SECTOR CONTROL *MSGHRHRRTD JUDGE DREDD OLD MAN TIME Mega-City One, 2134 AD. This vast urban nightmare on the east coast of post-apocalyptic EDITOR’S LETTER North America is home to 400 million citizens. Overcrowding is rife, and with crime rampant WELCOME TO THE FIRST MEGAZINE OF 2012, A YEAR WHICH only the Judges can prevent anarchy. Empowered to dispense summary justice, these lawmen PROMISES TO BE MORE THAN A LITTLE EXCITING FOR are judge, jury and executioner, and toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Judge Dredd created by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra DREDD fans everywhere, and we hit the ground running with a high-octane line-up, featuring the start of new supernatu- ARMITAGE THE UNDERGROUND ral series Strange & Darke by John Smith and Colin MacNeil Brit-Cit, 2134 AD. 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MICHAEL CARROLL SCRIPT NICK DYER ART CHRIS BLYTHE COLOURS ANNIE PARKHOUSE LETTERS NEARBY, ON HOWARD BOULEVARD... HAD SOME SHERMAN _ LEAVE WORKED YOU’RE A COUPLE OF UP, JUDGE RAMON. DAYS EARLY. DECIDED NOT TO TAKE IT. AND GET AN H-WAGON TO THE EL NORTH OF TOM FRAME BLOCK _ COULD BE THE LEAPER WAS PUSHED. \ KNOW YOU’VE BEEN GUESS SOMEONE ANGLING FOR THIS POST FOR HAS TO KEEP THE A WHILE. GLAD WE COULD LIGHTS ON AND THE FIRES FINALLY MAKE IT BURNING... BUT IT’S A HAPPEN. THAT’S RIGHT, WASTE OF A BRAIN SIR. ALMOST SIX LIKE YOURS. YOU YEARS KEEPING WERE IN CITY THE DEPARTMENT’S SERVICES, WHEELS THANK RIGHT? GREASED. YOU, SIR. THAT MEANS A LOT. Sample file IT’S BIGGER FIGURED THAN \’D EXPECTED. IT’D BE BIT OF A BUSIER. LABYRINTH. YOU’LL LEARN YOUR WAY AROUND SOON ENOUGH. NEW YEAR’S EVE. THE CIVILIAN AUXILIARIES HAVE THE NIGHT OFF, AND WE’RE ON MINIMUM SECURITY RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW HOW IT GETS OUT THERE. EVERY AVAILABLE WAIT, JUDGE HAS TO BE ON WHY AREN’T THE STREETS. YOU_ Sample file PROGNOSIS? DREDD, WE JUST GOT HERE! THAT’S NOT WHAT \ ASKED. \ _ DREDD, WE CAN’T GET ACCESS TO THE LABS. SHERMAN USED TO WORK IN CITY SERVICES _ ALL UNITS _ CONVERGE ON HOWARD LABS! JUDGE ALBERT SHERMAN HAS GONE ROGUE! A DOZEN HELMETS ALREADY DOWN! SHERMAN...? DROKK! CONTROL, CLOSE OFF ALL ACCESS, SHUT DOWN ALL POWER TO THE BUILDING! _ HE MUST HAVE SABOTAGED THE Sample file SYSTEMS. DREDD, HE’S LOCKED DOWN THE BUILDING _ ALL THE DOORS HAVE BEEN SEALED! \’VE GOT AN OVERRIDE _ BIKE CANNON _ FULL AUTO! CONTROL, THIS PLACE IS A MAZE. ALL THE SIGNS ARE OFF-LINE. SEND SCHEMATICS TO MY LAWMASTER. NO CAN DO _ ALL DATA FILES PERTAINING TO THE LABS HAVE BEEN PURGED. GONNA TAKE TIME TO RECONSTRUCT THEM. RAMON’S DOWN, SINGLE GUNSHOT TO WHAT...? THE CHEST. BUT HE’LL MAKE DREDD _ YOU HOW COULD YOU IT _ GOT A RAPID-HEAL WANT TO GO KNOW WHERE BACK THE WAY MEDI-PATCH OVER YOU CAME. \ AM? THE WOUND. THIRD LEFT. Sample file NO QUESTIONS _ JUST DO IT. TIME’S RUNNING OUT. AND KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN. SHERMAN! HANDS WHERE \ _ STOMM! ALL JUDGES _ PRIORITY DROKK _ ALPHA ALERT! LASER TRAP! DON’T BOTHER, DREDD _ FORCEFIELD. WE’RE GETTING REPORTS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY _ CITS DISAPPEARING, FREAK STORMS, BLOCKS COLLAPSING! Sample file IT’S LIKE ARMAGEDDON OUT THERE!.