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MEGA-CITY
CONFIDENTIAL
Originally published in
2000 AD Progs 1874-1878

SCRIPT JOHN WAGNER

ART COLIN MACNEIL
COLOURS CHRIS BLYTHE
LETTERS ANNIE PARKHOUSE
 WE’VE HAD
CONCERNS ABOUT
EASTERHOUSE FOR UNUSUALLY
A FEW DAYS. AGITATED, JUMPY,
MISTAKES IN HER
WORK. PULSE RATE
ERRATIC.

YOU
MEASURE?

THIS IS
HIGHLY SENSITIVE
WORK, DREDD. TOP
SECRET. IF AN EVALUATOR
IS BECOMING DISAFFECTED
IT’S VITAL THAT WE
DETECT THE SIGNS
EARLY.

NOT EARLY
ENOUGH, IT WOULD
APPEAR.
 EVERYTHING
ALL RIGHT,
ERIKA? 2117/27a.
PLEASE TAKE
ANOTHER
LOOK.

2117/27a...
YES, SIR.
HERE... HERE
Y-YES, IT IS...
SIR.

\ DID
COMP THAT, SIR.
\... DIDN’T THINK
IT WAS OUR
CONCERN.

YOU
SHOULD KNOW
BETTER,
ERIKA.

EVERYTHING
IS OUR
CONCERN.

SOMEHOW,
ERIKA, \ DON’T THINK
YOU’RE GIVING THIS TASK
YOUR FULL DEDICATION.
EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT
AT HOME? NOTHING
\ SHOULD... KNOW
ABOUT? HARD
DAY, HON?
IF
NO, SIR. YOU HAD
WORRIES YOU
WOULD... TALK
TO ME?
 \ COULD DO
WITH A DRINK, IT’S THAT
JOVIS, NEW JOB. YOU’VE
YOU LOOK GUFF. LET’S GO OUT. HUH? WHAT YOU CAN’T
NOW. \ WON’T BEEN A BUNDLE OF DO YOU MEAN? BE SERIOUS,
ROUGH. NERVES EVER SINCE
CHANGE, LET’S THE APARTMENT _ ERIKA.
JUST GO. YOU GOT THE YOU MEAN THEY...
TRANSFER. BUGS?

YOU
DON’T KNOW
WHAT THEY’D DO,
GUFF. YOU DON’T
KNOW.

SURE.
DINNER’LL KEEP.
LEMME GET
MY JAK.

\ HAD TO
TALK TO YOU. \
DIDN’T... \ DIDN’T WANT
TO DO IT IN THE
APARTMENT.

WHAT’S GOING ON, \ CAN’T SAY.

BABY? WHAT THE HELL \’VE TOLD YOU. NOT
HAVE THEY GOT YOU DOING ALLOWED _ SWORN TO
IN THAT DEPARTMENT _ SECRECY _ PAIN OF
WHAT’S IT CALLED, ENCUBEMENT...
SECTION 7?

C’MON, ANYWAY,
WHAT’S THE IT WOULD BE TOO \ CAN’T.
HARM. WHO’S LOOK, THEY WON’T LET
DANGEROUS FOR YOU. COULDN’T
TO KNOW? BETTER YOU DON’T ME. \ KNOW TOO
YOU JUST GO MUCH NOW.
KNOW... IF THEY BACK TO
COME... ADMIN?
THEY’RE
TO KNOW. THEY’D
FIND OUT _ BELIEVE
ME, GUFF, THEY
WOULD.

SHEEZ _
YOU’RE
SCARING
ME.

IF YOU
KNEW WHAT
THEY’RE DOING... AND
THEY CALL THEMSELVES BOY, NOW
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. YOU’RE REALLY
GRUD, THAT’S SCARING
A JOKE. ME.
 \ TRIED
TO HOLD BACK ON
THEM AGAIN TODAY.
SUPERVISOR WAS ON ME
LIKE A SHOT. HE’S GOT HIS
EYE ON ME... THINKS
\’M ‘NOT ONE OF
THEM’...

GRUD,
AM \ NOT ONE OF
THEM!

IF \ KEEP
FOULING UP THEY’LL...
THEY’LL DO IT TO ME, \ DON’T
GUFF. TAKE ME AWAY KNOW IF \ CAN
AND WIPE MY BRAIN. DO IT ANY
\’LL BE LIKE A MORE.
ZOMBIE...

SOMEBODY
OUGHT TO KNOW
WHAT THEY’RE UP TO.
SOMEBODY OUGHT
TO KNOW...

IT HAPPENED
TO BEECHER.
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
KIND OF GUY. THIRD
DAY \ WAS THERE
THEY TOOK HIM
AWAY FOR
‘REASSESSMENT’.
ERIKA,
THIS IS \ SAW
CRAZY, YOU’RE HIM LAST WEEK
FANTASISING _ WALKED RIGHT BY
NOW. ME, DIDN’T RECOGNISE
ME. GLAZED LOOK ERIKA...
\ WISH IN HIS EYE... LIKE
\ WAS. PART OF
HIM WAS
GONE.

WHEN
DID YOU LAST SHE
SEE HER? 10:31 CAUGHT A HOV ALL
THIS MORNING. TO SECTOR 3 ON UNITS ALERT
SHE ASKED TO MANNING. LAST SLAB OUT?
TAKE A COMFORT CAM PICKED HER
BREAK. UP HEADING
WEST.

OF ANYTHING
COURSE. MISSING
HERE?

NEGATIVE.
BUT \ SUSPECT
SHE BROUGHT IN
HER OWN DATA SLUG.
THERE’S A DOWNLOAD
LOGGED AT 09:11. TWO
THOUSAND-PLUS
INTRUSIONS.
 AN APPOINTMENT
HAS BEEN ARRANGED,
\’VE 1200 HOURS, ROOM Q,
BEEN GIVING WITH JUDGE
YOUR CASE SOME MUGABE.
CONSIDERATION,
ERIKA.
\’M NOTHING
CONCERNED THAT YOU TO WORRY
MAY NOT BE HANDLING THE ABOUT.
ADJUSTMENT. NOT FITTING
IN HERE. \’M SENDING YOU
FOR A PRECAUTIONARY
RE-ASSESSMENT.

YOU’VE CENTRAL’S ON
CHECKED IT. SO FAR NOTHING.
HER HOME _ WE HAVE HER HUSBAND
FRIENDS AND IN AN INTERROGATION
FAMILY? CUBE _ GUFF
EASTERHOUSE.

HE CLAIMS
SHE TOLD HIM NOTHING
ABOUT THE NATURE OF
HER WORK HERE. \ DON’T
BELIEVE HE’S BEING
TOTALLY FRANK
WITH US.

\’LL
SPEAK TO
HIM.
THE HUMAN
FACTOR... IN THIS WORK
AN UNFORTUNATE NECESSITY.
COMPUTED EVALUATIONS LACK A
TRUE APPRECIATION OF NUANCE.
AND WITH HUMANS THERE’S
ALWAYS THE RISK...

\ CAN’T EMPHASISE
ENOUGH HOW SECRET THIS
DEPARTMENT MUST REMAIN. THAT’S
WHY \ ASKED FOR YOU ON THE CASE
_ IT’S IMPORTANT ONLY THE MOST
SENIOR JUDGES KNOW OF THE
EXISTENCE OF SECTION 7.

YOU CAN
COUNT ON MY
DISCRETION, STYLER.
DOUBT \ CAN SAY
THE SAME ABOUT
YOUR STAFF.
 \’LL
TAKE OVER YOU
HERE. KNOW WHO \ AM,
GUFF?

YES.

THEN YOU’LL
KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TO YOU IF YOU HOLD ANYTHING
BACK. YOUR WIFE IS MISSING
AND IF WE DON’T FIND HER
QUICKLY THE CONSEQUENCES
FOR BOTH OF YOU WILL BE
EXTREMELY SERIOUS.

DO YOU \-\’VE
UNDERSTAND TOLD THEM
ME? EVERYTHING!

NOW YOU’LL
TELL ME _ AND THEN
WE’LL SEE WHAT YOU’VE
LEFT OUT.

ANOTHER
DOUBLE, LADY. IF YOU
DON’T MIND ME SAYING,
A LITTLE EARLY TO BE
KNOCKING IT BACK
LIKE THIS.
\ DO
MIND. GET
LOST.

MEGA-CITY
CONFIDENTIAL.

\ NEED
TO SPEAK TO MAX
BLIXEN.

WHO’S
CALLING?
\ CAN’T
TELL YOU
THAT.

PLEASE,
PUT ME THROUGH. \
DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME. SOMETHING
\ HAVE INFORMATION TERRIBLE’S GOING
ABOUT JUSTICE ON. THE CITIZENS HAVE
DEPARTMENT. TO BE WARNED. THEY
HAVE TO MAKE
THEM STOP!
 YOU WON’T TELL ME
YOUR NAME. YOU
WORK IN A JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OFFICE
WHERE THEY’RE DOING
SOMETHING REAL BAD
_ HAVE \ GOT THAT?
\ CAN’T
SAY ANY
MORE NOW. WE
HAVE TO
MEET.

LISTEN,
MISS, ASSUMING
THIS ISN’T A HOAX, \
TAKE IT THE JUDGES
DON’T KNOW YOU’RE
TELLING ME NO. BUT
THIS. THEY’RE
PROBABLY
LOOKING FOR
ME NOW.

AND
YOU’RE
USING A COM,
RIGHT? IT’S
UNREGISTERED.

DOESN’T
MATTER. THEY
INTERCEPT EVERY
CALL TO MEGA-CITY
CONFIDENTIAL.

WON’T BE LONG
BEFORE THEY
KNOW YOUR EXACT
LOCATION. YOU ARE IN
SERIOUS DANGER,
MISS. WHEREVER YOU
ARE, GO. GO NOW.

HEY!
WHAT ABOUT
THIS TAB?
 \’M SATISFIED \ FEARED
GUFF EASTERHOUSE AS MUCH.
KNOWS NOTHING OF
THE NATURE OF
YOUR OPERATION,
STYLER.

HE IS
AWARE THAT HIS
WIFE HAS BEEN SEVERELY
DISTRESSED BY HER WORK,
THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN
SECTION 7 IS TOP SECRET _
THAT SHE MAY HAVE BEEN
CONSIDERING GOING
PUBLIC.

YOU
SHOULD HAVE DREDD, WE HAVE A
TAKEN STEPS TO CALL LOGGED 13:02,
REIN HER IN VOICEPRINT MATCH
EARLIER. ON SUSPECT ERIKA
EASTERHOUSE.

\’D SUGGEST
A SPELL IN ISOLATION
FOR EASTERHOUSE _
CHARGE OF WITHHOLDING
INFORMATION. HE KNEW HIS
WIFE WAS ENGAGED IN
SENSITIVE WORK, HE SHOULD
HAVE REPORTED HER STATE
OF MIND. THAT WILL
SECURE THINGS
HIS END.

CALL WAS TO MAX

BLIXEN AT MEGA-CITY
CONFIDENTIAL. MADE
FROM ROCKY ROAD
SALOON, CONSTITUTION
STREET, SECTOR 2.
UNITS HAVE BEEN
DESPATCHED.

\ EXPECT EXCELLENT. \’LL

WE’LL HAVE ERIKA SCHEDULE HER FOR
EASTERHOUSE IN TREATMENT.
CUSTODY
SHORTLY.

THAT SHE.
WHERE SHE HAS JUST LEFT,
IS SHE? SIR _ APPROXIMATELY
THREE MINUTES AGO.
WITHOUT PAYING
HER BILL.

WHICH
\-\’M SO WAY?
SORRY _
OH _ !
NOT TO
WORRY, MY
DEAR. \ DROP
THINGS MYSELF
WITHOUT ANY
HELP.

A RATHER
BROADLY FRAMED
QUESTION, SIR. COULD
YOU BE MORE
SPECIFIC?
 AFTER
THROUGH SHE WENT SUSPECT
THROUGH THE PLEASE _ CAN YOU A LADY IN
THE DOOR, EASTERHOUSE DISTRESS! OF
SIR. DOOR, YOU HELP ME? \ HAVE
LEFT THE ROCKY TO GET AWAY FROM COURSE, MY DEAR,
IDIOT! ROAD SALOON THREE HERE _ THERE ARE... IT WOULD BE
MINUTES AGO. THERE ARE PEOPLE UNCHIVALROUS
SHE CAN’T HAVE AFTER ME. TO REFUSE.
GOT FAR.

\ DID
NOT OBSERVE, AND MAY
SIR. \ SAY, SIR,
MARVELLOUS
SERVICE. \ HADN’T
EVEN CALLED
THE CRIME
IN YET.

HAVE
YOU SEEN THIS
WOMAN?

A JUDGE \ TAKE IT
APPROACHING THOSE ‘PEOPLE’
AND YOU CONCEAL AFTER YOU ARE
YOURSELF. THE LAW?

\’M SORRY,
\ SHOULDN’T HAVE
INVOLVED YOU. \ DIDN’T
KNOW WHAT ELSE
TO DO.

WHAT
HAVE \ GOT
MYSELF
INTO?
 YOU’RE
LISTENING TO MAX
BLIXEN ON MEGA-CITY
CONFIDENTIAL _ AND
CONFIDENTIALITY IS WHAT
OUR DEAR MAYOR
WOULD LOVE TO
MAINTAIN.

OUR MAYOR _
WHAT’S HIS NAME?
GEE, CAN’T REMEMBER!
THAT’S BECAUSE HE’S DONE
ZILCH _ SQUAT _ ZERO
SINCE HE CAME TO
OFFICE _ EXCEPT FOR A
LOAD OF BUTT-KISSING
OVER AT GRAND
HALL.
BUT
NOW IT SEEMS
OUR COMATOSE
COMMANDANT HAS
FINALLY ROUSED
HIMSELF INTO
ACTION _

LIKE ACTION
WITH THIS LITTLE
HOTTIE PICTURED IN
FLAGRANTE WITH HIS
DIS-HONOUR AT THE
LEGION BALL LAST
THURSDAY.

\ HOPE OKAY, \’M

HIS FAITHFUL THROWING THE SHOW
WIFE SITTING AT OPEN. TALK ABOUT THE BIG
HOME APPRECIATES BANKS’ LATEST CON _ THE FIRST
THE KIND OF STERLING SCANDAL AT MCU _ THE CALLER IS RANDY
SERVICE OUR MAYOR MAYOR’S SECRET LOVE-INS _ COLOVITO OF WELF
IS GIVING TO OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT’S SHELT 99 _
THE PUBLIC. ON YOUR MIND.

SO DON’T TROUBLE YOURSELF ABOUT

\ HAD MY MY INVOLVEMENT. WHAT CAN THEY DO TO WHAT \ DON’T
\ WANNA OWN TROUBLE ME NOW? IN FACT, IT’S QUITE A THRILL, ARE YOU GOING KNOW.
TALK ABOUT WITH THE LAW ONCE. GETTING ONE BACK ON THE OLD TO DO?
THE JUDGES, DEMOCRACY... \ WAS IN ENEMY AT LAST.
MAX.
LOVE WITH DEMOCRACY.
EIGHT YEARS IT
EARNED ME.

\ CAN’T
CRAWL BACK AND
SAY SORRY. THEY’D
MAKE ME SORRY, THAT’S
SIR, CAN FOR SURE. THEY’RE
\ HELP _ PROBABLY RAKING THROUGH
MY LIFE NOW, DEFILING
EVERYTHING, MAKING
ARRESTS. POOR
\ HAVE DON’T GUFF...
NOT LONG TO LIVE FUSS,
NOW _ A MATTER OF CHARLES!
MONTHS, \’M TOLD. SO BUT THEY
BE IT. \ WON’T BE SORRY CAN’T CHARGE HIM.
TO LEAVE THIS HE DIDN’T KNOW
WORLD. GHASTLY ANYTHING. THAT’S
PLACE. ONE COMFORT.
 MAKE
YOURSELF AT HOME,
EASTERHOUSE.
THREE HE’D INTERROGATED THE MOTHER HIMSELF.
YEARS! EIGHT TIMES OUT OF TEN THE MOTHER KNOWS,
JUST A MATTER OF SQUEEZING IT OUT OF HER.

\ HAVEN’T THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT. UPRIGHT,

DONE STRAIGHT-TALKING, PRO-JUSTICE _ A
ANYTHING! TRUE BELIEVER. AS ERIKA EASTERHOUSE
MUST ONCE HAVE BEEN.

SHE HAD NO
INKLING OF THE
DAUGHTER’S
DISAFFECTION.

THE SEARCH
HAS SO FAR
DRAWN A
BLANK _ \’M GUESSING
SOMEHOW SHE MANAGED
TO FLEE THE VICINITY. TRACE
EVERY VEHICLE LEAVING
THAT ZONE AFTER
THE CALL.

MAKE
SURE IT
DOESN’T.
COULD
TAKE
MONTHS.

ALL THE SAME, HE IS

CONFIDENT HE’LL HAVE
EASTERHOUSE IN CUSTODY
BEFORE THE DAY IS OUT.
 WAIT UP, VESPA! \’M
SHAMPAGNE ALL FOR CRITICISING THE
AN’ REAL MEAT EVERY JUDGES WHERE IT’S DUE, BUT \
DAY, SECRET PADS AN’ DON’T KNOW ANY JUDGES
WILD PARTIES EVERY LIKE THAT!
NIGHT.
C’MON,
THEY’RE ROBOTS,
MARRIED TO THE JOB!
THE ONLY FUN THEY
GET IS BUSTING
HEADS!
THAT’S
WHAT THEY WANT
YOU TO THINK, MAX, BUT
WE ALL KNOW WHAT GOES ON.
THEY’RE LIVIN’ LIKE KINGS
OFF OUR MONEY.

YOUR MONEY?
YOU’RE ON WELFARE,
RIGHT? YOU’VE NEVER
DONE A DAY’S WORK IN
YOUR LIFE! HOW’S IT
YOUR MONEY?

\ JUST
KNOW WHAT \
KNOW.

\ CALLED
YOU TRIED HIM. \ DIDN’T TELL
TO GIVE YOUR HIM THE FULL STORY.
INFORMATION TO \ COULDN’T, NOT ON
MAX BLIXEN? THE COM.

WITH NUTS
LIKE YOU, VESPA,
IT’S NO WONDER THE
CROOKS AND CONMEN
WHO RUN THIS CITY
GET AWAY WITH IT
SO OFTEN!

THIS
HAS BEEN MAX
BLIXEN ON MEGA-CITY
CONFIDENTIAL, BRINGING
YOU THE DIRT THAT HURTS NOW \’M
_ THE LONE VOICE OF CROSSING THE
STREET TO ERNIE’S ERNIE’S
TRUTH IN THE CITY
OF LIES. BAR TO WASH THE TASTE BAR... \’VE BEEN
OF CORRUPTION OUT OF THERE.
MY MOUTH. SET ‘EM UP,
ERNIE! MAKE MINE
A TRIPLE!

IT’S OVER FOR

ME, MR RAMAGE. THEY’LL
FIND ME. BUT AT LEAST \ CAN
LET THE CITY KNOW WHAT
THEY’RE DOING.
ONE MORE
FAVOUR TO ASK.
COULD \... COULD \
BORROW YOUR
CAR?

BLIXEN IS
LEAVING THE
STUDIO NOW.

MAINTAIN
POSITIONS. AWAIT
MY ORDERS.
 THIRD
TIME THAT
SLABSTER
HAS BEEN
THROUGH.

REGISTERED TO NO KNOWN
GEORGE ELRIK CONNECTION
RAMAGE, 85, CRANSTON TO ERIKA
LUX-APTS. FORM WAY EASTERHOUSE.
BACK, MEMBERSHIP OF
BANNED DEMOCRATIC
ORGANISATION. SERVED
EIGHT YEARS, ISO-BLOCK
66. RECORD’S CLEAN
SINCE THEN.

CHECK
WHETHER THE
VEHICLE WAS IN THE AREA
AT THE TIME OF SUSPECT’S
DISAPPEARANCE. HOLD
OFF PICKING HIM UP
FOR NOW.

SHE’S CAREFUL, DOING SEVERAL

PASSES OF THE BAR, ALERT
FOR SIGNS OF A TRAP.

THE SLABSTER WILL

RETURN TO RAMAGE
ON AUTO. WHATEVER
HAPPENS, SHE MUST
KEEP THE OLD MAN
OUT OF THIS.

MAYBE MAX BUT IT HAD SEEMED

BLIXEN WON’T LIKE A MESSAGE,
EVEN BE THERE. AN INVITATION...

\’M CROSSING
THE STREET TO
ERNIE’S BAR TO HOW ELSE WAS SHE TO GET
WASH THE TASTE THE MATERIAL TO HIM? AND
OF CORRUPTION IF NOT MAX BLIXEN, WHO?
OUT OF MY
MOUTH. SET ‘EM
UP, ERNIE!
MAKE MINE A
TRIPLE!
 MR BLIXEN _ MY NAME IS ERIKA
MAY \ SPEAK TO EASTERHOUSE. \ WORK
YOU? HEYYY!
YOU’RE HER, SUSPECT AT GRAND HALL _ OR DID.
AND BLIXEN HAVE IN A SECRET DEPARTMENT.
SURE, AREN’T YOU? \ TAKEN SEATS AT A
KIDDO. \’M ALL RECOGNISE REAR TABLE. BAR \... \ COULDN’T TAKE IT
EARS. THE IS BUSY. VIEW IS ANYMORE. WHAT THEY’RE
VOICE. OBSCURED. DOING, IT’S WRONG,
SO WRONG.
PRIVATELY,
PLEASE.
UNITS AND
MOVE IN. THIS IS WHAT YOU
WANTED TO TELL ME
ABOUT?

SUSPECT
IS IN THE
BAR.

SOMEBODY
HAS TO KNOW.
THE PEOPLE HAVE TO
KNOW. THE JUDGES
CAN’T BE ALLOWED
TO GET AWAY
WITH IT.

\ CAN
SHOW YOU.
IT’S ALL ON
HERE.

HEYYY!
WAIT A MIN,
ERIKA. STOP
RIGHT
THERE.

LOOK, IF THIS IS WHAT

YOU SAY IT IS, A BIG JUICY
JUDICIAL SCANDAL, \ HATE TO
TELL YOU THIS, KID, BUT
\ CAN’T USE IT.

WH-WHY BECAUSE
NOT? THEY’D CLOSE ME
DOWN. THEY’D
LOCK ME UP.

YOU DON’T
UNDERSTAND, DO YOU? NOTHING BUT IF \
YOU EVER WATCHED MY SHOW? STUFF. THEY’VE GOT BROADCAST THE TRUTH _
\ TEAR EVERYONE TO SHREDS. A SENSE OF HUMOUR THE THINGS THAT REALLY GO
POLITICIANS _ BANKERS _ LIKE A HYENA OR THEIR ON... THEIR DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS...
TRI-D STARS, YOU NAME ‘EM. BODY COUNT’S TOO HIGH THEY’D COME DOWN ON ME SO
BUT \ NEVER _ \ MEAN _ THEY DON’T CARE HARD YOU COULD COVER ME
NEVER _ TOUCH THE ABOUT THAT. IN SYRUP AND CALL ME
JUDGES. A PANCAKE.

BUT \’VE
SEEN YOU.
\’VE HEARD
YOU _
 SO \ DON’T _ AND
THAT’S WHY THEY LET
ME OPERATE. AND WHY IF YOU ERIKA, \’M
WANT YOUR STORY TOLD, YOU’RE SORRY. \ WISH \
GOING TO HAVE TO FIND COULD HELP YOU. BUT
SOMEONE WITH A LOT MAX BLIXEN SOLD
MORE GUTS. OUT A LONG
HOW TIME AGO.
CAN \? IT’S
TOO LATE
NOW!
\’M NOT
PROUD OF MYSELF.
PLEASE, \ WAS A GOOD NEWSMAN
THINK ABOUT IT. ONCE. YOU GET WORN
YOU’RE THE ONLY DOWN... TAKE THE EASY
CHANCE \ WAY OUT, START PLAYING
HAVE _ ALONG, DON’T TAKE
RISKS.

FOR WHAT
IT’S WORTH \
ADMIRE YOU. YOU’VE GOTTA
GOT THE GUTS TO DO GET ANOTHER
WHAT \ CAN’T ANYMORE. DRINK.
MAYBE \ NEVER
COULD.

\’M TAKING
YOUR ASSISTANCE
ERIKA INTO CONSIDERATION,
EASTERHOUSE, BLIXEN. YOU’RE OFF
\’M ARRESTING THE HOOK. DON’T
YOU FOR BREACH MAKE THE SAME
OH NO _ OF JUDICIAL MISTAKE
SECRETS. AGAIN.
 \’M SORRY,
\ DON’T KNOW WHY \ SAID
YOU HAD THAT _ IT-IT JUST SLIPPED OUT.
A CALL FROM SOMETIMES \ REMEMBER
A JUSTICE NO, \’M A JOURNALIST. LOOK,
DEPARTMENT BUT THIS HA HA. \ HAVEN’T
EMPLOYEE. IS. CONTACTED HER.
\ WON’T SPEAK
TO HER
YES, AGAIN.
YES \ DID. IS WON’T BE
THAT A CRIME LONG BEFORE THEY
NOW? KNOW YOUR EXACT YOU’RE IN
LOCATION. YOU ARE
IN SERIOUS DANGER, DEEP TROUBLE. DO
MISS. WHEREVER YOU THINK THAT’S
YOU ARE, GO. GO GOING TO GET YOU
NOW. OUT OF IT?

AIDING
AND ABETTING,
BLIXEN.

NO, \
THINK WE’RE
LOOKING FOR
A BIT MORE
CO-OPERATION
HERE...

KEEP QUIET!
YOU! MOVE!
YOU HELPED
THEM! TAKE A
HIKE, BLIXEN.
YOU MAKE
ME SICK.
\’M
SORRY.
 DATA
SLUG. SHE
HAD IT ON
HER.

GRAND
HALL. INFORM
STYLER WE’RE
BRINGING
HER IN.

LOOKING
FOR GEORGE ELRIK
RAMAGE.

COME IN,
SIRS. YOU ARE
EXPECTED.

COME WITH
US, RAMAGE.

\ DON’T
THINK SO. \
DON’T THINK \’D LIKE
TO SPEND MY LAST
DAYS IN A
CUBE.

WATCH
IT!

REPLICA.

SUICIDE
BY JUDGE.
 HARD HELL,
NIGHT, MAX? YOU LOOK LIKE
SHOW WENT HELL.
WELL _ ?

\ DID
SOMETHING
TODAY, ZIN.
SOMETHING... \ DON’T
KNOW... YOU WONDER
HOW LOW YOU CAN
SINK AND THEN YOU
FIND OUT.

HEYYY,
DON’T LET IT GET
TO YOU, MAN. IT’S
LIFE. WE GOTTA
DO WHAT WE
GOTTA DO. YEAH... WE
GOTTA DO WHAT WE
GOTTA DO.

\’M GOING
TO MY OFFICE. KIND
OF LIKE NOT TO BE
DISTURBED.

DIDN’T
EVEN FIND OUT
WHAT SHE WANTED
TO TELL ME _
TOO DAMNED WHAT
SCARED! HAVE \ COME TO?
WHAT HAVE \
COME TO?

WHAT’S
THAT...?
DATA
SLUG _ !
 YET TO THE OLD NEWSHOUND STILL
LURKING SOMEWHERE INSIDE HIM
THE STORY IS AS IRRESISTIBLE AS
A WHIFF OF BRAIN CHOWDER TO A
HARDENED ADDICT.
LONG EXPERIENCE TELLS
MAX BLIXEN THAT THE DATA
SLUG HOLDS THINGS HE IS
BETTER NOT TO KNOW.

MR BLIXEN,
IN CASE \ DON’T
SUCCEED IN MEETING
WITH YOU \’M SENDING
YOU THIS DATA
SLUG.

MY NAME IS
ERIKA EASTERHOUSE.
UNTIL YESTERDAY \ WAS AN
AUXILIARY WORKING AT GRAND
HALL. A FEW WEEKS AGO \ WAS THE WORK
REMOVED FROM NORMAL DUTIES AND OF SECTION 7 HAS
TRANSFERRED TO A TOP-SECRET THE HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION
DEPARTMENT KNOWN AS WITHIN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. TO
SECTION 7. REVEAL ANYTHING OF WHAT GOES
ON CARRIES THE SEVEREST
PENALTIES.

WHAT MAX
BLIXEN SEES IS THIS WHAT A
THE BIGGEST BLOWS JUSTICE STORY! WE... WE
SCOOP OF HIS DEPARTMENT WIDE COULD BE TALKING
LIFE. OPEN... PULITZER.

YOU ALL
RIGHT, MAX?
YOU’RE TALKING
TO YOURSELF
IN HERE.

YEAH...
THE PULITZER.
MAYBE THE NOBEL
_ OR THE GRIX.
JEEZ, THE
GRIX...

CRAZY! ME,
MAX BLIXEN, THE
BIG SELL-OUT _ UP
THERE, TAKING THAT
BILLION CREDS FROM OLD
GRIX HIMSELF. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU. HAD TO BE
DONE. SERVICE TO THE
WORLD, DUTY AS A BUT THE
NEWSMAN... JACKBOOTS WILL
STAMP ON ME LIKE A
BUG. \’LL NEVER GET
\ COULD A SNIFF OF THAT
DO IT. \ GRIX. THE THINGS
COULD. \... THEY’LL DO
SUPPOSE TO ME...
\ OWE BUT \
CAN’T PASS WHAT
HER THAT AM \ GOING
MUCH... THIS UP! \
CAN’T! TO DO?
 ZIN, \’VE BE A IT’S FOR WHAT’S JUST HAD
GOT TO GO GOOD IDEA IF YOUR SAFETY. WRONG? A... A FEELING
AWAY. YOU CAME THINGS COULD GET WE WERE BEING
WITH ME. BAD, REAL BAD. THE WATCHED...
GARB IS ABOUT TO
HIT THE GRINDER.
OH YES. NO,
CAN’T BE. NOT
HERE.

YOU’RE UP TO
SOMETHING.

IT’S NOT
ME THAT’S UP TO
SOMETHING, BELIEVE
ME. IT’S OUR EVER
TRUSTY GUARDIANS
OF LAW AND
ORDER.

YOU
KIDDING?
WHERE? HOW
COME? \’VE
GOT STUFF TO
DO HERE,
MAX. MAX,
YOU’RE NOT
MAKING A
LOT OF
SENSE.

\ DON’T HAVE
TIME TO EXPLAIN.
YOU’VE GOT TO COME WITH
ME, ZINZAN. NO ARGUMENT.
PACK A BAG. MIGHT BE
TOO LATE ALREADY. WE’VE
GOT TO GO _ TEN
MINUTES.

\ FIGURE CB.
SO CLOSE, PLENTY OF
WHERE ARE WE CONNECTIONS, NOT TOO
GOING? FRIENDLY WITH OUR
OWN JUDICIARIAT. WHAT ARE YOU
HURRY IT UP. NOW \ DOING IN THERE,
KNOW WHY MAX?
THEY MAKE
THEM THIS
SHAPE...

BURYING THE
EVIDENCE.
 YOU MET GEORGE ELRIK BUT YOU DID,
RAMAGE IN THE STREET. A ERIKA. WE’RE BRINGING
PERFECT STRANGER, HE TOOK HIM IN NOW. AND YOUR HUSBAND IS
YOU BACK TO HIS HOME. WHY? ALREADY IN THE CUBES. YOU SEE ALL
WHY WOULD HE HELP YOU, THE TROUBLE YOU’VE CAUSED
EASTERHOUSE? FOR OTHERS.

JUST A
NICE OLD GUY.
THERE ARE STILL
SOME DECENT
PEOPLE IN THIS
WORLD.

YOU’D NO
RIGHT, STYLER! BUT
THAT’S JUST THE SORT SOME
OF THING YOU DO! IT’S DO. YOU, IT
NO WONDER PEOPLE SEEMS.
HATE YOU!

WELL, YOU’VE WHEN IT’S OVER

FAILED IN YOUR YOU WON’T EVEN
ATTEMPT TO BETRAY REMEMBER ANY OF
US _ AND NOW YOU’RE THIS _ BUT YOU’LL
GOING TO SUFFER THE STILL SERVE YOUR
CONSEQUENCES. \’VE TIME. \’LL SEE
SCHEDULED YOU FOR TO THAT.
TREATMENT.
AND \ DIDN’T
YOU CLAIM YOU WANT TO GET
TOLD RAMAGE HIM INVOLVED ANY
NOTHING ABOUT MORE THAN
SECTION 7 ? HE WAS.

\’LL
HANDLE THIS,
STYLER.

NO!

\’VE JUST
BEEN TOLD HE PRODUCED
RAMAGE IS A GUN, MY JUDGES
DEAD. HAD TO SHOOT. TURNED
OUT IT WAS A
REPLICA.

HE WAS
DYING. HE ONLY
HAD A SHORT THERE
ARE OVER TWO THAT’S
TIME TO LIVE. A HIT.
\... \ SUPPOSE \ THOUSAND SECTION 7
DENIED HIM EVEN FILES ON THIS DATA
THAT. \’M SLUG. YOU INTENDED
SORRY... IT FOR MAX
BLIXEN?
BUT
\ THINK HE
UNDERSTOOD.
HE KNEW
WHAT YOU
ARE. \ DIDN’T
KNOW HE SO YOU
WAS YOUR MADE COPIES AT
STOOGE. RAMAGE’S. WHO
DID YOU SEND
THEM TO?
PERHAPS.
BUT YOU
DIDN’T HAVE
OPPORTUNITY
TO...

BLIXEN...
CAN ONLY BE
BLIXEN. MAYBE YOU
PASSED HIM SOMETHING
WE DIDN’T SEE? OUR
CAMERA ANGLE AT
BUT BLIXEN THE BAR WAS
REFUSED TO OBSCURED.
HELP. WE’VE GOT
THAT ON RECORD. YET
\ GET THE FEELING DEFINITE
YOU’RE HOLDING HIT THERE.
SOMETHING
COPIES... BACK...
THAT’S IT, OKAY,
ISN’T IT? NO ONE! LET’S HAVE
YOU MADE \ DIDN’T! BLIXEN
COPIES. IN.
 SHAKE A
LEG, ZIN!

HOLD
IT!

IT’S YOU, WHERE’S

BLIXEN. THE FIRE?
MUSTN’T
IMPEDE THE
SHINING SWORD
OF TRUTH,
EH?
ALL RIGHT,
MOVE ON. AND
WALK _ DON’T
RUN.

ALMOST
FORGOT HOW
DANGEROUS IT IS TO
RUN IN THIS CITY. IT’S NOTHING.
DIEGO! \ WAS RETURNING
SORRY. GOT A HOV OH BUD, CAN’T
TO CATCH. BIG TONIGHT MYSELF, GLAD
TELL YOU HOW MUCH OF THE COMPANY.
STORY. \ APPRECIATE COME, MY SHIP
THIS. AWAITS.

BLIXEN’S PARTNER’S
NOT HOME. NOT HERE EITHER,
DREDD _ ONE ZINZAN
MOYS. SIGNS THAT
THEY LEFT IN A
HURRY.

CHECK WITH
THE STUDIO.
CALL HIS
NUMBER. FIND
OUT WHERE
HE IS.
 \ GUESS DIEGO,
SO WHAT \ CAN TELL YOU YOU ARE GOING
TAKES YOU TO NOW WE’RE OUT TO LOVE THIS. YOU
CIUDAD BARRANQUILLA? OF MEGA-CITY ARE GOING TO
YOU WERE VERY AIRSPACE. ABSOLUTELY
MYSTERIOUS ON LOVE THIS.
THE COM.

NO WAY MY
OWN STUDIO IS
GOING TO TOUCH IT, \’M ALL
EARS. FIRST \’VE
BUT YOU’VE GOT THE GOT TO GO TO THE
CONNECTIONS, MAN. RESTROOM TO, UH,
YOU CAN MAKE RETRIEVE SOMETHING.
THIS FLY. THEY USUALLY WAVE
ME THROUGH BUT
COULDN’T TAKE
THE CHANCE.

BLIXEN AND PARTNER

ZINZAN MOYS FLEW OUT AT
22:20, PASSENGERS ON A
PRIVATE HOV REGISTERED
TO DIEGO SANTANGELO.
DESTINATION GIVEN AS
CIUDAD BARRANQUILLA.

SANTANGELO OWNS
MUNDIAL VIDCOM,
THE BIGGEST NEWS
ORGANISATION IN LATIN
AMERICA. MEGA-CITY
CONFIDENTIAL SHOWS ALL
OVER THE CONTINENT. THE
TWO MEN ARE DOWN AS
PERSONAL FRIENDS.

IN THE THIS IS
ABSENCE OF BAD. THIS IS VERY
EVIDENCE TO THE BAD. HE HAS TO BE
CONTRARY WE HAVE STOPPED.
TO ASSUME MAX
BLIXEN HAS TURNED.
FORTY-FIVE MINUTES
_ HE’LL HAVE
REACHED CB
BY NOW. \ DON’T
KNOW. THAT’S
YOUR DEPARTMENT.
HOW FAILING ANYTHING ELSE,
EXACTLY? A BULLET. WE HAVE
AGENTS THERE.
YOU WANT AN
INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT
ON TOP OF EVERYTHING?
SANTANGELO CARRIES A
LOT OF WEIGHT WITH \’VE SENSED
CB HALL OF YOU WEREN’T FULLY
JUSTICE. COMMITTED TO THIS
INVESTIGATION FROM
THE BEGINNING,
DREDD.

\ CAN
GUARANTEE
BLIXEN’S UNDER
PROTECTION.

\’LL FLY
DOWN TO CB
MYSELF, TALK TO HIM,
TRY TO LIMIT THE
DAMAGE.

\’M NOT
TALK’S LEAVING
NO GOOD! IT’S ALL THAT’S
YOU’RE GETTING THIS HERE. \’M YOUR
FROM ME. TAKING THIS PRIVILEGE.
UPSTAIRS.
 THIS WILL BE
FACE IT, GOING OUT WORLDWIDE
STYLER, YOU WERE ON EVERY MUNDIAL NEWS
NEVER GOING TO KEEP VEHICLE. WE HAVE 16
THIS UNDER WRAPS FOREVER. AFFILIATED CHANNELS
NOT IN TODAY’S WORLD. IN MEGA-CITY ONE
IF NOT EASTERHOUSE ALONE.
AND BLIXEN, THEN
OTHERS.

WHAT
IF THEY JAM
IT?

POINTLESS.
THE REST OF THE
WORLD WILL PICK IT UP.
IT WILL BE EVERYWHERE.
THEY CAN’T STOP IT, SENOR
BLIXEN _ THEY WOULD
LOOK FOOLISH IF
THEY TRIED.

TRES _
DOS _
UNO _

THIS IS MAX
BLIXEN, A LONE VOICE
OF TRUTH IN A DISHONEST
CITY. TONIGHT \’M IN CIUDAD
BARRANQUILLA WITH A SPECIAL
EDITION OF MEGA-CITY
CONFIDENTIAL.

YOU KNOW,
IN THE BIG BAD MEG
WE RELY ON OUR JUDGES
TO KEEP US SAFE. BUT DO YOU
EVER ASK YOURSELF, WHO
KEEPS US SAFE FROM
THE JUDGES?

YESTERDAY A
FRIGHTENED WOMAN
CAME TO ME. A WOMAN
WHO WORKED FOR OUR JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT, A WOMAN WHO
HAD DISCOVERED A TERRIBLE
SECRET, WHO FEARED FOR
HER VERY LIFE IF SHE
REVEALED IT.

TONIGHT
THAT BRAVE WOMAN
IS UNDER ARREST, BUT
SHE SUCCEEDED IN PASSING
HER INFORMATION TO ME.
TONIGHT ON MEGA-CITY
CONFIDENTIAL \ AM
GOING TO TELL YOU THE
TRUTH ABOUT OUR
JUDGES...

THE
SHOCKING
TRUTH ABOUT
WHAT THEY’RE
DOING TO
YOU!
 YOU’RE SITTING
COMFORTABLY IN YOUR
HOMES, ALONE IN YOUR OWN
PRIVATE WORLD. NOTHING CAN
TOUCH YOU. WHY, EVEN IF YOU’RE
DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE TONIGHT
ILLEGAL, WHO’S GOING ON MEGA-CITY
TO KNOW? CONFIDENTIAL YOU
WILL HEAR WHY FOR
MILLIONS OF CITIZENS
THAT PRIVACY IS JUST
AN ILLUSION.
A SHAM.

FOR WHILE MANY OF

YOUR BLOCKS WERE BEING THEY
REPAIRED AND REFURBISHED AFTER CAN WATCH YOU _ AND
CHAOS, A TOP-SECRET DEPARTMENT THEY CAN DISROBING, THEY CAN THEY
AT THE GRAND HALL OF JUSTICE WATCH YOU EVERY MOMENT WATCH YOU IN YOUR DO.
KNOWN AS SECTION 7 WAS OF THE DAY. THEY CAN WATCH BEDS. THEY CAN
MAKING ITS OWN YOU IN THE LOUNGE _ THEY CAN LISTEN TO YOUR
ADDITIONS _ WATCH YOU IN THE KITCHEN _ DREAMS _
CAMERAS _ IN THE HALL. THEY CAN
AUDIO _ OLFACTORY WATCH YOU IN THE
SENSORS _ INVISIBLY WASHROOM.
CONCEALED IN EVERY
ROOM.

QUICK,
PUT ON
MUNDIAL! ANY
CHANNEL! YOU’VE
GOT TO SEE
THIS!

WHATEVER
YOU’RE DOING,
WHEREVER YOU ARE,
THEY CAN SEE YOU _
THEY CAN HEAR YOU _
THEY CAN SMELL YOU.
AND THEY ARE
WATCHING.
AND WHAT
DO THEY DO WITH
ALL THIS INFORMATION,
YOU ASK? DO THEY
IGNORE IT? OH NO, NOT THE
JUDGES. NOT OUR NOBLE
GUARDIANS OF LAW
AND ORDER.

IT’S ALL
FED STRAIGHT INTO
THE COMPUTER AT
SECTION 7. THE COMPUTER
CHURNS AND ANALYSES.
IT SIFTS AND FILTERS AND RUNS
EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIVES UNDER AND, IF
ITS SINISTER MICROSCOPE... AND WHEN DEEMED
IT FINDS MATERIAL OF POTENTIAL NECESSARY,
INTEREST IT EXTRACTS IT AND ARREST _
PASSES IT TO AUXILIARY SANCTION _
STAFF FOR FURTHER SEIZURE.
EVALUATION.
 CITIZEN
DOM DILLIE OF
BUB LUCAS BLOCK,
SECTOR 22 _ PICTURED
23:17 THURSDAY.
RECOGNISE
YOURSELF,
DOM?
THAT’S
QUALITY SHAMPAGNE
YOU’RE DRINKING THERE,
GUY. LUCAS IS LOW-RENT.
A SUSPICIOUS COMPUTER
MIGHT WONDER WHERE
YOU’RE GETTING
THE MONEY.

CITIZEN
STILGO FILKS, HELTER
CONAPTS _ SORRY TO
INTRUDE BUT IS THAT A
BANNED PUBLICATION
YOU’RE READING
THERE?

THE GOOBER
FAMILY, SUNSET
TOWER, SECTOR 301. DID
YOU IMAGINE YOU MIGHT
HAVE AN UNINVITED
GUEST AT YOUR
CELEBRATION? THAT LOOKS
LIKE BUSHMEAT
YOU’RE CARVING.
HOPE YOU HAVE
THE NECESSARY
CLEARANCE
CERTIFICATE?

NOTHING IS
SECRET, NOTHING
IS SAFE FROM
THE ALL-SEEING
EYES OF JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.

IT’S US!
MOM, IT’S
US! HERE
ARE ZEEN AND
PLASMA DUQUES OF
CRANSTON HIGHRISE IN
SECTOR 78 PREPARING
ANTI-JUDICIAL
LEAFLETS.

CAMERAS _
CAMERAS IN IT’S A SHAME
HERE? ZEEN AND PLASMA
CAN’T BE WITH US TONIGHT.
BLOCK RECORDS SHOW THEY
WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY
ON A ‘ 59C’ _ A SO-CALLED
RANDOM HOUSE SEARCH _
AND ARE CURRENTLY
SERVING EIGHTEEN
MONTHS IN A CITY
ISO-BLOCK.
CITIZEN LIOTTA
WRAY, STUDE-HAB 302977,
EASTSIDE TECH _ WHAT HAPPENS IF
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MENTIONS
YOUR LITTLE BEHAVIOURAL
QUIRK TO THE COLLEGE
AUTHORITIES? CITIZEN
CHUCK HUCKLEBERRY OF
WELF SHELT 19 IN SECTOR 12 _
HAVE OLFACTORY SENSORS IDENTIFIED
YOU GIVEN THEM THE SUBSTANCE YOU ARE SEEN HERE
ANY REASON TO CONCEALING IN A CUPBOARD AT
WANT TO GET 02:16 ON THURSDAY AS CURSED
AT YOU? EARTH STUMPWEED, A BANNED
NARCOTIC THAT CARRIES
A MINIMUM OF FIVE FOR
POSSESSION.

JEEZ!
CHUCKY! IT’S
YOU!
 YOU’RE ON
THE VID! RIGHT
HERE, IN THIS
APARTMENT!

ANY ACTIONS WE TAKE

CITIZEN ARE STRICTLY FOR THE
CASSIA BARKER PROTECTION OF OUR CITIZENS.
OF WILL HAYES BLOCK, IT IS OUR DUTY TO ROOT OUT
SECTOR 294, SEEN HERE CRIME WHEREVER AND
ENJOYING AN ELECTRON
SHOWER AT 22:36 THAT’S NOT HOWEVER WE CAN
THURSDAY. YOUR HUSBAND WITH UNCOVER IT.
YOU, IS IT, CASSIA? WELL,
\ WON’T MENTION IT _
BUT THE JUDGES
MIGHT.

SO SECRET IS
THE WORK OF SECTION 7
THAT FEW JUDGES KNOW OF ITS
EXISTENCE. THEY ARE DIRECTED
TO YOUR APARTMENTS ON THE
BASIS OF ‘INFORMATION
RECEIVED’.

IF YOU WONDERED
HOW THEY JUST HAPPENED
TO TURN UP, GO STRAIGHT TO
THE INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE,
NOW YOU KNOW.

IF YOU HAVE
NOTHING TO HIDE
YOU HAVE NOTHING MY FRIENDS,
TO FEAR. WE HAVE ENTERED THE
TOTAL SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY.
A GREAT PHILOSOPHER SAID, IS THIS
‘TAKE AWAY MY PRIVACY AND HOW YOU WANT TO
YOU TAKE AWAY MY LIVE? LIKE RATS IN A CAGE?
HUMANITY.’ OR WILL YOU STAND UP _
STAND UP FOR ONCE AND TELL
THEM YOU CAN’T DO THIS
TO US! WE’RE NOT GOING
TO TAKE IT!

THE HYSTERIA IS
BECOMING QUITE RIDICULOUS!
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS ASSURED
ME THAT ONLY THE TINIEST
PERCENTAGE OF SURVEILLANCES
ARE EVER PERSONALLY
EXAMINED.

AS PRESIDENT
OF THE JUDICIAL
SUPPORTERS ALLIANCE
THAT’S MORE THAN
GOOD ENOUGH
FOR ME.
THE FIRST RIOT KICKS
OFF BARELY THIRTY
MINUTES AFTER THE
PROGRAMME’S END.

BY MIDWAY THROUGH THE NIGHT THERE ARE

DISTURBANCES IN ALL SECTORS. OVER A
HUNDRED ‘PERPETRATORS’ HAVE BEEN KILLED.
TWO JUDGES HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
 IT IS WITH HEAVY HEART AND THERE TO SUFFER THE ILL-CONCEALED
THAT HE FLIES IN TO CIUDAD MOCKERY OF THE CIUDAD JUDGES, THE
BARRANQUILLA. A DAMAGE- MOST CORRUPT FORCE ON THE GLOBE.
LIMITATION EXERCISE AT BEST.
AH, DREDD, \ MEET
AT LAST, THIS MOST
FAMOUS OF MEGA-CITY
LAWMEN. AND UNDER YOU SEEM
SUCH UNFORTUNATE TO BE ENJOYING
CIRCUMSTANCES. IT WELL ENOUGH,
RODRIGO.

IT IS JUST
THE WAY MY
FACE SETS, \ ASSURE
YOU. \ TRULY FEEL
FOR YOU IN YOUR
PREDICAMENT.
SINCE BEING INFORMED OF ITS EXISTENCE HE
HAS NOT BEEN IN SYMPATHY WITH THE PROJECT.
A RARE MISTAKE, HE CONSIDERS, BY HERSHEY.
THERE IS A LIMIT TO WHAT THE CITIZENS WILL
HE IS A MAN WHO VALUES HIS OWN TAKE _ THE RIOTS ARE PROOF OF THAT. IT CAN
PRIVACY, WHO KEEPS HIS INNERMOST ULTIMATELY ONLY MAKE THEIR JOB HARDER.
\ WON’T DO
THOUGHTS BOTTLED UP. CERTAINLY, HE RUNS THAT. \ OWE IT TO
HIS SHARE OF 59s _ BUT RANDOM HOUSE THE TOTAL THE CITIZENS. THEY
SEARCHES SERVE A USEFUL PURPOSE. SURVEILLANCE PROJECT NEED A VOICE.
HAS BEEN SUSPENDED. WE
HAVE OVER A THOUSAND
THIS... THIS INTRUSION DEAD. HOW MANY MORE
IS CLEARLY TOO MUCH. DO YOU WANT, BLIXEN?
YOU’VE HAD YOUR FUN _
IT’S TIME TO WRAP
THIS UP.

CO-OPERATE
WITH US NOW OR
WHEN YOU RETURN TO
THE CITY YOU WILL BE
ENCUBED FOR THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE. NO PLACE
WILL BE SAFE FOR
YOU OUTSIDE CIUDAD
BARRANQUILLA. \’LL LIVE
WITH THAT. IT’S
NOT SO BAD
HERE.

\ FEEL LIKE \’VE FINALLY WOKEN

UP. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG
TIME \ DON’T FEEL ASHAMED OF
MYSELF. \’M NOT AFRAID OF
YOU ANYMORE.

THE EXPERIMENT
WAS PERHAPS A STEP TOO FAR.
WE HAVE ADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE.
BESIDES, WITH THE INCREASE IN ARRESTS
WE’RE IN DANGER OF RUNNING
OUT OF SPACE IN THE
ISO-BLOCKS.

THIS SETS
AN EXTREMELY BAD
PRECEDENT, CHIEF
JUDGE.
BLIXEN
SITTING THERE IN
SOUTH AMERICA, LAUGHING
AT US. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
NEXT WHISTLEBLOWER COMES
ALONG? DOES HE THINK HE CAN
GET AWAY WITH IT TOO? WE’LL
HAVE A RASH OF THEM _
WON’T BE A SECRET WE
CAN KEEP.

AN
EXAMPLE
HAS TO BE
MADE.
 IS THIS
HOW YOU WANT TO
LIVE? LIKE RATS IN A CAGE?
OR WILL YOU STAND UP _ STAND THAT WAS
UP FOR ONCE AND TELL THEM MAX BLIXEN, A
YOU CAN’T DO THIS TO US! LONE VOICE OF
WE’RE NOT GOING TO HOPE IN SEA
TAKE IT! OF EVIL.

EIGHT
DAYS AFTER THIS
BROADCAST HIS LONG-TIME
PARTNER ZINZAN MOYS WAS
DETAINED AS HE CHANGED
HOVERFLIGHTS IN
BRIT-CIT.

MOYS WAS
GIVEN OVER TO THE
CUSTODY OF JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT AND TAKEN BACK
WITH THEM TO MEGA-CITY ONE.
THOUGH NO CONTACT WAS
MADE WITH BLIXEN HIMSELF,
THE MESSAGE WAS IMPLICIT
_ PLAY BALL OR YOUR
PARTNER PAYS
THE PRICE.
MAX
AGONISED BUT
FELT THE CITY WAS
MORE IMPORTANT. ZINZAN
WOULD UNDERSTAND.
THE VOICE OF TRUTH
MUST NOT BE
SILENCED.

LAST WEEK,
WHILE RETURNING
TO HIS APARTMENT IN
CIUDAD BARRANQUILLA, MAX
BLIXEN WAS VIOLENTLY
ASSAULTED AND LEFT TO
BLEED TO DEATH. HIS
WALLET AND OTHER
VALUABLES HAD
BEEN TAKEN.

NO ONE HAS BEEN CAUGHT

FOR THE CRIME. WAS IT A SIMPLE
MUGGING _ OR SOMETHING MORE
SINISTER _ A MESSAGE TO
THE POPULATION OF THE
Erika Easterhouse is now
FRIGHTENED CITY? serving life without parole in
a Cursed Earth work-camp.
PERHAPS
ONE DAY SOME
OTHER BRAVE No contact has been permitted
WHISTLEBLOWER between Easterhouse and
WILL DISCOVER
THE TRUTH.
her husband Guff, currently
serving time in a city Iso-block.

THIS IS
MILT PUDNEY
AND YOU HAVE For withholding information and
BEEN WATCHING
MEGA-CITY
aiding and abetting a fugitive,
CONFIDENTIAL. Zinzan Moys was sentenced to
GOODNIGHT. sixteen years’ encubement.

The remains of George Elrik Ramage

were taken to Resyk, where his
constituent parts were extracted and
used in a variety of useful products.

Max Blixen has been

posthumously nominated
for the Grix Prize.

the end
JUDGE DREDD
SHOOTERS
NIGHT
Originally published in
2000 AD Progs 1879-1882

SCRIPT JOHN WAGNER

ART JOHN McREA
COLOURS CHRIS BLYTHE
LETTERS ANNIE PARKHOUSE
CONTROL TO ANY
UNIT, HARBOUR.
REPORTS OF A
SHOOTING, NO
GRAV ROOM,
HENDRIX.

DREDD,
ON SUBOTKA.
\’LL TAKE THAT
SHOOTING.

THERE ARE
CASUALTIES,
DREDD.
MED TEAMS
DESPATCHED.

ZIP
PRESLEY.

DON’T
SEE YOU ON
THE LIST,
JUVE.

\’M NOT
ON THE
LIST.

MEEBA
WHAT THE DOESN’T LIKE
HELL _ ? ME. DUNNO
WHY. NEVER
DID NOTHIN’
TO HER.
 BETTER
THAN THE TRAPEZE
SPINNING ROUND IN
NO GEES

HI, ZIP.
DIDN’T KNOW
YOU WERE
INVITED.

OH THE
DEPRAVITY
DANCING IN NO
GRAVITY
 HOLY
IS... IS GRUD!
THAT FOR
REAL?

‘FRAID SO,
MINDY.

AAAHH!

IT’S ZIP
PRESLEY!

IT’S ZIP
PRESLEY
AND HE’S GOT
A GUN!
 HI,
JONJO.

H-HEY,
ZIP.

HELL
WITH THIS FOR
A GIG!

YOU CALLED
ME A DREKKBALL,
DIDN’T YOU?

C... C’MON,
MAN...

SPREE KILLINGS ARE A DEPRESSINGLY SOLO

REGULAR FEATURE OF MEGA-CITY LIFE. SHOOTER.
HE SIZES THIS ONE UP IMMEDIATELY.

IT’S OVER IN
AN INSTANT.

IT’S... IT’S
ZIP PRESLEY. HE
LIVES IN NORMAN
MAILER _ MOST
OF US DO.

GO TO
SCHOOL YES, BUT
TOGETHER? HE WASN’T INVITED
TONIGHT. MEEBA DIDN’T
LIKE HIM. NOBODY AT
MAILER HIGH LIKED
HIM. HE WAS
CREEPY.
THIRTY-ONE DEAD, ANOTHER SPREE SHOOTINGS
SEVENTEEN CASUALTIES. BRING MORE MISERY
MOST OF THE SURVIVORS THAN MOST.
WILL BE SCARRED FOR LIFE.

OH
DEAR GRUD
WHY?
THEIR
DAUGHTER’S
EIGHTEENTH
BIRTHDAY
BASH.

GUNZINES _ VI-ZINES.
THE KILLER KNUCKLEDUSTERS, EMPTY
LIVED WITH CHARGER BOX FOR A JERCOM
HIS PARENTS PLASMA BLASTER. THAT
ON LEVEL 42, WAS THE MAIN WEAPON
MAILER. HE USED.

JUST
ANOTHER
SCREWED-UP
JUVE WHO
HATED THE
WORLD.

TRY TO GET
A TRACE ON THE
WEAPONS. WHERE WOULD
A KID LIKE PRESLEY
MAKE THE RIGHT
CONTACTS?
 TWENTY-FIFTH
IS TOMORROW.
CREEP COULDN’T
WAIT, HUH?

THAT’S THE
IMPRESSION ON
THE PAD.
\’LL HAVE
UNITS CHECK
WITH PARENTS AND
SURVIVORS _ SEE
IF ANYONE RECEIVED
A THREATENING
LETTER FROM
PRESLEY.

HE EVER GIVE
WHERE WE DIDN’T YOU ANY INDICATION HE
DID YOUR KNOW HE HAD THEM. MIGHT DO SOMETHING
SON GET THE JEEZ, IF WE HAD ANY LIKE THIS?
GUNS? IDEA...

YES. YES,
HE DID. MANY
TIMES.

HE’S BEEN ANY FRIENDS _ ZIPPER DIDN’T

GETTING THERAPY. CLOSE ACQUAINTANCES HAVE ANY FRIENDS.
ONCE A MONTH. \ HAVE THE \ SHOULD TALK THAT WAS PART OF
DOCTOR’S CARD HERE TO? THE TROUBLE.
SOMEWHERE... NO.

WE HOPED HE
WAS GETTING OVER
IT. LATELY HE SEEMED
BETTER ADJUSTED.
WELL... HAPPIER.

JUST A TYPICAL SPREE

SHOOTER. BAG UP THE
DEAD, FILE THE REPORT
AND MOVE ON. EXCEPT...

EXCEPT THERE’S
SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS ONE THAT
BOTHERS HIM...
GRAAAAN-MAAA! ALL SET,
JOEY BOY? GOOD
MAN! REMEMBER,
FIVE-O SHARP. BE
THERE OR BE
NOBODY!

BUBBA! S’ME,
COME ON MAN. YOU GOOD
OUT, GRANMA _ TO GO? ATTABOY.
\ KNOW YOU’RE BE STRONG, MAN.
IN HERE. WE’RE COUNTIN’
ON YOU.

LOUSY LITTLE NERK.

DOOB _ SHOULDA SHUT HIM UP
S’ME. YOU PERMANENT. ANYWAY, THIS
HEARD ABOUT DON’T CHANGE NOTHIN’.
FREAKIN’ TOMORROW HE’S GONNA BE
CHICO! ZIP? FORGOTTEN. WE’RE THE
ONES, MAN.
FINAL REMINDER!
FIVE-O _ YEAH, DON’T
BE LATE, CO-ORDINATE! YEAH, ON
GONNA BE SOME MY WAY. JUST
NIGHT, MAN. CLEARIN’ UP A LITTLE
BUSINESS.

WHERRRE’S
SHE HIDING...?
BOOOOO!

AAAAHH!

JIMMY... AWWWW,
GRANMA, YOU ...BUT
DON’T DO THERE
IT... KNOW IF THERE WAS
ANY OTHER AIN’T.
WAY...
 SPREE SHOOTERS
SECTOR 30 TYPICALLY SUFFER FROM
PSYCHIATRIC _ LOW SELF-ESTEEM. THEY
FEEL REJECTED BY OTHERS,
UNWANTED, IGNORED. THAT
FUELS THEIR SENSE OF
ALIENATION.

WITH A
GUN IN THEIR HANDS
ALL THAT IS CHANGED.
THEY BECOME SOMEONE
TO BE RECKONED
WITH.

ZIPPER PRESLEY IS \ THOUGHT IT

NOT THE FIRST FAILURE \’VE HELPED TO DISCUSS
HAD, UNFORTUNATELY. LANNY THEIR PROBLEMS AS A
VARGAS, THE KINDERGARTEN GROUP GROUP. THAT WAY THEY
KILLER, HE WAS ONE OF MINE. THERAPY? COULD SEE THAT OTHERS
AND THE RISOOTI BROTHERS FELT THE SAME DEGREE
BACK IN ’31. IN MY GROUP OF ALIENATION _ THAT
THERAPY SESSIONS IN THEIR ALONENESS
\ WOULD _ THEY WERE NOT
ALONE.

YOU
THINK THAT WAS
WISE?

SHEER WEIGHT
OF NUMBERS, \’M AFRAID. IN
THIS CITY IT’S SUCH A COMMON
PROBLEM. WE ARE ALL, IN
SOME WAY, ALIENATED.

IN THESE SESSIONS OH NO. NOT

DID ZIP PRESLEY FORM FOR WELL OVER
ANY CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS A YEAR.
_ ANYONE WHO MIGHT THE
HAVE HELPED HIM FIND PARENTS
WEAPONS? SAID HE ATTENDS
SESSIONS EVERY
MONTH.

IT’S
POSSIBLE, \ THE
SUPPOSE. \ DIDN’T SESSIONS WERE
MONITOR THEM DISCONTINUED AFTER
OUTSIDE OF CHAOS. THERE WERE SO
SESSIONS. MANY MORE PRESSING
MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES TO DEAL
THE WITH.
LAST TIME YOU
SAW PRESLEY, DID HE
DISPLAY SIGNS THAT HE
MIGHT BE CLOSE TO
GOING OVER THE
EDGE?

\ WISH
\ COULD TELL YOU.
IT WAS SO LONG
AGO.

YOU
SAW HIM LAST SO WHO
WEDNESDAY. WERE THESE
MONTHLY
MEETINGS
WITH...?

HE TAKES DETAILS
OF EVERY PATIENT
THAT ATTENDED THE
THERAPY SESSIONS.
SWEENEY,
QUESTION THE PRESLEYS
AGAIN. THE SON’S MONTHLY
APPOINTMENTS DIDN’T EXIST.
FIND OUT WHEN HE LEFT, WHEN
HE RETURNED, ANY CLUES
TO WHERE HE MIGHT
HAVE BEEN.

THERE IS SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS ONE
THAT SETS HIS
NERVES JANGLING...
 THERE ARE NINETY-THREE NAMES ON
THE LIST. TWENTY-EIGHT OF THEM, AT
ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, HAD ATTENDED
SESSIONS WITH ZIPPER PRESLEY.

YOU
STOPPED GOING
TO THE GROUP-
THERAPY SESSIONS
TWO MONTHS BEFORE
CHAOS, AAMONS.
WHY?

HE’S NOT SURE WHAT HE’S LOOKING

FOR, BUT PRESLEY’S NOTE _ AND
THE WORDS ON THE CALENDAR _
ARE GNAWING AT HIS MIND...

HIM. YEAH,
SURE. REAL CREEPY
\ GOT A JUVE. DIDN’T HAVE
JOB. SIMPLE AS MUCH TO DO
THAT. WITH HIM.

\ NEVER YOU
NEEDED THAT HEAD NOT THAT
REMEMBER ZIP \ KNEW. \ MEAN,
DOCTOR ANYWAY. SURE PRESLEY? HE HAVE
\ WAS DOWN, ANGRY ANY PARTICULAR EVEN IN THAT BUNCH
WITH THE WORLD, BUT FRIENDS IN THE NOBODY LIKED HIM
WHO ISN’T? \ WASN’T GROUP? MUCH.
GOING TO SHOOT
NOBODY.

WAITER!
NOW
SOME OF
THOSE GUYS,
THEY WERE
BUG
CRAZY.

KEEP
YOUR HAIR ON,
BUDDY, YOU CAN
SEE \’M BUSY
HERE.

WHAT
ABOUT TODAY _
THE TWENTY-FIFTH.
MEAN ANYTHING? THE
WORDS ‘SHOOTERS
NIGHT’?

TWENTY-FIFTH...
NAH. SHOOTERS
NIGHT...

SHOOTERS
NIGHT... \ DUNNO.
MAYBE.
THERE
WAS ONE Y’KNOW,
SICK EVERYONE TOGETHER,
SUCKER _ GO FOR THE RECORD,
JIMMY GET THEIR NAMES IN ALL
ZANE. THE ZINES. THAT ANY
HELP?

ANY
JIMMY CHANCE \
ZANE. CAN GET SOME
SERVICE
HERE?

ALWAYS
THAT WAS
TALKING ABOUT A DREDD, MAN. YOU’RE
BIG SPREE-SHOOT _ LUCKY HE DIDN’T BUST
YOUR FAT BUTT!
 JIMMY JAMES ZANE. TWENTY-TWO.
APARTMENT 222B MANSON HEIGHTS,
SECTOR 29. UNEMPLOYED. STRING OF
MINOR CONVICTIONS, MAINLY NUISANCE.

LIVES WITH PARENTS

ELTON AND FLOTILLA ZANE. ZANE!
BROTHER MATRISSE, OPEN THE
TWENTY-NINE, CURRENTLY DOOR! THIS
SERVING SIXTEEN IN IS THE
IS0-BLOCK 9, POSSESSION LAW!
AND SUPPLY OF FIREARMS.
 CONTROL,
WE HAVE A
PROBLEM.

FORENSICS
AND MEAT WAGON
GOO TO 222B MANSON.
GOO FIVE DEAD. ALSO REQUIRE
FAMILY UNIT. GOT AN
INFANT HERE, LOOKS
UNHARMED.

CONTACT STEINSTEIN AT
SECTOR 30 PSYCHIATRIC. REQUEST
FULL LIST OF PATIENTS WHO ATTENDED
THERAPY SESSIONS WITH JIMMY
JAMES ZANE. THAT’S
IMMEDIATE.

WE HAVE
THAT LIST,
DREDD.
THIRTY-ONE
ON IT.

WE’LL
TARGET THOSE
NAMES, CONTROL. \
WANT EVERY
UNIT YOU CAN
SPARE.
 THE SLABSTER
REGISTERED TO
THE ZANES IS
NOT IN THE LEVEL MEANWHILE, MY SON
25 POD PARK. HE UNITS SPEED TO HE-HE’S DIED THREE MONTHS
PUTS AN ALL UNITS ADDRESSES ON NOT HERE. AGO _ POWERBOARD
OUT ON JIMMY THE LIST _ ACCIDENT. IT SHOULD
JAMES AND THE BE IN YOUR
VEHICLE. RECORDS.

JIMMY
ZANE COMMED
ME, MAYBE A MONTH
AFTER THE SESSIONS
ENDED. SOME SORT OF
GROUP GET-TOGETHER.
\ DIDN’T WANT
ANYTHING TO DO
WITH HIM. \ DIDN’T
LIKE HIM.

CHICO _
NO!
 CONTROL,
INFORM ALL
CHICO! INVESTIGATING
UNITS WE HAVE
ANOTHER
POTENTIAL
SHOOTER!

MAKE THAT
DECEASED POTENTIAL MAYBE HE
SHOOTER. GARBED WAS BAD ON DATES.
UP LIKE DAY OF GET A FORENSICS UNIT
THE DEAD. HERE. DECEASED CHICO
MARS, SIXTEEN, 0039
ALTOONA.

DAY OF THE
DEAD IS IN
NOVEMBER.

CHICO! FINAL \ TELL YOU _

REMINDER! EVERYBODY HOW MANY TIMES \ INFORM
FIVE-O _ BETTER BE TELL YOU...! UNITS \ BELIEVE
ON TIME. WE’RE DEALING WITH A
MASS SPREE-SHOOT,
CO-ORDINATED
YEAH, DON’T BE
BY ZANE.
LATE, CO-ORDINATE!
GONNA BE SOME
NIGHT, MAN.

IF \’M RIGHT SEARCH FOR THERE’S A FLOORPLAN IN THE

SHOOTERS NIGHT NAMES, ANY OTHERS JUVE’S ROOM, ALTOONA HIGH.
IS SCHEDULED TO WHO MIGHT BE EVACUATE THE SCHOOL AS A
GO OFF AT 17:00. INVOLVED. PRECAUTION. AND HOLD THE
THAT GIVES US MOTHER. UNLIKELY SHE
THREE AND A DIDN’T KNOW MORE
HALF HOURS ABOUT THIS.
CALL ON TO STOP IT.
DECEASED’S COM.
NO V.P. AS YET,
BUT PRETTY SAFE
BET CALLER WAS
JIMMY JAMES
ZANE.
 \ WASN’T GOING TO
THE LIST SHOWS THIRTY-ONE NAMES THE TIME DO IT. \ DON’T WANT TO
THAT ATTENDED THERAPY SESSIONS IS 13:58. KILL ANYBODY. \’M OVER
WITH ZANE, MOST OF THEM LOCATED THAT. \... \ JUST PLAYED
IN PROXIMATE SECTORS. THAT AT HAVE THE ALONG. JIMMY’S CRAZY,
LEAST CUTS DOWN ON DISTANCE _ SUIT MADE NO TELLIN’ WHAT HE’D
SPECIAL, DO IF \ TRIED TO
BUBBA? PULL OUT.
TALK TO
THE JUDGE,
DIZMOND.

IT... IT’S FOR

HALLOWE’EN.

ZIP
PRESLEY, HE
WAS IN THIS
GROUP?

YOU GOT YEAH,

ANYTHING TO BUT NOBODY
YEAH? AND THE LIKED HIM. NOBODY
DO WITH THIS \’LL STUTTER-BLASTER, THE LASER IN ON
BUST YOUR FACE TRUSTED HIM. LAST WHAT _
BLADES AND THE GRENADES IN MEET JIMMY TOLD
MYSELF! THE FALSE COMPARTMENT IN YOUR SHOOTERS
HIM TO GET LOST, NIGHT?
WARDROBE _ GOING TRICK OR HE WASN’T GETTIN’
TREATING WITH THEM TOO? IN ON IT.

WE’VE GOT
ANOTHER DEATH SUIT HERE
ALONG WITH SEVERAL FIREARMS.
BUBBA O’BAMA, THIRTY-ONE.
O’BAMA CLAIMS WEAPONS WERE
SUPPLIED BY ZANE. ZANE HAS
CONNECTIONS THROUGH HIS
BROTHER.
O’BAMA ALSO
CONFIRMS SHOOTERS
NIGHT _ ALL ATTACKS TO BE
TIMED AT 17:00. ALL WILL WEAR
DEATH SUITS TO IDENTIFY THE
SHOOTINGS AS A JOINT
ACTION SO THEY CAN
CLAIM THE RECORD _
NICE TOUCH. APPROACHING
LE FO’S BLOCK NOW.
O’BAMA PRIORITISE THE OTHER
HAS GIVEN US A FULL NAMES, SEE THAT
LIST OF NAMES. ELEVEN IN JORDAN UNITS ARE ASSIGNED
TOTAL, INCLUDING PRESLEY, ZANE, KEETH SMILLIE _ TO THEM.
O’BAMA HERE AND YOUR MAN WAYEN LE FO _
MARS. THE REST FOLLOW _ JOSEF CHAN _

RAYMOND BEEJAY OTIS ACCORDING TO O’BAMA

HOWARD H. _ DOOB HANNIBALL. ZANE AND HANNIBALL ARE
HOWARD _ THE H THAT’S IT. O’BAMA’S PLANNING TO WORK IN
STANDS FOR HOWARD. ADAMANT NO OTHERS CONCERT. TARGET UNKNOWN,
YOU GOTTA THINK TAKING PART. BUT FIND HANNIBALL AND
THE NAME’S PART WE’VE GOT ZANE.
OF THE PROBLEM
THERE. LEE ERROL
BISKOWSKI _

YOU!
FREEZE,
BISKOWSKI!
 \ TAKE IT
\’M SPEAKING
HEY, DON’T TO WAYEN
L-LEGGO! COME ANY LE FO?
CLOSER! \’M
A WALKING
BOMB!

STAY ON YOUR
BIKE! \ LET GO THIS TAKE IT
DETONATOR AND THE EASY. YOU’VE
JUVE GOES UP LIKE GOT THE WHIP
CHRISTMAS! HAND. WHAT
AM \ GOING
TO DO?

STAY C’MON,
WHERE YOU WAYEN, \ JUST
ARE! WANT TO TALK.
MAYBE WE CAN FIND
SOME WAY OUT
OF THIS.

HOLD
YOUR FIRE UP
HOW YOU THERE!
MEAN?

HUHHH _ ?

\ KNOW YOU’VE
GOT PROBLEMS.
PLAY FAIR AND MAYBE
\ CAN WRITE THIS
OFF AS A SIMPLE
MISDEMEANOUR.

MISDEMEANOUR?
\ GOT A FREAKIN’ BOMB
HERE! DON’T COME
ANY CLOSER!
 CONTROL, \ WE’RE LOOKING
A CALCULATED GET LOST, WANT AN EXPLOSIVES FOR YOUR SON DOOB,
RISK, BUT TIME KID! DISPOSAL UNIT 14:11 _ HANNIBALL.
IS PRESSING _ HERE NOW!

YOU FIND
HIM YOU’RE
WELCOME TO
HIM! \ KICKED
THAT SICK LITTLE
CRUMBO OUTA
HERE LAST
WEEK! HE
CAN ROT
IN HELL!

14:12 _
TWO HOURS DAMN
AN’ WE’RE IN THE RIGHT! PASS
RECORD BOOKS, MAN! THE WORKS,
WE HAVE WELL, JIMMY.
HOWARD TRIPLE H, HOW CITY’S NOT GONNA
HOWARD IN ABOUT WE GIVE KNOW WHAT HIT
CUSTODY, YOU A TRIPLE IT, DOOB!
DREDD. TERM?
THEY
CALL ME
TRIPLE H.

WORLD THINKS WE’RE BE ON THE COVER OF

SCUM, DOOB. NOBODIES. WE’LL EVERY ZINE! JIMMY ZANE
GOTTA AN’ HIS FREAKIN’ DEATH
BE HIGH SHOW ‘EM! PULL THIS OFF MAN
AND THEY’LL KNOW WHAT TROOPERS!
WHEN THEM
OL’ BULLETS THEY WAS DEALIN’
FLY! WITH.
\ GET MY
NAME IN THERE TOO,
MAN. BETTER SPELL
IT RIGHT!
15:25. JOSEF CHAN 15:56. RAYMOND BEEJAY
IS FOUND IN HIS OTIS, CORNERED AS HE
BLOCK EL SHAFT _ TRAVELS THE CROSSTOWN
ZOOM, DIES VIOLENTLY _

COULDN’T
GO THROUGH
WITH IT.

JUVE WITH A
CONSCIENCE.

TAKE ANOTHER
16:09 _ BLOW, JIMMY. PAYS
TO BE HIGH WHEN THE
GETTIN’ BULLETS FLY!
DARK, DOOB.
HURRY IT UP,
MAN.
YOU
SAID THAT
ALREADY.

HE WENT IN
16:10. JORDAN SMILLIE IS THERE HALF AN HOUR
DISCOVERED IN A STORE AGO, WOULDN’T COME OUT. \
CHANGING CUBICLE _ THOUGHT HE WAS UPTA
SOMETHING.

CONTROL,
INFORM DREDD \ THINK
\’VE GOT ONE OF HIS
SUSPECTS. REJECT STORE
ON WARREN.

JORDAN
KEETH SMILLIE _
THAT YOUR
MAN? TWO TO
GO _ ZANE AND
HANNIBALL. ONLY
THIRTY MINUTES
LEFT.

HE’S ONE
OF THEM. GOOD
WORK.
GOOD OF OLD GUESS HE AIN’T
MIKE TO LET GONNA CARE IF WE BORROW
YOU SHACK UP A COUPLE OF HIS MEAN
HERE. YEAH, MASHEENS.
ALL \ HAD TO DO
WAS SHOW HIM
MY GUN.

PAST
CARIN’,
MAN.

HA
HA HA
HA!

WE GO IN
STYLE!

SEE
YOU IN HELL,
DOOB!

DREDD _ NEIMEN, AT
THE HANNIBALL PLACE.
TEKS JUST CRACKED
INTO THE KID’S CACHE
ON THE HOUSE SYSTEM.
HE’S GOT PLANS OF A
BUILDING ON IT. SECTOR
30 PSYCHIATRIC.

GOT TO BE
THE TARGET! CALL
THEM, ISSUE A
WARNING!

ALL AVAILABLE
UNITS CONVERGE
ON SECTOR 30
PSYCHIATRIC!
 TWO UNIDENTIFIED JUDGES
BIKERS STOPPED IN EVERYWHERE!
TRAFFIC, SECTOR 30 SOMETHIN’S GONE
PSYCHIATRIC. WRONG! WHAT’RE HELL, \
WE GONNA DO? AIN’T BACKIN’
OUT NOW! WE
TAKE THEM
INSTEAD!

YEAH,
JUDGES, MAN! DON’T
NOW YOU’RE TALKIN’! CALL ME INSANE _
EX A FEW JAYS! THEM
ZINES GET OUR MY NAME’S JIMMY
NAMES RIGHT THEY’LL ZANE!
FOR SURE! REMEMBER
MINE!

THAT’S OUR
SHOOTERS!
 HOLD
YOUR FIRE!
 THIS THAT’S
ONE’S HANNIBALL.
DEAD.

WE GOT THEM ALL, YOU CAME UP SHORT AGAIN.

ZANE. MARS... BISKOWSKI... STORY OF YOUR LIFE. SUPPOSE
HOWARD... O’BAMA _ THE \ OUGHT TO FEEL SORRY FOR
WHOLE GROUP. YOU, BUT \ CAN’T FIND
IT IN ME.

DEAD.

YOU THINK
THAT’S ALL? YOU’RE...
YOU’RE WRONG! \ STOLE
OL... OLD STEINSTEIN’S LIST.
ORGANISED THE OTHER OTHER
GROUPS TOO. GROUPS?
DON’T CALL
ME INSANE... MY
NAME’S JIMMY...
FIVE-O, JIMMY ZANE...
MAN... IT’S CONTROL,
ALL GOING PATCH ME THROUGH TO
OFF...
STEINSTEIN, SECTOR 30
PSYCHIATRIC.
 ALL AVAILABLE
UNITS, GO TO REPORT OF SHOOTINGS,
FESTER MALL, CO-ED BUILDING, WEST
SECTOR 148. TECH. ALL AVAILABLE
REPORTS OF A UNITS ATTEND. THAT’S
SHOOTING. PRIORITY ONE!

\ DID RUN TWO

OTHER THERAPY
GROUPS. ONE IN YOU DIDN’T CORBY, WELFARE
WEST SECTOR 150, CLUB, 301! WE
ANOTHER IN THE THINK TO INFORM US,
HAB ZONE. THAT STEINSTEIN? GOT CRAZIES LOOSE
ONE WAS VERY WITH HEAVY-DUTY
WELL ATTENDED. ARMAMENT! NUMBERS
UNKNOWN! NUMEROUS
\ DIDN’T CASUALTIES!
CONSIDER IT _ THOUGH ASSISTANCE
RELEVANT. NOTHING’S REQUIRED!
GOING TO STOP
THIS DISASTER
NOW!
DAMN RIGHT
IT’S RELEVANT! \
WANT A FULL LIST OF
PARTICIPANTS _
MAHONEY JUNCTION, MY
SECTOR 302 _ WORK
HERE IS
DONE.

YOU
SAID IT.

TWO MORE
CRAZIES! TAKE
‘EM OUT!

LEVEL 198 LEISURE COMPLEX,

DELUXE APTS, SECTOR 152 _

IRENA KOURNIKOVA
SCHOOL OF THE
PERFORMING ARTS,
SECTOR 152 _

ILLIBERAL PARTY
HEADQUARTERS,
HAB ZONE,
SECTOR 303 _
 AT MAHONEY
JUNCTION,
A HORRIFIC CASUALTIES WERE
SERIES OF CO-ORDINATED HEAVIEST, WITH
SPREE-SHOOTINGS HAS MORE THAN ONE
TAKEN PLACE IN THE IT WAS HUNDRED DEAD
CITY TONIGHT. WEIRD, MAN, AND MANY MORE
LIKE SOMETHING SERIOUSLY
OUT OF A MOVIE. WOUNDED.
ALL GUNMEN LIKE IT WASN’T
ARE BELIEVED TO REAL...
HAVE ATTENDED GROUP
THERAPY SESSIONS UNDER
THE SUPERVISION OF
DR BRIAN STEINSTEIN OF
SECTOR 30 PSYCHIATRIC.
DR STEINSTEIN IS NOT
BELIEVED TO BE A
SUSPECT.

IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ATTACKS

HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN AT LEAST
TWENTY-THREE LOCATIONS.

THE PRIME MOVER BEHIND THE

SHOOTINGS IS BELIEVED TO BE JIMMY WHEN THE LAST SHOOTER IS
JAMES ZINE, TWENTY-THREE, OF SILENCED AND THE DUST HAS
AT SHAPIRO’S MANSON HEIGHTS, SECTOR 29. WITH
SECTOR 301 AN ACCOMPLICE ZINE WAS SHOT SETTLED, THE FINAL DEATH
COOKERY SCHOOL AND KILLED OUTSIDE SECTOR 30 TOLL OF SHOOTERS NIGHT
FIGHTING IS PSYCHIATRIC, WHERE HE HAD STANDS AT ONE THOUSAND,
CONTINUING. AT ATTENDED THERAPY UNDER THREE HUNDRED
CONCRETE PARK DOCTOR STEINSTEIN. AND NINETY-EIGHT.
IN SECTOR 154 A
LONE GUNMAN
IS HOLDING
HOSTAGES.

PERPETRATOR
HAS A MOTHER AND
CHILD UP IN THE BUNGEE
HUT. WE’RE TRYING TO
NEGOTIATE AN END TO
THIS WITHOUT FURTHER CREEPS
LOSS OF LIFE.
GOT WHAT THEY
WANTED _ THE
RECORD.

AND OVER A
THOUSAND CITIZENS
DIED BECAUSE \ DIDN’T
ASK THE RIGHT
QUESTIONS.

YOU
CAN’T BLAME
YOURSELF,
DREDD. NOBODY
EXPECTS
THIS KIND OF
MADNESS.

MAYBE
WE SHOULD. WE
KNOW THIS CITY
WELL ENOUGH
BY NOW.

NEXT
TIME WE’LL
BE READY.
AND ONE THING
WE CAN BE SURE
OF, THERE WILL
BE A NEXT
TIME...

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