No such thing as a Merry Christmas in the big Meg, but here in the Mighty Megazine we’ve got plenty to keep you entertained over the festive period! Ken Niemand and Paul Marshall team up for a particularly brutal and bloody Xmas tale in Judge Dredd: Coming to Town, plus there’s the latest instalments of Devlin Waugh, Lawless, Death Cap, Fargo & McBane, Cadet Rico and Riley’s Rebels. Elsewhere, there’s a chat with writer and artist Andy Lanning, Garth Ennis and Mike Perkins reveal the secrets of their new comic Freddie the Fix, Ron Turner’s artistic career is celebrated in a new book, and we turn the spotlight on the late writer Harry Harrison as the trio of Stainless Steel Ratadaptations that were published in 2000 AD gets the all-colour omnibus treatment. This issue also sees the final part of False Witness, the last of the IDW Dredd stories that we’ve been reprinting. Replacing it next month will be the start of the first series of Rok of the Reds, John Wagner, Alan Grant and Dan Cornwell’s epic tale of Earthbound aliens, obnoxious football players, and the joy of the well-struck strike. Be here next month, and Happy New Year, creeps! Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Paul Marshall / Colours: Dylan Teague / Letters: Annie ParkhouseJUDGE DREDD // COMING TO TOWNMega-City One, 2146 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 200 million citizens, bordered by the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west and the toxic Black Atlantic to the east. Tensions run a knife-edge and crime is rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Script: T.C. Eglington / Art: Boo Cook / Letters: Simon BowlandDEATH CAP // FRONTIER JUSTICE, Part ThreeThe Cursed Earth, 2144 AD. This blasted, irradiated wilderness covers much of what’s left of post-apocalyptic twenty-second century North America. Here, mutants scratch out a meagre existence in ramshackle townships. Former Judge Anita Goya’s family were massacred, and she became infected with a virulent fungus. Now she’s being hunted by Justice Dept… Script: Ken Niemand / Art: Anna Readman / Colours: Quinton Winter / Letters: Annie ParkhouseFARGO & MCBANE // NEW YORK’S FINEST, Part ThreeNew York City, the 1970s. Detective Jack McBane was one of the toughest cops to patrol the metropolis, having no compunction in handing out summary justice upon criminals. Although his ruthless attitude wins him few friends, he has one in Officer Eartha Fargo, who worked with him in NYC before moving out to Jaxville with her family. Now they’ve reunited… Script: Ales Kot / Art: PJ Holden / Colours: Jack Davies / Letters: Jim CampbellDEVLIN WAUGH // TWO MONTHS OFF, Part ThreeBrit-Cit, 2146 AD. A freelance paranormal troubleshooter and exorcist for the Vatican, Devlin Waugh is the world’s foremost supernatural investigator. Despite becoming a vampire after getting bitten tackling an outbreak in an underwater prison, Devlin continues to enjoy the finer things in life. Now, he’s on holiday with three friends, but things have turned weird… Script: Brandon Easton / Art: Kei Zawa / Colours: Eva De La Cruz / Letters: Shawn LeeJUDGE DREDD // FALSE WITNESS, Part FourWhile on a job for a rich client, Justice Academy drop-out and professional fixer Mathias Lincoln makes a horrific discovery — children are disappearing, and the conspiracy stretches from the wastes of the Cursed Earth all the way to the halls of power in Mega-City One… Script: Honor Vincent / Art: Stewart K. Moore / Letters: Simon BowlandRILEY’S REBELS // Part TwoThe Cursed Earth: an irradiated wasteland covering much of what was once the United States. Inhabited today by mutants, exiles… and lost children. Now, Riley wanders this wilderness, looking for something important… Script: Liam Johnson / Art: Rob Richardson / Letters: Jim CampbellCADET RICO // THE CYCLE, Part ThreeFrom the moment he was cloned, Rico has been bred for Justice. Enrolled into the Academy as a child, he and his brother Joe are learning the hard way that it isn’t easy to be the Law in Mega-City One… Script: Dan Abnett / Art: Phil Winslade / Letters: Simon BowlandLAWLESS // A TOWN CALLED BADROCK, Part ThreeColonial Marshal Metta Lawson was appointed to the frontier township of Badrock on the planet 43 Rega, intent on stamping her authority on the colony. But in doing so, Lawson made many enemies, including Munce, Inc., the mega-corporation that funded Badrock. Now, with the SJS also running things, Lawson’s recently returned to the force after going undercover…
