Do you remember the days when the sight of a technologically enhanced human gave you a thrill of pleasure? Well, those days are gone. With wearable tech a modern staple it’s hard not to want to punch out a hipster on a bluetooth skateboard as he weaves in front of you on Karangahape Road. What would Burdis do?
DATELINE:
May 2101 (Progs 111-112).
WHO’S RESPONSIBLE?:
John Wagner throws together an OK script and Ron Smith pulls off some substandard fare.
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT (IN ONE SENTENCE)?:
Dredd deals with a gang of power suited robbers and a civil rights group.
WHO’S THAT IN THE HELMET?:
Chief Judge Jurgen Griffin rolls over like a little bitch.
ANY LAW LORE?:
Dredd has strong opinions on liberal attitudes towards criminals, showing he isn’t ready for those tight boots just yet.
IT’S CULTURAL, INNIT?:
Do gooder Marjorie Blackshack is almost certainly a nod to sky daddy advocate and clean up campaigner Mary Whitehouse. White House= Black Shack- geddit?
ANY TEETHING TROUBLES?:
When Dredd commands the power suited criminals to stop he is shaking a fist at them instead of blowing them away.
The CCCC are taken away in a MC police van that looks very dated.
WHAT THE DROKK?:
The robotic bank manager appears to have cigars in a dispenser, but these are illegal outside of the Smokatorium.
There is a huge difference in physical size between not only Dredd and Blackshack, but also Blackshack and her kidnapper.
WHAT’S THE ART LIKE?:
The art is quite bad in this strip (see above) so Smith is still having a few glitches adapting to his tenure on the strip.
HOW MANY LINKS?:
We’re slowly seeing the development of the Department from a friendly band of super cops to the kind of people who will seek justice at any cost. Three links for that transition.
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