Dredd and Orlok fight, but the assassin and the block wars prove to be a mere smokescreen for the real event - an all-out war on Mega City One, with the weakened city at the mercy of the Soviets.Īs nuclear attacks obliterate random sectors of the city, the Soviets target the Eastern seaboard wall - bringing down a massive tidal wave that destroys the Atlantic Wall and several other sectors of Mega City One. As the city devolves into mania in "Block Mania," Dredd learns that the chaos, riots, and city-wide fighting are a result of poisoning initiated by Soviet agent Orlok the Assassin. Regarded by many as the definitive Mega Epic and one of the greatest Judge Dredd stories of all time, "The Apocalypse War" sees Dredd and his city Mega City One come under attack from the forces of their Russian counterparts East Meg One and the dastardly War Marshall Kazan.įollowing an inauspicious beginning in the storyline "Block Mania," Wagner and Grant launch into the Apocalypse War proper with a surprise Soviet assault upon Mega City One. One of the earlier Mega Epics is "Apocalypse War," Published in the pages of 2000AD, issues (or 'Progs,' as they are known) 236- 267, and 269-270, written by John Wagner and Alan Grant, and illustrated by Brian Bolland, Carlos Ezquerra, Mike McMahon, Steve Dillon, and Ron Smith, with letters by Tom Frame and Steve Potter. These longer stories - such as road trip "The Cursed Earth," procedural "The Pit," and zombie apocalypse "Judgement Day" - are known by Dredd fans and publishers 2000ADas Mega Epics. Since his creation by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra in 1977, future lawman Judge Joseph Dredd has traveled everywhere from nuclear wastelands to outer space, battling undead monsters, deranged hillbillies, and demented warlords.
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