Judge Dredd Megazine
Monthly anthology comic set in the world of Judge Dredd.
Judge Dredd: The Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine that debuted in September 1990 as a sister publication to 2000 AD. Its title is a wordplay combining 'magazine' with Judge Dredd's setting, Mega-City One.
Quick Facts
- Schedule
- Monthly
- Format
- Ongoing
- Publisher
- Rebellion Developments
- Writers
- Alan Grant; John Wagner
- Artists
- Carlos Ezquerra
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Content
The Megazine is an anthology featuring both ongoing and stand-alone stories, some forming specific storylines and others linked only thematically. Originally it confined itself to the Judge Dredd universe, including spin-off series and one-shot stories such as Strange Cases and Tales from the Black Museum. It later expanded to include unrelated stories and text pieces like articles, interviews, and reviews. Reprint material has been used extensively to reduce costs, including older 2000 AD stories like Helltrekkers and material from other publishers such as Preacher and Charley's War. After the end of 2000 AD Extreme Edition, a bimonthly reprint-focused spinoff, a separate reprint supplement has been packaged with each Megazine issue, usually highlighting a particular 2000 AD contributor or strip. Starting with issue #276, a creator-owned slot featured Tank Girl, American Reaper, and Snapshot. A list of series includes Al's Baby, America, Armitage, The Bad Man, Black Atlantic, Black Siddha, Blood of Satanus, Brit-Cit Brute, Cal-Hab Justice, Citi-Def, Creep, Cursed Earth Koburn, Devlin Waugh, Dominion, Fiends of the Eastern Front, Harke and Burr, Hawk the Slayer, The Inspectre, Insurrection, Judge Dredd, Judge Hershey, Low Life, Missionary Man, Psi-Judge Anderson, Shimura, Sleeze 'n' Ryder, The Simping Detective, The Streets Of Dan Francisco, Tales From The Black Museum, Tempest, Young Middenface, Strange Cases, Tales from the Black Museum, Al's Baby, American Reaper, Lily MacKenzie, Numbercruncher, Ordinary, Snapshot, and Tank Girl. Reprints from 2000 AD include Button Man #3.72–3.75 and The Helltrekkers #218–223; from other publishers come Preacher #3.40–3.63, Sin City #3.42–3.44, Charley's War #211–244, and Bob The Galactic Bum #266–273. Some issues include supplements with stories reprinted from earlier Megazine issues or from 2000 AD. Text articles between stories are usually comic-related—biographies, obituaries, interviews, or articles about stories—but may also cover science-fiction, horror, and fantasy television, book reviews, and upcoming films.
Editors
The Megazine's issue numbering was reset several times between 1990 and 2002, originally using a volume.issue format (X.YY). Issue 4.18 was the 200th overall, after which numbering became consecutive and volumes were dropped. Editors have included Steve MacManus (1990–1991, issues 1.01–1.12), David Bishop (1991–1995, 1.13–3.12; 1996–2000, 3.22–3.63; 2000–2002, 3.69–4.08), John Tomlinson (1996, 3.16–3.21), Andy Diggle (2000, 3.64–3.68), Alan Barnes (2002–2006, 4.09–4.18, 201–240), and Matt Smith (2006–present, 241–present), who also became editor-in-chief upon taking the role.
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