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Detailed interview with the editor/publisher and director behind Eagle Comics, the new IPC imprint bringing Judge Dredd and other British 2000 AD material to the American market. They trace the history of Judge Dredd from his introduction in issue #2 of 2000 AD in 1978, which sold 350,000-400,000 copies weekly, through Titan Distributors' early failed attempts to sell the weekly format in America by bagging four issues together. They explain the complex transatlantic production process — paginating issues, requisitioning art from IPC vaults, melding weekly cliffhangers, resizing and coloring black-and-white originals, and shipping film to Sparta printers in America. Landau notes that American professionals highly rate Judge Dredd, with Frank Miller specifically requesting to meet artist Mike McMahon at a British convention, and announces Robo-Hunter as their second title with plans for mini-series of other 2000 AD properties including Strontium Dog.