2000 AD #438 was published by Rebellion and IPC Magazines Ltd. on October 1, 1985, as part of a series that began in 1977. Alan Grant and John Wagner write, and art comes from Bryan Talbot, Carlos Ezquerra and Geoff Senior. It features Judge Dredd, Ro-Jaws, Sam Slade, Nemesis the Warlock and Hoagy, among 18 characters cataloged on VerseDB.