2000 AD Prog 1986
In this issue: Judge Dredd » Reclamation (part 1) Mega-City One¸ 2138 AD. Home to 72 million citizens¸ this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant¸ and only the Judges - empowered to dispense instant justice - can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD - he is the law! Now¸ Dredd and Joyce are back in the city¸ having learnt that Brit-Cit personnel were behind Dredd's abduction... Sláine » Psychopomp (part 8) Albion¸ in a time of legend. Celtic warrior SLÁINE united the tribes of the Earth Goddess Danu and became the first High King of Ireland¸ before returning to being a wanderer. Now¸ having journeyed to the Isle of Monadh to rescue Sinead from the Drune Lords¸ he's discovered that they have been experimenting on their own creations - including the brutal¸ superhuman Primordial¸ whom sláine has just learnt is his old friend Gort... Brink » Brink (part 9) The early 21st century¸ and through environmental catastrophe and industrial overload Earth has been reduced to a uninhabitable wasteland. Mankind finally evacuated the planet in 2075 and millions were housed in a number of habitats¸ the human race crammed into these artificial worlds¸ living off synth food and nudge drugs. In this pressure-cooker environment¸ all manner of communities and sects find a home... Black Shuck » Sins of the Father (part 4) Scandinavia¸ 815 AD. When the Anglo-Saxon warrior known as BLACK SHUCK washed up at the court of King Ivar¸ it was discovered he was the monarch's bastard son¸ sired during a viking raid on the town of Dunwich. Shuck successfully aided Ivar in his fight against the monstrous Jötunn¸ the beast that dwells within him taking over in the heat of battle. When the King died¸ Shuck assumed his role and married Queen Freydis... Grey Area » Congruence (part 1) The Global Exo Segregation Zone - aka the GREY AREA - is a huge sector in Arizona given over to housing the large number of ET immigrants seeking a new home on Earth¸ and policed by Exo Transfer Control Squads¸ such as Bulliet's team¸ comprising Birdy¸ Feo¸ Kymn and Neats. Now¸ plunged through a wormhole and stranded on Homeworld¸ they are fighting to save the alien planet from destruction at the hands of a God-Star...