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Judge Dredd#1
Cover: Brian Bolland

Judge Dredd #1

May 1981 · Titan
📊 ~32,266 copies sold its debut month
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“Judge Death, Part 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.

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

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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.

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