2000 AD is collecting Judge Dredd: A Better World in a new volume, which asks serious questions about the judge system and Mega-City One.
Judge Dredd: A Better World is a modern Judge Dredd classic, a powerful story focusing on a large-scale experiment with the aim of making Mega-City One a better place for the citizens who live there, but if the experiment is successful them the power of the Judges could well be destroyed.
Judge Miaitland, a member of the Judge’s Accounting Department and long-time Dredd ally, is tasked with finding ways of making law enforcement more affordable in Mega-City One. But this directive from the Chief Judge himself leads her down a rabbit-hole as she discovers a surprising truth: if the department were to defund the Judges and reallocate the money to education, community and culture instead, she could reduce crime levels permanently!
After getting permission to trial her analysis within a small sector of the city, forces rise up against her: the media slams her as a naïve liberal who wants to take money away from law enforcement, influencers see her experiment as a way to try and cause trouble (and get ratings); and powerful forces from within the Judge Department itself plot ways to bring her experiment tumbling down…
Judge Dredd: A Better World is scheduled to arrive this month (January 2025 – Hello, Future People!).
