The wait is almost over: DREDD 3D hits cinema screens in the UK this Friday, and to celebrate 2000AD Prog 1799 comes with a zarjaz DREDD movie cover, showing Karl Urban as the grimacing lawman of the future.
Inside, in the aftermath of Day of Chaos how far will the Judges go to regain control of Mega-City One? The plan has far reaching consequences for Judge Dredd in “Innocent” by Rob Williams and Laurence Campbell.
It looks like Lenny’s band of renegades have pulled off the heist of the century — but will his crew stay true in “Lenny Zero Zero’s Seven” by Andy Diggle and Ben Willsher?
Meanwhile, sticking together could be the only key to victory in Tharg’s Thrillers Presents “15” by Tom Taylor and Jon Davis-Hunt.
Also, “Aquila: Blood of The Inceni” by Gordan Rennie and Leigh Gallagher ends in battle and blood; while Ichabod goes against the grain in “The Grevious Journey of Ichabod Azrael (and the Dead left in his Wake): Manhunt” by Rob Williams and Dom Reardon.
And if that isn’t enough thrill power for you in one day, how about a motion comic prequel to the DREDD movie? Here you go then…
• 2000AD Prog 1799 is out now on UK newsstands, online through the 2000AD shop, and via our Apple Newsstand App. More info on the 2000AD web site
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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