Sunday, February 18, 2007

28 Days of 2000 AD #18: Daily Star Dredd Pt. 6

DAILY STAR DREDD: THE BLACKWOOD INCIDENT • WEEK SIX

Day One

1. Dredd jumps forward and grabs his Lawgiver from Franz's grasp.

BOX:
1998, BLACKWOOD, USA. DREDD IS TRYING TO STOP A TIME IMPLOSION THAT COULD DESTROY ETERNITY!

DREDD:
GOT IT!


2. Dredd trains his Lawgiver on 20th Century cops Franz and Smits.

DREDD:
I'VE WASTED ENOUGH TIME, THANKS TO YOU TWO.

Link:
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF LAWS YOU ENFORCE BUT YOU WOULDN'T LAST LONG IN MEGA-CITY ONE!


3. Dredd throws a pair of cuffs to Smits. Coster is off to one side, nervous.

DREDD:
PUT THESE CUFFS ON MY PRISONER. HE'S GOT A LOT TO ANSWER FOR IN THE FUTURE!



Day Two

1. Dredd talks to Mortimer. In the background Smits is cuffing Coster.

DREDD:
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

MORT:
I WENT TO SOME SCIENCE LAB IN THE FUTURE. THERE WAS A WOMAN THERE, PROFESSOR COSTER.


2. Franz watches as Mortimer explains to Dredd.

MORT:
SHE GAVE ME A MESSAGE FOR YOU. SHE BELIEVES YOU'RE CAUGHT IN A TEMPORAL PARADOX.


3. Just Mort and Dredd.

MORT:
IF YOU STOP THE TIME IMPLOSION, THE FUTURE WILL BE CHANGED FOREVER.

DREDD:
BUT IF I DON'T, THE TIME IMPLOSION COULD CONSUME ALL OF HISTORY!



Day Three

1. Franz approaches Dredd and Mortimer. Dredd consults his countdown.

FRANZ:
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, TIME IMPLOSION?

DREDD:
A FIRESTORM THAT WILL CONSUME EVERYTHING IN A THREE-MILE RADIUS - IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES!


2. Dredd shakes Mortimer by the shoulders for more info.

DREDD:
THERE MUST BE A WAY OUT OF THIS! WHAT ELSE DID PROFESSOR MORTIMER TELL YOU IN 2120?

MORT:
SHE SAID THE ANSWER WAS IN YOUR LAWMASTER'S ON-BOARD COMPUTER, WHATEVER THAT IS...


3. Cut to Dredd astride his Lawmaster, looking at the computer screen.

MORT (off):
LOOK UP THE BLACKWOOD INCIDENT. YOU NEED A SPECIAL PASSWORD - DOOMSDAY!



Day Four

1. Franz talks to Smits and Mortimer in foreground. In the background, Dredd is accessing the Blackwood files on his Lawmaster bike computer.

BOX:
"WHILE JUDGE DREDD ACCESSED FILES ABOUT THE BLACKWOOD INCIDENT, I TALKED TO THE COPS..."

FRANZ:
SO NOBODY WAS WEARING SILVER?


2. Mort shrugs, Franz looks a little happier. Dredd approaches in b/g.

MORT:
NO, THEY JUST HAD NORMAL CLOTHES.

FRANZ:
GOOD. IN TV SHOWS ABOUT THE FUTURE, EVERYONE ALWAYS HAS WEAR SILVER. I HATE SILVER!


3. Dredd asks a questions, unsurprisingly grim-faced.

DREDD:
WHAT'S THE DATE? YOUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT!



Day Five

1. Dredd explains the final pieces of the plot to Franz, Smits and Mortimer.

FRANZ:
THE DATE? IT'S 12:54 A.M. ON JULY 27TH, 1998.

DREDD:
THAT SETTLES IT - YOU'VE GOT SIX MINUTES LEFT TO EVACUATE THIS AREA BEFORE TIME IMPLODES!


2. Dredd holds up the teleporter prototype he has been using.

DREDD:
ACCORDING TO FUTURE HISTORY, THIS UNSTABLE DEVICE WILL SELF DESTRUCT AT ONE A.M.

Link:
THE FIRESTORM WILL WIPE OUT EVERYTHING FOR MILES, LEAVING A BLACKENED, PETRIFIED FOREST.


3. Dredd gestures at the forest around them.

DREDD:
THIS AREA - THE BLACKWOOD STATE PARK - IS ABOUT TO BECOME A RADIOACTIVE WASTELAND!



Day Six

1. Franz and Smits are in their cop car, with Mortimer in the back seat. Franz jabs a thumb at the handcuffed, who sits unhappily by Dredd's bike.

FRANZ:
DREDD, WHAT ABOUT YOUR PRISONER?

DREDD:
HE'S GOT CRIMES TO ANSWER IN THE YEAR 2120.


2. Mortimer leans out a passenger window, gives Dredd the teleporter.

MORT:
YOU'LL NEED THIS TO GET BACK TO YOUR FUTURE.

DREDD:
THANKS. NOW GET GOING!


3. Car speeds off. Dredd holds up time device in foreground. It reads 03:00.

DREDD:
ONLY THREE MINUTES LEFT!

TO BE CONCLUDED...

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