After the scrotnig circuit-scrambling alt-history shenanigans of last week’s Battle Action merger, we’re back to the current reality with an all-new line-up of zarjaz stories.
Future lawman Judge Dredd is on the trail of those responsible for former Chief Judge Hershey’s death in Poison by Rob Williams and PJ Holden; Feral & Foe is back for its third outing, courtesy of regular creators Dan Abnett and Richard Elson, as Bode and Wrath continue their bounty-hunting business; and Ian Edginton and D’Israeli’s skyship saga Helium returns after an extraordinary eight years. The last we saw of Hodge and Sol was their craft crashing in the Poison Belt so I’m sure you’re eager to find out what happened next — and if you need a refresher, the entire first series is available as a free download from 2000AD.com!
Add to that a special crossover one-off from the Ennis and Flint droids, and you’ve got another ghafflebette jumping-on prog.
Cover: John McCrea & Mike Spicer
- Judge Dredd - Poison (Part 1) (Rob Williams - PJ Holden)
Mega-City One, 2145 AD. Home to over 200 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant, and only future cops the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, in the wake of former Chief Judge Hershey’s death, the question remains of who was responsible…
- Feral & Foe - Bad Godesberg (Part 1) (Dan Abnett - Richard Elson)
It’s been over five years since the Last-of-All-War, when the Monarchy succeeded in defeating the Malign Lord. With their leader dead, his minions are scattered, fleeing retribution from the Wretchfinders. Necromancer Bode and warrior Wrath are two such beings, and were offered a deal — hunt and kill their own kind or be declared FERAL & FOE. So now they’re in the bounty-hunting business…
- Helium - Scorched Earth (Part 1) (Ian Edginton - D’Israeli)
The far future. It has been three hundred years since the Great War ended, and eighty-five per cent of the Earth’s surface now lies beneath a vast gaseous ocean known as the Poison Belt — a toxic cocktail of biological weapons. The survivors live above the lethal fugue, but a professor named Bloom has emerged, claiming he can make the planet habitable again. Young Constable Hodge was tasked with protecting him…
- Judge Dredd vs Robo-Hunter (Garth Ennis - Henry Flint)
In 22nd-century Brit-Cit, Sam Slade is a ROBO-HUNTER, a private detective hired to find missing droids or track down malfunctioning meks. Partnered with his idiot robot understudy Hoagy and his excitable robo-cigar Stogie, trouble is never very far away when Sam’s on a case — and when the creds are running dry, he’ll take any case that he can get his hands on, and that includes journeying to Mega-City One…
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