Every time we think we've seen the most unusual pop culture crossover the comic book industry can possibly conjure up, another one comes along to shatter all expectations. Fresh on the heels of Batman/Superman/Weird Al: World's Weirdest comes Judge Dredd/Biker Mice From Mars, a truly bizarre but very intriguing mash-up of two fan-favorite sci-fi franchises.
IGN can exclusively debut the cover art for Judge Dredd/Biker Mice From Mars #1. Check it out in the slideshow gallery below:
Judge Dredd/Biker Mice From Mars is a two-issue limited series that serves as the launching pad for a larger collaboration between The Nacelle Company, Oni Press, and Rebellion. The series is written by Dan Watters (Batman: Dark Patterns) and Ryan O'Sullivan (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War) and illustrated by Jordi Tarragona (Injustice: Gods Among Us). The first issue features covers from David Finch, Karl Kerschl, and Andrew Krahnke.
Here's the official summary of the new series:
Across the frayed cordons of space-time, the greed-fueled oligarchs Limburger and Karbunkle have identified a strange new world to plunder, but they never anticipated that Throttle, Vinnie, and Modo – the extraterrestrial anti-heroes known as the BIKER MICE FROM MARS – would dare to foil their latest cross-dimensional conquest: the smog-clogged metropolis known as Mega-City One.
Now, the Martian brothers and their bikes are stranded between blocks in Mega-City's endless, chaotic sprawl ... alongside 400 million citizens who want them dead and the one man committed to delivering them to justice at any cost: the unforgiving JUDGE DREDD! The law has no place for vermin on Mega-City One's streets ... but when the Biker Mice's otherworldly abilities draw the gaze of the inhuman entity called Judge Death, man and mouse alike will be caught in the crosshairs in the first-ever BIKER MICE FROM MARS crossover outside of the NacelleVerse!
In addition to the comic, this new partnership will also see Nacelle release a new line of Judge Dredd and Biker Mice From Mars toys. Preorders for these figures will open in the fall, with a planned release in 2027.
"Mutants and mayhem are two of the founding pillars of Judge Dredd's world, so when Oni and Nacelle approached us about a crossover with the Biker Mice From Mars we knew this would be exactly our kind of Thrillpower,” said Ben Smith, Head of Publishing for Rebellion, in a statement. “The Biker Mice From Mars are the perfect fit for Dredd’s radical, radioactive vision of the future, and this is going to be a revved-up, all-action spectacular for fans. To take this crossover off the page into a new toy range is next level exciting - Rebellion and 2000 AD are delighted to bring this new partnership with our new partners Oni Press and Nacelle into fifth gear."
Judge Dredd/Biker Mice From Mars #1 will be released in December 2026. You can preorder a copy at your local comic shop.
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