In a shocking move recently appointed Judge-Marshal Joe Dredd handed in his gun, badge and helmet after failing to capture bad-lands gang leader Butch Carmody.

But it was all a trick to bait and trap Carmody. Dredd who faked his own death recently to capture a corrupt Judge back in Megacity One once again showed subterfuge is one of the Judges greatest weapons.

Speaking in the minor complaints court Dredd was heard to say “If I have to listen to one more stupid case I’ll flip my helmet!”

Story: The Oxygen Desert
Appears: 2000AD Prog 48 – 49
Issues: 2
Writers: John Wagner
Art: Ian Gibson
Dated: 21 January 1978 to 28 January 1978