Meg 461: The Full Force of the Law

[JohnW]

That last panel of Lawless balances on a high wire of magnificence above a vat of pure cheese.

It's clichéd as all heck, and nothing we haven't seen however many times before, but if the cliché is delivered with this assurance and panache then I'm still delighted to see it.

Comics at its dependable best, damn me.

[Colin YNWA]

That last panel of Lawless balances on a high wire of magnificence above a vat of pure cheese.

It's clichéd as all heck, and nothing we haven't seen however many times before, but if the cliché is delivered with this assurance and panache then I'm still delighted to see it.

Comics at its dependable best, damn me.

Was just about to start my review and read this and though DAMN this says it better than me. I mean Lawless is a cope out ending, the twist on reflection feels tired and old... but damnit was I not almost punching the air as it landed that perfect landing. The whole episode was a delight and thrust my favourite of thrills right back to the top of the pile.

And I mean damn in this Meg that's a pretty damned fine pile. Three absolute belters. I love Dredd when it plays with stories that feel like they are straight out of Eisner's Spirit (well with more violence!) and this is one of those. Like the best Sinister Dexter too it takes a simple idea and plays with it quite wonderfully. Superb and Colin MacNeil's art is of course just top notch - as is his cover. Simply brilliant.

As is the ending of Dreadnoughts. I mean again we're seen this sort of thing before but as with Lawless damn is it done sublimely. Tension, hard and genuinely thrill. Just magnificent.

So yeah three absolute winners and to be honest both Spectre and Black Museum are pretty damned good too, but I mean against those three most comics would just pale. Dan Cornwell is just amazing and new artist Gary Welsh (is he new or am I just not remembering?) has an impress first (early???) job a couple of panels aside.

Rogue Trooper means the extras and back matter are raised up a level or so. So yeah DAMN if this isn't a great Meg. But heck Lawless is something special once again.

[broodblik]

...and new artist Gary Welsh (is he new or am I just not remembering?) has an impress first (early???) job a couple of panels aside.

He did a few Future Shocks in the prog most recently he did one in the regen prog 2325

[broodblik]

B/W Cover:

[Richard]

Looking at page 39, the art on Portals and Black Goo looks much better in black and white.

[Proudhuff]

All spiffing in the land of Meg believe!

[Barrington Boots]

Can only echo that this was a brilliant Dredd this month. Excellent episodes of Spector and Lawless as well, and glad to see the latter back on track, and a deeply horrible Terror Tale.

[JayzusB.Christ]

Possibly Mike's best Dredd ever. Hats off.

[broodblik]

This was one of the best one off Dredd stories I ever read.