As we slide off the tail-end of February, it means that the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic has reached another ghafflebette milestone — yes, my illustrious organ, and, of course, by extension its most famous son, Judge Dredd, who’s been with it since the second prog, are both an incredible forty-seven years old.

Traditionally on your planet, when it’s somebody’s birthday, they’re given presents to celebrate the occasion — but for this Quaxxann, I’ve always been one to fly in the face of what’s expected, so rather than ask all you Squaxx to supplicate yourselves before me and bring offerings of gratitude, instead it’ll be I who will be giving you a gift — the gift of Thrill-power!

What better way to toast these forty-seven years of zarjazness than with an issue stuffed with circuit-shattering strips like Dredd’s current story A Better World, Thistlebone, The Fall of Deadworld, Indigo Prime and Full Tilt Boogie — an awesome line-up showcasing the work of my creator-meks, who fill these pages with their talent every week, and have done for over four and a half decades.

Join me and salute them, humes!

Judge Dredd » A better world (Part 8)

Mega-City One, 2146 AD. Home to over 200 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Crime is rampant, and only future cops the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, Accounts Judge Maitland has been conducting an experiment in Sector 304 in a bid to reduce crime...

Indigo Prime » Black Monday (Part 1)

The multiverse. There is an infinite number of parallel realities, and all need managing in case of dimensional instability. This is where INDIGO PRIME came in, the multiverse’s troubleshooters, whose agents are trained to deal with space/time catastrophes. Now, IP’s HQ has been destroyed in a cataclysmic event, with most of the personnel lost, and its assets acquired by the company ICP...

Full Tilt Boogie » Full Tilt Boogie: Book two(Part 5)

Out in the deep reaches of the cosmos, teenager Tee — together with her grandmother and cat — is a bounty hunter/hired help, operating from her spaceship the FULL TILT BOOGIE. Capable and resourceful, Tee was paid to rescue the Luxine Prince Ifan from his debtors’ prison. In the process, she encountered a resurrected Anubite warrior, a member of the enemy race with whom the Luxine Empire was at war...

The Fall of Deadworld » Retribution (Part 9)

The planet that became known as DEADWORLD was once a regular civilisation existing in a parallel dimension. But the end of days is coming, and creatures called the Dark Judges are spreading their contagion, exterminating all life. While Sov forces have take advantage of the chaos and invaded, Jess Childs and co have been trying to save Judge Fairfax — but in the process Jess has been sucked through a portal...

Thistlebone » The Dule Tree (Part 8)

Britain, 2020. It’s been over a year since journalist Seema Chaudry accompanied cult survivor Avril Easton back to the village of Harrowvale, where she suffered at the hands of THISTLEBONE worshippers, a crazed occult group that believed in an ancient woodland deity. One man in the village, Malcolm Kinniburgh, was keeping the Thistlebone legend alive — but now he’s dead, and his house is being cleared...