join The Mighty One’s growing army of fully paid-up Squaxx dek Thargo! NOT FINAL VERSIONS TO SUBSCRIBE visit SHOP.2000AD.COM/CATALOGUE/SUBSCRIPTIONS or email [email protected] For enquiries, call the Subs Helpline on (UK) 01865 797022

If you prefer Sampleto pay an annual fee, you can subscribe online, or send a cheque for £170.00 to 2000 AD file Subscriptions, Riverside House, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0ES. Subscription to 2000 AD only (49 weekly progs plus the 100-page Christmas special) is £120 pa or £11.00 per month . For 12 issues of the monthly Megazine only, you pay £73.00 pa or £7.00 per month if taking a monthly sub. All prices quoted are UK only. Check out shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/subscriptions for overseas rates and monthly subs plans.

*Subject to availability. Free pin-badge set is only available to Annual or Two-Year physical subscribers of the combined 2000 AD and subscription. In all instances the incentive will not be shipped out until early 2018. Offer does NOT apply to digital subscriptions.

**New UK physical subscription. Minimum contract 12 months. Annual subscriptions require a one-month cancellation period after 12 months. Monthly subscribers can cancel at any time with two weeks’ notice before their next monthly billing date. SECTOR CONTROL

IN THIS ISSUE FEATURES

PAGES 34-37 JUDGE DREDD CONTRABANDITS COMICS ICONS Mega-City One, 2139 AD. This vast urban on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 72 million citizens. Unemployment is near-total, boredom universal, and crime is PAGES 38-41 rampant. Tensions run a constant knife-edge, and stemming the chaos are the Judges, empowered to dispense instant justice. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! NEW COMICS BLACK CROWN & Judge Dredd created by & BERGER BOOKS ANDERSON, PSI-DIVISION NWO PAGE 63 Mega-City One, 2139 AD. Psi-Div is a section that specialises in Judges with accentuated DREDDLINES psychic talents – from precognition to exorcism, it is at the forefront in the war against VENT YOUR SPLEENS, CREEPS! supernatural crime. Cass Anderson is Justice Dept’s top telepath, and following a discovery of a secret society living in the Cursed Earth, she must take out the agents of the Dragon... Psi-Judge Cassandra Anderson created by John Wagner &

DEVLIN WAUGH BLOOD DEBT Brit-Cit, 2139 AD. A freelance paranormal troubleshooter and exorcist for the Vatican, Devlin Waugh is the world’s foremost supernatural investigator. Despite becoming a vampire after getting bitten tackling an outbreak in an underwater prison, Devlin seeks out the finer things in life – but now he must help save his long-lost brother Freddy, who’s been accruing debts... Devlin Waugh created by John Smith &

LAWLESS BREAKING BADROCK Colonial Marshal Metta Lawson was appointed to the frontier township of Badrock on the 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, which has attempted to have her killed. Now, Munce is planning to dispose of Badrock once and for all... Lawless created by &

THE DARK JUDGES DOMINION The cargo ship the Solips discovered the Dark Judges Death, Fire and Mortis floating in space, 34 and the superfiends murdered the crew and possessed Captain Bundy and Science Officer Riggins. Landing on a remote Mega-City colony world, Death and co used their powers to decimate the population and create an army of . Only a few survivors are left... The Dark Judges created by John Wagner, & Brian Bolland

EDITOR’S LETTER

CASS ANDERSON’S LONG-RUNNING BATTLE WITH THE AGENTS OF THE DRAGON REACHES ITS CLIMAX this issue as Alan Grant and Paul Marshall present the final episode of NWO. Look out for more adventures with the Psi-Judge over in 2000 AD in early 2018 as Emma Beeby scripts a new case, Undertow, featuring the art of , and Cliff Robinson. Beeby also makes an appearance in one of this month’s articles as 38 Karl Stock talks to some of the creative talent behind a pair of exciting new imprints coming through Dark Horse JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE 390 and IDW – Berger Books and Black Crown, two projects Published monthly by Rebellion, Riverside House, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0ES. All contents © 2017 Rebellion A/S unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved. helmed by former Vertigo editors Kargen Berger and Judge Dredd® is a registered trademark. Reproduction, storage in a retrieval Shelly Bond. Given Vertigo’s reputation for hiring a good system or transmission in any form or by any means in whole or part without prior permission of Rebellion A/S is strictly forbidden. No similarity between any of the proportion of 2000 AD writers and artists, it comes as fictional names, characters, persons and/or institutions herein with those of any no surprise that Squaxx will find a few familiar faces living or dead persons or institutions is intended (except for satirical purposes) amongst the launch line-up of these two lines. and any such similarity is purely coincidental. Judge Dredd Megazine must not Samplebe sold at more thanfile the recommended selling price shown on the cover. Printed Elsewhere, there’s a new Dredd thriller, Contrabandits, in the UK by PCP. Distribution and trade enquiries: Seymour, 2 East Poultry from Rory McConville and Leigh Gallagher, plus more Avenue, EC1A 9PT (0207-429-4000). ISSN 0960 1813. PAUL MARSHALL & CHRIS BLYTHE high-octane in Devlin Waugh, Lawless, and the THARG’S FUTURE SHOP COVER ART SHOP.2000AD.COM penultimate part of Dominion, plus with Titan’s recently SUBS, BACK ISSUES & MERCH ENQUIRIES 01865 797022 MATT SMITH launched Dan Dare series we take a look at the various EDITOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES Damian Treece 01865 792201 iterations of this enduring SF icon. Enjoy, creeps! SAM GRETTON, Oz OSBORNE & MAZ SMITH GRAPHIC DESIGN 3 SECTORSECTOR CONTROL CONTROL JUDGE DREDD THE COMPLETE CASE FILES 30

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VOL. 2 Sample file

MALCOLMMAA L COLMC O L M SSHAWH AW MARIOM A R I O CAPALDICAC APALAAP JOHN RICHARDSON RORY McCONVILLE SCRIPT LEIGH GALLAGHER ART GARY CALDWELL COLOURS LETTERS CONTRABANDITS PART ONE

\’M GOING TO KILL HIM.

HE SAID IT WAS \-\ NEED TO ONLY GOING TO BE GET OUT OF HERE. A PEPTO-SCAN. ONE WE NEED TO GET PEPTO-SCAN AND THIS THING OUT THEN _ OF ME.

LOOK, IT’LL BE FINE, BRUNO. WE JUST STOMM! NEED TO _

OH G-GRUD, IT’S STARTING TO MOVE! IT’S _ Sample file

AAAHH!

AAAHHHHHH! AAAHHH! N-NO... NO...! OH GRUD _ !

ONE MONTH LATER:

TRY TO PLAY NICE, JOE. A FULLY GROWN ENDOCLORFIN Sample WOMB... file ...WHAT DID \ DO TO DESERVE SUCH A GIFT?

DREDD WILL BE JOINING DOCTOR EVANS. YOU INSIDE THE THANK YOU FOR WOMB. COMING. DREDD _ DOCTOR OCTAVIA EVANS, ASTRO- A ARCHAEOLOGIST. PLEASURE, CHIEF JUDGE. CHARMED.

DOCTOR.

AND \’M BORIS, DOCTOR EVANS’ PARTNER _ ANYWAY, TO BUSINESS.

YOU STILL HAVEN’T PIERCED THE OUTER LAYER, Sample file\ SEE.

INTERN, BORIS. IT’S PROVING WOULDN’T WANT AS DIFFICULT AS YOU TO LEAVE IT TOO MUCH PREDICTED, BUT WE’RE LONGER _ THE LARVAE HAVE HOPING TO HAVE AN ENTRY ALREADY PASSED THROUGH ONE POINT IN THE NEXT LUNAR CYCLE. IF THEY’RE STILL HALF HOUR. HERE AT SUNDOWN, THEY’LL TRANSMOGRIFY AND THAT, \ CAN ASSURE YOU, WILL NOT BE ENJOYABLE.

YOU’RE CONFIDENT THE SERUM WILL WORK?

GOOD. AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WE’RE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. WE’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

\’M MIXING IT AS WE SPEAK.

OH, IT’S NO TRENT’S WIFE PROBLEM. MAYBE WE ALSO HAS THE MINGHAIL HAVE THE BUYER SURRENDERED NAME A MUSEUM VIRUS. HE WAS PLANNING HIMSELF A FEW DAYS AFTER ME AND HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY TO USE THE ALIEN’S QUESTIONS FOR HIM. AFTER THE OUTBREAK. WE’LL CALL IT GENETIC MATERIAL TO ADMITTED TO PAYING A COUPLE QUITS. ONE KALVIN TRENT. HE CURE HER. WAS THE ONE WHO OF PUNKS TO SMUGGLE IN AN RECOMMENDED UNLAWFUL SUBSTANCE OF YOU. EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN. Sample file PUNISH ME HOW YOU SEE FIT BUT PLEASE, DON’T DESTROY THE LARVAE.

THEY COULD PRODUCE UNTOLD MEDICAL ADVANCES, NOT JUST FOR MY WIFE’S DISEASE BUT _

NOT A HOPE, MET? NO, AH. \ CREEP. ONCE IT’S OCTAVIA, BUT... OUR LETTERS? BELIEVE \ CAN BEEN NULLIFIED, IT’S PLEASE TELL WE’VE BEEN WRITING EXPLAIN GOING IN THE THEM _ TO EACH OTHER FOR THIS. INCINERATOR. MONTHS. HAVE WE MET?

YES. IT DOCTOR EVANS HAD MOSTLY BEEN IS OFTEN BUSY SO \ CARVED UP BY THE TIME HANDLE MOST OF HER MY MEN GOT THERE CORRESPONDENCE. BUT THERE WAS STILL A _ WE’RE IN! \’VE ENJOYED YOUR MISSIVES IMMENSELY, THOUGH, MR TRENT. \’M SORRY IT’S TAKEN SO LONG TO GET BACK TO YOUR LAST ONE, BUT WE’VE BEEN AWAY IN NEBULA 3 ON A DIG.

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THE SAMPLE CAME FROM THE METEOR THAT CRASHED IN AFRICA LAST MONTH, \’M PRESUMING. WE WON’T BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE ONCE YOU’RE INSIDE. YOU’RE SURE YOU DON’T WANT EXTRA BACK-UP?

BEST NOT HANG AROUND. THIS IS ONLY GOING TO HOLD FOR A MINUTE, AT MOST.

NO, NO. THE ECOSYSTEM IS INCREDIBLY TEMPERAMENTAL AS IT IS. WE DON’T WANT TO ANTAGONISE IT WITH MORE INTRUDERS.

BEST OF LUCK, SampleTHEN. file

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