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Judge Dredd: The Official 1995 Movie Adaptation                         Trade Paperback
The Official Comic Adaptation to the Hit 1995 Judge Dredd Movie, starring Sylvester Stallone!
Based on the screenplay by: William Wisher & Steven E. de Souza
Writer: Andrew Helfer
Artist: Carlos Ezquerra
Colorist: Mike Danza
Letterer: Albert Guzman
Editors: David Bishop, Mike Carlin, Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt, Jenette Kahn, Steve MacManus, Paul Kupperberg, John Tomlinson & Terri Cunningham
Cover by: Bill Sienkiewicz

Judge Dredd is a 1995 American science fiction film, based on the comic book character of the same name, directed by Danny Cannon, produced by Edward R. Pressman, Charles Lippincott and Beau E. L. Marks, and written by William Wisher Jr. and Steven E. de Souza. The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Armand Assante, and Max von Sydow. The film takes place in 2080 and depicts a dystopian world and the crime-ridden metropolis Mega-City 1. Following an unspecified disaster that turned Earth into a “cursed” wasteland, the survivors established a corps of Judges whose role combines that of police, judge, jury and executioner. The film follows Judge Joseph Dredd, one of the most dedicated Street Judges who had been framed for murder by his own half-brother—the psychotic Rico.

Now, DC Comics presents, the Official Comic Adaptation to the Hit 1995 Judge Dredd Movie starring Sylvester Stallone!  When Mega-City One is almost torn apart by block wars, the Justice Department sends Judge Dredd to quell the fires of revolution. But when Dredd is tried and convicted of breaking the very law he’s sworn to uphold, he’s stripped of his Judicial powers and sent to the Aspen Penal Colony to serve a life sentence. Now Dredd must escape incarceration, make his way through the streets of Mega-City One and find the criminal mastermind who framed him…a man whose fingerprints and genetic structure are a dead match for his own.

Story/Spoilers (featuring the full Judge Dredd 1995 Movie Synopsis for nostalgic remembrance)
By the 2080s, much of Earth has become an uninhabitable wasteland. While some humans manage to survive in the barren “Cursed Earth”, the majority of humanity resides in huge Mega-Cities with populations of tens of millions. To combat crime, the traditional justice system has been replaced by a corps of Judges whose role combines those of police officer, judge, jury, and executioner.

In Mega-City One, 2139, Joseph Dredd, one of the most dedicated “Street Judges”, assists first-year Judge Barbara Hershey in ending a block war. Herman “Fergee” Ferguson, a hacker just released from prison, is caught in the firefight and hides inside a food dispensing robot. Dredd arrests Herman for destruction of property, and sentences him to five years’ imprisonment. Rico, a former Judge, escapes from prison and returns to Mega-City One to reclaim his uniform and “Lawgiver” gun. He also finds and reactivates a decommissioned ABC Warrior combat robot.

Vartis Hammond, a news reporter critical of Dredd, is murdered, and Dredd becomes the chief suspect. Dredd is taken to a trial before a tribunal of Council Judges including Griffin and Chief Justice Fargo, his mentor. Dredd is found guilty as his DNA is found on the bullets used to kill Hammond (a feature of the Lawgiver is imprinting the user’s DNA on each bullet, a fact apparently unknown by most Judges). To save Dredd, Fargo steps down as Chief Justice and, for his last request, asks the Council to spare Dredd’s life. Dredd is sentenced to life imprisonment while Fargo embarks on the “long walk”, in which a retiring Judge ventures into the wasteland “to bring law to the lawless”. Judge Griffin, who freed Rico to frame Dredd for the murder, becomes Chief Justice and instructs Rico to cause chaos in the city.

Dredd is taken to the Aspen penal colony by airship, where he is seated next to Herman. However, the Angel Gang, a family of cannibalistic scavengers and bandits, shoots down the airship and brings Dredd and Herman back to their cave. A squad of Judges investigate the crashed ship and get to the cave, intent on killing any survivors, not rescuing them. Fargo arrives in time to save Dredd’s life, but Mean Machine Angel mortally wounds him. A dying Fargo reveals that Dredd and Rico are the result of the Janus project, an experiment in genetic engineering intended to create the perfect Judge. Dredd deduces Rico framed him for the reporter’s murder, using their identical DNA. Believing Griffin is trying to reactivate the Janus project, Fargo urges Dredd to stop him.

In Mega-City One, Rico terrorizes the city and assassinates Judges in various ways. Griffin, intent on creating an army of Judges from his own DNA, uses the situation to convince the Council Judges to unlock the Janus files. After the Council Judges unlock the file, Griffin has them killed. Dredd and Herman sneak back into the city and meet with Hershey, who had also discovered the Janus project by herself. They go to the Statue of Liberty where the Janus laboratories are hidden. They encounter the ABC Warrior, who wounds Herman and captures Dredd and Hershey. Rico uses his own DNA as template for the Janus clones, then commands the ABC Warrior to kill Griffin. Herman, despite his wounds, disables the ABC Warrior as Dredd fights Rico, while Hershey fights his assistant, Dr. Ilsa Hayden. Rico activates his clones prematurely, but they fail to stop Dredd, and the swift clone activation ends up destroying the Janus laboratory. Dredd pursues Rico to the top of the Statue of Liberty, and a final struggle sends Rico falling to his death.

Having recorded the entire event, Central, the city’s controlling supercomputer, broadcasts the information, clearing Dredd’s name. The remaining Judges ask Dredd to become the new Chief Justice, but he refuses, preferring to remain a Street Judge. Central, the city’s controlling supercomputer, has recorded the entire event and broadcasts the information, clearing Dredd’s name. The remaining Judges ask him to become the new Chief Justice, but he refuses preferring to remain a street judge.

Trade Paperback is bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: DC Comics
Publication Date: 1995
Format: FC, 64 pages, TPB, 6.65″ x 10.20″
ISBN-10: 1563892456
ISBN-13: 9781563892455

Collectible Entertainment note: Trade Paperback is New & Unread.  Very Fine condition.  Beautiful!  Please see scans!!  A must have for any serious Judge Dredd collector and/or enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Highly Recommended.

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