Judge Dredd: The Megazine Vol.2 Issue 18
Volume 2 #18 · 26 December 1992–8 January 1993 · Christmas issue · “A Christmas Carol” · Readers’ Survey / original-art competition
26 December 1992–8 January 1993
Christmas/New Year issue of Judge Dredd: The Megazine, Volume 2 #18. The issue combines an unusually stark red-and-black graphic cover with a seasonal Dredd adaptation, “A Christmas Carol,” and an editorial Readers’ Survey offering 30 pages of original Megazine artwork as prizes.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- Volume 2 #18
- Publisher
- fleetway-egmont
- Condition
- Very Good appearance, ungraded, based on the supplied photographs.
- Completeness
- Front cover, lead-story opening page and rear cover photographed. Readers’ Survey is stated by the editorial as being elsewhere in the issue, but it has not been separately photographed; full page-by-page collation has not been performed.
Catalogue note
Christmas/New Year issue of Judge Dredd: The Megazine, Volume 2 #18. The issue combines an unusually stark red-and-black graphic cover with a seasonal Dredd adaptation, “A Christmas Carol,” and an editorial Readers’ Survey offering 30 pages of original Megazine artwork as prizes. It also preserves the publication’s contemporaneous mail-order ecosystem through a rear-cover advert for the complete 1993 Judge Dredd Calendar.
Writer: John Wagner & Charles Dickens (printed credits on Judge Dredd: A Christmas Carol)
Artist: Barry Kitson & Robin Boutell (printed credits on Judge Dredd: A Christmas Carol)
Cover: I AM JOE'S FACE! (printed credit; identity unresolved)
Why this object matters
The red-and-black Christmas cover, seasonal adaptation and editorial survey document a distinct reader-facing publication moment. The survey’s presence is editorially stated rather than separately photographed. Strong 8.2 status recognises this evidence without treating a seasonal issue as an outstanding landmark.
Evidence limits: Front cover, lead-story opening page and rear cover photographed. Readers’ Survey is stated by the editorial as being elsewhere in the issue, but it has not been separately photographed; full page-by-page collation has not been performed.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.2 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 3
- John WagnerWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: John Wagner & Charles Dickens (printed credits on Judge Dredd: A Christmas Carol) Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Barry Kitson & Robin Boutell (printed credits on Judge Dredd: A Christmas Carol) Original catalogue credit
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Cover artwork credit: I AM JOE'S FACE! (printed credit; identity unresolved) Original catalogue credit
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