Judge Dredd Classics FCBD by John Wagner

They show up and find Death controlling Anderson and rejuvenating the body it once used. Meanwhile the other PSI Division agents tell Dredd that Anderson is sending him a messageâ€¦ the single word 'boing.' It doesn't seem to make sense but Dredd claims to understand and with that he takes a team of Judges out to save her. Out on the streets she fights Death's spirit as best she can, but it's powerful. Dredd arrives but Anderson has already left. In the third chapter in this issue, entitled 'The Monster Within', we see Anderson possessed by Death as she heads into the morgue to steal away Death's body. â€œThe sentence is death and it will be carried out!â€Īn exhausted Anderson heads back to her apartment for some rest when a familiar looking spirit arrives at her windowâ€¦ She channels Death so that Dredd can speak to the spirit and is told in no uncertain terms that the living are judged to be guilty and that they must be punished. Dredd vows to find out as much about Judge Death as possible, and to do this he heads with the body to the morgue where he meets up with Judge Anderson of the PSI division. They switch to incendiary fire and the flames lay down the fetid corpse but they watch in terror as the spirit of Death leaves the body and escapes, threatening to return. In the second chapter, entitled 'The Guilty And The Damned' we see Dredd and company open fire with their Lawgivers but to no avail. They also find Judge Death, dressed like a 'mockery of justice.' Judge Ross announces 'We've come to slam your butt in the pokey, mister!' (not the best choice of words) but Death makes quick work of him.

Dispatch calls Dredd who arrives on the scene where he and his cohorts find a mountain of corpses. Meanwhile, Death, who hates all that live, heads into a nightclub where he kills the DJ. Tiny was found dead, as if he'd died of terror! The Judges note the smell of decay and find some rotten human tissue at the crime scene. Later that day, Judge Dredd is called in to investigate. This Judge says to him 'My name is Deathâ€¦ and I have come to judge you!'. A Judge comes at him out of the shadows, but this is no ordinary Judgeâ€¦ his hand goes right through Tiny's chest.

The first story, Judge Death, written by John Wagner (using the alias of John Howard) brings us into the heart of Mega City One in the twenty-second century where we meet a criminal named Tiny The Tap who is foolish enough to believe he can escape the law. Progs 149-151, 225-228 and 416-427, IDW collects what is widely considered to be a high point in the long running Judge Dredd series - the introduction of the Dark Judges and the best of their early stories.

Illustrated by: Brian Bolland, Brett Ewins, Cliff Robinson, Robin Smith

Judge Dredd Classics FCBD by John Wagner