Wetworks (Judge Dredd novel)

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Wetworks
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Author Dave Stone
Cover artist Steve Sampson
Series Judge Dredd
GenreScience fiction
Set in 2117
Publisher Virgin Books
Publication date
February 1995
Pages256
ISBN 0-352-32975-0
Preceded by Silencer  
Followed by Dredd Vs Death  

Wetworks (1995) is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction comic strip Judge Dredd . It is Stone's third Judge Dredd novel.

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Synopsis

A massive conspiracy to change the world for ever requires the assassination of 3,600 people every day, and Judge Dredd is targeted for murder. Blinded by his would-be killer, he must save the world without his sight.

Continuity

The unnamed female assassin who blinds Dredd first appeared in Culling Crew, a one-off comic strip story in the 1994 Judge Dredd Mega-Special by Dave Stone and Steve Sampson. She would return over ten years later in Stone's Armitage strips in the Judge Dredd Megazine.


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