2000 AD #1998

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Dredd: Ladykiller [8] Mega-City One, 2138 AD. Home to 72 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. crime is rampant, and only the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the law! After the Texas City attempted coup, Dredd returns to one of his outstanding cases — finding the wanted mass murderer PJ Maybe... Jaegir: Warchild [3] The Greater Nordland Republic. While the Norts are currently engaged in a galaxy-wide war with the Souther forces, it falls to military officers such as Kapiten-Inspector Atalia JAEGIR of the Nordland State Security Police to investigate war criminals amongst her own ranks. She’s also suffering from the Strigoi curse, a fault in the Nort DNA that can bring out the beast within. Now, her exiled father has been reaching out to her... Scarlet Traces: Cold War [11] UK, 1968. It is now several decades since Mars waged war on Earth, and the major nations have access to Martian-derived technology. Britain, however, is still recovering from Martian bombardment in the 1940s, when much of the south of England was destroyed. This was followed by the arrival in the 1950s of two million Venusians, fleeing the Martian occupation of their world, who now live side by side with mankind... Outlier: Survivor Guilt [9] Alliance territory. PI Jared Carcer was hired to look into the murders of salvage ship the Outlier’s crew. The killer was a crew member called Caul, who’d been experimented on by alien race the Hurde, and turned into a vengeful being. Carcer and Caul teamed up to save Caul’s girlfriend Jess and Carcer’s parents from a Hurde ark ship — but Carcer didn’t make it out, and now the Hurde are turning their eyes on mankind... Anderson: The Candidate [6] Mega-City One, 2138 AD. Psi-Div is a section that specialises in Judges with accentuated psychic talents — from precognition to exorcism, it deals with all manner of unusual crimes. Cassandra Anderson is Justice Department’s top telepath, and has recently taken rookie Psi-Judge Flowers under her wing. A danger pre-cog, who can foresee attacks upon his person, he’s the ideal bodyguard for a political target...