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IMPRISONED IN 1980,KILLER PPAAUULL KKLLEESSAAHAS BEEN RELEASEDONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY YEARS LATER,TOTALLY UUNNAAGGEEDD.DREDD IS LOOKING
INTO ANCIENTRECORDS TO LEARNMORE ABOUT HIM...
ANY PPRREEVVIIOOUUSSKILLINGS IN TIMES
SQUARE?
SEVENTY-THREE CANDLES WERE PLACED
ON THEM.
AND IT’S HIS BBIIRRTTHHDDAAYYTOMORROW.
...WHICH SUGGESTS KLESA HAS AN EEXXTTEENNDDEEDD LLIIFFEESSPPAANN
WHEREBY OONNEE OF HIS YEARS IS THE EQUIVALENT TO ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF OURS.
SO THE MURDERS TAKE
PLACE EVERY ONE HUNDRED ANDFIFTY YEARS...
THAT’S AS FAR BACK AS THE
RECORDS GO.
THE MURDERER WAS NEVER CAUGHT.
COLOURS
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COLOURS
PATMILLS
VINCELOCKE
ANNIE PARKHOUSE
CHRISBLYTHE
BIRTHDAY BOY b
IN 1680, THREE ‘BAWDS’ _ CCHHEERRUUBBIINN
DDIIBBAALLLL, LLOOVVEEWWEELLLL NNEEWWHHAAMM AND CCHHAASSTTIISSEEMMEENNTT BBRROOWWNN _ WERE
MURDERED IN LONGACRE SQUARE, ITS ORIGINAL
NAME.
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WHAT ABOUT
PPRREE--CCOOLLOONNIIAALLTIMES?
WELL, THERE’RE ONLY
INDIAN MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF NEW
YORK.
\ CAN LOOK AT THEM IF YOU WANT,
BUT _
GO AHEAD.
IT SAYS HERE BBRROOAADDWWAAYY IS AN
OLD INDIAN PATH: THE WWIICCKKQQUUAASSGGEECCKK
TTRRAAIILL.
‘THERE’S A STORY OFHOW THREE YOUNG
SQUAWS WERE TAKENTHERE AND SSAACCRRIIFFIICCEEDD
BY AN ‘’IMMORTAL’’.’
THE INDIANS BELIEVE A
CCRROOSSSSRROOAADDSSIS A STILL-POINT IN THE FABRIC OF
TIME, WHERE‘IMMORTALS’ CAN
ENTER OUR WORLD.
THE PLACE WHERE IT CROSSED ANOTHER TRAIL TO FORM TTIIMMEESS SSQQUUAARREE WAS REGARDED AS A ‘PLACE
OF EVIL’.
WHY?
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I’M GOING DOWN INTO OLD NEWYORK. TELL ME
MORE ABOUT THESE ‘IMMORTALS’ ON
THE WAY.
DEBORRA, KRITON _ DREDD. MEET ME IN THE
BIKE POOL.
ACCORDING TO THE INDIANS, MANHATTAN
ISLAND WAS ONCE KNOWN AS ‘MMAANN--AA--HHAATT--TTAA ’: ‘THE
GARDEN OF HEAVEN’, INHABITED BY A RACE
OF IMMORTALS.
RUN THAT PAST ME
AGAIN.MEGA-
CITY ONE STANDS ON THE GGAARRDDEENN
OOFF HHEEAAVVEENN??
THEY SENT IN
THE JJUUDDGGEESS.
SO WHAT DID THE LORDS
DO?
‘THE ANGER OF THELORDS WAS HOT
AGAINST THEM BUTTHE IMMORTALS DID
NOT HEARKEN TOTHEIR WARNINGS.’
AND THEIR EVIL
WAYS ANGERED THE SSTTAARR LLOORRDDSS ,
WHO CREATED THEM...
IT WAS A LLOONNGG TIME AGO,
DREDD.
I’VE HEARD IT CALLED MANY NAMES,
BUT NEVER TTHHAATTBEFORE.
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THEIR LEADER,JJUUDDGGEE ZZAALLAA ,
WAS RENOWNEDFOR HIS
SEVERITY. HE ORDERED THE IMMORTALS TO HAVE THEIR
LIFESPAN RREEDDUUCCEEDD TO
ONE THOUSANDYEARS.
THOSE WHOREFUSED, ‘HEDELIVEREDUNTO THEM
THE WRATH OFTHE LORDS’.
RECKON HE’S OVERDUE FOR
DDEELLIIVVEERRAANNCCEE.
SO KLESA
ESCAPED, HUH?
TTIIMMEESS SSQQUUAARREE IS DIRECTLY BELOW US,
DREDD.
DURING THE GGRREEAATTTTRRIIBBUULLAATTIIOONN , ‘MANYWERE DDEELLIIVVEERREEDDAND THERE WAS
MUCH LAMENTING’.
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WELCOME TO WHERE TIME STANDS STILL...
NEVER MIND. OLD
TWENTIETH-CENTURY SONG.
BUT WHY COMMIT
MURDER ON HIS BIRTHDAY?
BBOOOOFFBBOONNGGEERR..
PIMP FOR SLABWALKERS
WHO WAIT OUTSIDE THECUBES LOOKING FOR
BUSINESS.
...MAYBE HIS VICTIMS’
BBIIOO--EENNEERRGGYY ENABLES HIM TO MAKE CONTACT
WITH ANCIENT AMERICA.
IF TIMES SQUARE IS A
MEETING OF ALLTIMES...
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SHANDALEER.
SHE MUST HAVE BROUGHT BONGER
WITH THEM FOR PROTECTION...
TTAAKKEEHHIIMM!!
MMAANNYYUUNNHHAAPPPPYYRREETTUURRNNSS,,KKLLEESSAA!!
AND DID YOU MAKE AWWIISSHH?
DID YOU BLOW OUT THE CANDLES,
DREDD?
SHE HAD NO IDEA
WHO SHE WAS DEALING WITH.
NEXT PROG FIRE IN THE RUINS!
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HOLLAND! WE CAN’TDIVERT IT! AND IF WESHOOT IT - IT’LL TAKE
US ALL OUT!
THE BOMB’SGOING TO TAKEOUT THE ENTIRE
CAMP!
IT WAS WORTH A TRY, CHAPMAN. AT
LEAST WE’LL TAKE OUTTHE BASTARD WHEN
WE GO UP.
DON’T BE SONEGATIVE. WE’RE
NOT FINISHED YET. \HAVE A PLAN.
\’M SORRY THAT \ TREATED YOU SOBADLY, HOLLAND.YOU’RE A GOOD OFFICER AND ADAMNED GOOD MANTO HAVE BESIDE YOU IN A FIGHT.
AND FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH,\’M SORRY ABOUTKEESTER. \ KNOWTHAT YOU BOTH HADSOME KIND OF ABOND. BUT \ HADTO KILL HIM.
YEAH, THAT’S THEPROBLEM. YOU SEE, \HATE DOING THOSE SORTOF THINGS, SO \’M GOINGTO HAVE TO SAVE YOUINSTEAD.
CHAPMAN, IT DOESN’T MATTERNOW. JUST GET SOME DISTANCE.AND IF YOU’RE ABLE TO, PASS ON MY LOVE AND REGRETS TO MY FAMILY.
CHAPMAN TO LIONHEART. FARROW,IT’S NOT WORKING. THE REPULSORSARE TOO WEAK TO AFFECT IT. AND
\’VE GOT NO WEAPONS -
- SO \’M GOING TO RAM IT, SET IT OFF BEFORE IT
HITS THE PLANET. AND, YES, \ KNOWIT’S SUICIDE, BUT IT’S ME OR AN
ENTIRE PLANET. GET TO A SAFE DISTANCE.
PULL BACK! GETSOME SPACE
BETWEEN US ANDCHAPMAN!
RECALL ALLFIGHTERS! CLEAR
THAT BLASTAREA!
PART FIFTEEN
TONY LEE
JON DAVIS-HUNT
ELLIE DEVILLE
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LIONHEART TO ALL WAVES - RETREATTO A SAFE DISTANCE!REPEAT, PULL BACK
NOW!
CHAPMAN - GETAWAY. PULL INTO THEUPPER ATMOSPHERE,
ANYTHING.
YOU CAN’T SAVE US - BUT
AT LEAST ONE OFSTALAG 666’S LASTINMATES WILL HAVE
SURVIVED.
YEAH, \’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT.
HOW YOU SAID \ WAS ACOWARD AND A BORN
SURVIVOR, ALWAYS OUT FOR MYSELF -
- AND \ DECIDEDTHAT \ DON’T LIKE
THAT BEING THELAST THOUGHT
YOU HAVE OF ME.
COME ON,YOU HUNKOF JUNK!TURN!
CHAPMAN!DAMN YOU, GET TO
SAFETY!
GET TO THELIONHEART!
SORRY - NO CAN DO. \’MTHE ONLY SHIP WITHIN RANGEAND IF \ DON’T DO THIS,YOU’LL ALL DIE.
HEY, \’M BEING CHASED BY SNAKE FIGHTERS.
POOR BUGGERS DON’TKNOW WHAT’S ABOUT TO
HIT THEM!
GOODBYE, HOLLAND.SEEMS LIKE \ WAS THE
BIG GODDAMNHERO ALL
ALONG.SORRY
YOU DIDN’T GETTO DO THISYOURSEL-
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