Judge Dredd the Megazine #48

Judge Dredd looms large over a gleaming, art-deco cityscape on Mark Wilkinson's striking cover — the Law's iron face set in that familiar grimace, flanked by eagle motifs that reinforce the authoritarian grandeur of Mega-City One. The quote plastered beside him — "This city destroys people. It crushes them, squeezes all the good things out of them." — sets a sobering tone that feeds directly into the featured story, "Freefall: The Life and Death of an Ordinary Citizen," written by John Wagner with art and colors by Jim Vickers. It's a 1994 issue that balances Dredd's imposing presence against a very human story of what it means to simply survive in the world he polices.