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.

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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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