Judge Dredd #1

Name: Judge Dredd #1
Brand: Titan

May 1981 · Titan

“Judge Death, Part 1”

writer John Howard · artist, inker Brian Bolland · letterer Tom Frame · cover Brian Bolland

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Cast · 9 characters

Joe Dredd Judge Cosmovich Judge Death Judge Dredd Judge Kolb Judge-Marshal Dredd Judge Tex Psi Judge Anderson Walter the Wobot

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writer John Howard

artist, inker Brian Bolland

letterer Tom Frame

cover pencils, inks Brian Bolland

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The Tranq Gas gang pump knock-out gas through the system that feeds air to Luna-1. With the citizenry unconscious, they then go on a crime spree. As Judges struggle to cope the gang get away clean. 53,000 die in the city. Retribution comes in the form of the Oxygen Board who cut off the air supply to the gang's hideout for none-payment of bills. They asphyxiate on top of the loot.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).