SECTOR CONTROL *MSGHRHRRTD JUDGE DREDD DREDD SET Mega-City One, 2133 AD. This vast urban nightmare on the east coast of post-apocalyptic EDITOR’S LETTER North America is home to 400 million citizens, crammed into gigantic citi-blocks, and only the ALAS, CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL MEAN THAT Judges can prevent total anarchy. These lawmen are judge, jury and executioner, empowered WE’RE UNABLE TO BRING YOU the third and final episode of to dispense instant justice, and toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Judge Dredd created by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra Hot Night in 95 this month, so in its place is a complete Dredd thriller from John Tomlinson and Liam Sharp. Also new this ANDERSON, PSI-DIVISION THE TRIP issue is the return of Psi-Judge Anderson in The Trip by Alan Mega-City One, 2133 AD. Psi-Division is a section within Justice Department that specialises Grant and Boo Cook, in which Cass launches into one of her in Judges with accentuated psychic talents – from precognition and telepathy to exorcism, most traumatic investigations... it is at the forefront in the war against supernatural crime. Cassandra Anderson is Psi-Div’s top telepath, cut a lot of slack for her skills despite her flippancy and disregard for authority... Elsewhere, Pat Mills and James Mckay chat about the re- Psi-Judge Anderson created by John Wagner & Brian Bolland turn of Flesh to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic – if you’re not NUMBERCRUNCHER currently picking up the prog, then I recommend you amend PART FOUR that state of affairs immediately, as you’re missing some Bastard Zane is an enforcer for the Central Ministry of the afterlife. Back when he was alive, cold-blooded dino-action – Gary Spencer Millidge reveals the he was a nineteenth-century thug, but a deal with the Supreme Being led him to find employ- ment with the ministry, who handle the universe’s accounts. Now, deceased mathematician depth of his research for his new biography of Alan Moore, Richard Thyme has signed a contract to be reincarnated, so he can be with his one true love... and artist Laurence Campbell is the subject of this Meg’s Numbercruncher created by Simon Spurrier & PJ Holden Interrogation feature. Laurence is one of a number of former 2000 AD creators whose work has found a natural home in INSURRECTION II PART FIVE US comics, but hopefully he’ll be tempted back to the Mighty Mega-City One colony K Alpha 61, 2133 AD. A mining colony established by Justice Depart- ment, K Alpha 61 renamed itself Liberty after cutting loose from the Big Meg. Furious at this One’s organ one day – after all, some other names familiar to outright display of dissent, and in a bid to stop the revolt spreading to other colonies, the SJS Squaxx will be reappearing within these pages soon... are determined to put down Colonial Marshal Karel Luther’s forces by any means necessary... Insurrection created by Dan Abnett & Colin MacNeil SIMON DAVIS Sample file COVER ART MATT SMITH EDITOR 'D@STQDR PYE-01 & R1F4 DESIGN & PRODUCTION PAGES 16-22 INTERROGATION -@TQDMBD$@LOADKK PAGES 32-34 NEW BOOKS "[email protected] JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE 309 Published every four weeks by Re- PAGE 45 bellion, Riverside House, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0ES. All contents © 2011 Re- bellion A/S unless otherwise stated. Numbercruncher © 2011 Simon Spurrier & DREDDLINES PJ Holden. All rights reserved. 2000 AD ® is a registered trademark. 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LETTERS IT’LL TAKE MORE THAN A PRETTY FACE TO GET ME OUT OF THIS ONE! AND... CUT! SEMINAL WORK, PEOPLE! LOVE ISN’T A BIG ENOUGH WORD TO DESCRIBE WHAT \ FEEL FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TALENTLESS FARTKNOCKERS. TWO CUPS OF FWESH, HOT SYNTHI-CAF, YOU LAWBWEAKING FWEAKS! GOOD WORK, WALTER! NOW IT’S MY TURN... TO SERVE UP A LITTLE JUSTICE! NNNGAARR! Sample file BACK IN FIVE FOR WALTER’S WATERBOARDING SCENE. HEY, FRUNZ! WE GOT THE SHOT ALREADY! TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF YOUR HEY, FAT ASS! LOSE THE HELMET OH NO... IF YOU WANNA, KNOCK DROKKTARD! \ YOURSELF OUT! SAID LOSE THE HEL _ CONTROL _ DREDD. ‘...NOT CONFIRMING ARRIVAL YO, CUPCAKE. REQUEST ANOTHER AT SPEED OF ART ONE.’ LINE’S BACK THERE. NOTED. STUDIOS. GET IN IT. DECEASED IS DAK FRUNZ, FORTY-SEVEN, ACTOR. FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS HE’S BEEN YOU. SEE THAT? HE’S PUSHING IN! YOUR MAMA MAKE THAT COSTUME, PUNK? Sample file DROKK ME WITH A CHAINSAW, \ THOUGHT THEY WERE SHITTIN’ ME! IT’S ONLY THE GENUINE ARTICLE! \ TAKE IT YOU’RE THE UNIT PRODUCERDIRECTOR OF JAW AND ORDER, FLOYD KRELB? YUH-UH. ALL YOUR GREATEST UNDERSTAND CASES, IN ORDER! SAY, \ HOPE THIS THIS, KRELB. JUSTICE ELROY WASN’T TOO EXTRA BACK AT SOME KIND OF DEPARTMENT SEE YOUR SHOW THE GATE. WOULDN’T BELIEVE HOW JOKE? SHEEZ, AS GOOD P.R. \ DISAGREE. IN FACT, MANY DREDDS WE GET SORRY. IT’S JUST RIGHT NOW \’M MINDED TO SHUT THROUGH HERE. A PROP, CONTROLLED FROM DOWN THIS UNIT FOREVER. THE PRODUCTION SUITE. JUST GIVE ME AN SPFX FIGURED IT MIGHT EXCUSE. GIVE YOU A LAUGH, IS ALL... CRIME SCENE. NOW. JUDGE DWEDD! IS IT WEALLY YOU? WILL YOU AUTOGWAPH MY SCWEEN? KIDS ARE HUMAN TOO! YAKABOO! YAKABOO! YAKABOO! JOVUS, BISKIND! SHUT THAT CRAP OFF OR \’LL HAVE YOU PEDDLING WALK-IN BATHS ON THE BONEYARD CHANNEL! Sample file SORRY, MR KRELB! IT’S THAT OLD KIDS’ SHOW DOODLEBUG. KEEPS COMING BACK, LIKE A POP-UP OR VIRUS OR SOMETHIN’... WE’VE RUN THE SCENE AGAIN AND AGAIN, JUDGE. EVEN IN NINE-D HOLO-DEF WE COULDN’T SEE HOW IT WAS DONE. SOME KIND OF MODE- LOCKED SURGICAL LANCE, PERHAPS? BUT HOW, ON A BUSY SET? WITH ASK THE YOU ARE? FRUNZ OUT OF HATER. THE PICTURE IT’S YOUR TURN TO STEP UP, HUH? GRUD, NO! \ LIKED DAK! \ NEVER RESENTED HIS SUCCESS, NOT FOR A MINUTE! HMMPH. HAMLEY WITHCHYLDE, PROFESSIONAL ACTOR. AND, UH, OCCASIONAL BODY DOUBLE... WH-WHY ARE YOU TAKING CONFIRMING I.D. ON THE ME? HATER, DREDD. WE RAN ALL 12,083 MENACING POSTS THROUGH BASIC DECRYPTION. INPUTTING WE’RE NOT ADDRESS COORDINATES DONE. YOU’RE ALSO A TO BIKE NAV. SUSPECT. CONTROL _ ANY MORE AFFIRMATIVE. INFO? PROCEEDING. ‘SUSPECT IS DARVON Sample file SPECKLEY, AGE THIRTY-SEVEN, LEWIS SKOLNICK HAB-UNITS. MESSAGEBOARD USERNAME THE HATER... H-HELLO? WHO’S THERE? WOW! OH WOW, IT’S REALLY YOU! HUH - ? ‘...TOOK PARTICULAR UMBRAGE AT RUMOURS THAT THE TV SHOW MIGHT REVEAL DREDD’S FACE. GRUD, THIS ‘TELL THEM TO SUCKS WORSE THAN A RUN SPECKLEY’S DUEL-CYCLONE BAGLESS DENTAL RECORDS. LATRINE! FIRST TIME FIGURE THEY’LL ANYONE ELSE NEED THEM.’ DIED... CONTROL _ DREDD. MEAT WAGON TO LEWIS SKOLNIK.