2000 AD Prog 2039
In this issue: Judge Dredd » Box-Office Bomb (part 1) Mega-City One¸ 2139 AD. Home to over 72 million citizens¸ this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Unemployment is rife¸ poverty widespread¸ and crime is rampant. Tensions rest on a constant knife-edge¸ and only the zero-tolerance Judges - empowered to dispense instant justice - can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD - he is the Law! Defoe » Diehards (part 14) 1671. It is five years since London was devastated by the Great Fire¸ the inferno caused by a comet passing over the capital¸ and from the ashes rose the undead¸ hungry for the flesh of the living. Protecting the populace is former Leveller Titus DEFOE¸ who led an elite squad of zombie hunters. Having defeated the evil magician Faust¸ who was controlling the stenches¸ he tried to retire - but the reeks have returned once more... Brink » Skeleton Life (part 17) The late 21st century¸ and through environmental catastrophe and industrial overload Earth has been reduced to a uninhabitable wasteland. Mankind finally evacuated the planet in 2072 and millions were housed in a number of deep-space Habitats. Bridget Kurtis¸ investigator with the Habitat Security Division¸ was involved in a sect-crime case that saw her partner murdered. Now¸ all communications with Mercury have been lost... Hunted » Furies (part 6) Nu Earth¸ just one planet among many caught up in a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers. Strategically vital¸ both sides are desperate to secure it but use of chemical weapons has rendered the atmosphere poisonous. A Souther general has turned traitor and sold information to the Norts¸ leading to the massacre of the Genetic Infantrymen. A wanted man¸ with many enemies out to kill him¸ he has to stay one step ahead... Grey Area » Life on Earth (part 1) The mid 21st century. Earth has a heavily armed defence network¸ and any ETs arriving on the planet are housed in the Exo Segregation Zone¸ known as the GREY AREA¸ which is policed by squads of Exo Transfer Control officers like Captain Adam Bulliet and his team - wife Birdy¸ linguist Kymn¸ weapons expert Feo¸ and alien transfer Resting Bitch Face. Confronted with all manner of life forms¸ they have to keep the peace...