Dredd Rules!
#8
(April 1992)
Fleetway/Quality,
1991 Series
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD; 1.75 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- S.Q.P. Inc
- Brand
- Fleetway/Quality
- Barcode
- 9770964091000 06
- Editing
- ?
The Little U-Front Disaster
Judge Dredd / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Judge Dredd; Dermot Wrasse
- Synopsis
- Dermot Wrasse's four-year-old son makes his father some heated underwear. The underwear malfunctions, setting off a chain of accidents that kill 19 people.
- Reprints
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from 2000 AD (Fleetway Publications, 1987 series) #641 (26 August 1989)
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- Keywords
- underwear
The Amazing Ant-Man
Judge Dredd / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Judge Dredd; Henry Pymm
- Synopsis
- Dredd is tracking a drug dealer and gets involved with giant man-eating mutant ants.
- Reprints
- from 2000 AD (Fleetway Publications, 1987 series) #640 (19 August 1989)
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- Keywords
- ants; drugs; mutants
Indexer Notes
The man who controls the giant ants is named Henry Pymm.
Playaday
Judge Dredd / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from 2000 AD (Fleetway Publications, 1987 series) #642 (2 September 1989)
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Indexer Notes
An adulterous love triangle involving the three hosts of a kiddie show is accidentally revealed on-camera, with the principals acting out the resulting domestic dispute on a kids' level. My description doesn't do this one justice.
Curse of the Spider Man
Judge Dredd / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Judge Dredd; Dr. J.J. Clamp; Dilip
- Synopsis
- Dilip is told he has contracted the spider virus, which will turn him into a spider. He tries to avoid the fate by committing suicide, but keeps failing.
- Reprints
- from 2000 AD (Fleetway Publications, 1987 series) #639 (12 August 1989)
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- Keywords
- suicide; virus
Kirby's Demon
Judge Dredd / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Judge Dredd; Mr. Kirby; Mrs. Kirby; Jack Kirby; Ms. Glenda Marks
- Synopsis
- Mr. and Mrs. Kirby's son, Jack, has a pet demon, but only he can see it. He gets violent when others deny seeing it.
- Reprints
- from 2000 AD (Fleetway Publications, 1987 series) #638 (5 August 1989)
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- Keywords
- axe; demon; insanity
Indexer Notes
The obvious tie-in is with Jack Kirby and his Demon character, but it's only in the names, not the images. The building the Kirbys live in is named Matt Wagner.
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Table of Contents
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[The Little U-Front Disaster]
Judge Dredd -
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The Little U-Front Disaster
Judge Dredd -
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The Amazing Ant-Man
Judge Dredd -
3.
Playaday
Judge Dredd -
4.
Curse of the Spider Man
Judge Dredd -
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Kirby's Demon
Judge Dredd -
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[The Little U-Front Disaster]
Judge Dredd
This issue was modified by, among others
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Derek Reinhard
- Jim Van Dore
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