Judge Dredd: Legends of the Law #1

Dave Dorman's painted cover sets an immediately kinetic tone — Judge Dredd charges forward astride his Lawmaster bike, Lawgiver pistol blazing, against a fiery red backdrop that practically radiates heat off the page. The bold tagline "Maximum Justice!" and the "1st Issue!" banner make clear this December 1994 DC launch means business, bringing together writers John Wagner and Alan Grant with interior art by Brent Anderson inked by Jimmy Palmiotti. With a story titled "The Organ Donors, Part One: Honeymoon in Hell," this opening chapter promises the kind of gritty Mega-City One atmosphere that made Dredd one of comics' most enduring lawmen.