Judge Dredd Megazine #493

More action and adventure in the future-shocked world of Judge Dredd!

Includes:
Judge Rico » The Black Tower (part 2)
Mega-City One, 2148 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 300 million citizens, where tensions run a constant knife-edge. Bordered on one side by the toxic Black Atlantic and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west, crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Rico – he is the Law!

Atomfall » The Wicked Isle (part 3)
Wyndham village, 1958. A year ago, reporter Jenny Coggins was sent by her newspaper to write a story on the Windscale Atom Plant, but she’d been receiving inside information that all was not what it seemed with the facility. While she was there, however, the plant exploded, and the entire area was quarantined by the military – now a new society has developed, and more mysteries emerge...

Fargo & McBane » Favoured Sons (part 4)
New York City, the 1970s. Detective Jack McBane was one of the toughest cops to patrol the metropolis, having no compunction in handing out summary justice upon criminals. Although his ruthless attitude wins him few friends, he has one in Officer Eartha Fargo, who’s partnered with him to investigate strange crimes on the mean streets of the Big Apple...

Rogue Trooper » An Iteration of allies (part 1)
Nu Earth, a planet ravaged by war, its atmosphere poisoned by the use of chemical and biological weapons. It is the site of the conflict between the Southers and the Norts, each side battling for supremacy, and where Genetic Infantryman Rogue Trooper, along with his biochipped buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, is on a quest to find the Traitor General that sold out his comrades...

Megatropolis: Book two (part 9)
Imagine a Mega-City One from an alternate timeline – less the gleaming metropolis of the twenty-second century but instead an art deco retro-future variation. Joe Rico is the one good cop in a police department riddled with corruption, and partnered with the young Amy Jara, they investigated a series of vigilante killings committed by a robot...

Writers: Kenneth Niemand, Andi Ewington & Jonathan L. Howard 
Artists: Anthony Williams, Dave Taylor, Nick Percival, P.J. Holden & Sinu Senan 

Author/Artist: various
Publisher: Rebellion/2000AD
Page Count: 64pp
Size: 8 x 10.5
Notes: perfect bound, full color
Date of Publication: August 19, 2026