Tales from the Black Museum

"Welcome, friends, to the Black Museum, where every item is unique, and has a story all of its own! Granted, many of those stories are suspect at best — often because I make them up myself on the quiet days — but this one, as far as I can tell, is one hundred per cent completely true! (Except for the parts that I sort of had to guess at.) "

Tales from the Black Museum is a strip from the Judge Dredd Megazine, co-created by John Wagner. 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.

Some contributors

 * David Baillie
 * Simon Bowland
 * Michael Carroll
 * Rufus Dayglo
 * Ellie De Ville
 * Al Ewing
 * Tony Lee
 * Graham Manley
 * Dean Ormston
 * Annie Parkhouse
 * Nick Percival
 * Graeme Neil Reid
 * John Smith
 * Simon Spurrier
 * John Wagner
 * Alec Worley
 * Arthur Wyatt