JUDGE DREDD

THE COLD DECKEXCLUSIVE FREE PREVIEW

...Y’KNOWWHAT A COLD

DECK IS? ENLIGHTENME.

WHAT,YOU THINK THEY

NOTICED? YOU WOUNDME, DREDDY. J-JUST

_ KAFF! _ SORELOSERS, THAT’S ALL. SORE...

NEXTROUND, YOU GOT

THEM CARDS RIGGED _ KAFF! _ RIGGED TO FALL JUST HOW

YOU WANT.

AN’ THAT_ KAFF! _ IS HOW \TOOK THE MCKLUSKY

BOYS FOR A COOL HUNDRED THOU. \ WAS GONNA_ KAFF! _ GONNA

RETIRE...

...SORE LOSERS...

NOTANYMORE.

IT’SWHEN YOU

SWAP OUT ACLEAN DECK FOR

A STACKEDONE. REAL QUICK,

SO’S NOBODY _ KAFF! _ NOBODY SEES IT HAPPEN. BEST TIME IS AFTER SOME

BIG ACTION, WHILEEVERYONE’S STILL

DISTRACTED.

BADMISTAKE,

FRISCO. THEMCKLUSKYS NEVER

WERE FOND OFCARD

SHARKS.

DREDD?

NOTINTERRUPTING,

AM \?

BUELL.

AL EWING

HENRY FLINT

CHRIS BLYTHE

ANNIE PARKHOUSE

THE COLD DECKPART ONE

HERK AND JERK MCKLUSKY _ A PAIR OF LEGBREAKERS WHO’D REMAINED UNCUBED

MOSTLY THROUGH DUMB LUCK. THEIR LUCK HAD RUN OUT NOW, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE’S.

SO FIND ‘EM, BOOK ‘EM, CUBE ‘EM, AND ON TO THE NEXT CREEP. KEEP MOVING. KEEP

WAVING THE DAYSTICK.

WHILE IT ALL SINKS SLOWLY INTO HELL...

THE DUMB WAS STILL RUNNING, THOUGH.

‘MORE TEMPORARY THAN WE THOUGHT. SHE WAS FOUND DEAD AN HOUR

AGO AT THE BOTTOM OF A SECTOR 13 CHEM-PIT.’

THEY’D FOLLOW THEIR INSTINCTS _ GO TO GROUND. FALL BACK ON OLD FRIENDS, OLD HABITS...

THEY’D BE EASY ENOUGH TO FIND.

YOUWANTED TOTALK TO ME,

BUELL?

SOMETHING\ NEED HELP WITH. YOU REMEMBER JUDGE FOLGER?

THE ACTINGWALLY SQUAD

CHIEF? TEMPORARYREPLACEMENT FOR

HOLLISTER?

HARD TO SAYWHAT KILLED HER, BUTACCORDING TO FORENSICSTHE BONES ARE SHOWINGSTRESSES CONSISTENT WITH DEEP-TISSUE BODY ALTERATION _

THAT’STHE THING _

SHE DIDN’T TAKE CASES. FOLGER WAS

STRICTLY ADMIN OVER AT WALLY

DIV.

ONEJOB AT A

TIME.

IN AMINUTE, BUELL.

SO SHEWAS UNDERCOVERAT THE TIME. WHAT WAS SHE WORKING

ON?

SHE WAS ONPERSONAL TIME. HER

SUB-DERMAL TRANSPONDER SENT OUT A DISTRESS

SIGNAL WHEN IT MELTED_ THAT’S HOW WE

FOUND HER.ANYWAY,

THAT’S THE BAD NEWS. YOU WANT

THE WORSE NEWS?

IN THEUNDERCITY, YOU

MEAN? CAN’T SAYAS \ HAVE _ \ HEAR

IT’S ALL WEREWOLVESAND CANNIBALSDOWN THERE ANYWAY.

\ BELIEVE YOU,

LANNY.

WHAT?

BUTYOU KNEW THAT,

RIGHT?

EVENAN OLD FRIEND.

EVERBEEN TO OLDMANHATTAN,

BUELL?

C’MON,PLEASE, \... \ DON’T KNOW NOTHIN’, \

SWEAR...

YOU OBVIOUSLYDON’T KNOW WHERE

THE MCKLUSKYSARE. TOO BAD. WE’DHAVE LIKED TO HAVEGOTTEN THEM OFF

THE STREETS, WOULDN’T WE,

BUELL?

OH, SURE, SURE. BEFORE THEYHURT SOMEBODY.THEY WON’T WANT ANYONE ALIVE WHO COULD

TURN ‘EM IN.

ANYPERPS YOU KNOW

ABOUT HERE, LANNY?

WE’LLBE ON OUR WAY,

THEN.

WELL.

C’MON,JUDGE, \ BEEN GOIN’

STRAIGHT _

LANNYO’HANN.

CHANGEDTHE NAME, \

SEE.

AW, CRAP _

ANDPERPS. LET’SNOT FORGET

ALL THE PERPS.

_ DUMMY.

NOTON YOUR BEST

DAY _

WHAT’STHE WORSE

NEWS?

SO.

YOU’REDEAD,

JUDGE!

HERK!YOU-YOU

KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED MY BROTHER!

LEMMEOUT FROM UNDER

THIS DOOR, YA FINK! \’LL RIP THAT STINKIN’ CHIN OFF! \’LL TEAROUT YA GUTS ANDSTRANGLE YOU

WIT’ EM!

WHAT’S HAPPENIN ’ OUT THERE, JERK? LANNY STALLIN’ ‘EM LIKE HE SAID

HE WOULD? HUH? IS HE, JERK?

HEY! DON’TYOU GO CALLIN ’ME DUMMY! YOU KNOW \ HATE BEIN’ CALLED DUMMY, JERK! \ AIN’T NO DUMMY, SEE?

UNGH!

\ SAID SHADDUP!

CHEEZ LOUISE!

OKAY, \THINK THEY’RE LEAVIN’ _

SHADDUP,DUMMY! \’M

TRYNNA LISTEN HERE!

YOUHEAR ME, YA

LOUSY STINKIN’SON OF A BITCH?

AND ONTO THE NEXT

CREEP...

SO FOLGERWITHDREW SOME DATA FROM HER STATION BEFORE

SHE DIED?

...WE DON’TKNOW.

HUH?

THIS ISNON-COPY, YOU

KNOW? YOU MOVE THE FILE ONTO A

SLUG AND IT’S GONE FROM THE SYSTEM

UNTIL YOU PUT IT BACK.

NOT JUSTDATA. THIS WAS

A GOLD CLEARANCE FILE _ DIVISION HEADS ONLY.

IT’S, UH,IT’S A SECURITY

MEASURE.

LOOK, WHENTHE STATUE CAME DOWN,

THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGETO THE DATABASE STRUCTURE,

WE’RE STILL TRAWLING THROUGH IT _

NOT GOOD,BUELL.

SO ALL YOUKNOW IS WHAT FOLGER’S

COMPUTER TELLS YOU. GOLD CLEARANCE FILE, CHECKED OUT

SUCH-AND-SUCH A TIME. MISSING.

NOTHING. WOOLGATHERING.

HMMPH. WHICH FILE?

BACHMANN.

PROTOCOLSAYS \ GO DIRECT UP

THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.NORMALLY, THAT’D MEAN

HERSHEY, BUT WITHTHINGS AS THEY ARE

RIGHT NOW...

YOU’VEINFORMEDTHE CHIEF JUDGE?

‘SO WE’DBETTER GETTO WORK.’ BUELL.

NOWTHEY’RE HEADING

TOWARDS... ASECTOR HOUSE?SECTOR HOUSE

20. YES.

...HESTILL THINKS

WE DON’T KNOW.

VERYGOOD.

DOESHE?

GOOD.

NOT MUCHTIME.

ANDTHAT’S IF SHE

WANTS TO PLAY NICE.

NOW, \ CANSTALL TELLING

HER _ PUT IT OFFA COUPLE HOURS.

FOUR AT THE MOST. AFTER THAT,

\ LOSE DENIABILITY.

NO, IT’S NOT.

RIGHT. ANDBELIEVE ME, THIS IS

THE EXCUSE SHE’S BEEN WAITING FOR. SHE’LL CALL IT A REORGANISATION _ MAYBE AN EFFICIENCY

DRIVE _

_ BUT IT’LLBE A POWER GRAB.

SHE GETS TOTAL CONTROL OF SJS, WALLY AND PSU _ STARTS RUNNING THEM

THE WAY SHE RUNSBLACK OPS.

BEST-CASESCENARIO? GIVE IT FIVE

YEARS, WE’RE LOOKING AT A NEW CHIEF JUDGE WHO MAKES

SINFIELD LOOK LIKE... WELL, LIKE YOU.

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