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The Black Museum

**The Black Museum**is where the Judges keep mementos and curios from some of the most infamous criminals of Mega-City One and abroad. 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.

The Black Museum also serves as a salutary reminder of the Judges' power and past victories. The Museum is also the setting for the recurring strip Tales from the Black Museum, a series of one off tales based around one of the exhibits in the Museum hosted by the cadaverous Henry Dubble.

## Exhibits

The museum containts thousands of exhibts, with only the most feindish and iconic itmes on regular display. Items include:

* The cybernetic arm of Mean "Machine" Angel.
* Floating Rock fragments from the Devils Belt.
* Stuffed Devil's Lapdogs.
* The head of a Xenomorph.
* Models based on and the costumes worn by the Dark Judges Death, Fear, Fire and Mortis.
* Sov propoganda posters featureing War-Marshal Kazan.
* Sov-Judge armour.
* Judda  armour and weaponry.
* Stub-Guns.
* The spider badge of Phobia.
* The fused skulls of a bomber and his girlfreind.
* Manequins of Fink Angel and Ratty.
* A manequin of Captin Skank.
* The skeleton of mutant  eco-terrorist Father Earth.
* Various Doomsday Dogs pelts.
* Stuffed Dinosaurs of various species.
* The heart of PJ Maybe.
* The card deck of the man with the Devil's soul.
* A haunted heat-seeker bullet which went on a rampage.
* Radioactive alien jewelry.
* The unifrom of Judge Howard Price.
* A Karpov MF7 Sentinoid witch had gained a conscience.
* A Servo-Droid of the same model as Walter the Wobot.
* Various Sov-Block missiles.
* Stuffed Kleggs.
* A stuffed Klegg Hound.
* A pre-chewed piece of the tasteiest Munce in existence.
* The badge and teeth of a vamparic Judge from a erased timeline.
* An origonal model Judges helmet from before the Atomic Wars.
* Various jarred brains.
* An invisible bullet.
* The body of Judge Anderson encased in Boing with the spirt of Judge Death. (Removed)
* A bust of Judge Feyy.
* Mr. Snuggles the bear.
* A Heartbreaker burger.
* The knife of Edward Bernardo.
* A Gila-Munja tattoo.
* The brain of Judge Cal.
* Mutant skulls.
* Black Plauge spiders.
* Stuffed body of Henry Ford.
* Warped body of a Razorjack Soldier.
Old One Eye

First Appearance
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The Mighty Hag Mother known as **Old One Eye**was a female Tyrannosaurs-Rex that was the mother (and killer) of the black tyrannosaur Satanus.

## Personality

Old One Eye was cruel and viscous, a seething hatred for all, especially humans. She had no problems in killing her own children if they got above themselves either.

## History

During the Cretacious era, Old One Eye gave birth to a pack of young, amongst them being Satanus. As she raised her children, Satanus prooved the most earnest and deadly. Eventually as Old One Eye and Satanus both grew older, her son attempted to kill her so he could be the pack leader. Satanus waited till his mother was in a isolated area before he attempted to kill her, Old One Eye prooved to still be toguh however and after a fight that lasted several hours, Satanus lay at her feet, slowly dying.

Shortly afterwards, Old One Eye took part in the events of the story Flesh!, in which she gatehred an army of dinosaurs to massacre the Trans-Time human settlers.

## Trivia

* Old One Eye origonally appeared in 'Flesh!', which began in prog 1 of 2000AD and ended in prog 19.
* While 'the Cursed Earth' alludes directly to 'Flesh!', its hard to tell if its cannon or not due to it never being refrenced again in any Dredd material. It could be argued the futureistic elements of 'Flesh!' such as Trans-Time and the dinosaur food processing could take place in a later era than Judge Dredd comics are currently set in. Both stories are by Pat Mills.

## Gallery

Old One Eye devours a kill, art by Mike McMahonOld One Eye glares over the body of her son Satanus
Crynge

First Appearance

**Crynge**was a small sphere-like robot that served McIntyre on the planet Circes.

## Personality

Crynge was very polite, referring to everybody by "sir".

## History

Crynge served as an aide to McIntyre, the insane robot computer that ran Circes. When Johnny Alpha and Wulf Sternhammer came to the planet to help McIntyre end his problem with the native Jox, Crynge did all the talking for McIntyre. After Alpha and Wulf realised they had been tricked into killing all the Jox by McIntyre, the two destroyed all of its robot servants before storming McIntyre's room. Instead of destroying the mad machine the elected to take Crynge with them instead, and left McIntyre alone on the ghost planet.
Tweak's Homeworld

Location

**Tweak's Homeworld** is a unnamed planet in the outer reaches of space. Its filled with precious gemstones such as diamonds and rubies.

## History

The planet gave home to Tweak and his species for a great many years. It was in the late 2000's when man came to his planet, fearing man would destroy his home with mining, war and commerce, Tweak allowed himself to be captured by human scientists. Years later after Tweak's rescue from slavery by Judge Dredd he sold half of his planet to Spikes Harvey Rotten, whom he had made friends with, knowing he was sadly going to die in the short future. After Tweak was returned to his home, Judge Dredd made it illegal to land on without a permit.
Fred 1

First Appearance

**Fred 1**was a robot assassin sent by the Moonie Corporation to kill Judge Dredd.

## Personality

Fred 1 was a scheming little machine that would lie to get its target.

## History

Fred 1 was sent by Mr. Moonie to kill the recently instated Marshal, Judge Dredd. Upon being discovered hiding in a wardrobe by Walter the Robot, Fred 1 instinctively sprang into action trying to cut off Dredd's head with an axe. Dredd dogged and grabbed a hold of the pint-sized assassin and questioned him on who hired him, the question however triggered a self destruct code in Fred. Instinctively Dredd tosses Fred through a window just before exploding.
Artie Gruber

First Appearance

**Artie Gruber**was a major antagonist from Harlem Heroes and its sequel series Inferno. Once a sucsesfull Aeroball player, Gruber was accidentally injured by the Heroes' star Giant. Badly wounded, Gruber was brought back and given a new cyborg body at the cost of $8,000,000 and was fuelled only by a blind hatred for Giant. He also appeared to be brain-damaged.

## Personality

Gruber was motivated purely by his hatred for Giant, and would go to any extreme  just to further ruin Giant's life. Whether this meant attempting to light Giant on fire or blowing up his team-mates with explosive balls, Gruber was devoted to his cause. Not that he ever succeeded.

## Abilities

Gruber's body was majorly enhanced due to his cybernetic chasis. He was also a skilled aeroball player which combined with his strength made him a truely deadly force.

## Trivia

* Gruber also appeared in the Harlem Heroes revival series. However this series was written out of cannon and is considerd apocryphal.
* Gruber shows up in a few one-off Tharg stories, including a Christmas special where he goes on a rampage and in Prog 500 where he shows up alongside numerous other classic characters.

## Gallery

Gruber first appearance in Prog 9, art by Dave GibbonsGruber is rebornGruber fires at the Harlem HeroesGruber disguised as Joe Mugglie
Ringo

First Appearance

**Ringo** was a criminal that tried and failed to evade Judge Dredd justice.

## Personality

Ringo was your typical MC-1 perp, low on brains, high on violence and a keen hatred for the judges.

## History

On the day of unavailing the Statue of Justice, Ringo and two others began mugging the sightseers. The trio are imminently caught by Dredd resulting in one being killed and the other injured as Ringo fled. He managed to steal an Air-Taxi and began flying aimlessly, taking pot shots at the statue. Dredd effortlessly pulls out his Lawrod and shoots him down. In an extra cruel end, Ringo gets impaled on on of the Statue of Liberty's spikes as he fell.
Slocum

First Appearance

**Judge Slocum** was the Deputy Head of the SJS, serving under Cal for several years. It's probable but unconfirmed that he became head of the SJS when Cal became the Chief Judge.

## Personality

Slocum was highly corrupt with later stories implying that he helped Cal in mind controlling the Judges. He later realised the mistake that he had made when he saw just how insane Cal really was.

## History

Even before Cal took control of the City, Slocum was seen fuelling his insanity, coming up with a plan to take down the then Chief Judge Goodman after he was being mind controlled by the mutant parasite known as the Monkey. However before the plan was carried out, Dredd saved Goodman and killed the Monkey.

After Cal finally becomes Chief Judge in 2100, Slocum acted as his aide, following his every order. He stages up events so that Judges Glass and Percy would be allowed to live after failing to kill Dredd by dressing them as little girls, claiming it was ordered by Deputy Chief Judge Fish.

He later assassinated Fish under orders of Dredd to stop Cal's alphabetical executions of the citizens. After this Cal's insanity only grew and Slocum began to see the massive mistake he had made in helping Cal achieve his position.

After Cal promotes Dredd's robot Walter to a Judge, Slocum instinctively calls him crazy saying that the entire city knew Walter was completely loyal to Dredd. Because of this Cal later has Slocum paralysed and put in a large glass test-tube where he is pickled alive in vinegar.

## Trivia

* Slocum had his character amalgamated with Judge Quincy in the radio adaptation of The Day the Law Died.
Kansyr

First Appearance

**Kansyr**was a alien criminal whot was responsible for the killing of Johnny Alpha's first partner Sniffer Martinez.

## Personality

Kansyr was a sneaky and cold-blooded crook. He held a long-standing grudge against Alpha for blowing off his hand during their first encounter.

## History

Born on the planet Laz, Kansyr was a criminal who stole a Halugin (a device which creates convincing illusions) to further assist him in his crimes. Strontium Dogs  Johnny Alpha and Sniffer Martinez tracked Kansyr down on Laz and seemingly caught him while his guard was down. However, as Martinez tried to put the cuffs on the alien, he realised it was a illusion, moments before getting shot dead by the real Kansyr. Alpha came through and shot Kansyr's gun hand before taking him to the authorities.

Sadly however, the authorities on Laz didn't see the murder of a Strontium Dog worthy of anything more than a small fine, and he was out not long after, with a hook replacing the hand Alpha destroyed. Kansyr quickly went on to become a highly infamous criminal across space. It wasn't until seven years later Alpha tracked him down for a rematch on the planet Metastasis in the Pol System. Kansyr used the retrieved Halugin to try and turn Alpha and his new partner Wulf Sternhammer against one another. It failed however and the two quickly traced Kansyr to an abandoned park. Kansyr proved highly skilled and nearly killed the two of them. However, in a last effort, Alpha faked suicide by pretending to shoot himself in the head before setting a timed bullet, which hit Kansyr square on in the head, killing the alien and avenging Martinez.

## Trivia

* Kansyr's name is a play on the word cancer, hence the story being named "No Cure for Kansyr" and the planet he dies on being named Metastasis.

## Gallery

Kansyr, art by Carlos EzquerraKansyr kills Sniffer MartinezKansyr uses the Halugin to replicate himself
Horned Slay Rider

The **Horned Slay Rider**was a napalm throwing alien hater that served under the Alien Catcher General.

## Personality

He held highly racist views towards aliens and had no problems in attempting to kill a Judge.

## History

The Horned Slay Rider was a member of the Slay Riders, a group of anti alien Cursed Earthers located in Mississippi. He and several other Riders followed the Alien Catcher General after the slave alien Tweak escaped to find the bodies of his murdered family. As they chased the alien they came face to face with Judge Dredd and his group, quickly resulting in a shootout. The Horned Slay Rider was one of the first to attack, spitting napalm flames at Dredd. Reacting quickly, Dredd kicked the Horned Slay Rider from his steed, upon colliding with the ground his tank bursts and the Horned Slay Rider is engulfed in flame.

Later on towards the end of Dredd's trek across the Cursed Earth, he saw the Horned Slay Rider in an illusion alongside other enemies he had encountered along the way.

## Gallery

The Horned Slay Rider and his steed, art by Brian Bolland Judge Dredd kick him from his steedThe Horned Rider appears as a hallucination, art by Mike McMahon
Waldron

First Appearance

**Judge Waldron**is the current head of the SJS, succeeding Judge Buell and a member of the Council of Five.

## Personality

At the time its hard to say but it appears that she's a stern Judge who only speaks up when she deems it necessary. She is deeply loyal to Chief Judge Hershey and belives strongly in the actions of Judge Dredd.

## History

After Chief Judge Hershey had debated with Judge Farrow on weather or not to surrender Judge Dredd to Brit-Cit over the recent Emerald Isle incident, Judge Waldron spoke up and defended Dredd, stating that despite the many hardships that had befallen the city, they have never bowed down to their oppressors.

After Texas City Chief Judge Oswin made her coup on Mega-City One, Waldron's loyalty to Hershey made her a target and she was attacked by a Screamer agent under Oswin's control, who used their Psi attack  to force Waldron into a coma.

## Gallery

Waldron is forced into a coma, art by Colin McNeil
The Devil's Lapdogs

First Appearance

**The Devil's Lapdogs**were a swarm of hyper-evolved rats which were mutated by fallout from the Atomic Wars. Gaining power from a lodestone located in the centre of the Death Belt they were capable of manipulating both space and time. A single bite form their teeth could prove to be instantly fatal.

## History

Mutated by the nuclear fallout of the Atomic Wars, the Devil's Lapdogs were a large swarm of highly intelligent rats, with enough toxins enough to kill a man in just a single bite. For several years they had been attacking the Cursed Earth town of Deliverance, forcing them to cover their buildings in spikes and mount cannons.

Judge Dredd cam across Deliverance during his trek across the Cursed Earth to deliver a vaccine to the plague ridden Mega-City Two. After trouble with the town's leader the Lawgiver, Dredd was able to lure the Devil's Lapdogs away from Deliverance and kill the King Rat, causing the flock to scatter. Afterwards Dredd erected sirens around the town, stating that upon the next attack the rats would be attracted the the sirens wails instead.

## Gallery

Fear the Devil's Lapdogs, art by Mike McMahonThe Lapdogs eat The Lawgiver
Lester

First Appearance

**Lester**was a small time crook working for Krilz, a black marketer who specialised in selling stolen antique vehicles which were now considered "art" in the late 21st century.

## Personality

Lester was you're typical dumb crook who would happily shoot a man in broad daylight and steal his car without any kind of disguise what so ever.

## History

Lester was first seen stealing a Morris Minor from a young couple during the day, when the owner tried to stop him, Lester shot him in the chest and sped off. Judge Dredd  is informed of the crime just as Lester races past in the Morris and decides to follow at a steady pace. Lester arrives at "Krilz Auto-Market" and drops of the Morris. Shortly after Dredd arrives to make arrests. Upon his arrival, Krilz flees and his henchmen led by Lester attack Dredd. They prove to be of little consequence however as Dredd quickly shoot the group down and arrests Krilz.

## Gallery

Lester steals the Morris Minor, art by Massimo Belardinelli
Pierce

First Appearance

**Judge Pierce** was one of two undead members of Gray Division that stalked Judge Fairfax across the ruins of Deadworld under the orders of their Chief, Judge Death.

## Personality

Pierce had less presence than his partner, Gates, though he was equally as enchanted with the cold concept of death and the quenching of life.

## History

Pierce first appeared alongside Gates as they deliver Dead Fluids to a young Tek named Lisa, which transform her into Sister Psiren.

Later the two Judges make their way to Cimmarion Country Police Department, and after killing or converting the resident Police, they lay in wait for Fairfax.

Fairfax arrives, and see's Gates attacking Ben Childs, which he had been travelling with previously. Fairfax saves Ben, shooting Gates to the ground. Ben thanks his saviour but is then shot in the back moments later by Pierce. At the same time, Gates raises from the floor, unshaken even by the bloodied hole in his face. The two try and convince Fairfax to join them. He rebukes their offer bluntly and Ben shoots Gates in the back with his dying breath allowing for a distraction. Fairfax beheads Pierce with his nightstick, then moments later his body is incinerated when a stray bullet hits a gas take.
Firefly dragon

Firefly dragon is part of zacs team and is from dragonvale.

**Spark blast** - 8 [+10% bonus damage] to 3 targets and Firefly dragon gains speed for 1 turn for each last hit it gets. **Bulb smack** - 32 [+75% bonus damage] and the target is blinded for 1 turn. **Lure** - All enemies are taunted for 2 turns, but Firefly dragon gains 30% damage reduction for the duration.

**Quick reflexes**: If Firefly dragon is slowed, gaining speed will cleanse the slow.

Range type.

Light element.

Ruby mox.

180 hp.

This character is a dragon, meaning they empower draconic support, benefit from roaring fury, and deal less damage to the Draconis boss.

This character is affected by hive mind in mirror and traitor mode.
Ossie

First Appearance

**Ossie**was a mutant  slaver who lived in the Cursed Earth township of Nutron Flats.

## Personality

Ossie was greedy and had no problems with selling off his own kind for small profit.

## History

Ossie was approached by Judge Dredd during his search for the Judge Child. Ossie tells him that he had recently sold the Child to the Brotherhood of Trash. In order to get to his goal, Dredd goes undercover, pretending to have been captured and Ossie sells him to the Brotherhood.
Robodogs

First Appearance

**Robodogs**are mechanical caninines that are often used as attackdogs. Other models have been shown to be used as pets.

## History

Robodogs wererobots  of minimal intelligence. Judge Dredd encountred a group of Robodogs especially designed for rat catching during the first Robot Wars, one of which badly wounded his ankle which later lead to his capture.

Later after the events ofthe Apocalypse War, a group of Robodogs owned by Gaythorne Bosche went on a rampage killing anyone they found, inlcudeing their owner. The Robodogs were all eventually slain by Judges Dredd and Moel.
Quigley

First Appearance

**Quigley**was Nicey's second in command and a minor antagonist in Origins.

## Personality

Quigley was rather dim witted, he loyaly followed Nicey and was rather easily surprised.

## History

Quigley is first seen with his boss Nicey after they spotted Dredd's convoy and surronded it and the remaining Judges while Dredd went to hunt for the child from a murderd Helltrekker couple. Quigley sounds his "War-horn" and Nicey and his crew go down to attack. Quigley and co. flee however when Dredd arrives with back-up.

Quigley later follows Nicey on his second attack, attempting to attack them by surprise by crawling up the hill the Judges were stationed on. It fails however as the Judges pick them up on sensors and counter-attack their ambush. Quigley and Nicey are quickly shot down by Dredd's Lawmaster, Quigley dies instantly with Nicey being executed moments after.
The Monkey

First Appearance

**The Monkey**was a mutant from the Cursed Earth who telepathically possessed Chief Judge  Goodman in 2098-2099. He forced Goodman into allowing hoards of mutants and exiles into the city causing a brief period of chaos.

## Personality

While proclaiming to fight for mutant rights, the Monkey in truth just wanted to cause chaos and terror, with hopes to destroy the Justice System from inside.
Total War

First Appearance

**Total War** are a terrorist organisation hell-bent on bringing democracy to Mega-City One, whatever the cost.

## History

Perhaps the best known stories featuring Total War are *America*, in which the group launched an unsuccessful bid to blow up the Statue of Liberty, and *The Fading of the Light*, in which they targeted Mega-City One's equivalent of the Oscars. They have also had their own story, Total War, showing how they tried to blackmail the Judges into handing over power to the people by, um, blowing up thousands of said people with nuclear bombs.

Some members of Total War, like America Jara, started off as good citizens who were abused by the Judges one too many times. Others, like Kurd, appear to be thugs who just want an excuse to kill people and feel good about it. For a long time the group has failed to achieve anything remotely worthwhile, and has been thwarted by Judge Dredd on several occasions.
The Satan Horde

First Appearance
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**The Satan Horde**were a group of  Alien bounty hunters who were renowned for their brutality and only took payment in gold. Attempting to pay them in any other way would cause them to retaliate.

## History

During the early days of Mega-City One, a large number of citizens were killed by attacking Mutants. When both the Judges and the Police refused to take action a small number of citizens got together to hire the Satan Horde to take revenge against the mutant raiders. The Horde arrived and read the contract before walking out into the Cursed Earth and disappearing for the next two years. When they finally returned they had the mutants' decapitated heads pierced through spears. They took their gold before departing almost as soon as they had arrived, leaving the contractors feeling dirty for what they had done.
Superliners

**Superliners**were a deluxe form of travel that acted close to something like a mobile hotel.

## History

Superliners were often reserved for only the richest of the rich. Luckily (or not so luckily) the Harlem Heroes were gifted a team Roadliner by their corrupt manager Ulysess Cord. The Heroes used the Superliner to take them across the world to play their respective Aeroball games agaisnt international teams.
Rochville Rockets

First Appearance

**The Rochville Rockets**were a American Inferno team that fought againt the Washington Wolves in their final game.

## History

The Rochville Rockets were the third team to play against the Washington Wolves in the championship, and the second for the former Harlem Heroes turned Inferno players  "Giant", Slim Shafto and Zack Harper.

The Rockets quickly got the lead in the game, as the Wolves manager Charlie Vance had been paid off to give his own players drugged gum which caused them to hallucinate and for several of them to die or be badly wounded. However thanks to good play from the former Heroes who had not taken the gum, they were bale to just beat the Rockets before the end of the game.
Unnamed male Nosferatu

First Appearance

The **Unnamed Nosferatu**was the first to come to Mega-City One in 2109.

## Personality

He worshipped the deity known as Ragnos and had a good survival instinct. He saw humans as little more than a food source.

## History

It came to the city by space shuttle and quickly found lodgings in a small apartment. The same night he went out to try and find his first victim. At first he has trouble enticing people back to his apartment, but eventually tricking a injured man to come back with him posing as a doctor. He almost instantly sets himself upon the man, and feasts on his blood for three days until had been completely sucked dry. He takes the man's body to a badly damaged City-Sector and began to pray to Ragnos, looking for blessings.

When feasting on his second victim he is discovered by his landlady, instead of killing her however he fills her with a specialised toxic venom, hypnotising her. Afterwards Dredd and the other Judges discover Nosferatu's victims and figure out what the creature was.

A manhunt begins and the Nosferatu is eventually discovered by a Judge. The Judge alerts the presence of the beast but is struck down shortly after and hypnotised by its venom. He kills the landlady and takes her form allowing her to flee from the scene, the Judge comes out and attempts to shoot at Dredd, allowing for extra time to flee.

He quickly kills another man, but takes the appearance of minor celebrityRussell Muscle before heading out to search for new lodgings. He takes refuge in a small diner, hypnotising the owner and his wife who would bring him fresh victims every few days. The process went on for sixteen days before eventually the Judges found a dumping ground of bodies and imported several Garrhounds, creatures from the same planet as Nosferatu specifically bred to hunt down down the insects. The Garrhounds get scent from the bodies and immediately rush into action with Dredd following closely behind. The Nosferatu hears the Garrhounds as they approach and flees out the back entrance. He makes it onto a Hover-Bus just as it begins to depart, but Dredd smashes through the window and begins to fight the beast. The Nosferatu takes a hostage however and threatens to kill if he isn't given safe passage, but Dredd uses a ricochet shot from his Lawgiver and hits the Nosferatu in its back, killing it.
Pretty Boy Floyd

First Appearance

**Pretty Boy Floyd**was the lead striker of the Aeroball team Gorgon's  Gargoyles.

## Personality

Floyd was a nice guy, and very friendly with his team-mates. However, he was prone to cheat with his cyborg enhancements. He was also incapable of telling when his team captain was actually a crazed vengeance-obsessed villain in disguise.

## History

Pretty Boy Floyd was the lead striker for Gorgon's Gargoyles. During the championship match against the Harlem Heroes, Floyd used his cybernetic enhancements to kick the steel ball into the goal from the other side of the pitch. While a good kick, it was considered a foul ball. Floyd was ordered to go and have his tuning turned down, much to the annoyance of his manager Mr. Gorgon.

Later on in the match, Floyd was accidentally clawed in the throat by Artie Gruber, who had disguised himself as the Gargoyles' captain Joe Mugglie. Floyd was badly injured and taken away on a stretcher.

## Gallery

Pretty Boy himself, art by Dave GibbonsFloyd takes a kick
Colin MacNeil

**Colin MacNeil** is a highly accomplished comics artist who has a long history with *2000 AD* and has gone from strength to strength over the years.

## Some characters and strips created by MacNeil

* *America*
* America Beeny (pictured)
* America Jara
* Bennett Beeny
* Ciroccans
* Godzarro
* Farrow
* *Insurrection*
* *Jitaru*
* Judge Appleton
* Judge Charis
* Judge Harrow
* Judge Inspectors
* Judge Linehan
* Judge Sternhagen
* Judge Tarantino
* Judge Turner
* Judge Walsh
* Khimera
* Kurd
* Kyte
* Lady Sai
* Lillith
* Lorenzo
* Maelstrom
* Miguel Stone
* Ueno Hama
* Unnamed Four Armed Mutant
* Ric Jaeger
* Robert
* Satanus Unchained!
* Silver
* Star Judges
* The Corps
* *The Fading of the Light*
* The Grindstone Cowboys
* The Harder They Come
* The Meknificent 707
* The Twisted Kid
* Thorn
* Top Dogs
* Total War
* Totaro Sadu
* Waldron
Welch Logan

First Appearance

**Welch Logan**was the elder brother of the criminal known as Whitey.

## Personality

Logan was undeniably smarter than his brother, having been able to design and create robots capable of causing widespread destruction.

## History

Formerly a particle physicist, Logan dissapeared for five years, finally remembering with his newly built robots which he sent to issue the release of his brother Whitey, or else the robot would begin destroying the city. Deciding the best way to catch the culprit was to go along with their plans, Judge Dredd travelled to Devil's Island and freed Whitey before being escorted back to Logan's base. Logan proceeded to tell Dredd his plans to destroy the city even though his ransom had been fulfilled, motivating Dredd to spring into action and rewire one of Logan's robots, before firing it at him and killing him. Afterwards, Whitey was returned to Devil's Island where he was forced to continue to live out his cruel sentence.
Ugly John

First Appearance

**Ugly John**is the leader of the Mutantcheros. He orchestrated the kidnap of five Judge clones and held them hostage hoping to them to black mail Mega-City One.

## Personality

John was overweight and lazy. he considered himself to be intelligent but none of his actions showed it.

## History

Ugly John led an attack on a Mega-City One transport ship as it travelled across the Cursed Earth. They looted the ship's riches which included the fortune of Liberatchy and five Judge clones, two of which being clones of former Chief Judges Goodman and Fargo.

John took the loot back to his hideout in the Tulsa Melts, formed when the city of Tulsa, which had been made entirely of polypropylene, was melted by the heat of an atomic explosion, to solidify into an irregular mass. John held the clones to ransom, hoping that MC-1 would pay up, instead Judge Dredd and the utterly insane Mean Machine  arrive and demand John hand over the Judge Clones. John instead gives orders for his men to kill them which instigates a shoot out. Several stray blasts his the walls, the heat of the shots then cause the polypropylene walls to melt, causing the structure to revert to liquid form. The molten polypropylene floods through the halls killing most of the Mutantcheros and eventually John who was trapped in the top floor.
The Return of Rico

**The Return of Rico**is one of the most iconic stories from the first year of the strip. It was the first strip to give a background and exploration on Dredd's character, as well as introduce (And kill off) Rico and the prison planet Titan.

## Synopsis

After a hooded figure escapes from the prison planet Titan he makes a phonecall to bring out Judge Dredd for a confrontation. Afterwards he reveals himself as Rico and Dredd's brother. Once Dredd learns of this he has a flashback to his childhood and upbringing with Rico in the Academy of Law, where he recollects how Rico was always better at everything. He arrives at his apartment in Rowdy Yates where he finds his cleaner Maria  tied and gagged. Rico reveals himself and his scarred face and brings Dredd into a secluded room where the air is sealed off, hoping to give Dredd a taste of his experiences on Titan. The two come to a stand off, and despite Dredd being weakend via lack of oxygen, the effects of Titan's gravity had slowend Rico's movements allowing for Dredd to draw and fire first. He picks RIco up as he dies in his arms as Police  arrive.

## Characters

* Judge Dredd
* Rico Dredd
* Maria

## Locations

* Academy of Law
* Rowdy Yates Block
* Dredd's Apartment
* Titan

## Trivia

* The 1995 Judge Dredd film had a similar plotline to the Return of Rico, with Armand Assante playing Rico Dredd (1995).
* Preliminary to the release fo the film, a 3 part remake of The Return of Rico was released in 2000AD.
* "He Aint Heavy, He's My Brother" comes from a song by the Hollies.
Pat Mills

Born in 1949 Pat Mills is a prolific comic bookwriter and editor who is best known for the creation of 2000AD and the development of Judge Dredd. Under the title, Mills has created some of the most popular an iconic stories includeing Nemesis the Warlock, A.B.C Warriors, Slaine, Savage, Flesh!, Defoe, American Reaper and many others. Noteable non-2000AD works include Marshal Law, Charlie's War, Third World War and Vampire Knight.

## Characters and Comics created by Mills

* Alien Catcher General
* Bull Cannon
* Brother Gomorrah
* Brother Jobee
* Brother Morgar
* Brother Obee
* Death Valley
* Deliverance
* Elmer
* Fingers
* Fodder
* General Blood'n'Guts
* Hammerstein
* Hollins Solomon
* Ikkabod

* Joseph Dredd
* La-Saw
* League Against Gambling
* Legion of the Dammed
* Lil Hades
* Lord Omega
* Lucky Mantino
* Mississippi Ferryman
* Mutie Brotherhood
* Novar
* Old One Eye
* Plague Men
* Red
* Repentance
* Rico Dredd
* Rita
* Rocko Steeleye
* Robert Linus Booth
* Rudy
* Sauron Vallery
* Satanus
* Slay Riders
* Snap, Crackle and Pop

* Spikes Harvey Rotten (Pictured)
* The Cursed Earth
* The Devil's Lapdogs
* The Lawgiver
* The Return of Rico

* Tweak
* Tweaks
* Tweak's Mate
* Vegas City
* War Droids
Teutonic Titans

First Appearance

**The Teutonic Titans**were a German Aeroball team that played against the Harlem Heroes during the finals of the championship.

## History

Shortly after defeating a Spanish team the Teutonic Titans travelled to play their next game against the African-American Harlem Heroes. During the game the Titans proved to be powerful opponents. They used their heavy body armour to bash opponents, and used their shields as defence and to hit the steel ball into the electronic goals. Despite their powerful moves, the Titans ultimately lost 3-1 to the Heroes, giving them the Championship victory.
Stripey

First Appearance

**Stripey**was a Strontium Dog who went rogue after joining Colonel Krulgor's marauders.

## Personality

Stripey was a weak-willed traitor who was willing to betray his own team mates just so he could be called a "friend" by a few norms.

## History

Stripey was one of five Stronts who were sent to the planet Volva Four to try and apprehend Krulgor. However while there Stripey betrayed his team mates and joined Krulgor, who promptly killed the other Stronts. When Johnny Alpha came to investigate, he discovered what Stripey had done and was disgusted by the mutants selfish actions. After apprehending Krulgor, Alpha plunged a dagger into Stripey's chest for being a traitor to his kind.
Walter the Wobot

**Walter the Wobot**was for a long time the house servant robot for Judge Dredd. He was primarily used for comic relief, however he sucsesfully helped bring down both the robot revolutionist Call-Me-Kenneth and insane tyrant Cal.

## Personality

Walter was often used as a comic relief character, he had a speech impediment caused from stress he gained during the first Robot Wars, but was made a free robot (Essentially giving him the same rights as a normal citizen). He worshipped Dredd, buying him many gifts, and saved his life many times. After his near death experience at the hands of Mean 'Machine' Angel and then abandonment, Walter grew to resent and even hate Dredd, having felt abused and unfairly treated by Dredd's hands, however after a brief spell in jail Walter asked to be rewired so he lost his violent attitude and was sent to live with Mrs. Gunderson. Years later it is shown that Dredd does feel guilty about the way he treated his house robot and still pays him a visit every now and then.

## History

Walter origonally served as a deluxe robot coffiee machine at the Grand Hall of Justice, during the Robot Wars he went into hiding but was quickly discovered by the Judges. to save himself from being executed, Walter promised to help Dredd take down Call-Me-Kenneth and his army. Dredd and Walter suceed with the help of the robotic trio; Howard, Stewart and J70 Stroke 13, and Kenneth is destroyed. In reward for his efforts, Walter is given citizenship. The droid quickly gets rid of the certificate however and elects to become Dredd's house servant instead, much to his ire.

Walter quickly became a well meaning menace in Dredd's life, often being more of a nusiance then an actual help. He often came into conflict with Dredd's housekeeper  Maria and would on occasion he would become unintentionally involved with some criminal gang or operation.

Despite this Dredd still allowed the robot to join him during his trip to Luna-1, during which he saved Dredd from several attemps on his life.

## Trivia

* Artist Kevin O'Kneill apparently despises Walter.
* Walter's inital design was fairly different to his final, being taller then an average Judge and resembleing a walking cell phone.

## Gallery

Walter's original design during The Robot WarsWalter celebrates Christmas with Judge Dredd, art by Mike McMahonWalter dripping oil, art by Mike McMahonWalter being interrogated by Judge Cal, art by Brett EwinsWalter, art by Mike McMahonWalter during Inferno, drawn by Carlos EzquerraWalter leads the second attempted robot revolution, art by Ian GibsonWalter shoots his former master, art by Ian Gibson
Dementia

First Appearance

**Dementia**was one of the cousins of the Sisters of Death with currently unexplained origins. Her hands were coated in mud that caused suicide and depression.

## Personality

Dementia was very likely just as twisted as her fellow Sisters, and likely believed life to be a sin.

## History

After the Sisters found a vessel connecting Deadworld to Mega-City One, Dementia and her sisters began to cause wide spreads chaos. She caused massive waves of widespread depression leading to hundreds of mass suicides. Dementia and her Sisters are defeated when Judge Anderson  and Judge Shakta  destroy the bridge, trapping them in Deadworld.
Schmaltz

First Appearance

**Judge Schmaltz**was a Judge from Mega-City One. He was rather annoying and over emotional, its a wonder how he ever passed the academy, nevertheless he died a hero helping defend the City from the insane tyrant Cal.

## Personality

Schmaltz was incredibly over-emotional often bursting into tears when happy, he also had to always get the last word in a conversation and talked to much. Needless to say he got on his fellow Judges nerves a fair amount.

## History

Judge Schmaltz joined Dredd's revolution against Cal apparently having missed the mind control most other Judges had been subjected to.  Schmaltz helped in killing several of Cal's SJS Judge force and Klegg  mercenary's but was ultimately killed when their vehicle is blown from a bridge crashing hundreds of meters down into the Big Smelly sewer tunnels. His body was laid down in the broken vehicle and set alight as it was cast off into the stinking river.
X-13

First Appearance

**X-13**was a android assassin dubbed the "Purple People Breeder" by the media, he killed several presidential candidates and tried to kill  Judge Dredd.

## Personality

X-13 was a snarky droid with a love for smoking cigar's and cheap beer. He fashioned himself after a punk with a paperclip earing, short dreadlocks and a raggedy suit jacket covered in patches.

## History

X-13 was first seen being freed from incarceration being let out early for good behaviour. He secretly vows to get revenge on Judge Dredd who sent him there in the first place.

He began his revenge by murdering several presidential candidates, while Dredd was investigating, X-13 kidnapped Dredd's robot  Walter and dragged him to his hidden base. Inside, X-13 shows off a duplicate Walter robot with a large bomb inside which he then send off to Dredd's apartment.

Walter escapes and rushes back to try and warn Dredd forcing X-13 to push his plan into action. The fake Walter drugged Dredd and began a countdown, only to be shoved out a window by the real Walter, where it then exploded moments later. Dredd tracked down X-13, and after a short firefight he was able to take him down.

## Gallery

X-13 and Walter the Wobot, art by Brendan MccarthyX-13 with a smoke and some beer, art by Brendan MccarthyX-13, art by Brendan MccarthyTaking glee in his kills, art by Brendan MccarthyX-13's fake Walter, art by Brendan MccarthyX-13 is taken down by  Dredd, art by Brendan Mccarthy
Smokatoriums

Location

**Smokatoriums**are the only legal areas in Mega-City One to smoke tobacco, other then private residence.

## History

Smokatoriums are buildings scattered across the City that are the only outside legal areas to smoke in. They are so full of toxic smoke that patrons are required to wear special hazmat suits so they dont choke to death.
Judge Silence

First Appearance

**Judge Silence**was one of several Dark Judges that took part in the mass genocides on Deadworld.

## Personality

Little can be said because of his brief appearence, but it's likely that he was cold and ruthless like the other Dark Judges before his transformation.

## History

Silence would have been transformed into a Dark Judge at one point by the Sisters of Death before he went on and helped slay all life in Deadworld. During this time he apparenty had his ears and eyes burnt away by Judge Fire, leaving him unable to see, speak or hear.

Later, after the murder of Judge Omen, Silence was one of several that were summoned by Judge Death. Death mockingly accuses Silence of being the culprit, knowing he would get no response. After Death revealed that he himself was responsible, Silence and the other Dark Judges (bar Fear, Fire  and Mortis) are all slain by a powerful psychic attack after they were deemed untrustworthy.

## Trivia

* According to co-creator and artist Dave Kendall, Silence burn marks were inflicted by Judge Fire.
Overseers

First Appearance

**The Overseers** were large robots with electric whips, they joined Call-Me-Kenneth's robot revolution and were used as slave masters for the other robots.

## History

The Overseers patrolled the factories in which Kenneth's specially programmed robots were built. Using their whips they beat any robot that was slacking in work. When Judge Dredd was caught and attempted to escape he was surronded by several Overseers who attack him. Dredd holds them off breifly but they swarm him and beat him badly. Most of the Overseers were presumeably destroyed when Dredd convinced many robots to revolt against their leader creating a civil war between them.
Thorn's Controller

**Thorn's Controller**was a unnamed female psychic who had been heavily experimented upon by Texas City scientists.

## Personality

According to the psychic Nokomis, Thorn's Controller had killed numerous times through Thorn, and each time only felt pride from the kill.

## History

As a powerful psychic, she was taken and experimented upon by Texas City and had her D.N.A taken and used in hopes to create a  clone army. However upon the failure of the first prototype being a empty minded husk, the plan was scrapped.

However upon realising she was able to control the empty husk, it was decided that the husk would be remodelled as Thorn, the leader of the Grindstone Cowboys. Controlling Thorn, the controller laid waste to numerous Munce Plants and other food sources to Mega-City One, and was even responsible for the apparent demise of Judge Dredd.

During a final shootout between the village of Daniel Crow and the Grindstone Cowboys, the village shaman Nokomis senses another psychic nearby. Crow and Judge Rico go to investigate and find the puppeteer in a hidden away truck. Upon entering however, the truck sets of a self-destruct sequence barley giving time for Rico to escape. As the truck exploded, Thorn's controller was killed and Thorn himself went limp, unable to function without his "mother".
Ulysses Cord

**Ulysses Cord**was the corrupt manager of the African American Aeroball team Harlem Heroes. Despite owning them, he hoped to get them all killed due to them playing too nice, causing him to worry that they would make audiences lose interest in Aeroball. In the end he was technically right.

## Personality

Cord was a man with unlimited money and little consience. He dressed eccentrically in the colours of the American flag (perhaps a reference to the fact that he shared his unusual first name with an American president). The unscrupulous Cord would stop at nothing to achieve what he wanted, including sending a half-dead and insane cyborg assassin to kill the Harlem Heroes and blowing up their tourbus. This made him the complete opposite of the team he owned, who were ethical and altruistic.

## History

Worried that the mega-popular Harlem Heroes would cause audiences to loose interest in Aeroball due to their nature of clean and fair play, Ulysses Cord plotted to have the Heroes murdered. To achieve this he had the brakes in the Heroes' tour bus cut, causing the vehicle to crash and kill all bar four: team captain  Giant, and players Slim, Hairy and Louis Meyer, the last of whom was near mortally wounded and forced to go under heavy cybernetic treatment to survive.

Unexpectedly, this didn't stop the Heroes making a new team now including Giant, Slim, Hairy, Zack Harper, Conrad King,  Chico and several others, and re-entering for the next championship. After they won against the Baltimore Bulls, Cord decided the best way to defeat his enemy was to get close to them, approaching them and signing on as their manager.  Shortly afterwards he resurrected the insane  cyborg Artie Gruber and had him hunt and try to kill the Heroes on several occasions.

After Gruber had repeatedly failed to kill the Heroes, Cord decided to try and kill the them himself by attaching explosives to their jetpacks. However, at this stage both Giant and Meyer suspected Cord of involvement in the assassination attempts. Giant managed to force a confession out of Cord on live television, but sadly not before both Hairy and King were killed by Cord's explosive jetpacks. Afterwards, Cord was arrested by the authorities.

## Gallery

Ulysses Cord first appears, art by Dave GibbonsCord, artby Massimo Bellardeni
Stub-Guns

**Definition**

Stub Guns are a powerful weapon which have seen many uses by the Judges across *Judge Dredd.* However, they are extremely prone to overheating and eventually explosion.

**Uses**

-In 2104 they were used during the Apocalypse War by a group of Judges led by Judge Dredd after obtainment from West 17 Test Labs. In this instance, they were used to destroy several Sov Strato-Vs before being used to sever the last links of Tanna Junction, to prevent the movement of Sov Rad-Sweepers into Mega-City 1. This came at the sacrifice of several Judges, including Judge Kransky, Judge Wilson and their units (died from overheating and explosion) as well as Judge Daley and his unit (killed by Strato-Vs) and Judge Souster (died after jumping to sever the last pieces of road and render Tanna Junction useless). They were also used less notably during the clean-up of a Cursed Earth shanty town, where several other Judges (including Judge Ocks of Apocalypse War fame).
The New You

**The New You**was the second Judge Dredd strip published in 2000 AD. Its most notable for setting in motion several major aspects of the world.

## Story

Wanted criminal 'Scarface' Joe Levine changes his appearance at a Face-Change Parlour after holding the staff at gunpoint. After leaving with a new face he drives away to make his escape from the city, on the way however he encounters Judge Dredd driving past on his Lawmaster and cockily talks about the nice weather. Unknown to Scarface however, the Lawmasters voice recognition identifies the man as Levine and Dredd shoots down his car after a brief chase and Levine falls either unconscious or succumbs to his wounds.

## Characters

* Judge Dredd
* Joe Levine

## Trivia

* This story introduces several aspects of the world which would later become common place, Dredd's motorcycle is titled as a Lawmaster and while the story takes place in New York, the city is a part of the much larger Mega-City One. Other more minor apsects introduced are Face-Change Parlours and Time-Strecher jails.
* At somepoint the strip was going to be named Voice Tapes.
* While the strip is drawn by Mike Mahon, the final page features a panel drawn by Carlos Ezquerra.