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HITSUBSCRIBE TO THE GALAXY’STHE GREATEST COMICS DECK!AND RECEIVE EXCLUSIVE NEW JUDGE DREDD ARTWORK FROM CAM KENNEDY AND JOHN HIGGINS — ABSOLUTELY FREE!* You Earthlets won’t want to miss this latest ultra-zarjaz subscription incentive that I have tasked my droids with producing — if you have an Annual (or Two Year) physical subscription to either 2000 AD or the Judge Dredd Megazine, you’ll receive the 2011 Judge Dredd story Choose Your Own Christmas by Al Ewing and John Higgins as a twelve-piece card set, complete in its own box, with a new print from the Higgins droid, absolutely free!* However, Annual (or Two Year) Combi physical subscribers to both titles will receive an additional Cam Kennedy print set, featuring a new Dredd image as well as two Dredd stories by the Kennedy droid. The Kennedy variant is only available to Annual Combi physical subscribers — convert your single-title sub to an Annual Combi sub to receive both incentives! Monthly subscribers are currently not eligible for the card set but purchasing details will be available online in the near future. In addition to subscribers receiving special incentives like this, it’s great value to subscribe to both titles. Although the cover price for 2000 AD has risen, subs prices are currently frozen — for the bargain sum of £170 per year or just £15.50 per month**, you’ll get each new prog and Meg delivered direct to your door, up to four days before they hit the shelves. There’s never been a better time to join The Mighty One’s growing army of fully TAKE OUT AN ANNUAL COMBI PHYSICAL paid-up Squaxx dek Thargo! SUBSCRIPTION AND RECEIVE BOTH FREE GIFTS! TO SUBSCRIBE visit SHOP.2000AD.COM/CATALOGUE/SUBSCRIPTIONS or email [email protected] For enquiries, call the Subs Helpline on (UK) 01865 797022 If you prefer toSample pay an annual fee, you can subscribe online, or send a cheque (made payable to Rebellion Developments file Ltd) for £170.00 to 2000 AD Subscriptions, Riverside House, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0ES. Subscription to 2000 AD only (49 weekly progs plus the 100-page Christmas special) is £120 pa or £11.00 per month. For 12 issues of the monthly Judge Dredd Megazine only, you pay £73.00 pa or £7.00 per month if taking a monthly sub. All prices quoted are UK only. Check out www.2000AD.com/categories/subscriptions for overseas rates and monthly subs plans. *Subject to availability. Free Higgins gift box is only available to Annual physical subscribers to either 2000 AD or Judge Dredd Megazine. Cam Kennedy gift box is only available to Annual Combi physical subscribers to both titles. All Annual physical subscribers will receive the Higgins gift box by the end of 2018; Annual Combi physical subscribers will receive the Kennedy gift box in early 2019. Offer does NOT apply to digital subscriptions. **New UK physical subscription. Minimum contract 12 months. Annual subscriptions require a one-month cancellation period after 12 months. Monthly subscribers can cancel at any time with two weeks’ notice before their next monthly billing date. SECTOR CONTROL IN THIS ISSUE FEATURES PAGES 36-39 JUDGE DREDD THE FRIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS FOUR-COLOUR Mega-City One, 2140 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America CLASSICS is home to over 100 million citizens. Unemployment is rife, boredom universal, and crime is ROY OF THE ROVERS rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges, future law-enforcers empowered to dispense instant justice. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! PAGES 40-43 Judge Dredd created by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra FOUR-COLOUR CLASSICS LAWLESS ASHES TO ASHES WILDCAT Colonial 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 funds Badrock. Now, Munce is planning to dispose of Badrock once and for all, and is laying siege to the town... Lawless created by Dan Abnett & Phil Winslade STORM WARNING OVER MY DEAD BODY Brit-Cit, 2140 AD. Much like its Mega-City counterpart, Brit-Cit Justice Department has its various divisions, from Tek to plainclothes, Tactical to Psi, and one of its more prickly operatives in the latter is Lillian Storm, who has the ability to talk to the dead, and is often accompanied by her ghostly helpers. Now, she’s helping a young man whose body has been stolen... Storm Warning created by Leah Moore, John Reppion & Tom Foster BLUNT II PART FOUR The Mega-City One colony Getri-1, 2138 AD. On this remote outpost, Earth colonists have been attempting to make a new home on the planet, cataloguing and exploring its unusual flora and fauna. But a shuttle crash led to a desperate rescue mission, headed by the half- ape Blunt, and upon their return they found the colonists had been kidnapped... Blunt created by T.C. Eglington & Boo Cook THE DARK JUDGES THE TORTURE GARDEN 36 After the events on the Mayflower, the cargo ship the Solips discovered the Dark Judges Death, Fire and Mortis floating in space, and the alien superfiends murdered the crew. Landing on a remote Mega-City colony world called Dominion, Death and co used their powers to decimate the population. Few survivors remain, and now a team of marines is being sent from MC-1... The Dark Judges created by John Wagner, Alan Grant & Brian Bolland EDITOR’S LETTER WELCOME TO THE LAST ISSUE OF THE MEGAZINE FOR 2018, AND WE MARK THE FESTIVE SEASON WITH A seasonal Judge Dredd tale from Alex De Campi and Patrick Goddard. Elsewhere, there’s the usual action and adventure in the other ongoing series, plus we take a look at a couple of new projects that have sprung from Rebellion’s massive IPC archive acquisition – a reprint 5040 of the short-lived Wildcat, and the reboot of Roy of the Rovers, possibly one of the most recognisable names JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE 403 in UK comics. Published monthly by Rebellion, Riverside House, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 Big news from Rebellion last month was the 0ES. All contents © 2018 Rebellion 2000 AD Ltd unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved. Judge Dredd® is a registered trademark. 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Rico is soon assigned to the troubled Sector House 108 – where everything he has learnt is put to the test! CAM KENNEDY g JOCK g CHRIS WESTON g CARLOS EZQUERRA & MORE HA OOH, HA HA WATCH OUT, HA! NADINE, YOU’LL GET COAL IN YOUR WELL. STOCKING! SO HAVE YOU BEEN NAUGHTY OR NICE THIS YEAR? PHWOAR, IS THAT WHAT THEY’RE CALLING HA IT THESE HA HA DAYS? HA! LOOK AT THEM UP THERE, MEL. NOT US? ONE DAY THAT’LL BE ME, UP THERE ON TOP OF THE CITY... NO. ALEX DE CAMPI SCRIPT PATRICK GODDARD ART MATT SOFFE COLOURS ANNIE PARKHOUSE LETTERS ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MEGA-CITY GIVES TO THEE: A MANSLAUGHTER IN PEAR TREES...Sample file THE FRIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS YOU TAKE THE VIC AND SURE HER FRIEND. \’LL THING. GO UP TO THE PARTY. HO HO HO, MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM PEAR TREES! THE SMARTEST BUILDING IN MEGA-CITY ONE! MEAT S-SHE WAGON TO PEAR NEVER HURT TREES TOWER, NOBODY, AND STAT. NOW SHE’S GONE... HEY, HONEYBUN. WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR HELMET? OH COMES AS SHIT! STANDARD. IT’S THE LAW! Sample file \... \ GOT \ THOUGHT OUT ON GOOD \ PUT YOU IN THE BEHAVIOUR, CUBES, NICK. DREDD! PULL THE OTHER ONE, IT’S GOT SLEIGH BELLS ON. \ GOT A NEW GIG, THROWING POVERTY SO WE BRING PARTIES FOR RICH IN THE CHEAP BOOZE PEOPLE! AND THE NEW MUSIC AND SEE, FOLKS THEN CHARGE ‘EM A MINT TO LIKE THESE, ONCE GET BLASTED LIKE THE THEY HIT FORTY, THEY OLD DAYS.