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2000AD Promotes Judge Dredd Comic About A City Under Viral Quarantine and an Impounded Cruise Ship…

Published Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:03:44 -0500

Last updated Fri, 20 Mar 2020 17:25:04 -0500

Rebellion, publishers of 2000AD and Judge Dredd have issued a new, rather timely promotion for their ongoing series of Judge Dredd collections, chronologically over the decades, Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Vol.35, out in May.

It reprints the entirety of one of the forgotten classics from modern Dredd – Sin City by John Wagner (A History of Violence) and Kev Walker (Black Panther) – a tale of a deadly virus, a city under quarantine, and a blood-thirsty quest for vengence that will claim thousands of lives.

The floating multi-story metropolis of illegal delights known as 'Sin City' has anchored outside Mega-City One, and Dredd has seemingly been sent aboard to keep what order can be kept on this lawless pleasure city.

His real task? Locate Ula Danser, the De-Megification terrorist determined to destroy the Mega-Cities at any cost! And they're not working alone either – Dredd's old enemy Orlok the Assassin is en route to meet her, and he's carrying a cargo intended to pay back everything Dredd did to East-Meg One in the Apocalypse War – with interest!

As long as no one accuses them of taking advantage of the current coronavirus situation for a little bit of publicity… which I think they are about to get. Here's a preview…