One of the advantages of being a subscriber to both 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine is that copies arrive on my doormat a few days before publication giving me an opportunity to read and review before the casual buyer. Given the pandemic & the need to avoid going out (I'm in a vulnerable group) it's also the best way to ensure I get copies with the shops shut.
The latest issue begins with a one off and quite tragic Judge Dredd story that harks back to an earlier issue (though I can't recall which, must be age creeping up on me) The Night Flyer in which people are abducted through their windows about which our perp remarks:
We live in a world filled with flying cars. powerboards, jet packs and anti grav packs....and yet people still leave their windows open at night.
And so another victim is taken though Dredd sees the culprit and pursues. The horror is about to become apparent.
The other stories in the latest issue all continue from the last issue including alternatte universe mega City in Megatropolis and proto-Judges in Dreadnoughts. We also discover that Judge Death has developed a dislike for poets in part five of Deliverance as one of his misguided disciples finds out.
There's also an interesting article on John Sanders one of the people responsible for Fleetway's line of comics and the world he lived and worked in. There's also mention of "stroppy staff" at 2000AD which doesn't surprise me but creative people usually are and the fact that the comic has survived and prospered despite the collapse of the British comics industry is a tribute to their sterling work.
The book Kings Reach is also out now.
The Judge Dredd Megazine comes bagged with part three of the 2000AD Encyclopedia!
Rating: 4.5 Stars.
Also out this week is the latest 2000AD with a splendid Slaine cover. the art on this series is superb.
All publications available from: 2000ad.com
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