Judge Dredd Megazine 297
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Synopsis by Gavin Hanly
Review by Alex Frith and Robert Cornell

Cover by Paul Marshall

Alex Frith: Lovely design, expert use of black and white and red, perfect snarl on Dredd’s face. It ought to be a stone cold classic, but frankly the stick’s not big enough. And I don’t care if it’s correct from a perspective point of view.

Robert Cornell: Dredd with big stick. Striking without being especially remarkable. I like the contrast of b&w with colour.

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Judge Dredd - Codename Weasel
Script: Simon Spurrier - Art: Paul Marshall - Colours: Chris Blythe - Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Judge Dredd
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Tank Girl - Flying Ant Day - Part 2 - Replicas
Script: Alan Martin - Art: Rufus Dayglo - Letters: Simon Bowland
Tank Girl
Wrapping things up...

Alex Frith: I think I’ve worked out the problem with Tank Girl. It’s nothing to do with Tank Girl itself, its writing or its art, or even its place within the Megazine. It’s to do with the concept of a review. Reviewing new comics is fun to do, and occasionally useful for casual readers. But some strips suit reviews better than others, and cheeky comedy strips don’t suit reviews. Can you imagine reading a weekly review of the Beano, which broke down each strip in the comic? It’d be hell to write, and probably hell to read after the first go around. Tank Girl isn’t remotely serious, has no relation to continuity, and should be treated as idle fun with zany art thrown in. Read it if you like it, and don’t begrudge those who do. A bit like the Megazine articles.

One can review Tank Girl as a whole, but episode by episode, it’s review-proof. The art as always is sumptuously detailed, the writing is funny if you like that sort of thing (and I generally don’t). The end.

Robert Cornell: So, the story that broke my “you bought it, you read it” policy comes to an end. Now I’m confused as well as bored.

Dated and cliquey, TG started as a novelty but rapidly outstayed her welcome with a mind-boggling 21 month run.

That last page could be read as a final goodbye, and not a very polite one. “I never want to come back to this arsehole place again.” Is that a promise?

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Tempest - Time Zero - Part 5
Script: Al Ewing - Art: Jon Davis-Hunt - Letters: Simon Bowland

Tempest
Tempest 's hero disappoints him ...

Alex Frith: Tempest was the first story I read this month, and as such I’ve forgotten what happens. Flicking through, I’m reminded of shiny teeth, comic dialogue and a neat ending which leaves me asking questions I hope will be answered in the next series. But overall, I didn’t really get this series. Had some fun moments, though.

Robert Cornell: Tempest II has been a contradiction. I’ve enjoyed Tempest himself, he’s funny, charismatic and colourful, but the story frequently hasn’t matched up, mainly down to a dull villain.

The trouble is, no matter how much you talk up your villain’s total invincibility, in the end the hero has to kick his ass. Usually, the more invincible the villain, the more anticlimactic the ass-kicking.

Now he’s saved the Universe (that’s the Universe, you know… everything?) what will he do for an encore. The baddie on the final page already looks more promising.

Davis-Hunt’s lively artwork is a big plus for the strip.

 

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Judge Dredd - The Lost Cases - MC Dollz
Script: Alan Grant - Art: David Roach - Letters: Ellie De Ville
Lost Cases
"Sweet chips"?

Alex Frith: A disappointing last bow in the excellent Lost Cases series. As others have pointed out, this doesn’t add anything to the original ‘Graveyard Shift’ story, instead being another example of what might happen in a night in MC1, and not necessarily of any particular era. There’s also a more ludicrous than usual ability of Dredd to dodge gunfire and get a bomb disarmed rapidly (Is this meant to be a comment on lazy plotting in the past?).

David Roach draws pretty women very well, but Judge Dredd a little stiffly.

Robert Cornell: I may have missed the references but I can’t place any particular Dredd era this comes from. Previously we’ve taken a look at the Robot War or The Apocalypse war and it was interesting to see a new angle, this just seems to be set when Hershey was still a street judge. I have to wonder why Grant didn’t just write a Judge Dredd story. It’s like reading a better written version of the very early Dredds from the Restricted Files.

The retro black and white also put me in mind of the Restricted Files stories. I always like seeing Dredd this way, it makes a nice change.

 

Additional Material

Raptaur collection
John Hicklenton Obituary
Dave Gibbons interview
Turf feature
New X-Men feature
Screen Story
New Movies

Alex Frith: The usual quality mix of articles and interviews this month. I especially enjoyed the feature on Italian rip-off movies of the 70s and 80s. The sort of films I like to read about but will likely never bother to see. People often rate Zombie Flesh Eaters, one of the only offerings mentioned in the article that I have seen. Frankly, reading about it is a lot more fun than actually watching it, with its slow pace and incoherent plot. And the two good bits (eye-gouge, shark-fight) are diminished through the weight of expectation. Anyway, good feature.

As for Raptaur - well, Dean Ormston deserves celebration - as indeed does Alan Grant - but I have to echo comments that this story is a) embarrassingly derivative of Predator 2 via Alien/Venom and b) going to be reprinted very soon in Case Files 16. Of course, point b) may be the reason they’ve reprinted it now – the much-loved Rebellion reprint team just put a lot of effort into reproducing some nifty painted artwork, and very nicely too I might add, so why not milk it? A slight shame they didn’t include Bisley’s cover to Meg 1.14, a powerful industrial image that made me feel ill as a young teen.

Robert Cornell: Most importantly, a touching tribute to Johnny Hicklenton from his friend and collaborator Pat Mills.

I like reading stuff about ye olde days. Dave Gibbons biography features the usual suspects; Pat Mills, Frank Hampson, Dez Skin. I suspect next month’s adventures in America might tread less familiar ground.

Raptaur is an adequate Ridley Scott-esque tale of an indestructible alien menace. The trouble with indestructible alien menaces is… Oh, forget it.

 

Final Thoughts

Alex Frith: A clearing the decks issue which was fine, but a bit below recent high standards. On the plus side, we’ve got Simon Frazer’s Lilly Mackenzie to look forward to. Can’t wait!

Best Story: Judge Dredd

Robert Cornell: The Weekly has been in inspired form recently which makes the Megazine look feeble in comparison. Three OK strips, the best being Spurrier’s “slight but entertaining” Dredd tale.

Best Story: Judge Dredd