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JUDGE THE ADJUDICATORS Mega-City One, 2134 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North EDITOR’S LETTER America is home to 400 million citizens. Crime is rampant, and the Judges are empowered WE RETURN TO HONDO-CITY THIS ISSUE AS JUDGE IN- to dispense summary justice. These lawmen are judge, jury and executioner. Toughest of all SPECTOR INABA AND CADET ASAHARA TACKLE ANOTHER is – he is the Law! Now, costumed vigilantes have appeared on the streets... Judge Dredd created by & Carlos Ezquerra case in Hondo-City Justice: Project Behemoth, scripted as usual by Robbie Morrison, with Mike Collins and Cliff Robin- SAMIZDAT SQUAD GREY ZONE son on art duties – and staying with the Japanese theme, the Samizdat – a form of Soviet dissent. The Sov Block radwastes, 2134 AD. Captain Grigori Rykov bagged mini-trade this month is Tiger Sun Dragon Moon, and Lieutenant Anna Tereshkova were formerly of the Sov military, fighting the separatists, Steve Parkhouse’s techno-wushu thriller from 2005. 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... Lots of 2000 AD merchandise rolling out at the moment for Samizdat Squad created by Arthur Wyatt & Paul Marshall you Squaxx to spend your groats on. Available now exclusively from shop.2000ADonline.com are three brand-new Dark SNAPSHOT PART THREE Judges T-shirts, released to celebrate Fear, Fire and Mortis’s San Francisco, 2012 AD. Jake Dobson is a twentysomething slacker, working in a comic-book return, and keep an eye out for a pair of mega-mugs featuring 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 the grim visages of Dredd and Death, which will be (again ex- misunderstanding. But there’s still a gunman out there who wants Jake dead... clusively) hitting the online store in a few weeks’ time. Titan, Snapshot created by Andy Diggle & Jock meanwhile, are producing a wide range of licensed 2000 AD T-shirts, travel-pass holders and mugs through their Forbid- HONDO-CITY JUSTICE PROJECT BEHEMOTH den Planet outlets – take a look on forbiddenplanet.com. 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 of The Year of Dredd continues, with just over three months to a Hondo City Judge Inspector. Once Judge Shimura’s cadet partner, she is now a rising star in go until the movie’s release! Justice Central, but some of her mentor’s cynicism and distrust of authority has rubbed off... Judge Inspector Inaba created by Robbie Morrison & Frank Quitely ROBINSON/TEAGUE Sample file COVER ART MATT SMITH EDITOR Features PYE-01 & R1F4 DESIGN & PRODUCTION PAGES 16-22 INTERROGATION Steve Pugh

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P.04 (GN JUNE AD).indd 4 02/05/2012 11:45 CADET MARIA ZACHARY. ENROLLED AT THE ACADEMY IN ‘25. SIX TUTORIAL CITATIONS.

RECRUITED FOR COVERT OPERATION ‘A.C.R.O.N.Y.M’ _ A DEDICATED HERO SQUAD _ LAST YEAR.

THERE IS NO SUCH OPERATION, DREDD. THAT’S WHAT \ THOUGHT. SIMON SPURRIER SHE SCRIPT SAYS THE KOOLSUN’S CARLOS EZQUERRA OTHERS ARE LIKE GOT HIS KITSCHY HER. JUDGES, AUXES, LITTLE CREW BELIEVING ART POST-ACCIDENT THEY’RE ON THE ANNIE PARKHOUSE TEKS. PAYROLL. LETTERS

AND THE JUVE CUBE. GIRL? TEN STRETCH. CITATIONS ERASED. THAT’S... RATHER SEVERE, NO? SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS WORKING FOR US...

THEN SHE’S A FAILURE WITH NO IDEA WHAT PART 02 JUDGING’S REALLY THE ADJUDICATORS ABOUT. Sample file

AT ANY SECRET RATE, SIR, WEAPON. SHE’S GIVEN US THE LOCATION OF KOOLSUN’S, GOOD. THIS HAS AH... HOW WILL YOU BAD PUBLICITY GET IN? WRITTEN ALL OVER IT... SECRET! WE’RE HEROIC! PREPPING HEADQUARTERS! FOR ASSAULT _ AS SHE NOW. PUT IT.

P.05-14 (DREDD-AJUDICATORS 2).indd 5 02/05/2012 12:26 I-IT’S HEY! MECHANESQUE. Verily, BACK FROM... thou hast been FROM FIGHTING gonest a long YOU’RE EVILDOERS, timest! THEM ETCETERAH. ADJUDICATOR GUYS! MY LOWER KID’S CRAZY THE DEFENCES, FOR YOU EH? PEOPLE!

SAY, YOU MIND IF \ GET AN AUTOGRAPH?

FIRING.

WAIT _ !

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D-DIRTY JUDGES...

DIRTY JUDGES BETRAYIN’ OUR HEROES!

P.05-14 (DREDD-AJUDICATORS 2).indd 6 02/05/2012 12:26 TH-THIS IS INSANE! WE’RE ON THE SAME SIDE! TRY IT.

BULK NOT WANT HURT SQUISHY CHIN MAN.

WHERE’S SEE! \ KOOLSUN? TOLJA! JAYS JUST TURNED ON ‘EM! IT AIN’T DAMN RIGHT! STAY BACK! JUDICIAL OPERATION UNDERWAY! DIRTY JAYS!

W-WE HAVEN’T SEEN HIM SINCE HE BROUGHT THE NEW Sample file RADIOS.

I-ISN’T HE WITH YOU?

KOOLSUN... HOW’D JUDGES. YOU GET ON BROADCAST THIS LINE, TEK. \ WARNED CREEP? YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN...

P.05-14 (DREDD-AJUDICATORS 2).indd 7 02/05/2012 12:26 ...YOU’LL FIND \ CAN SHOUT RADIOS OFF! VERY LOUD WHEN EVERYONE! NEEDED...

WHAT?

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OH DEAR LORD...

TREMBLE, CITIZENS OF MEGA CITY ONE!

P.05-14 (DREDD-AJUDICATORS 2).indd 8 02/05/2012 12:26 SCABSKI: BLOODY-FACED SOV-BLOCK DIGESTUS: COSMIC THE TYRANT. (OR: ACCIDENT-PRONE ENTITY. (OR: PITUITARY FORMER RESYK OPERATIVE. FLAKY. LEAGUE OF PANIC MUTANT. PECKISH. ) CLAIMS YOU AS ITS ) PLAYTHINGS! SIMPUS: TRICKSTER- SPIRIT OF DROKKWITS AND MORONS. (OR: RANDOM IDIOT.) KOOK.

THE COPPER BODYBOPPER: HARBINGER OF DIGESTUS. (OR: DISCONTINUED WHIZZYWHINETM TOY.) IRRITATING.

EMERITUS EVIL: VILLAIN OF VILLAINS. (OR: DELUSIONAL ROGUE P.R. JUDGE IN DISGUISE.) CREEP. Sample file

EVIL MEATHEADS. THAT IS OOOOO... QUITE SIMPLY VILLAINS! WHO THE SILLIEST THING WILL SAVE WE NEED THE \ HAVE EVER US!? ADJUDICATORS! SEEN... NO ONE WILL BUY IT.

Y’HEAR YOUR THAT, SON? BOYS ARE OUT FOR THE COUNT, AN’ THEM VILLAINOUS VILLAINS AIN’T GOIN’ NOWHERE.

WAY \ FIGURE, THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY FORWARD...

P.05-14 (DREDD-AJUDICATORS 2).indd 9 02/05/2012 12:26 TIME I. AM THE FOR A TEAM LAW. UP! TIME TO TAKE THE LAW TO THESE FIENDS!

OOFF!

THIS CONSTITUTES AN ILLEGAL Art DEMONSTRATION. thou okayst, General?

HANDS IN THE AIR _ NOW.

BUT WE... UH... WE AIN’T YOU PUNKS HERE TA FIGHT ARE ALL UNDER YOU... ARREST. Sample file STAY HERE. THAT... THAT BRAVE SOUL CAN’T HANDLE _ HRRFF _ CAN’T HANDLE THOSE HORRORS ALONE.

ONLY WE _ GRUDTHATHURTS _ HAVE THE POWER.

ADJUDICATORS!

COURT IS IN SESSION!

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