THARG’S NERVE CENTRE IN THIS PROG JUDGE DREDD // WAR BUDS Mega-City One, 2139 AD. Home to over 72 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Unemployment is rife, poverty widespread, and crime is rampant. Tensions rest on a constant knife-edge, and only the zero-tolerance Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Judge Dredd created by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra THE ALIENIST // INHUMAN NATURES England, 1908. Madelyn Vespertine, an Edwardian woman of unknown age and origin, BORAG THUNGG, EARTHLETS! investigates strange events of an occult nature, accompanied by Professor Sebastian Call me Tharg The Mighty, all-powerful alien Wetherall. Little do those that meet the pair know that the Professor is actually an actor editor of this explosive SF anthology! called Reginald Briggs, a stooge covering for the fact that Madelyn is not human. 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Now, he’s getting payback on his handlers, and the Rok of the Reds, the football/sci-fi mini-series that next one on his list is Doctor Green, responsible for his terrifying ‘primals’... was scripted by Wagner and Alan Grant, and published Greysuit created by Pat Mills & John Higgins by BHP Comics, and here he makes his debut for the Galaxy’s Greatest under my emerald eye! HOPE // ...FOR THE FUTURE Don’t forget, my Squaxx, that the first volume in An alternate 1940s Hollywood. WWII is over, victory having been secured by occult the utterly scrotnig Hachette Partworks 2000 AD means. Now, magic is a part of everyday life, its practitioners commonplace. Mallory Ultimate Collection is out 23 August, for a mere £1.99 HOPE is one such skilled operative, though calling on the dark arts takes its toll on the — yes, I know! You can own The Horned God for just a user. 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WE WERE HARDLY PART CLOSE. WAR BUDS ONE THE RESTRAINT SUIT PREVENTS HIM HARMING HIMSELF _ OR OTHERS. HE’S CAPABLE SampleOF BOTH. file SCRIPT JOHN WAGNER ART DAN CORNWELL COLOURS ABIGAIL BULMER LETTERS ANNIE PARKHOUSE DO YOU \’M THINK \ DON’T SORRY! \’VE REGRET IT? EVERY TOLD YOU A MOMENT OF MY THOUSAND DAMN LIFE! TIMES _ OH GRUD, IF ONLY \ COULD! IF ONLY \ COULD! HE WANTS TO DIE _ TO ATONE FOR WHAT HE’S DONE, OR IMAGINES HE HAS. THIS IS A SAD CONDITION TO FIND YOU IN, D-DREDD...? COSTA. HELLO, COSTA. UHHHH...? WE... WE DID WE DID IT’S THE A TERRIBLE THING, WHAT WE BABIES, DREDD. DREDD. HAD TO. THEY’RE THE WORST. MILLIONS AND \ WAS MILLIONS OF A DOCTOR! A BABIES. DOCTOR! DO NO HARM! THAT’S WHAT \’VE WE LIVE BY! DO _ COUNTED NO _ HARM! OH, THEM. \ COUNT \ DID HARM ALL THEM EVERY RIGHT! DAY, EVERY NIGHT. CAN YOU HEAR THEM? Sample fileSCREAMING? CRYING? BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DID. YOU AND ME. \ TELL THEM \’M SORRY! \ TELL THEM ALL THE TIME! THEY WON’T LEAVE ME ALONE! THEY WON’T LEAVE ME ALONNNNNE! Sample file TWO. JORDAN WE’VE BEEN YOU’VE LENO HERE AT TREATING HIM TAKEN A SECOND THIS INSTITUTION AND FOR MANY YEARS. OPINION? PROFESSOR WYATT AT HIS CONDITION M.U. BOTH AGREE WITH HAS GROWN MY RECOMMENDATION. PROGRESSIVELY YOU’LL SEE THEY’VE WORSE. SIGNED THE CONSENT FORM. QUITE CLEARLY HE’S NEVER GOING TO IMPROVE. THE MAN IS LIVING A NIGHTMARE. WHAT’S UP, MAC WENT MAC? YOU TO SEE CHARLIE SOUNDED REAL TODAY. BUGGED. IT’S NOT HEY, YOU RIGHT! IT’S NOT EASY, SHOULDA SEEN GRUDDAMN MAC. HIM EARLIER. HE RIGHT! WAS SPITTIN’ Sample file BLOOD! MR MACDONALD, MAY \ HAVE A WORD WITH YOU? YOU’RE CHARLES WAR BUDS. HE’S IN A WAY COSTA’S DESIGNATED VISITOR, GOT NO FAMILY, AND THAT’S WHY \ WANT \ UNDERSTAND. HIS ONLY ONE. THE OTHER GUYS KINDA TO TALK TO YOU. AFTER YOU WERE FRIENDS? GAVE UP. FOUND IT TOO CAREFUL CONSIDERATION DEPRESSING. WE’VE DECIDED TO CARRY OUT EUTHANASIA ON MR COSTA. YOU MUST REALISE, HIS CONDITION IS IRRETRIEVABLE. EUTHANASIA? 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AFTER EVERYTHING WE WENT THROUGH TOGETHER. AN’ FRIED A FEW MILLION SOV ONES. WELL, \ AIN’T GONNA LET IT HAPPEN! WE AIN’T GONNA LET IT HAPPEN! WE’RE GONNA MORANT _ GET HIM OUTTA THERE! IF IT AIN’T MACDONALD, HAMBLE AND KWAN, THE OLD GANG TOGETHER. THOUGHT \ DID MY TIME YEAH? AND WHAT \’M _ \’VE GOT TO GET THE DO YOU DO WITH HIM WE... WE TAKE NOT PART OF SHOULDER TOO? THEN, MAC? THESE MEETS HIM TO TEXAS CITY. NOW? YEAH. THEY GOT BETTER WE’RE NOT DOCS THERE. THEY’LL HOLDING ANYTHING FIX HIM UP. AGAINST YOU, MORANT. IT’S JUST _ YOU’VE GOT TO ADMIT, YOU HAVEN’T BEEN THE BEST WE’D BE OF COMPANY SINCE YOU BREAKING THE GOT OUT. LAW. WE COULD ALL GO TO THE CUBES.