Appearing in "Judge Dredd: Anatomy of a Crime"[]
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- Big Lard Ringner, a fatty
- Joanne Jones, Bub's wife
Villains:
- Bub 'Jellybelly' Jones
Other characters:
- A shopkeeper
Location:
Items:
- Ten packets of flabbon (bought by Lard Ringner)
- Bag full of shopping (used to break a window by Bub Jones)
Vehicles:
- Dredd's Lawmaster
Synopsis for "Judge Dredd: Anatomy of a Crime"[]
Would-be Fatty of the Year Bub Jones starts committing crimes because he feels frustrated and hopeless, as he is too poor to afford flabbon (a weight-inducer taxed at 1000 creds per pack).
Appearing in "The Mean Machine Goes to Town!"[]
Writer:
Artist:
Letterer:
- Potter
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
Villains:
- All of the above characters
Other characters:
- Texas City Judges and bank staff
Locations:
- The Cursed Earth
- Texas City
Items:
- Mean's cake
- A box of Mutie Tray, Mean's favourite synthi-chox
Vehicles:
- Hijacked taxi
Synopsis for "The Mean Machine Goes to Town!"[]
It's Mean Angel's 21st birthday. Pa tells him that his present is in a safety deposit box in a Texas City bank. Mean steals the present (a box of his favourite synthi-chox) and is arrested. This, the narrator reveals, was Pa's plan all along. "As Pa Angel always says — a boy ain't a man less'n he's done time!"
Appearing in "Walter the Wobot, Fwiend of Dwedd: Woad to Wuin"[]
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Supporting characters:
- Rowena the waitress robot
Villains:
- The Robo-Riffs, a nomadic band of renegade robots who roam the Cursed Earth spreading havoc, danger and death
Other characters:
- Roger, a robot who falls in love with Rowena
- Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
Locations:
- The Cursed Earth
- Ruin, a small town with a saloon where Rowena and Roger work
Items:
- Walter's synthi-caff (used to escape from his rawhide bonds)
- Explosives (used to bury the Robo-Riffs in a landslide)
Vehicles:
- The Robo-Riffs' cyber-camels
Synopsis for "Walter the Wobot, Fwiend of Dwedd: Woad to Wuin"[]
Walter travels to the town of Ruin in the Cursed Earth to rescue his friend Rowena from her cruel owner. He ends up saving the entire town from some nomadic robot criminals.
Appearing in "Judge Dredd: Judge Whitey"[]
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Villains:
- Whitey and his gang
Other characters:
- Judge Alvin (dies)
Location:
Items:
- Alvin's helmet (worn by Whitey)
- Dredd's Lawgiver
Vehicles:
- Alvin and Dredd's Lawmasters
Synopsis for "Judge Dredd: Judge Whitey"[]
A reprint of Dredd's first ever appearance on 2000 AD prog 2. When a criminal called Whitey makes a mockery of the law by killing a Judge, only one man can stop him: Judge Dredd!
Appearing in "Judge Dredd: The Vampire Effect"[]
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Supporting characters:
- Judge Hackman
- Judge Appleby
- Judge Marconi
Villains:
- A 'vampire' from space
Other characters:
- Professor Dick Parker
- Denizens of the undercity
Locations:
- Mega-City One
- The undercity
Items:
- Xenon gas
- Laser cannon
Vehicles:
- Scavenger IV, a deep space exploration vessel
- Dredd's Lawmaster
- Tour bus
- H-wagons
Synopsis for "Judge Dredd: The Vampire Effect"[]
When a spaceship crashes in Mega-City One, its cargo — a deadly alien organism that feeds on energy — is released. How can the Judges stop a creature that grows stronger every time they shoot it?
Appearing in "Max Normal, the Pinstripe Freak (He's Dredd's Informer!)"[]
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Supporting characters:
Villains:
- People who force droids to fight
Other characters:
- Lionel, who tells Max there's a new sport at Madison Square Garden
- Black Charlie (a droid)
- Red Rooster (a droid)
- Alphonse (Max's dog)
Location:
Items:
- Exploding robot that delivers Max a letter
- Riot foam in Walter's drinks dispensers
Vehicles:
- Dredd's Lawmaster
Synopsis for "Max Normal, the Pinstripe Freak (He's Dredd's Informer!)"[]
With the help of Walter the Wobot, Max busts an illegal droid-fighting ring.
Appearing in "Judge Dredd: The Brotherhood of Darkness]]"[]
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Supporting characters:
- The mayor's son
- Other captives
Villains:
- The Brotherhood of Darkness
Other characters:
- Control
Locations:
Items:
- Roasted giant praying mantis
- Dredd's Lawgiver
Vehicles:
- Dredd's Lawmaster
- The mutants' trucks
Synopsis for "Judge Dredd: The Brotherhood of Darkness]]"[]
Another reprinted story from the early days of Dredd's strip, which shows him rescuing the mayor's son from a group of evil mutants.
Appearing in "Judge Dredd: Mega-City Rumble"[]
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Artist:
Letterer:
Featured characters:
Supporting characters:
- Other Judges
Villains:
Other characters:
- Clem Atwell
- Gilbert Filbert
Locations:
- John Wayne block
- Jimmy Clitheroe block
- Sam Snead block
- Benny Hill block
- Indira Ghandi block
- Linda Carter block
Items:
- Spit guns
- Explosive
Vehicles:
- Lawmasters
Synopsis for "Judge Dredd: Mega-City Rumble"[]
A block war kills at least 201,000 people.
Notes[]
Also contains:
- A Justice Department data file on Otto Sump
- TV host Frank Brash interviewing Judge Dredd for MCTV
- A quiz from the back of a synthi-flakes packet
- The Angel family album
- 'Je Suis La Loi!' (a piece about foreign translations of 2000 AD strips)
- An edition of The Mega-Times from Thursday, July 21st, 2103 AD
- Desperadoes of the Cursed Earth, a text story by Jack Adrian, illustrated by Dave Gibbons
- A map of the Judge Child Quest
- 'Easy Riders' (a piece about motorcycle movies)
- 'Hall of Infamy!' (a piece about twelve villains who were defeated by Dredd)
- A Justice Department data file on Judge Hershey
- 'Lawmaster Road Test! An arresting report on the bike of the future!'
- 'Ode to Dredd' by Thompson/Smith
- A Justice Department data file on Max Normal
Trivia[]
Published by Fleetway in 1981 (despite the cover date).
Recommended reading[]
The next annual in the series.
Links and references[]
Why not visit the 2000 AD website?