NAME: 4 -FIRST PUBLISHEDProg 215DATELINE6 June 81This prog also featuredand, alongside a Star Pin-Up of Tharg and all behind acover by Brian Bolland.PAGE COUNTREPRINTS27,20,2,Book 2 andSYNOPSISDredd takes on a pair of contract killers.FIRSTS & LASTSFirst of theto be a single part. Last of theto be a single part.INFORMATIONIn Mega-City One, Grover Cleveland Block is poor quality housing, Mark Clark Block is thought to be worse and Sir Kenneth Clarke Block is part of a new upcity development and considered much better accommodation. Mega-City One has a housing committee responsible for moving people out of slum housing. It's rare to see a human delivering things door-to-door in Mega-City One, it's work usually performed by robots.Contract murder is also known as blitz, wipe-out, hit, big whack, among others. Organised contract killers are known as a blitz agency or 'blitzers'. All 'blitzers' are equipped with emotion-sensitive self-destruct devices or 'suicide boxes'. Conspiracy in a blitz agency murder carries a sentence of fifteen years in an iso-cube.Munce can be fried.Kneepads come in different grades.JUDGE DREDDHe is called to the Lumly's home following the assassination of Teddington Lumly. He is present when an attempt is made on the life of Reeta Lumly. He intervenes and shoots a Blitzer dead. He arrests Reeta for her own safety.OTHER CHARACTERSREETA AND TEDDINGTON LUMLYA jobless couple that rent poor quality housing in Grover Cleveland Block who upon being informed that they are expected to move into Mark Clark Block decide to commit suicide. They can't go through with it and they elect instead to spend their life savings taking a contract out on their own lives. They then discover that they are due to be moved to Sir Kenneth Clarke Block instead and that Teddington has successfully found employment as a kneepad grader, but at that moment the blitz agency strikes and he is killed. Reeta calls in the Judges. Dredd finds Reeta Lumly guilty of conspiracy in a blitz agency murder which carries a sentence of fifteen years in an iso-cube. He commutes that sentence in exchange for assistance in finding her husband's killer. When she discovers that the contract is still open and her life is still under threat, she insists upon serving it.CHARLIEBlitz Agency killer that Teddington Lumly contracted to kill him and his wife.ARRESTSOne. Dredd finds Reeta Lumly guilty of conspiracy in a blitz agency murder which carries a sentence of fifteen years in an iso-cube. He commutes that sentence in exchange for assistance in finding her husband's killer, but she insists upon serving it for her own safety.DEATHSTwo. Teddington Lumly is shot dead by a Blitz Agency Killer and a 'Blitzer' called Salinas shot dead by Dredd.BEST LINESBlitzer: "There's more than one way to fry munce!"WORST LINESBig WhackCATCHPHRASESNone.CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERSNone.INFLUENCES & REFERENCESGrover Cleveland Block is named after Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837–1908) the 22nd and 24th president of the United States of America, the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (1885–1889 and 1893–1897). Sir Kenneth Clarke Block is named after Sir Kenneth Clarke (1903-1983) British historian and television presenter. Mark Clark Block is presumably named after a Mark Clark, but which one?MISTAKESNot necessarily a mistake, but why is Charlie so scaly?RETROSPECTNone.NOTESNone.CREDITSScript: T. B. GroverArtist: Ron SmithLetters: Tom FrameREVIEWThe artwork is great, the idea compelling and the script drives the story along well. This is the most engaging suicide attempt I can think of.The End