Judge Dredd: The Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990. It is a sister publication to 2000 AD. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Judge Dredd's locale Mega-City One.

Content

Like 2000 AD, Judge Dredd Megazine is an anthology, featuring both ongoing and stand-alone stories. Some series have comprised a specific storyline while others only a loose thematic connection. Originally the Megazine only set stories 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. It has since expanded to include some unconnected stories and text pieces, including articles, interviews and reviews.

Unlike 2000 AD, reprint material has been extensively used in order to bring costs down. As well as older 2000 AD stories such as Helltrekkers, there have also been reprints that originate elsewhere, such as Preacher and Charley's War. Since the demise of 2000 AD Extreme Edition, a bimonthly 2000 AD spinoff which focused on reprints of old strips, a separate reprint supplement has been packaged with each issue of the Megazine, usually focusing on the work of a particular 2000 AD contributor or compiling a particular strip.

Starting in issue #276 a creator-owned slot that featured Tank Girl, American Reaper and Snapshot has appeared.

Selected series For a complete list of stories, see the External links section below.

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

Themed one-offs

Strange Cases Tales from the Black Museum

Creator-owned Al's Baby American Reaper Lily MacKenzie Numbercruncher Ordinary Snapshot Tank Girl

Reprints From 2000AD: Button Man #3.72–3.75 The Helltrekkers #218–223

From other publishers: Preacher #3.40–3.63 Sin City #3.42–3.44 Charley's War #211–244 Bob The Galactic Bum #266–273

Supplements Some issues are accompanied by supplements containing stories reprinted from earlier issues of the Megazine or from 2000AD. (A complete list is given below.)

Features

Text articles appear in between the stories. They are usually comic-related, such as biographies or obituaries, interviews with writers and artists, or articles about stories, but they can also be about science-fiction, horror and fantasy television shows, book reviews and upcoming films.

A feature that ran from 2006 was "Small Press". This section dealt with small press or self-published writer/artists. It featured reviews of comics, and included one story every issue. They are usually unrelated to the Judge Dredd universe.

At the end of most issues is a letters section, called Dreddlines, where the readers can voice their opinions about the magazine.

Creators

Creators to have worked for Judge Dredd Megazine include:

Simon Bisley Carlos Ezquerra Alan Grant (also a consultant editor) Trevor Hairsine Chris Halls Cam Kennedy Pat Mills Robbie Morrison Arthur Ranson Gordon Rennie Si Spencer Simon Spurrier John Wagner (also a consultant editor)

Editors Between 1990 and 2002, the issue numbering of the Megazine was reset several times. Originally, the issue numbers were in the format X.YY, where X was the volume number and YY the issue number within that volume. Issue 4.18 was the 200th issue overall; the next issue was numbered 201, and the numbering has since run uninterrupted, with the concept of volumes dropped. Steve MacManus, 1990–1991 (issues 1.01 – 1.12) David Bishop, 1991–1995 (1.13 – 3.12) John Tomlinson, 1996 (3.16 – 3.21) David Bishop, 1996–2000 (3.22 – 3.63) Andy Diggle, 2000 (3.64 – 3.68) David Bishop, 2000–2002 (3.69 – 4.08) Alan Barnes, 2002–2006 (4.09 – 4.18, 201 – 240) Matt Smith, 2006–present (241 – present)

On becoming editor, Matt Smith – already editor of 2000 AD – took the new title editor-in-chief.Judge Dredd Megazine no. 481, p.27, 15 July 2025.

Awards 1992: won the UK Comic Art Award for Best Ongoing Publication"Newswatch: UK Awards Named," The Comics Journal #149 (March 1992), p. 22. 1993: won the UK Comic Art Award for Best Ongoing PublicationER. "International Miscellanea: 1993 UK Comic Art Awards," The Comics Journal #161 (August 1993), p. 40. 1999: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite British Comic 2002: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite British Comic 2000: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite British Comic 2004: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite British Comic 2005: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Colour Comic Book – British 2006: won the Eagle Award for Best British Colour ComicEagle Awards website, 2006 winners 2007: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Colour Comicbook – British 2008: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Colour Comicbook – British 2012: nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Colour Comicbook – British

See also 2000 AD crossovers, of which the Megazine is the other major comic outlet of stories.

Notes

References

Sources

External links Official 2000 AD Web site 2000 AD Review fan site

Lists of stories on WikiCommons A list of all stories to appear in the Judge Dredd Megazine from 1990 to December 2025 (#1 to #487) A more detailed list of Judge Dredd stories from 1990 to December 2025 (#1 to #487) A list of stories in the supplements to all issues