Judge Dredd Megazine #497: Meg 497

Judge Dredd Megazine #497 is OUT NOW!As we’re fully immersed in the spooky month of October, it means it’s time for Scream! to emerge once more from the crypt, this time as another 48-page seasonal special, and some of the creators behind its stories reveal all in the feature within this issue.Elsewhere, Garth Ennis chats about his upcoming projects for both Rebellion and US publishers, as well as contributing to the piece celebrating Johnny Red, which gets its first collection of the classic material from the Treasury of British Comics next month, and a spotlight is cast on humour strip The Cloak, which has also been assembled into an omnibus volume.Meanwhile, there’s further retro-Thrills to be had in Starlord’s Timequake by Chris Lowder (writing under his usual Jack Adrian pseudonym) and Ian Kennedy, John Cooper & Alberto Salinas, which starts this issue, plus there’s more Mega-City 2099, the penultimate parts of the current runs of Rogue Trooper, Lawless and Storm Warning, and the finale to the current Dredd story Rojimbo. Be here in thirty as we start to wrap everything up in time for January’s milestone Meg 500!JUDGE DREDD // ROJIMBO, Part TwoMega-City One, 2148 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 300 million citizens, where tensions run a constant knife-edge. Bordered on one side by the toxic Black Atlantic and the irradiated Cursed Earth to the west, crime is rampant, and stemming the tide of chaos are the Judges. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law!STORM WARNING // SLAUGHTERHOUSE, Part ThreeBrit-Cit, 2147 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 always accompanied by her ghostly helpers. Now, Storm’s been called to a stately home called Slaughter House…MEGA-CITY 2099 // FATHER’S DAY, Part OneMega-City One, 2099 AD. Before the Judges took complete control of the metropolis, there were two strands of law enforcement – regular uniformed cops did much of the day-today policing, while the helmeted Judges were called upon to pass judgement on certain criminals, their vested powers giving them the ability to dispense on-the-spot sentences…ROGUE TROOPER // AN ITERATION OF ALLIES, Part FiveNu Earth, a planet ravaged by war, its atmosphere poisoned by the use of chemical and biological weapons. It is the site of the conflict between the Southers and the Norts, each side battling for supremacy, and where Genetic Infantryman Rogue Trooper, along with his biochipped buddies Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, is on a quest to find the Traitor General that sold out his comrades…LAWLESS // THE NEW BRUTALISTSColonial 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…