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Always a question with Regened regards stories which could easily be incorporated into the Prog proper. Early 2000AD was geared younger than today and was a product of its time, but seems the majority of stories could be made appropriate for younger audiences by simply toning down gore or being tactful in alluding to such details (the old reaction panel to something offscreen, e.g.)

It's the difference between being mature (themed for older audience) and adult-oriented, the latter usually shorthand for something inappropriate for kids per se.

Rather than a semi-separate Regened revamp every few months, the Prog could easily run an 'all-ages month' each year which largely continues business as usual except for toning down oh-so-slightly.

The four issues of the month would feature contained stories/arcs, one-shots up to 4-parters, marking a jumping on point and recent enough to be accessible for grabbing any missed issues.

That said, expecting a kid to wait patiently 11 months for further content might be a stretch...

Since Rebellion appears to have cancelled the 5th Regened trade, perhaps a Cadet Dredd UC volume with all stories so far would make a good edition for completionists? The ones I've read were decent. Always nice to see Joe and Rico's early days.

As an unhealthily-obsessive Dreddverse completionist, I keep looking at the remaining unknown UC vols hoping they'll have material that's never been, and unlikely to be, collected physically. Though, the rational part of me says there may be a good reason why certain stories have never been collected by this point...

I think I mentioned some time back about the 90s Hershey stories being uncollected.

There's a bunch of DeMarco episodes too, besides those included in the Mega Collection Simping Detective book. I've no idea whether they were well received on release?

Tales from the Black Museum has been released digital-only, and there's a lot there beyond the contents of the MC volume.

Contents of 162 Flesh as requested:

Brilliant thanks!

Seems early (even for me), but just received the next two Hatchette volumes, 161 Button Man vol 2 and 162 Flesh, which are Spine 166 and 152 respectively.

Can you say please what're the contents for Flesh Vol 2?

I've not heard the best things for more recent Flesh, but the old TPB ended with a cliffhanger so might cherry-pick this volume to finish the story.

With the recent memorial issue, it'd be nice to get a collection of the older Hershey stories at some point, most of which have never been reprinted (save for the Extreme Edition).

That or, complete the Dark Justice series in HC, as the collections seem to have switched to digital-only after Vol 2. The Ultimate Collection of Dominion went beyond the Rebellion HC to include The Torture Garden, but after that nothing's been collected physically.

Interesting,
would you happen to know the prog number(s)?

It's in Megazine 2.30 from 25/06/1993, collected in Case Files 19.

Edit: Didn't see sheridan's reply

Yep. Actual size. He draws that stuff actual size.

No... I couldn't believe it, either!

I had the pleasure of meeting Phil a few years ago at a small street art event in Birmingham. Naturally being Brum, the event was so poorly promoted that virtually nobody turned up, and in the absence of anyone else in line, we ended up talking for a good few hours.

I'd paid for an A4 Dredd headshot sketch, and Phil kept drawing the entire time! The end result was simply wonderful ('sketch' certainly doesn't do it justice) and makes me feel mighty inferior an artist when I look at it.

Make sure your title is good.  Don't say 'Nemesis Book 5', say '2000ad Nemesis Book 5 Titan Book Pat Mills' to increase likelihood when people key in an ebay item.

Possibly the best eBay deal I ever won was when hunting for Psi Files 2. After a couple years, I'd only seen a few dog-eared copies which tended to sell in auction for a strangely specific £57.

I ended up finding a vague listing titled "Judge Anderson Book Bundle", which comprised if I remember correctly, Psi Files 1-5, the Shamballa tpb, plus a copy of the movie US format one-shot.

No doubt due to the title, nobody else seemed to notice the listing, and I think I won the lot for around £50 total. All were in excellent condition.

Goes to show how good key words are important.

I couldn't see a topic to discuss this, so thought I'd make one; as per this week's Thrill Mail, Rebellion have partnered with Netherlands-based game developers Good Shepherd to create games based upon the characters and stories from the Prog.

I'll admit I wasn't familiar with Good Shepherd, so I looked them up and a) was excited to see their library comprises PC and console games (as opposed to just mobile), and b) the art style of their upcoming Hellboy game looks just like Mignola's art, and left me impressed.

So! What would everyone like to see from this partnership?
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Personally it'd be an open-world, 3rd person Dredd. Mirror the Batman: Arkham format; lock down a single sector with electro cordon due to some growing threat, send in Dredd to sort it out, and voila. Have story missions based from the Sector House, rendezvous with the Sector Chief. Include some key supporting characters like Giant or Rico currently based in the Sector, with others having a key presence over comms.

Lawgiver ammo select would work like Bats' weapon select. Ammo types would affect gunplay but also impact puzzles - ricochet to hit out-of-reach switches, incendiary to melt Boing, etc.

The Lawmaster would function much like Arkham Knight's Batmobile, as a traversal/pursuit machine but also for puzzles; turbo boost to cross large gaps, Cyclops Canon to blow apart weak structures, infra-red headlamp to follow heat traces, and of course bike cannon for stopping fleeing perps. The Batmobile would also follow at a distance, could be summoned via a button press, and remotely controlled to enter dangerous areas, all perfect imports for a Dredd experience.

Even Arkham Knight's 'Crimes in Progress' would translate perfectly with a Dreddverse skin. Let's stop illegal Boingers bouncing across the sector with well-placed incendiaries. Chase down fleeing looters on the Lawmaster. Respond to wreckers, backup shouts, and other assorted perps.

Let's have a traditional online + couch coop mode, with faction-based multiplayer, Judges v Perps. Similar modes to Dredd vs. Death, with Block War etc. There's so much variety for maps including Cursed Earth towns, Undercity tunnels, an Iso Block etc. And have unlockable skins based upon different artist's styles.

One can dream...

That, or give me a Banzai Battalion game!

My understanding was that the X-Files one was just a variant cover and not an actual story?

Further Undercity tales;

The Troggies (progs 36-37) features a proto-Undercity.

Anderson, Psi Div: The Possessed (progs 468-478)

Anderson, Psi Div: Reasons to be Cheerful (meg 2.20-2.11)

Karyn: Concrete Sky (meg 2.67-2.62)

Lobo/Judge Dredd: Psycho Bikers vs The Mutants from Hell (one-shot crossover)

Daily Dredds:
The Undercity (14/08/82)

Text Stories:
Everything Must Go (meg 206)

Novels:
Dreddlocked
Dredd Dominion (alternate continuum Undercity)
Judge Dredd vs. Death
Anderson, Psi Div: Fear the Darkness

IDW - JD: Deviations (alternate universe sequel to Cry of the Werewolf)

Does anyone know what's happened with Volume 5? From a supposed release date of 25 May, the book never released and appears to have disappeared from upcoming solicitations. Has it been delayed or cancelled?

I think this one would look a lot better if the ethereal trails of the Dark Judges were translucent. I thought it was branches on first look. Though, it does appear Cass has a new headsculpt for this one, with a different expression.

If you're having no luck requesting an order cancellation/refund through reasonable steps before the transaction is fulfilled, consider disputing the transaction via your bank with chargeback. They might be able to help.

I was under the impression that the baking heat and rads were at least in part due to artificial weather control. Protecting the city from fallout meant that weather patterns elsewhere were disrupted, thus the weather outside the city became increasingly chaotic. This resulted in the severe storms, heat and dust bowls.

Factor in also that the retconned Death Belt is said to be a result of experimental anti-grav devices from the Atomic War. Even muties are now explained away not just as a result of radiation, but a side effect from the original anti-rad pills given out by Booth, which protected from radiation but gave high incidence of bizarre birth defects.

This does suggest that the first muties were the children of adult survivors of the Atomic Wars, which does get a little squiffy timeline-wise when muties (and the Cursed Earth in general) are often treated as an age-old staple of Dredd's world, but would actually - especially in earlier stories - have been a rather recent development. In 2099 for example, by the new explanation, there shouldn't have been muties older than late twenties.

In a sci-fi world, you can always subtly update the explanations to make pseudo-scientific sense according to the current frame of reference.

In reality, thousands of nukes have already been tested on land around the world in the past century, prior to moving to simulated testing.

Fun fact - nuke tests at Bikini Atoll were the inspiration for Spongebob, lil' muties on the bottom of the sea.