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THE SMALL HOUSE CLEANING HOUSE! JUDGE DREDD AND HIS TEAM OF HAND-PICKED ALLIES FINALLY TAKE ON THE NEFARIOUS Judge Smiley, Mega-City One’s behind-the- scenes manipulator – but who will be left standing at the end? And with tensions with Chief Judge Hershey at breaking point, has Dredd finally met his match? Written by modern Judge Dredd master Rob Williams (Roy of the Rovers, Doctor Who, WILLIAMS Suicide Squad) with stunning art from Henry Flint (Shakara, Silver Surfer), The Small House is the critically-acclaimed and fan-lauded Judge Dredd tale which sent shockwaves g through the universe and which Mark Millar FLINT called “one of the best runs ever”! THE SMALL HOUSE g UK £9.99 US $12.99 CAN $17.99 ROB WILLIAMS HENRY FLINT FC (THE SMALL HOUSE) PB.indd 1 14/06/2019 09:52 THERE IS A HOUSE, YOU KNOW. AND IT HAS A SMALL NO DOORS. HOUSE. THERE IS NO WAY IN... ...AND NO WAY OUT. BUT SOMEONE LIVES THERE... SHHH. OUR LITTLE... 2323 P.22-84 (THE SMALL HOUSE).indd 23 03/06/2019 17:23 ‘...SECRET.’ CAN YOU SEE HIM? FRANK, \ SINO-CIT _ SAID CAN YOU SEE HIM? HANG ABOUT... BIT BUSYYYYYY... AH! AH! ...DIRTY FRANK DONE A TOILET. FOCUS, GRUD? DAMMIT! IS THAT YOU? 24 P.22-84 (THE SMALL HOUSE).indd 24 03/06/2019 17:23 SINO-CIT FORCES ARE SHUTTING DOWN DIRTY SPACEPORTS, BORDERS... FRANK LOOKS. ANY WAY OUT OF THE AND LO... CITY. THERE’S A RIOT AT THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING. THE ENERGY SIGNATURE _ HAVE HE CAN YOU STILL GOT IT, HIDE. IF HE’S FRANK? INVISIBLE HE CAN HIDE. YES... OOOF! HE’S STILL NEAR... THE SIGNAL’S MOVING AT THE SAME VELOCITY YOU ARE. ONE OF THE ROADSTERS! LOOK AT THE ROADSTERS! ANNNNND HE’S JUST MELTED ...A THROUGH THE GHOST. ROOF. \ TELL YOU LADS, IT’S A GOOD JOB DIRTY FRANK HAS A FIRM GRASP OF HIS OWN MENTAL FACULTIES OR _ SAVE IT. THE CREEP JUST ASSASSINATED A FUTURE SINO CHIEF JUDGE. 25 P.22-84 (THE SMALL HOUSE).indd 25 03/06/2019 17:23 YOU THEY’D BEEN LOOKING FOR SO LONG FOR ...AND IN KNOW WHAT THE ENCELADUS ENERGY SIGNATURE. SAM OTHER THEY’VE DONE, HAD WRITTEN A PROGRAM THAT PATCHED CITIES. FRANK. INTO SIGNAL ARRAYS IN MEGA-CITY ONE... YOU KNOW WHO GAVE HIM THE ORDER. TAKE HIM. YES. A COVERT ACTION. UNAUTHORISED... IF HERSHEY KNEW... OOOHH DROKKK... EVENTUALLY. IF HERSHEY KNEW THAT WOULD NEED A LOT OF THINGS... DEALING WITH. TRACER ON! 26 P.22-84 (THE SMALL HOUSE).indd 26 03/06/2019 17:23 STEALTH UNITS. OPERATING THE STEALTH JUDGES OUTSIDE OF OFFICIAL JUSTICE HAD GONE QUIET SINCE DEPARTMENT PURVIEW. THEY KNEW HE WAS ON TO THEM, WHEN THEY KNEW HE HAD THE READINGS TO A CREEP THE ENCELADUS ENERGY... ASSASSINATIONS... WAS A POKING THE POLITICAL CREEP. DIRECTION OF CERTAIN STATES, INCLUDING MC-1... BUT THAT WAS JUST EVEN AN WORDS. INVISIBLE SOMEONE, REMOVING ONE. PIECES FROM THE CHESS BOARD... SOMEONE MURDER. THEY’D BEEN CHASING THAT’S ALL FOR A VERY LONG TIME... IT WAS. <HALT OR WE SHOOT!> ALIVE NO NO WAY NO WAY THIS TIME, DOORS. IN... OUT. DAMMIT! WE NEED HIM ALIVE! OI, OI! GHOSTY! 27 P.22-84 (THE SMALL HOUSE).indd 27 03/06/2019 17:23 CALM YOUR UMMM... HOW DIRTY CAPACIOUS CHIN, FRANK IS GOING TO GET OUT OF SINO-CIT DO YOU JOSEPH. WITHOUT ANYONE HAVE KNOWING MAY BE HIM? TELL IT ANOTHERRRALL WORKED! IT RIGHT SINO-JUDGES? SAM THAT IT HOW’S TRICKS? STOP WORKED. ACTUALLY _ POINTING THE GUNS! \ SAID STOP _ NO ONE JUDGE CAN KNOW, FRANK. DREDD? NO ONE. A IS THIS WHAT IT’D WORD. COME TO? SHOOT AND ARREST AND BEAT EVERYTHING DOWN FOR SO LONG DREDD? UNTIL THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT? NOTHING LEFT TO HURT BUT... ONE MORE STEP. ONE SLOW, TIRED MOVEMENT. CHIPPING AWAY. CHIPPING AWAY AT... EVERYTHING HE’D EVER STOOD FOR. 28 P.22-84 (THE SMALL HOUSE).indd 28 03/06/2019 17:23.