SECTOR CONTROL *MSGHRHRRTD JUDGE DREDD THE GOLD OF EXODUS Mega-City One, 2133 AD. This vast urban nightmare on the east coast of post-apocalyptic EDITOR’S LETTER North America is home to 400 million citizens, every one a potential perp, and with crime ram- THE EVER-POPULAR CURSED EARTH KOBURN IS BACK pant only the Judges can prevent total anarchy. These lawmen are judge, jury and executioner, THIS ISSUE, COURTESY OF CREATORS GORDON RENNIE and toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Judge Dredd created by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra AND Carlos Ezquerra, while Samizdat Squad comes to its explosive end and Numbercruncher reaches its penultimate SAMIZDAT SQUAD RED SKIES instalment. Elsewhere, we take a look at a pair of British SF Samizdat – a form of Soviet dissent. The Sov Block radwastes, 2133 AD. Captain Rykov and icons, Dan Dare and Doctor Who, the latter’s comic-book ca- Lieutenant Tereshkova were formerly of the Sov military, fighting the separatists, but their reer (which has seen in the past Dave Gibbons, John Ridg- refusal to follow orders meant they became enemies of the state. Sentenced to spend the rest of their days in a gulag, they’re now free and forming their own rebel strike squad.. way and Mick McMahon amongst many others draw the Time Samizdat Squad created by Arthur Wyatt & Paul Marshall Lord’s adventures) the subject of an exhibition at the Cartoon NUMBERCRUNCHER Musuem in London. PART NINE The big news in Thrill-power Towers at the moment is that Li- Bastard Zane is an enforcer for the Central Ministry of the afterlife. Back when he was alive, onsgate, distributor of the new Dredd movie, has announced he was a nineteenth-century thug, but a deal with the Supreme Being led him to find employ- ment with the ministry, who handle the universe’s accounts. Now, deceased mathematician its release date, which will be 21 September 2012. A date to Richard Thyme has signed a contract to be reincarnated, so he can be with his one true love... be marked in your diaries if ever there was one, citizens – Numbercruncher created by Simon Spurrier & PJ Holden and to whet your appetites for the Karl Urban-starring, gritty new adaptation, the current issue of film mag Empire has CURSED EARTH KOBURN GOING AFTER BILLY ZANE the Judge himself on the cover as well as a six-page feature The Cursed Earth, 2133 AD. Cool and calculating Judge-Marshal Koburn is a future lawman unlike any other. A circuit Judge for the radlands, he patrols the outposts and townships that inside, including preview pics of Olivia Thirlby as Anderson. eke out a living in this desolate environment. A stickler might call him a disgrace to the uni- Get ready – the Year of Dredd is almost upon us! form – but out in the irradiated wilderness the only way to survive is to take it easy... Cursed Earth Koburn created by Gordon Rennie & Carlos Ezquerra CARLOS EZQUERRA Sample file COVER ART MATT SMITH EDITOR 'D@STQDR PYE-01 & R1F4 DESIGN & PRODUCTION PAGES 16-22 18 FOUR-COLOUR CLASSICS %@M%@QD PAGES 32-34 COMICANA JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE 314 Published every four weeks by Re- %NBSNQ8GN bellion, Riverside House, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0ES. All contents © 2011 Re- bellion A/S unless otherwise stated. Numbercruncher © 2011 Simon Spurrier & PAGES 46-49 PJ Holden. All rights reserved. 2000 AD ® is a registered trademark. Reproduc- tion, storage in a retrieval system or transmission in any form or by any means in INTERROGATION whole or part without prior permission of Rebellion A/S is strictly forbidden. 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MISSIONARY MAN: BAD MOON RISING By Gordon Rennie, Frank Quitely & Simon Davis ISBN: 978-1-907992-23-0 NOW Paperback g 112 pages g £14.99 AVAILABLE IN One man has come to bring law to the lawless wastes of the Cursed Earth. Rumour PAPERBACK! has it that Preacher Cain was once a Judge who had succumbed to religion and madness, and now roams the radlands spreading the word of God and punishing the wicked. Enforcing his faith through firepower, Cain is the Angel of Death himself, passing sentence on the guilty... Scripted by Gordon Rennie (Judge Dredd, Caballistics, Inc.) and featuring the stunning artwork of Frank Quitely (All-Star Superman, WE3, Batman & Robin), Missionary Man’s SF Western mash-up is not to be missed! Sample file SLAINE: THE WANDERER ABC WARRIORS: THE VOLGAN WAR VOL 01 By Pat Mills, John Hicklenton & Clint Langley £12.99 g Paperback ISBN: 978-1-907992-24-7 By Pat Mills & Clint Langley Hardback g 128 pages g £16.99 As Sláine, Celtic barbarian warrior and first king of Ireland, and his ever-untrustworthy dwarf companion Ukko cross Tir Nan Og, the Land of the Young, in seach of adventure and riches they encounter everything from demonically possessed maidens to evil magicians! The follow-up to the popular Books of Invasions, Sláine: The Wanderer is once again scripted by Pat Mills (Flesh, Charley’s War) and illustrated by Clint Langley (ABC Warriors). This deluxe hardback edition also features previously unseen artwork by the late, ABC WARRIORS: great John Hicklenton (100 Months, Nemesis the THE VOLGAN WAR VOL 02 Warlock), completed shortly before his death. £12.99 g Paperback By Pat Mills & Clint Langley PHONE THARG’S FUTURE SHOP HOTLINE: OR VISIT THE ZARJAZ ONLINE STORE: 5N0QCDQ 01621-877-250 SHOP.2000ADONLINE.COM CHAPTER 1: GOLDY HONN THE GOLD OF EXODUS Sample file ALAN GRANT SCRIPT JON DAVIS-HUNT ART ANNIE PARKHOUSE LETTERS WE KNOW YOU PULLED THE EXODUS BULLION ROBBERY LAST, HONN _ ONE BILLION CREDS’ \’LL NEVER TORTURE’S WORTH OF SYNTHI-GOLD. TALK _ EVEN IF A LAST HE’S SO WHY NOT TELL US YOU TORTURE RESORT. ALL YOURS, WHERE YOU STASHED ME! McKINNA. THE LOOT? Sample file _ THERE’S HE DOESN’T KNOW IT. NO PLACE TO HE AND HIS PARTNER IN HIDE! CRIME _ STIG BRACKEN, BY THE WAY _ MADE A MAP... ...THEN CUT IT IN HALF SO NEITHER COULD STEAL THE WELL? LOOT. YOU GET THE LOCATION OF THE GOLD? YOU’RE NOT HOLD STILL. PROBING MY MIND! I’LL THIS WON’T TAKE \ KNOW MY RIGHTS! \ SAY WHEN YOU LONG. DEMAND TO SEE MY SEE A LAWYER, LAWYER! CREEP! NO POINT TRYING TO BLOCK ME _ Sample file N-NO...! WATCH HAVE ME _ IF YOU HIM PREPARED FOR CAN! SURGERY. HIS HALF IS TATTOOED ON Y-YOU THE BACK OF HIS CAN’T DO EYEBALL! THAT! CHAPTER 2: THE OTHER NEWS: GOLDEN RULE THE JUDGES HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT BULLION ROBBER RUPERT HONN _ FATIMA HAS FINALLY BEEN CHONK DIED AS HE CAPTURED! LIVED _ OBSCENELY OVERWEIGHT! OH, SHOOT! WELL, IF ME AN’ RUPE CAN’T HAVE THE GOLD, EVERYBODY ELSE CAN HAVE A CHANCE AT IT! TV _ THEY’LL PROGRAM FIND RUPE’S HALF TO RECORD OF THE MAP! THEY’LL AND BROADCAST BE COMIN’ FOR ME THIS ON ALL NEXT! CHANNELS! WHAT THE HELL AM \ GONNA DO...? Sample file GET A YOU LOADA THIS, WANNA KNOW MEGA-CITY WHERE THE EXODUS ONE! BULLION IS? HERE’S A DROKKIN’ CLUE! WOULDYA LOOK AT CHAPTER 3: THAT? IT... IT MUST BE THE GOLD FEVER! LOCATION OF THE STOLEN SYNTHI-GOLD! WHAT ARE WE WAITIN’ FOR? BREAK OUT THE PICK AN’ SHOVEL! UM... JUST GONNA HI, DO A SPOT OF... AH, NEIGHBOUR! GARDENING! WHAT YA UP TO? YEAH, US TOO! NICE GARDENING WEATHER! Sample file SHEESH! LOOKS DROKK! BRACKEN LIKE EVERYBODY IN THE BROADCAST HIS HALF SECTOR SAW THE OF THE MAP TO THE NEWS! WHOLE DAMNED CITY! THEY DON’T KNOW CHAPTER 4: DARK THEY WERE THE PRECISE LOCATION. AND GOLDEN-EYED (AND DEAD) WE CAN HEAD ‘EM OFF BY GOING IN VIA THE THERE’RE UNDERCITY. THOUSANDS OF GOLD-SEEKERS HEADING FOR FIN YOU STREET! WHAT TWO _ WITH THE HELL WE ME! GONNA DO WITH ‘EM? ARREST THEM _ ILLEGAL GATHERING! TASTEE! FOODEE! MUNCHEE! YOU CAN SCRUB ‘JUDGE’ OFF YOUR MENU, CREEPS! Sample file.