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| Prog 1308
Cover by: Simon Davis
Simon Davis returns
to do another great Sinister Dexter cover - the strip he's best known for. It
certainly has more impact than most of the covers we've seen in recent issues.
The letters page
makes a half page return this issue, and notably two out of the three letters
criticise the shallowness of the Rogue Trooper script. Glad to see that it's not
just me being grumpy then.
Overall an OK issue
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Script:
John Wagner
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Art:
Mick McMahon
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Letters:
Tom Frame
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Colours:
Chris Blythe
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| Voices
Off
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| Review:
A one shot story, and quite fun too, by John Wagner. But the best thing about
this is Mick McMahon's art (when did it become Mick instead of Mike?), which keeps
getting better. He's much more impressionistic these days than he used to be,
but it's a style that really lends itself to the world of Dredd - something which
is best evidenced in the shot of Dredd in the medical body cast. It's been a while
since we've seen McMahon art - so let's hope he makes a return trip soon. Lastly
- Chris Blythe once again does a sterling job on the colours here.
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Script:
Dan Abnett
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Art:
Steve Parkhouse
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Letters:
Ellie De Ville
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Colours:
Chris Blythe
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| Deaky
Poobar, We Hardly Knew Ye - Part 2
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| Review:
More gangster mayhem in England, as the boys find themselves in another tight
spot. We also get Inspector Terse and Hewlis - hmmm, who could they be based on?
Great artwork again from Steve Parkhouse and a generally fun script. Although
you do get the feeling that they should probably have check to see what's in that
coffin by now...
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Script:
C Clayton, C Dows |
Art:
L Campbell, L Townsend |
| Letters:
Ellie De Ville |
Colour:
Gary Caldwell |
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8
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| Review:
I still don't quite know how to feel about this strip. The artwork is good and
improving - but it's the story which has flaws. There's an interesting scene between
"Bison" revealing his true identity to his old partner, but it's over
pretty quickly. The rest of the story is just the guns and violence we've come
to expect. I guess my ambivalence about the story is all down to the fact that
it seems to be dragging out a whole heap of crime clichés and not really
doing anything inventive with them. It's just a shame that the good premise of
the body swap was thrown away like this.
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Script:
Simon Spurrier
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Art:
Richard Elson
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Letters:
Annie Parkhouse
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1 - Dregs
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| Review:
Another "it's the future, and everything is horrible" story starts here
- but there are some signs of hope. It seems to boil down to a fairly traditional
police investigation/ serial killer story, but there are enough nice touches (such
as the main character being pregnant for 5 years due to population controls) -
that raise hope. Another episode should give a better idea of here the series
is going. The artwork is very good indeed, however, and Elson impresses by delivering
clean, detailed work, as well as some great colour effects.
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Script:
Gordon Rennie
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Pencils:
Staz Johnson
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Letters:
Tom Frame
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Inks:
David Roach
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| Lions
- Part 1
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| Review:
Something of an improvement on the previous issue, with Johnson making a return.
After Coleby's confused artwork, I can see how I've underestimated Johnson's knack
for storytelling and clear visuals. The story itself is OK, and again and improvement
on the mindless fireworks of last prog, and the interplay between Rogue and the
Southers is nicely done. It seems that they've toughened up Rogue a bit in this
revamp (armoured plasti-flesh skin?), which lessens his impact. After all, if
your main hero really isn't in any danger, then why should you care?
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Best Story:
Judge Dredd.
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