East Meg One
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East-Meg One is a fictional city in the world of Judge Dredd
, the figurehead character of British weekly comic 2000 AD (comic)
. It was introduced in prog 50 of 2000 AD (1978), and destroyed in prog 267 (1982).
East-Meg One was intended to represent the remnants of the Soviet Union
, and was centered on what had originally been Moscow
. During the 1980s, at the tail end of the Cold War
period in real-time, the city was often portrayed as hostile to Dredd's home city Mega-City One
. Its peak population was said to be 500 million people. The city had its own Judge System
controlled by a Supreme Judge, who headed up the city's ruling Diktatorat
. It was Supreme Judge Bulgarin who initiated the Apocalypse War
after years of careful planning. Bulgarin was quickly killed off on the orders of his most trusted War-Marshal, "Mad Dog" Kazan, who succeeded him as Supreme Judge.
The war broke out between East-Meg One and Mega City One when the East-Meggers invaded the American megacity and quickly subjugated it, killing half its population of 800 million. Judge Dredd led a covert commando team into East-Meg One at the climax of the war, disabling its defences, and then personally pushed the button to launch the nuclear missiles that destroyed it. Numerous survivors and East Meggers who happened to be away from the city at the time of its destruction sought refuge in East-Meg Two, the sister city.
There are a small minority of survivors living in the radioactive environment of East-Meg's ruins, but the city officially no longer exists.
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
, the figurehead character of British weekly comic 2000 AD (comic)
2000 AD (comic)
2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary which was sold...
. It was introduced in prog 50 of 2000 AD (1978), and destroyed in prog 267 (1982).
East-Meg One was intended to represent the remnants of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, and was centered on what had originally been Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. During the 1980s, at the tail end of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
period in real-time, the city was often portrayed as hostile to Dredd's home city Mega-City One
Mega-City One
Mega-City One is a huge fictional city-state covering much of what is now the Eastern United States in the Judge Dredd comic book series. The exact boundaries of the city depend on which artist has drawn the story...
. Its peak population was said to be 500 million people. The city had its own Judge System
Judge (2000 AD)
Judge is a title held by several significant characters in the Judge Dredd series, which appears in the British comics 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine...
controlled by a Supreme Judge, who headed up the city's ruling Diktatorat
Diktatorat
The Diktatorat were the ruling council of East Meg One, a Sov-Blok city in the Judge Dredd universe.Ruling over the city, they were a triumvirate with the Supreme Judge and two other judges....
. It was Supreme Judge Bulgarin who initiated the Apocalypse War
Apocalypse War
The Apocalypse War is a storyline from the comic strip Judge Dredd, first published in British comic 2000 AD in 1982. A sequel to the story "Block Mania", it was written by John Wagner and Alan Grant and illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra...
after years of careful planning. Bulgarin was quickly killed off on the orders of his most trusted War-Marshal, "Mad Dog" Kazan, who succeeded him as Supreme Judge.
The war broke out between East-Meg One and Mega City One when the East-Meggers invaded the American megacity and quickly subjugated it, killing half its population of 800 million. Judge Dredd led a covert commando team into East-Meg One at the climax of the war, disabling its defences, and then personally pushed the button to launch the nuclear missiles that destroyed it. Numerous survivors and East Meggers who happened to be away from the city at the time of its destruction sought refuge in East-Meg Two, the sister city.
There are a small minority of survivors living in the radioactive environment of East-Meg's ruins, but the city officially no longer exists.