Tales from the Black Museum

Tales from the Black Museum is a strip from the Judge Dredd Megazine. The format is similar to that of Tharg's Future Shocks, but each tale centres around an exhibit from Justice Department's Black Museum, where the judges of Mega-City One store mementoes and curios connected with notorious law-breakers from the city's long and eventful history. (The judges seem to have a grudging respect for at least some criminals, possibly because the more spectacular ones display an inventiveness and initiative that the ordinary citizen lacks. However, the Black Museum also serves as a salutary reminder of the judges' power and past victories.) Each tale is narrated by the Museum's curator, Henry Dubble, a cadaverous man who seems rather too fond of his job and looks like he should be an exhibit himself. Still, it takes all sorts to make a Mega-City.

Contributors include:

 * Simon Bowland
 * Ellie De Ville
 * Annie Parkhouse
 * John Smith
 * John Wagner (the format's co-creator)
 * Alec Worley