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This month's Judge Dredd Megazine featured Rebellions obituary to the late talented letterer Ellie De Ville who passed away on Christmas Eve. Ellie began her work on 2000 AD strips in the 1990s on "Tharg's Future Shocks" and could be distinguished by her backwards Q. This issue features Karl Stock talking to Steve Cook, Phil Winslade, Ed Hillyer and her close friend Jenny Wackett for her obituary on page fifteen. 

Elsewhere in the Megazine, it’s the final instalment of Dredd thriller Plunder, plus there's the latest instalments of Devlin Waugh, Blunt, Lawless and Zombie Army. There's also the bagged mini-trade, where once again you take a dive into Brit comics history with the reprinting of The Nightcomers and Terror of the Cats from the 1980s horror anthology Scream!

• UK and DIGITAL: 19 February 2019 £5.99
• NORTH AMERICA: 19 March 2019 $13
• DIAMOND: DEC191840
• COVER: KARL RICHARDSON

In this issue:

JUDGE DREDD: PLUNDER
by Michael Carroll (writer) Karl Richardson (artist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)

Mega-City One, 2142 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 140 million citizens. Crime is rampant, and 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! Now, on the wreck of Luna-2, he’s under attack by pirates...

DEVLIN WAUGH: A VERY LARGE SPLASH
by Ales Kot (writer) Mike Dowling (artist) Annie Parkhouse (letterer)

The Amalfi Coast, 2142 AD. A freelance paranormal troubleshooter and exorcist for the Vatican, Devlin Waugh is the world’s foremost supernatural investigator. Despite becoming a vampire after getting bitten tackling an outbreak in an underwater prison, Devlin continues to enjoy the finer things in life. Now, he and his friends are on holiday, but something sinister is afoot...

BLUNT III
by TC Eglington (writer) Boo Cook (artist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

The Mega-City One colony Getri-1, 2138 AD. Earth colonists attempted to make a new home on the planet, but discovered that its flora and fauna are psychically linked, and the world itself fought back against any intruders. Following battles with mutants and the alien Zhind, half-human, half-Uplift Blunt has led the survivors to safety. Now, they’re being rescued...

ZOMBIE ARMY: LAST RITES
by Chris Roberson (writer) Andrea Mutti (artist) Matt Soffe (colourist) Simon Bowland (letterer)

Southern France, the second year of the Dead War. In the closing stages of WWII, Hitler called upon occult forces to raise an army of zombies to battle the Allies. Efram Schweiger, Marie Chevalier, Major Haripal Singh, Reginald Patterson and Shola are a team of Deadhunters, tasked with clearing areas where the ghouls may still be present. Now, a village is rife with undead...

LAWLESS: BOOM TOWN
by Dan Abnett (writer) Phil Winslade (artist) Jim Campbell (letterer)

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, MC-1 has dispatched an SJS contingent to oversee Badrock as it becomes a free-trade town...

Features: Ellie De Ville obituary, Interrogation: Martin Simmonds, New Books: Battle Stations
Bagged reprint: The Nightcomers

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