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Judge Joseph Dredd is arguably the most iconic British comic book character of all time. Appearing for the first time in the second issue of 2000AD in 1977, the perennial Mega-City One law enforcement officer has been patrolling the dystopic streets of the future ever since. Dredd has fronted spin-off titles, t-shirts, posters, action figures and other memorobilia as well as starring in two features films (but only one good one)!
In 2012 IDW Publishing picked up the rights to distribute a new Judge Dredd comic in the USA featuring new stories and selected reprints. In addition to the core Dredd title, there have been a few notable spin-off miniseries too. Among the array of variant covers for the first issue in the regular series, you might have seen a retailer edition featuring none other than Dredd kicking in the door of a certain ACE Comics on the front cover! This particular edition is only available through ACE Comics and would make an ideal gift for variant cover enthusiasts and fans of Dredd and ACE Comics alike!!
In the 22nd century, crime runs rampant in Mega-City One, home to over 400 million citizens, robots, criminals and lunatics. The only line of defense between anarchy and chaos are… the Judges. And Judge Dredd is the toughest of them all.
In this, Judge Dredd’s 35th anniversary year, IDW is proud to re-introduce Judge Dredd to America in this all-new ongoing series.
This is the exclusive ACE Comics variant edition – a great way to own a piece of comic history and support the UK’s greatest comic book retailer!
You can also follow Dredd’s adventures in the titles below…
In the 22nd century, crime runs rampant in Mega-City One, home to over 400 million citizens, robots, criminals and lunatics. The only line of defense between anarchy and chaos are… the Judges. And Judge Dredd is the toughest of them all.
In this, Judge Dredd’s 35th anniversary year, IDW is proud to re-introduce Judge Dredd to America in this all-new ongoing series.
2000AD is a weekly British science fiction-orientated comic. As a comics anthology it serialises stories in each issue (known as “progs”) and was first published in 1977. It is most noted for it’s Judge Dredd stories, and has featured a number of artists and writers who have become renowned in the field internationally, such as Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Brian Bolland and Mike McMahon. Other characters in 2000AD include Rogue Trooper, Strontium Dog and the ABC Warriors.
The Judge Dredd Megazine is an anthology, featuring a number of ongoing and stand-alone stories. Some series have comprised a specific storyline while others have had only a loose thematic connection. Originally, the Megazine only included stories set in the world of Judge Dredd, including both spin-off series and Future Shock-style done-in-one stories, starting with Strange Cases and continuing with Tales from the Black Museum. However, it has since expanded to included some unconnected stories and text pieces, including articles, interviews and reviews.
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