Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection

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Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection is a fortnightly partwork collection of hardback books published by Hachette Partworks. The series is made up of 80 volumes which contain thematic collections of stories about 2000 AD's Judge Dredd and related characters,[1] as well as bonus material including previously unpublished art.[2] The spine art on the books combine to display a new image by artist Patrick Goddard. The series was also accompanied by the launch of a series of podcasts called '2000 AD Thrill-Casts' which, after the 6th episode, widened its focus to 2000 AD in general.[3]

The series is the third recent comics series by Hachette Partworks. It follows the success of The Official Marvel Graphic Novel Collection and Marvel's Mightiest Heroes Graphic Novel Collection and is the first which departs from Marvel comics. It is available in the UK, Ireland and Australia.

List of books

The following books are those confirmed by Hachette. "Issue" refers to the order of publication, and "Volume" refers to the order in which the books are intended to be kept once the 80-volume collection is complete.[4]

Issue Volume Title Collecting Cover Artist UK Release Date[notes 1] AU/NZ Release Date
01 01 America[5] America, The Fading of Light, Cadet, Judgement Call, Blood and Duty, Firepower and Snowstorm[6] Colin MacNeil January 21, 2015 August 6, 2015
02 24 Mechanismo Mechanismo, Mechanismo Returns, Body Count, S.A.M. and Safe Hands[7] Colin MacNeil[notes 2] February 4, 2015 August 13, 2015
03 36 The Apocalypse War Block Mania and The Apocalypse War Carlos Ezquerra[8] February 15, 2015 August 20, 2015
04 45 Origins The Connection, Origins and The Spirit of Christmas Brian Bolland[9] March 4, 2015 September 1, 2015
05[10] 10 Psi-Judge Anderson: Shamballa Shamballa, The Jesus Syndrome, Satan, The Protest and R*evolution Arthur Ranson[11] March 15, 2015 September 17, 2015
06[10] 25 Mandroid Mandroid, Mandroid: Instrument of War, Escape From Atlantis and Bad Mother Kev Walker[12] April 1, 2015 October 1, 2015
07[13] 55 The Heavy Mob Holocaust 12, Brit-Cit Brute, Wynter, Father Earth, Debris and Warzone Dylan Teague[14] April 15, 2015 October 12, 2015
08[13] 32 The Cursed Earth The Cursed Earth and Last of the Bad Guys Mike McMahon[15] April 29, 2015 October 29, 2015
09[16] 14 Devlin Waugh: Swimming in Blood Swimming in Blood, Brief Encounter, Red Tide and Bite Fight Cliff Robinson[17] May 13, 2015 November 12, 2015
10[18] 61 Shimura Outcast, Fearful Symmetry, Chambara, The Transcendental Assassin, Heavy Metal, Assassins, Dragon Fire, Web, Ronin Breed, Scary Monsters, The Harder They Come and Angels of Death[18] Colin MacNeil[19] May 27, 2015 November 26, 2015
11[20] 49 Day of Chaos: The Fourth Faction The Skinning Room, The Further Dastardly Deeds of P.J. Maybe, Nadia, The Fourth Faction, Elusive, The Assassination List. Henry Flint[21] June 10, 2015 December 10, 2015
12[22] 02 Democracy Now! Letter from a Democrat, Revolution, The Devil You Know, Twilight's Last Gleaming, Politics, Raider, SABs, Direct Action, John Cassavetes is Dead, Mega- City Confidential. John Higgins[23] June 24, 2015 December 24, 2015
13[22] 60 Hondo City Justice Our Man in Hondo, Shimura, Babes with Big Bazookas, Executioner, Deus X, Hondo-City Justice, Project Behemoth, Revenge of the 47 Ronin. Cliff Robinson[24] July 15, 2015 January 7, 2016
14[25] 08 Psi-Judge Anderson: The Possessed The Possessed,Hour of the Wolf, Contact, Beyond the Void, Helios. Brett Ewins[26] July 15, 2015 January 14, 2016
15[27] 75 Alien Nations Raptaur, Raptaur Returns, Skar, The Alien Way, Howler, Prey, Alien Wedding, He Came From Outer Space, Alien Town's Burning. Cliff Robinson[28] August 15, 2015 January 28, 2016
16[27] 42 Doomsday For Dredd Beyond The Call Of Duty, Return of the Assassin, The Trial, Trial of Strength, War Games, Endgame. Dylan Teague[29] August 19, 2015 February 11, 2016
17[27] 31 Oz Oz Steve Dillon[30] September 2, 2015 February 25, 2016
18[27] 50 Day of Chaos: Endgame Eve of Destruction; Tea for Two; Wot I Did During the Worst Dissaster in Mega-City History; Chaos Day; The Days After; Wastelands Henry Flint[31] September 16, 2015 March 10, 2016
19[27] 03 Total War Terror; Total War; After the Bombs; Visiting Hour; The Searchers; Horror in Emergency Camp 4 Simon Coleby [32] September 30, 2015 March 24, 2016
20[27] 21 The Simping Detective Crystal Blue, Innocence: A Broad, Dorks of War, Playing Futsie, Fifteen, Petty Crimes, No Body, No How. Demarco, P.I. Ways to Die. Demarco, P.I. Dep Blue Death and Demarco, P.I. The Fierce and the Furious. Cliff Robinson[33] October 14, 2015 April 7, 2016
21[27] 04 The Dead Man The Dead Man, Bloodline,[notes 3] The Shooting Match, A Letter to Judge Dredd, Tale of the Dead Man,[notes 4] Nightmares John Ridgway[34] October 28, 2015 April 21, 2016
22[27] 30 Target: Judge Dredd The Fists of Stan Lee, The Return of Death Fist, The Art of Geomancy, Fight, Enter Jonni Kiss, Goodnight Kiss, The Brainstem Man, The Man Who Broke the Law, Hitman, Missing Jim Baikie[35] November 11, 2015 May 5, 2016
23[27] 15 Devlin Waugh: Chasing Herod Chasing Herod: Prologue, Chasing Herod, Reign of Frogs: Prologue, Reign of Frogs, Sirius Rising, Innocence & Experience Colin Wilson[36] November 25, 2015 May 19, 2016
24[37] 51 Trifecta The Family Man, Bullet to King Four, The Simping Detective: Jokers to the Right, Low Life: Saudade, The Cold Deck, Trifecta Carl Critchlow[38] December 9, 2015 June 2, 2016
25[37] 37 Judgement Day Top Dogs, Judgment Day (from Progs 786-799), Judgment Day (from Judge Dredd Megazine 2.04-2.09), The Kinda Dead Man Carlos Ezquerra December 23, 2015 June 16, 2016
26[37] 19 Low Life: Paranoia Paranoia, Heavy Duty, Rock and a Hard Place, He's Making a List…, Con Artist, Baby Talk, War Without Bloodshed. Henry Flint[39] January 6, 2016 June 30, 2016
27 67 Cursed Earth Koburn Sturm Und Dang, Kuss Hard, Burial Party, The Assizes, Malachi, El Maldito. Carlos Ezquerra [40] January 20, 2016 July 14, 2016
28 56 Beyond Mega-City One Atlantis; Emerald Isle; Book of the Dead; Gulag; Regime Change Brendan McCarthy[41] February 3, 2016 July 21, 2016
29 44 Satan's Island Sin City; Case for the Defence; Reprisal; Jumped; Lawcon[notes 5] Kev Walker[42] February 17, 2016 August 4, 2016
30 76[43] Klegg Hai! Maelstrom; The Corps; The Kleggs!; Meatmonger; Love Hurts!; Scavengers; The Heart is a Lonely Klegg Hunter; Trapper Hag; Revenge of Trapper Hag Chris Weston[44] March 2, 2016 August 18, 2016
31 05 Necropolis By Lethal Injection; Rights of Succession; Dear Annie; Necropolis Carlos Ezquerra [45] March 16, 2016 September 1, 2016
32[46] 40 The Pit The Pit; True Grot; Unjudicial Liasons; Last Rites; Declaration of War; Bongo War Cliff Robinson[47] March 30, 2016 September 15, 2016
33[48] 06 Judge Death Lives! Judge Death; Judge Death Lives; Four Dark Judges; Theatre of Death; Judge Death: The True Story; Dead Reckoning; Tea with Mrs Gunderson Brian Bolland[49] April 13, 2016 September 29, 2016
34[46] 11 Psi-Judge Anderson: Childhood's End Reasons to be Cheerful; The Witch? Report; Childhood's End; Voyage of the Seeker; Postcards from the Edge; Postcard to Myself Arthur Ranson April 27, 2016 October 13, 2016
35[50] 66[notes 6] Missionary Man: Goin' South Prologue; Mardi Gras; Goin' South; Apocrypha; Mark of the Beast; True Grit; Lonesome Dave; The Black Plague; The Hotdog Run; Shantytown Henry Flint[51] May 11, 2016 October 27, 2016
36[52] 28 The Life And Times Of P.J. Maybe Bug; What I Did During the Summer Holidays by P.J. Maybe, 13 (Class 2); The Further Advenshers of P.J. Maybe Age 14; The Confeshuns of P.J. Maybe; Wot I Did During Necropolis by P.J. Maybe Aged 15½; P.J. & the Mock-Choc Factory; The All New Adventures of P.J. Maybe; You're a Better Man than I, Gunga Dinsdale; Bring Me The Heart of P.J. Maybe; Six; The Monsterus Mashinashuns of P.J. Maybe; The Gingerbread Man; Wot I Did for Chrissmas Cliff Robinson[53] May 25, 2016 November 10, 2016
37[54] 43 Doomsday for Mega City One Bad Frendz; Worst of Frendz; Gun Play; The Scorpion Dance; The Contract; The Narcos Connection; Doomsday; Volt Face June 8, 2016 November 17, 2016
38[55] 20 Lowlife: Hostile Takeover D'Israeli[56] June 22, 2016 November 24, 2016
39[57] 38 Inferno Carlos Ezquerra July 6, 2016 December 8, 2016

Notes

  1. ↑ This is the official in-shops release date; the date the issue was received by subscribers could be different. Subscribers also received 2 issues at a time.
  2. ↑ Colin redrew his original cover to Meg 2.12 exclusively for the collection http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=megprofiles&choice=2.12
  3. ↑ In the volume's first printing, this was shown as Originally published in 2000 AD Progs 650-662 instead of the correct value of 583-584
  4. ↑ The artwork on this story is credited to Will Simpson, however the last three parts were drawn by Jeff Anderson
  5. ↑ In the volume, 'Lawcon' was shown as Originally published in 2000 AD Progs 3.76-3.79 instead of the correct value of Judge Dredd Megazine 3.76-3.79
  6. ↑ The Facebook page had referred to Missionary Man: Goin' South as being volume 65, but when published it was in fact volume 66

Issues not formally confirmed by publisher

The publisher has made it clear they do not want future numbered issues that are unconfirmed added to the above table, however below are details that have leaked out through text pages in already published issues as well as via the Facebook page.

  • Vol 29 / Issue 79 (17th January 2018) will focus on Chopper,[58]
  • Vol 54 will be Insurrection[59]
  • Vol 68 will feature Sleaze 'n' Ryder.[60]
  • Vol 33 / Issue 41 [61] will be The Day the Law Died, and will also include Helter Skelter.[62]
  • Issue 61 (10th May 2017) will include Fast Food,[63]
  • There will be two volumes of Detective Judge Armitage,[64] the first of which will be issue 56 (1st Match 2017) [65]
  • Missionary Man's volumes are 64, 65 & 66.[66]
  • The "separate and aggressive Dredd world"[67] of Heavy Metal Dredd will be Vol 73 and Vol 74 will be called Famous Monsters.[64]
  • A posting on 8 July confirmed a Mean Machine collection including The Three Amigos.[27]
  • The Judge Child & City of the Damned are part of the collection but will not be seen until near the end of the run, being issues 69 & 74 respectively. Charting forward, those issues should appear on 30 August & 8 November 2017.[68]
  • The original Wally Squad story by Brett Ewins will feature in Vol 18 / Issue 60 (26th April 2017) called Undercover Brothers along with others including Lenny Zero.[69]
  • Vol 80 is called Dark Side of the Moon, featuring stories set on Luna-1. It will include half a dozen strips from early progs when Dredd briefly became Luna-1 marshal.[70]
  • Wilderlands is coming in Vol 39[71]
  • The Cal Hab stories will be in Vol 57 [72]
  • Mark Millar's Red Razors character will appear in Vol 59.[73]
  • Tour of Duty will be in volumes 46-48. [74]
  • Ian Gibson's Taxidermist strip will appear in issue 43 (31st August 2016).[75]
  • After some discussion on the possibility of a Collection Index, the Facebook page shared a spreadsheet of the first 25 volumes.[55] This adds the following new information: Young Death (Vol 7 / Issue 46), Psi-Judge Anderson: Engram (Vol 9 / Issue 51), Psi-Judge Anderson: Half Life (Vol 12 / Issue 42), Stars of Psi Division (Vol 13 / Issue 78), Fetish (Vol 16 / Issue 50), Weird Science (Vol 17 / Issue 75), Independent Operators (Vol 22 / Issue 72) & Banzai Battalion (Vol 23 / Issue 52)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.judgedreddcollection.com/
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-30402725
  3. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/2000-ad http://www.judgedreddcollection.com/2000-ad-thrill-cast/
  4. ↑ http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2014/upcoming-new-year-new-dredd-hardback-collections/ http://www.2000adonline.com/news/21-01-2015/megacollection/
  5. ↑ http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/books-poetry/graphic-content-a-sense-of-dredd-on-rereading-wagner-and-macneil-s-america.1422871513
  6. ↑ https://judgetutorsemple.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/judge-dredd-mega-collection-issue-1-21st-january-2015-includes-preview-pages/
  7. ↑ https://judgetutorsemple.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/judge-dredd-mega-collection-issue-2-4th-february-2015-includes-preview-pages/
  8. ↑ opening splash to prog 245
  9. ↑ cover to prog 1505 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=1505
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://www.judgedreddcollection.com/judge-dredd-the-mega-collection-issues-5-6-exclusive-reveal/
  11. ↑ cover to first reprint of Shamballa http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=reprint&page=gnprofiles&choice=shamball
  12. ↑ panel from Mandroid
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 http://www.judgedreddcollection.com/mega-exclusive-issues-7-8-revealed
  14. ↑ cover to 2000AD Extreme Edition 17 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=reprint&page=profiles&choice=extreme17
  15. ↑ Cover to prog 85 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=85
  16. ↑ https://judgetutorsemple.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/judge-dredd-mega-collection-issue-9-13th-april-2015-includes-preview-pages/
  17. ↑ cover to Meg 201 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=megprofiles&choice=201
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 [1]
  19. ↑ Panel from Outcast
  20. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1596388573952278
  21. ↑ http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=1763
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1598480200409782:0
  23. ↑ story panel from Revolution part 3
  24. ↑ http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=megprofiles&choice=324
  25. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1608914319366370?comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22O%22%7D
  26. ↑ Cover to prog 472 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=472
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 27.6 27.7 27.8 27.9 https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1611307249127077
  28. ↑ cover to prog 1604 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=1604
  29. ↑ cover to prog 1162 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=1162
  30. ↑ final page of Oz part 9
  31. ↑ final story panel from Chaos Day prog 1788
  32. ↑ Cover to Prog 1417 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=1417
  33. ↑ cover to prog 1804 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=1804
  34. ↑ panel from Part 5 of The Dead Man
  35. ↑ Story page from Hitman part 1 prog 571
  36. ↑ Cover to Prog 1173 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=1173
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1637084306549371
  38. ↑ splash page from prog 1812 http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=997070
  39. ↑ story panel from LowLife: Paranoia 2000AD prog 1387
  40. ↑ cover to Magazine 221 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=megprofiles&choice=221
  41. ↑ Cover to prog 488 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=488
  42. ↑ Cover to prog 1289 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=1289
  43. ↑ https://twitter.com/westonfront/status/699938588167958529
  44. ↑ panel from The Heart is a Lonely Klegg Hunter http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp2013/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1889-dredd2.jpg
  45. ↑ commission based off cover to prog 281 https://2000ad.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/dredd-vs-the-dark-judges/
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1685606438363824
  47. ↑ Cover to prog 974 http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=974
  48. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1680982558826212
  49. ↑ https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/450360031466124078/
  50. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1691054761152325
  51. ↑ Story panel from Prog 1124
  52. ↑ https://m.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/photos/a.1523545327903270.1073741828.1517847991806337/1700179800239821/?type=3&source=48
  53. ↑ Cover to 2000AD Extreme Edition issue 2 http://www.2000ad.org/functions/cover.php?choice=extreme2&Comic=reprints
  54. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1626782510912884
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/photos/p.1652688321655636/1652688321655636/
  56. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/photos/a.1523545327903270.1073741828.1517847991806337/1715272788730522/
  57. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/photos/a.1523545327903270.1073741828.1517847991806337/1719907734933694/
  58. ↑ Intro to volume 31
  59. ↑ Intro to Volume 55
  60. ↑ Nick Percival Interview Volume 55
  61. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1671787539745714
  62. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1668545723403229
  63. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1709196682671466
  64. ↑ 64.0 64.1 https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1625910627666739%22
  65. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1709196682671466
  66. ↑ intro to Volume 66
  67. ↑ Editor Steve MacManus, quoted in John Hicklenton's afterword to the 2009 trade paperback Heavy Metal Dredd
  68. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1644486652475803
  69. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1644948129096322
  70. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1647944822129986
  71. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1664708517120283
  72. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1664708517120283
  73. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1667423076848827
  74. ↑ Introduction to volume 28 (The Life and Crimes of P.J. Maybe)
  75. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/judgedreddcollection/posts/1709196682671466

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