Judge Dredd #1
"Judge Death, Part 1" kicks off with a chilling escalation in Mega-City One: the Tranq Gas gang unleashes a deadly gas attack across Luna-1, plunging the city into unconsciousness and triggering a wave of chaos. As the Judges scramble to respond, the aftermath leaves 53,000 dead, and justice takes a grim, unexpected turn when the Oxygen Board cuts off air to the gang’s hideout—leaving them to suffocate amidst their stolen wealth. Brian Bolland’s striking art, both in the interior and on the cover, captures the cold, clinical horror of the city’s collapse, while John Howard’s sharp script sets a relentless tone from the first page.
In the suffocating silence of Luna-1, a wave of knock-out gas plunges the city into unconsciousness, unleashing chaos as the Tranq Gas gang runs rampant. When the Judges fail to stop them, a grim, bureaucratic justice takes hold—through the Oxygen Board, which cuts off air to the gang’s hideout for unpaid bills, leaving them to suffocate amidst their stolen wealth.
In "The Face-Change Crimes," Judge Dredd dives into a high-stakes undercover operation, using a face-changing machine to slip into the Tooley gang’s inner circle. As he gathers proof of their bank heists, the line between identity and deception blurs in this tense, no-nonsense sci-fi mystery.
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↩ Reprints 2000 AD #50 (1978), 2000 AD #51 (1978), 2000 AD #52 (1978), 2000 AD #57 (1978), 2000 AD #59 (1978), 2000 AD #60 (1978), 2000 AD #61 (1978), 2000 AD and Starlord #110 (1979), 2000 AD and Starlord #120 (1979), 2000 AD and Tornado #127 (1979), 2000 AD and Tornado #149 (1980), 2000 AD and Tornado #150 (1980), 2000 AD and Tornado #151 (1980)
Reprinted in Métal Hurlant #81 (1982), Judge Dredd #2 (1989)
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