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THARG’S NERVE CENTRE IN THIS PROG JUDGE DREDD // THE BOOTH CONSPIRACY Mega-City One, 2140 AD. Home to over 100 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant, and only the Judges — future law-enforcers empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, Dredd has leaked info to the terror cell the Sons of Booth that the last President is still alive... Judge Dredd created by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra SURVIVAL GEEKS // SLACK N’ HASH Somewhere in the outer limits of space/time, plunging through the planes of reality, BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS! is what looks like a regular suburban two-up two-down, but it is in fact powered by I am The Mighty Tharg, your galactic guide to misfiring transdimensional technology. Inside live sci-fi obsessives Clive, Rufus and all that is zarjaz in the star-sprinkled cosmos! Simon, plus reluctant housemate Sam and pet Cthulhu Howard: explorers on the edge Time to plug in once again to the Thrill-machine, my of beyond. Now, they’re on a world plagued by murderous Slashers... Squaxx, as I and my indefatigable creator droids have Survival Geeks created by Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby & Neil Googe another thirty-two pages of circuit-shattering mayhem for you to enjoy. We reach the penultimate episodes of THE ORDER // THE NEW WORLD Mechastopheles, Survival Geeks, The Order and The Throughout history, mankind has been under threat of extermination by the Wyrms, Booth Conspiracy this prog, plus the last part of Grey creatures from another plane that systematically break into our reality. Defending Area before the mid-season break — Bulliet and crew humanity are the men and women of THE ORDER, a secret band of warriors that have will be back in early 2019. In the meantime, everything fought the entities across the centuries. But the Wyrms have fractured time, noble else is thundering towards its respective finales next robot knight Ritterstahl has been lost, and Anna Kohl is determined to find him... week, clearing the decks for the scrotnig Prog 2100, The Order created by Kek-W & John Burns now just a mere fortnight away! Even more pressing is Judge Dredd Megazine MECHASTOPHELES // TRUE FAITH 400, which hits this reality in just seven days’ time, It is over a year since the Fall, when the demons rose and society collapsed. A and it’s a 100-page doozy that you really can’t afford band of survivors have sought refuge in a demonically powered robot called to miss — I spoke of the Abnett and Winslade droids MECHASTOPHELES, and they use this infernal ark as a means to seek sanctuary reuniting on Lawless last issue, but have I mentioned and find other refugees. But Mechastopheles needs repairing, and has been granted John Wagner and Henry Flint on Dredd? Alan Grant passage into the city of Benedictia. However, the authorities have plans for him... and Inaki Miranda on Anderson, Psi-Division! Ales Kot Mechastopheles created by Gordon Rennie, Lawrence Rennie & Karl Richardson and Mike Dowling on Devlin Waugh! David Hine and Nick Percival on The Dark Judges! Leah Moore, John GREY AREA // EVERY DIRTY JOB Reppion and Jimmy Broxton on Storm Warning! T.C. The mid 21st century. Earth has a heavily armed defence network, and any ET arrivals Eglington and Boo Cook on Blunt! Plus much, much are housed in the Exo Segregation Zone, known as the GREY AREA, which is policed more, and all for £7.99 — can you dig it, humes? by squads of Exo Transfer Control officers like Captain Adam Bulliet and his team — wife SPLUNDIG Birdy, linguist Kymn, weapons expert Feo, and alien transfer Resting Bitch Face. But VUR THRIGG! Kymn and Bitch, thought KIA, have actually be seconded to a black-ops unit... 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