| Issue | #20 |
| Published | June 1985 |
| Cover Price | 1.00 USD; 1.30 CAD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Nick Landau |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Pencils | Brian Bolland |
| Inks | Brian Bolland |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | John Wagner |
| Pencils | Carlos Ezquerra |
| Inks | Carlos Ezquerra |
| Colors | John Burns |
| Letters | Steve Potter; Tom Frame |
| Notes | Russia's East-Meg 1 launches a nuclear war against Mega-City 1, wiping out half the city. Dredd leads a suicide squad into EM-1. Dredd co-creator Ezquerra illustrated all 25 episodes, his first Dredd work since prog 17. Part 1 of 5 |
| Reprinted | from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #245; from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #246; from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #247; from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #248; from 2000 AD (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1977 series) #249 |