  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 and its spinoff series. the exact geography of the city depends on which writer and artist has done which story, but from its first appearance it has been associated with new york city's urban sprawl; originally it was presented as a future new york, which was retconned as the centre of a "mega-city one" in the very next story.2000 ad no. 2 and 3 the architects journal placed it at no. 1 in their list of "comic book cities".top 10 comic book cities: #1 mega city one, architects journal, july 8, 2009 == development == when the series judge dredd was being developed in 1976â77 it was originally planned that the story would be set in new york, in the near future. however when artist carlos ezquerra drew his first story for the series, a skyscraper in the background of one panel looked so futuristic that editor pat mills instructed him to draw a full-page poster of the city. ezquerra's vision of the city â with massive tower blocks and endless roads suspended vast distances above the ground with no visible means of support â was so futuristic that it prompted a rethink, and a whole new city was proposed. art director doug church suggested that the city should extend along the entire eastern seaboard, and be called mega-city one, and his idea was adopted.pat mills's blog, september 22, 2012 (retrieved november 12, 2012). while the first judge dredd story is set in "new york 2099ad", prog 3 retconned that and said new york was just part of mega-city one.progs 2 and 3: "judge whitey" and "the new you." the back of prog 3 included an esquerra "futuregraph" poster of mega-city one (a page from an unused dredd story), which said the city stretched from montreal to georgia and had 150 million citizens; it was part of the "united states of the west" (usw).prog 3 "futuregraph" map, reproduced at pat mills's blog, september 22, 2012 prog 4 then established that mega-city one was surrounded
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