Thrill-Power countdown #7: Judge Dredd Annual 1985

What is the best thing about the Judge Dredd 1985 annual? There are a few to choose from.

Is it the way you could go through the Arms Buyers Almanac 2106 and pick out what heavy sci-fi guns and equipment (as rendered by Ian Gibson) you would buy if you had a few spare hundred creds?

Is it the reminder that a nuclear bomb could go off at any moment in Mega-City One and hundreds of thousands of people can die in horrific fire, and it's all part of a short one-off story? 

Is it the reappearance of Judge Giant's first and last air-strike, one of the most action-packed panels in all early Dredd?

Is it more of our man Gibson on Judge Anderson?

Is it the idea that the mutated killer Cursed Earth spiders of an earlier Dredd era just were not big enough, so Dredd now has to face off against GIANT mutated killer Cursed Earth spiders?

Is it the stark red of the cover, one of Carlos Ezquerra finest?

Is it the fatties literally eating an entire vehicle in the finest example of competitive eating?

No, of course not. It's this caption from the fatties story, which as recently noted on the Tearoom of Despair, is truly one of the greats:

Sometimes a great story needs a brilliant artist, or a terrific twist. Sometimes it just needs to point out how fucking stupid human beings can be.