Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection was a British fortnightly partwork collection of hardback books published by Hachette Partworks. The series is made up of 90 volumes which contain thematic collections of stories about 2000 AD’s Judge Dredd and related characters, as well as bonus material including previously unpublished art. 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.https://soundcloud.com/2000-ad http://www.judgedreddcollection.com/2000-ad-thrill-cast/ On 5 July 2017 it was officially announced that the series had been extended from 80 to 90 issues.
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.
Following a successful trial, it was announced on 1 August 2017 that the Mega Collection would be joined on the stands by 2000 AD: The Ultimate Collection. This new collection would focus on the other stars of the parent title but still include a few Judge Dredd books. None of these, however, would be duplicates of those already included in the Mega Collection.
List of books
"Issue" refers to the order of publication, and "Volume" refers to the order in which the books are intended to be kept once the 90-volume collection is complete.http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2014/upcoming-new-year-new-dredd-hardback-collections/ http://www.2000adonline.com/news/21-01-2015/megacollection/ Issue Volume Title Collecting Cover Artist UK Release Date AU/NZ Release Date01 01 America Judge Dredd: America; America: The Fading of the Light; Cadet; Judgement Call; Blood and Duty; Firepower; SnowstormColin MacNeil 02 24 Mechanismo Judge Dredd: Mechanismo; Mechanismo Returns; Body Count; S.A.M.; Safe HandsColin MacNeil 03 36 The Apocalypse War Judge Dredd: Block Mania; The Apocalypse WarCarlos Ezquerra 04 45 Origins Judge Dredd: The Connection; Origins; The Spirit of ChristmasBrian Bolland 05 10 Psi-Judge Anderson: Shamballa Judge Anderson: Shamballa; The Jesus Syndrome; Satan; The Protest; R*evolutionArthur Ranson 06 25 MandroidJudge Dredd: Mandroid; Mandroid: Instrument of War; Escape From Atlantis; Bad MotherKev Walker 07 55 The Heavy Mob Holocaust 12: Skyfall; Storm Warning Brit-Cit Brute: Brit-Cit Brute; Trilogy Wynter: Cold Justice Judge Dredd: Father Earth; Debris; WarzoneDylan Teague 0832 The Cursed Earth Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth; Last of the Bad GuysMike McMahon 0914 Devlin Waugh: Swimming in Blood Devlin Waugh: Swimming in Blood; Brief Encounter; Red Tide; Bite FightCliff Robinson 10 61 Shimura Shimura: Outcast; Fearful Symmetry; Chambara; The Transcendental Assassin; Heavy Metal; Assassins; Dragon Fire; Ronin Breed; Scary Monsters; The Harder They Come; Angels of Death
Judge Dredd:
WebColin MacNeil 1149 Day of Chaos: The Fourth Faction Judge Dredd: The Skinning Room; The Further Dastardly Deeds of P.J. Maybe; Nadia; The Fourth Faction; Elusive; The Assassination ListHenry Flint 1202 Democracy Now! Judge Dredd: Letter from a Democrat; Revolution; The Devil You Know; Twilight's Last Gleaming; Politics; Raider; SABs; Direct Action; John Cassavetes is Dead; Mega-City ConfidentialJohn Higgins 1360 Hondo City Justice Judge Dredd: Our Man in Hondo
Shimura:
Shimura; Executioner, Deus X
Judge Inspector Inaba:
Babes with Big Bazookas
Hondo City Justice:
Hondo-City Justice; Project Behemoth; Revenge of the 47 RoninCliff Robinson 1408Psi-Judge Anderson: The PossessedJudge Anderson: The Possessed; Hour of the Wolf; Contact; Beyond the Void; HeliosBrett Ewins 1575Alien NationsJudge Dredd: Raptaur; Raptaur Returns; Skar; The Alien Way; Howler; Prey; Alien Wedding; He Came From Outer Space; Alien Town's BurningCliff Robinson 1642Doomsday For DreddJudge Dredd: Beyond The Call Of Duty; Return of the Assassin; The Trial; Trial of Strength; War Games: EndgameDylan Teague 1731OzJudge Dredd: OzSteve Dillon 1850Day of Chaos: EndgameJudge Dredd: Eve of Destruction; Tea for Two; Wot I Did During the Worst Dissaster in Mega-City History; Chaos Day; The Days After; WastelandsHenry Flint 1903Total WarJudge Dredd: Terror; Total War; After the Bombs; Visiting Hour; The Searchers; Horror in Emergency Camp 4Simon Coleby 2021 The Simping DetectiveThe Simping Detective: Gumshoe; Crystal Blue; Innocence: A Broad, Playing Futsie, Fifteen, Petty Crimes, No Body, No How Demarco, P.I.: Ways to Die; Deep Blue Death; The Fierce and the FuriousCliff Robinson 2104The Dead ManThe Dead Man Judge Dredd: Bloodline;In the volume, 'Bloodline' was shown as Originally published in 2000 AD Progs 650-662 instead of the correct value of 583-584 The Shooting Match; A Letter to Judge Dredd; Tale of the Dead Man;The artwork on this story is credited to Will Simpson, however the last three parts were drawn by Jeff Anderson Nightmares.John Ridgway 2230Target: Judge DreddJudge 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 2315Devlin Waugh: Chasing HerodDevlin Waugh: Chasing Herod; Reign of Frogs; Sirius Rising; Innocence & ExperienceColin Wilson 2451 TrifectaJudge Dredd: The Family Man, Bullet to King Four; The Cold Deck; Trifecta The Simping Detective: Jokers to the Right. Low Life: SaudadeCarl Critchlow 2537Judgement DayJudge Dredd: Top Dogs; Judgement Day; The Kinda Dead ManCarlos Ezquerra 2619Low Life: Paranoia Low Life: Paranoia; Heavy Duty; Rock and a Hard Place; He's Making a List...; Con Artist; Baby Talk; War Without Bloodshed.Henry Flint 2767Cursed Earth KoburnJudge Dredd: Sturm Und Dang; El Maldito Cursed Earth Koburn: Kuss Hard; Burial Party; The Assizes; Malachi; Going After Billy Zane.Carlos Ezquerra 2856Beyond Mega-City OneJudge Dredd: Atlantis; Emerald Isle; Book of the Dead; Gulag; Regime ChangeBrendan McCarthy 2944 Satan's IslandJudge Dredd: Sin City; Case for the Defence; Reprisal; The Trial of Orlok; Jumped; LawconIn 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 3.76-3.79Kev Walker 3076Klegg Hai!Maelstrom The Corps: Fireteam 1
The Kleggs: The Kleggs!
Judge Dredd: Meatmonger; Love Hurts!; Scavengers; The Heart is a Lonely Klegg Hunter; Trapper Hag; Revenge of Trapper HagChris Weston 3105 NecropolisJudge Dredd: By Lethal Injection; Rights of Succession; Dear Annie; NecropolisCarlos Ezquerra 3240The PitJudge Dredd: The Pit; True Grot; Unjudicial Liaisons; Last Rites; Declaration of War; Bongo WarCliff Robinson 3306Judge Death Lives!Judge Dredd: Judge Death; Judge Death Lives; Theatre of Death; Judge Death: The True Story; Dead Reckoning Judge Anderson: Four Dark Judges
Judge Death: Tea with Mrs GundersonBrian Bolland 3411Psi-Judge Anderson: Childhood's EndJudge Anderson: Reasons to be Cheerful; The Witch? Report; Childhood's End; Voyage of the Seeker; Postcards from the Edge; Postcard to MyselfArthur Ranson 3566Missionary Man: Goin' SouthMissionary Man: Prologue; Mardi Gras; Goin' South; Apocrypha; Mark of the Beast Judge Dredd: True Grit; Lonesome Dave; The Black Plague; The Hotdog Run; ShantytownHenry Flint 3628The Life And Crimes Of PJ MaybeJudge Dredd: 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 ChrissmasCliff Robinson 3743Doomsday for Mega City OneJudge Dredd: Bad Frendz; Worst of Frendz; Gun Play; The Scorpion Dance; The Contract; The Narcos Connection; Doomsday; Volt FaceColin Wilson 3820Lowlife: Hostile TakeoverLowlife: Creation; Jive Turkey; Hostile Takeover; The Deal Judge Dredd: TitanD'Israeli 3938InfernoPurgatory Judge Dredd: Inferno; Frankenstein Division; Death AidCarlos Ezquerra4077Horror StoriesJudge Dredd: The Haunting of Sector House 9; Judgement; Road Stop; The Fear that Made Milwaukee Famous!; The Vampire Effect; Horror House; Christmas with the Blints; The Jigsaw Murders; The Beating HeartBrett Ewins4133The Day The Law DiedJudge Dredd: Crime and Punishment; Outlaw; Bring Me the Head of Judge Dredd; The Day the Law Died; Helter SkelterMike McMahon4212Psi-Judge Anderson: Half LifeJudge Anderson: Half-Life; WMD; Lock-In; City of Dead; LucidArthur Ranson4372The Art of TaxidermyJudge Dredd: The Taxidermist; Revenge of the Taxidermist; Harry Sheemer, Mon Amour; Zombies; The Night of the Rad-Beast; Bob Zombie - Scouse of 20,000 Horrors The Taxidermist: Return of the Taxidermist
Darren Dead: Meet Darren Dead; Eats, Shoots & KillsSteve Dillon4480Dark Side of the MoonBreathing Space Judge Dredd: Darkside; Land Race; The First Luna Olympics; Luna War; The Face-Change Crimes; The Oxygen Board; Full Earth Crimes; Global Psycho; Killer EliteBrian Bolland4547Tour of Duty: BacklashJudge Dredd: Backlash; Under New Management; Tour of Duty; Dragon's Den; Lust in the Dust; Tour of Duty Interlude: Mega-City One; The New Deal; Snake; Pink Eyes; Gore City Carlos Ezquerra 4607Young DeathJudge Death: Young Death: Boyhood of a Superfiend; My Name is Death; The Wilderness DaysFrazer Irving4757Calhab JusticeCalhab Justice: Calhab Justice; Hogmanay; Dounreay; Casualty; Unfinished Business; Flashback: McTash; Family Snapshot; False Dawn Judge Joyce: When Irish Pies are Smiling
Judge Dredd: Innocents AbroadJohn Ridgway4839WilderlandsJudge Dredd: Conspiracy of Silence; Prologue; The Tenth Planet; Wilderlands; Parting Shots; The Candidates; Voting DayTrevor Hairsine4979 Into the UndercityThe Creep: Creep; Creep's Day Out; True Love Judge Dredd: A Very Creepy Christmas; Birthday Boy; New Tricks; Ratfink's Revenge; First Blood; Master of Fear; GatorTiernen Trevallion5016 FetishJudge Dredd: Fetish; Old Wounds Devlin Waugh: A Mouthful of Dust; Vile Bodies; All HellCliff Robinson5109 Psi-Judge Anderson: EngramJudge Anderson: Triad; Leviathan's Farewell; The Prophet; The Random Man; The Screaming Skull; Engram; A Fistful of Denimite; The Mind of Edward BottlebumDavid Roach5223 Banzai BattalionJudge Dredd: Beyond the Wall; A Magic Place; Banzai Battalion; No Man's Land; Everything in the Garden; A Walk in the Park; Down on Sausage Tree Farm Banzai Battalion: The Fitz; Save the Fitz; Robot WarsJock5373 Heavy Metal DreddHeavy Metal Dredd: A Mega-City Primer; Rock On, Tommy Who?; Chicken Run; The Man Who Killed Judge Dredd; The Legend of Johnny Biker; The Return of Johnny Biker; The Fan; Too Much Monkee Business; The Most Dangerous Guitar in the World; Mort Rifkind Rides Again; The Big Hit; Graceland; Monkey Beat; Kiss of Death; Ironfist; Night Before Christmas; The Great Arsoli; Bimba; The Ballad of Toad McFarlane Judge Dredd: Who Killed Pug Ugly?; Poor Johnny; The Weather Man; A Night at the Opera; Muzak Killer; Muzak Killer - Live!John Hicklenton5468 Cursed Earth CarnageThe Helltrekkers Citi-Def: Field Trip
Sleeze 'n' RyderAnthony Williams5552 The Chief Judge's ManJudge Dredd: The Chief Judge's Man; On the Chief Judge's Service; Revenge of the Chief Judge's Man; Psycho Block; Bad Manners; Flippers; Rotten MannersJock5663 Armitage: City of the DeadArmitage: City of the Dead; Apostasy in the UK; Dumb Blonde; The Mancunian Candidate; The Unpleasantness at the Tontine Club; The UndergroundPatrick Goddard5726Mean MachineJudge Dredd: Dredd Angel; A Merry Tale of the Xmas Angel; The Three Amigos