Judge Dredd #12
In "Attention, Judge Dredd est de retour !", the relentless Judge Dredd faces his most personal threat yet: Rico, his long-imprisoned clone and former partner, returns from Titan’s penal colony after two decades. Written by Pat Mills and illustrated with gritty precision by Mike McMahon—both inks and pencils—this 1985 issue sets a tense, high-stakes stage for a showdown between brother and judge, with the cover by Mike McMahon capturing the moment’s raw intensity.
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Judge Dredd's identical clone, his "brother" Rico, returns from the penal colony on Titan, where he has served a 20-year sentence for corruption and murder. Now he seeks revenge on Dredd, who turned him in. In the subsequent gunfight, Judge Dredd draws faster and Rico is killed.
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