It is a dark period in Mega-City One's history. The tyrannical Judge Cal (like Caligula), at the head of the dreaded Special Judicial Section, uses all means available to him - pressure, blackmail, or physical elimination of any protest - to seize the title of Supreme Judge! Assisted by an army of alien mercenaries and having appointed his redfish as his right arm, the only creature beyond suspicion in his eyes, he also managed to have Judge Dredd accused of murder to tighten his iron embrace on the city. But Dredd, a refugee in hiding, set up an army of loyal citizens and judges to try to overthrow the mad tyrant... This second great saga by Juudge Dredd explores once again Mega-City One's delusional universe! The tone is now found: action, unbridled SF and caustic humour, the saga of the Judge Cal has since its publication pushed down the nail and helped make Juudge Drredd the leading character of British comics at the edge of the 1980s.