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The Black Atlantic is a fictional location in Judge Dredd.
Background[edit]
Following the Atomic Wars the seas filled with toxic waste. The rise of the Mega-Cities (in particular Mega-City One) helped contribute to the pollution as they dumped vast amounts of waste into the ocean. The result is a thick toxic soup that is hostile to most sea life (resulting in strange mutations).
Important Black Atlantic stories[edit]
Battle of the Black Atlantic[edit]
A vast Sov city-ship appears in the Black Atlantic.
Pirates of the Black Atlantic[edit]
Captain Skank would later return in the "Helter Skelter" crossover event.
Atlantis[edit]
Atlantis was also important as it was the first time we saw judges from Brit-Cit.
Sin City[edit]
A vast floating city arrives just outside of Mega-City One's territorial waters.
Jumped[edit]
A group of ?? accidentally steal an item from some very serious types who want it bac and are prepared to kill everyone in between them and the missing item.
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It emerges that the hand belonged to Sov Judge Orlok. It is the key that Sov agents will use to unlock the weapons they have stored on a wind power generator out in the Black Atlantic.
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House of Pain[edit]
Criminals are disappearing from the streets in a scheme devised by Robert Krush. The judges eventually find the missing people in a prison complex established on the floating city we saw in the "Sin City" story.
Black Atlantic novel[edit]
A Tek-Judge has created a bio-weapon is loose on a city-ship packed with mutants. The creature is reminiscent of other foes Dredd has faced (Aliens and the Predator) as it is deadly and has some stealth abilities.
Black Atlantic series[edit]
Upcoming series by Dan Abnett starting in Meg #253.
Publication[edit]
Comics[edit]
- Judge Dredd:
- "Battle of the Black Atlantic" (by John Wagner and Ron Smith, in 2000 AD #128-129, 1979)
- "Pirates of the Black Atlantic" (by John Wagner/Alan Grant and Ron Smith, in 2000 AD #197-200, 1981)
- "Atlantis" (by John Wagner/Alan Grant and Brendan McCarthy, in 2000 AD #485-488, 1986)
- "Sin City" (by John Wagner and Kev Walker, in 2000 AD #1289-1299, 2002)
- "Jumped" (by John Smith and Simon Fraser, in 2000 AD #1491-1494, 2006)
- "House of Pain" (by Gordon Rennie and artists Ian Richardson (1-3, 6) and PJ Holden (4-5), in 2000 AD#1485-1490, 2006)
- Black Atlantic: "Meet the Jetsams" (by Dan Abnett and Steve Roberts, in Judge Dredd Megazine #253-, 2006, ongoing)
Collections[edit]
Some of the stories have been collected in trade paperbacks:
- BotBA and PotBA are reprinted in Judge Dredd Chronicles #26, by Titan Books (1989, ISBN 1852861673)
- The "Sin City" story was reprinted in a volume called Satan's Island (Rebellion, 2005, ISBN 1904265766). The name had to be changed to avoid confusion with Frank Miller's Sin City.
Novel[edit]
The novel is:
- Judge Dredd: Black Atlantic (by Simon Jowett and Peter J Evans, June 2004, Black Flame, ISBN 1-84416-108-0)
RPG[edit]
Mongoose Publishing have also released a guide to the Judge Dredd RPG game:
- The Rookie's Guide to Atlantis and the Black Atlantic (2004, ISBN 1903980860)