Appearing in "Jinxed!"[]
Title
- 'Jinxed!' (a Judge Dredd story)
Writer
Artist
Colours
Lettering
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Control
- Psi-Div
Villains
- A cursed museum artefact from Necros
Other characters
- Two thieves
- Some fatties
- A helpful dog-owner
Locations
Items
- See villains
Vehicles
- Dredd's Lawmaster bike
Synopsis for "Jinxed!"[]
Judge Dredd attempts to convey a cursed statue that has caused the deaths of all of its owners to Psi-Div. (The thief he took it from fell off a roof.) On the way he has a number of amusing near-death experiences: his bike tries to run him over, he is nearly trampled to death by a fattie fun run, and another thief grabs the statue only to be promptly killed by a falling sky-vehicle. When he borrows a car from a helpful citizen the dogs she was transporting in the back maul him savagely. After surviving a freak zoom-tube accident and defeating a killer robot, an incredibly battered and tattered Dredd finally delivers the artefact to Psi-Div.
Appearing in the 2nd Story[]
Title
- 'The BØDJ Job' (a Robo-Hunter story)
Writer
Artist
Colours
- None
Lettering
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
- Scandinavian robot quartet Bjorn, Olga, Dagmar and Judit
Other characters
- Missing robots E.N.Gi85VN, T.B.Grow-VR, etc
Locations
- The BØDJ department store
Items
- Scented candles
Vehicles
- Robot shopping trolley
- Gemediheløuttavir escape pod
Synopsis for the 2nd Story[]
Sam Slade, Hoagy and Stogie are searching for missing robots in the BØDJ department store (a parody of Ikea). Hoagy, after being distracted by scented candles, is tricked by an evil robot shopping trolley (is there any other kind?) into delivering Sam to the villainous Scandinavian robots Bjorn, Olga, Dagmar and Judit: the eponymous BODJ (a parody of pop group ABBA). They coerce Sam into building their doomsday machine for them (because "we're haffing trouble understanding the assembly instructions"), but he deliberately introduces flaws into the design so that their evil plan is foiled. At the end of the story Sam is left with sixty seconds to construct a self-assembly escape pod before the BØDJ store self-destructs. As he says, "Good thing the 'C' in Sam C. Slade stands for 'capable'."
Appearing in the 3rd Story[]
Title
- 'The Exposé' (one of Tharg's Future Shocks)
Writer
Artist
Colours
- None
Lettering
Featured characters
- Lisa Jensen, investigative journalist
Supporting characters
- Dr Salazar's goons
Villains
- Dr Salazar, robot manufacturer
Other characters
- Companion robots
Locations
- Paradigm Consumer Solutions factory
Items
- Floating spherical recording device
Vehicles
- A tank
Synopsis for the 3rd Story[]
Paradigm Consumer Solutions have invented the 'Companion' robot, which has become humanity's slave. The robots do all the dirty jobs and even fight wars (hence the panel with a tank in), but recently they've been self-terminating and investigative journalist Lisa Jensen wants to know why. She sneaks into the factory and finds a room full of human brains. Dr Salazar, the man in charge (flanked by security goons), explains that the robots are made by growing cloned human brains in tanks, feeding them artificial experiences to keep them happy and then killing them so that the surge of electricity at death (the 'near-death experience' with bright lights and what have you) will transfer the human consciousness to a robot's 'brain'. Lisa Jensen leaves with her recording device and says that "This has been an experience I won't soon forget." Dr Salazar agrees, and Lisa starts to relive their encounter again... and again... Her brain has been put in a tank and fed an 'experience loop' to keep it ticking over while it waits for a robot host.
Appearing in the 4th Story[]
Title
- 'The Calling' (a Durham Red story)
Writer
Artist
Colours
Lettering
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Spyke
Villains
- Deon Stomus
Other characters
- Some random barflies
Locations
- Planet Empusa
Items
- Medi-kit; false teeth
Vehicles
- Prison transport
Synopsis for the 4th Story[]
Durham Red sees an inexperienced bounty hunter called Spyke on the planet Empusa and decides to lend him a hand. Spyke manages to blow up a prison transport but his target, Deon Stomus, shoots him just before dying himself. When Spyke comes round he finds that Durham has patched him up with a medi-kit. She then removes a false row of upper teeth, revealing her elongated needle-sharp canines and her true nature. Spyke protests that she saved his life. Durham explains that she kept him alive, because thanks to him she'd lost all the fresh meat from the prison transport, her meal ticket. After eating him Durham goes to the nearest town to collect the bounty on Deon Stomus, and decides that she might give the old bounty-hunting lark another try. After all, "It's not a job... it's a calling." The story ends with her sauntering into a disreputable pub and requesting a drink.
Appearing in the 5th Story[]
Title
- 'Orlok: Agent of East-Meg One' (a story set in Judge Dredd's continuity)
Writer
Artist
Colours
- None
Lettering
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Chorley
Villains
Other characters
- Judge Bryce
Locations
Items
- Mutie porn
Vehicles
- An underground train
Synopsis for the 5th Story[]
East-Meg secret agent Orlok is in Brit-Cit, receiving information on one of their weapons from a snitch called Chorley whom he has blackmailed. However, Judge Bryce was also blackmailing Chorley, and his officers close in on Orlok as he boards an underground train. Orlok instinctively knows something is wrong, and programmes the train to crash before jumping off it and disappearing. Judge Bryce turns up at Chorley's house to ask how Orlok knew about the sting. Orlok appears behind the judge and kills him. Before killing Chorley too he announces that "I will be kind... they will find your mutie porn on his body, not yours."
Appearing in the 6th Story[]
Title
- 'Dregs of War' (a Rogue Trooper story)
Writer
Artist
Colours
- See above
Lettering
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
- Harvester
Other characters
- A soldier who dies
Locations
- Nu Earth
Items
- See supporting characters
Vehicles
- A helicopter
Synopsis for the 6th Story[]
Rogue, Gunnar, Helm and Bagman down an enemy helicopter before talking to a dying soldier who says they should leave the sector because it isn't safe. When they are searching dead bodies for supplies they are attacked by a 'Harvester' robot that wants to use Rogue's body to make a war-zombie. He fights back, so it sends other war-zombies to attack him. Gunnar shoots a grenade on a war-zombie's belt and all of the undead explode into smithereens. However, the tech in a shattered war-zombie announces that the test has been successful and "full Harvester production" should commence immediately...
Notes[]
Released in 2014 by Rebellion. This was the first issue published since 1996, and the first issue not published by Fleetway.
Trivia[]
It also contained a star scan of Judge Anderson by Fay Dalton, and a star scan of Sláine by Ben Willsher (see the characters' gallery pages).
Recommended reading[]
The follow-up Orlok stories in 2000 AD, by the same creative team.
Links and references[]
- None.