SECTOR CONTROL In this issue JUDGE DREDD NURTURE EDITOR’S LETTER Mega-City One, 2135 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North CELTIC BARBARIAN SLÁINE IS CELEBRATING HIS America is home to 50 million citizens. In the wake of the Chaos Bug, the city is trying to THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OVER IN 2000 AD THIS MONTH recover. Crime is rampant, and the Judges are empowered to dispense summary justice. These SO TO mark the occasion this Meg David Baillie chats to lawmen are judge, jury and executioner. Toughest of all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! writer Pat Mills and assorted artists that have played their Judge Dredd created by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra part in establishing the woad warrior as one the lynchpins TALES FROM THE BLACK MUSEUM MOM VS FOOD of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic to gauge how they feel the Mega-City One, 2135 AD. Deep in the heart of the Grand Hall of Justice lies the Black Museum, character has endured over the past three decades. You’ll Justice Department’s permanent exhibition of the relics from bygone crimes. Whether it’s a also be able to grab a sneaky glimpse at a couple of Simon notorious serial killer’s trophies or the weapons of the Dark Judges, the violent history of the Davis’s character sketches as he works on the next Sláine Big Meg is laid bare here. Let guide Henry Dubble show you around... epic A Simple Killing, coming to a prog near you in early 2014. Mom vs Food created by Alec Worley & Joel Carpenter Elsewhere, we have the start of a new Judge Dredd thriller THE STREETS OF DAN FRANCISCO PART FIVE by Rob Williams and PJ Holden, a complete Tale From the Mega-City One, 2135 AD. Judge Dan Francisco was a vid-star, presenting his show The Streets Black Museum by Alec Worley and Joel Carpenter, the latest of Dan Francisco to viewers across the metropolis as he tackled crime live on air. Becoming blistering instalment of Insurrection III, which is building to Chief Judge, his tenure was cut short by the events of Chaos Day, and he resigned. Now, he returns to the streets, haunted by guilt, and determined to bring stability to a broken city... its cataclysmic finale in a few months, and the final episode Dan Francisco created by John Wagner & Rufus Dayglo of The Streets of Dan Francisco. Taking its place next issue is the eagerly awaited comic-book follow-up to the DREDD INSURRECTION III PART SIX film, almost exactly a year after its release at cinemas – don’t Mega-City colonial space, 2135 AD. Mining colony K Alpha 61 renamed itself Liberty after cutting loose from the Big Meg. 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THARG’S FUTURE SHOP SHOP.2000ADONLINE.COM SUBSCRIPTIONS, BACK ISSUES & MERCHANDISE 01621 877250 20 16 ADVERTISING SALES Keith Richardson 01865 792201 3 g WWW.2000ADONLINE.COM P.03 (339 CONTENTS).indd 3 02/08/2013 14:53 JUDGE DREDD COMPACT CLASSICS Graphic NovelsAUGUST PORTRAIT OF A MUTANT TRIFECTA STRONTIUM DOG by John Wagner, Alan Grant, & Carlos Ezquerra JUDGE DREDD by Ewing, Spurrier, Williams, Flint, D’Israeli & more Sample file ISBN: 978-1-78108-143-3 g Paperback g 144 pages g £6.99 g On sale 15 August 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78108-145-7 g Hardback g 176 pages g £19.99 g On sale 15 August 2013 IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE GREAT ATOMIC WAR OF 2150, STRONTIUM 90 FALLOUT HAS CREATED MEGA-CITY ONE, 2134 AD. FRESH FROM THE DEVASTATING EVENTS CAUSED BY THE CHAOS VIRUS, a race of mutants. Outcasts from society, they are despised by the ‘norms’ and given only the Dredd becomes aware of a potential power-grab from within Justice Department. Meanwhile, dirtiest job – bounty hunting. Johnny Alpha is one such mutant, working for the Search/Destroy Wally Squad gumshoe Jack Point is given a mysterious doll to safeguard, and undercover Agency, hunting down the criminals for the Galactic Crime Commission... Judge Dirty Frank wakes up on the moon as a board member of Overdrive, Inc. All three lawmen After the success of the Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper digest volumes, Strontium Dog is soon find themselves embroiled in the same case in which allegiances and grudges form in the latest 2000 AD series to be given the B-format treatment, reprinting in this first book the equal measure... entirety of Alpha’s classic origin saga Portrait of a Mutant, in which we learn the shocking truths Collecting the critically acclaimed crossover story in a handsome hardback volume complete of his past and the instrumental part he played in the first Mutant War. Essential reading for all with a specially commissioned lenticular cover by Henry Flint, it also features an extensive covers Squaxx, this is undiluted Thrill-power at a bargain price! gallery and character sketches. No Earthlet’s bookshelf should be without it! WWW.2000ADONLINE.COM // TO PURCHASE 2000 AD SUBSCRIPTIONS, BACK ISSUES AND MERCHANDISE CALL: 01621-877-250 OR VISIT SHOP.2000ADONLINE.COM P.04 (GNS AD AUGUST 13).indd 1 01/08/2013 12:23 ROB WILLIAMS SCRIPT PJ HOLDEN ART EVA DE LA CRUZ COLOURS ANNIE PARKHOUSE LETTERS PART NURTURE ONE A SMALL CRIME IN A VERY LARGE CITY... HEY _ ! CONTROL _ ACKNOWLEDGED. AUSTIN. BAG SNATCH ON DEELEY, PERP FLEEING WEARING ZOOSH BOOTS. AM IN ...NO BIG PURSUIT. DEAL. ‘HE’S HEADING DOWN TOWARDS WEINER. ‘STAIRWELL. TOO SMALL FOR LAWMASTER TO FOLLOW.’ STAND ASIDE CITIZENS! MATTHEW WEINER BLOCK IS CURRENTLY Sample file AWAITING DEMOLITION. NINETY-EIGHT PER CENT DERELICT DUE TO CHAOS BUG FATALITIES AND EXTENSIVE RIOT DAMAGE. JOVUS, HE’S FAST! STOP, CREEP, OR \ FIRE! YOU WERE WARNED! HEATSEEKER! P.05-14 (DREDD-NURTURE 1).indd 5 01/08/2013 12:37 HNH! CONTROL... NONE HNH! HAVE LOST... VISUAL. CURRENTLY REQUEST AERIAL AVAILABLE. SURVEILLANCE. DROKK IT. ODD. THE Sample file HEATSEEKER WAS HEADING STRAIGHT FOR HIM BUT IT... HEATSEEKER. P.05-14 (DREDD-NURTURE 1).indd 6 01/08/2013 12:38 HUH. CONTROL, ANY MIGHT WANT HAVE BRING UP BUILDING BASEMENT TO RE-EVALUATE JUST FOUND PLANS FOR MY LEVELS? ANY NEGATIVE. THAT INFORMATION, SOME KIND POSITION. MAJOR HEAT CONTROL. OF TRAP SOURCES? DOOR. WEIRD HOW THE PANEL ATTRACTED THE HEATSEEKER BULLETS BUT IT’S COOL TO THE TOUCH. AM TRYING TO PRISE IT OPEN. Sample file CONTROL, \ NEED A MED-TEAM AND MAJOR TEK SUPPORT TO MY LOCATION NOW! CONTROL _ NNNF! _ WHO OWNS THIS APARTMENT? DOOR’S ONE ALESSANDRO PRETTY LOW-TECH. CERVANTES. CURRENT GUESS HE FIGURED NO LOCATION: UNKNOWN. ONE’S GOING TO LOOK DISAPPEARED ON CHAOS DAY. BELIEVED FOR IT UNDERNEATH DECEASED. THE RUG. \’M TAKING A LOOK... P.05-14 (DREDD-NURTURE 1).indd 7 01/08/2013 12:38 GRUD, SOME CRAZY HOT IN KIND OF COVERT HERE... LABORATORY... HUMAN SUBJECTS. \’VE GOT NUCLEAR SIGNS DOWN HERE, CONTROL. WHAT THE DROKK IS...? CLONES? CONTROL, GOING TO WANT A SENIOR JUDGE PRESENCE DOWN HERE TOO. Sample file P.05-14 (DREDD-NURTURE 1).indd 8 01/08/2013 12:38 OK, OK! YOU CAN HAVE YOUR GOGGLES _ _ BACK. AUDIO VISUAL, TOTALLY IMMERSIVE. Sample...PROGRAMMED. file THIS IS ALL THESE POOR BASTARDS HAVE BEEN SEEING AND HEARING. THEY’VE BEEN... P.05-14 (DREDD-NURTURE 1).indd 9 01/08/2013 12:38 THEY’RE OF CHIEF JUDGE’S HE GREW CLONES. JUDGES. OFFICE, GRAND THEM FROM STOLEN HALL OF JUSTICE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DNA RECORDS AND HAS ALTERED THEIR PHYSICAL ABILITIES SO THEY’RE STRONGER THAN NORMAL. AND HE’S FED THEIR INTELLECTS NOTHING BUT SEX AND VI IMAGES FOR YEARS. IT’S A WORLD-CLASS MINI-OPERATION DOWN THERE. THE LEVEL OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE IS EXTRAORDINARY. THE APARTMENT OWNER TUNNELLED AND EXCAVATED THE LAB HIMSELF. ALESSANDRO CERVANTES. IT’S AN ALIAS. RECORDS HAVE BEEN TAMPERED, WE’VE NOW DISCOVERED. CERVANTES DIDN’T EXIST UNTIL SEVEN YEARS AGO. ROOM WAS AUTOMATED. MINI-NUCLEAR GENERATOR CONTROLLED ROOM HEAT. THERMOSTAT IF HE’S HAD MALFUNCTIONED, BEEN MISSING WHICH IS HOW WE SINCE CHAOS DAY FOUND IT.