Story: The Law According to Judge Dredd
Appears: 2000AD Progs 474-475
Issues: 2
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant
Art: Kevin O’Neill
Dated: 14 June 1986 to 21 June 1986
We have seen robots impersonating the law before. But this Dredd parody is darkly comic. It is hard to see where this ‘hanging judge’ and the absurdity of the real mega-city laws meet. A nice call out to the Helltrekkers that would have been appearing in 2000AD about this time too.
Story: Riders On The Storm
Appears: 2000AD Progs 472-473
Issues: 2
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant
Art: Brendan McCarthy & Tony Wright
Dated: 31 May 1986 to 7 June 1986
There is an element of Scooby Doo as Dredd unmasks ghosts which aren’t really supernatural. There isn’t much emotional impact or even suspense here. What is interesting is the rainy setting, something seen only rarely in a city where weather is controlled by computer.
Story: The Exploding Man
Appears: 2000AD Prog 471
Issues: 1
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant
Art: John Higgins
Dated: 24 May 1986
There are definitely no winners in the Mega-city and the tragedy of the apocalypse war is still being felt.
Story: Zombie Barbecue
Appears: 2000AD Prog 470
Issues: 1
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant
Art: Cliff Robinson
Dated: 17 May 1986
What a touching story. Is it an allegory for animal experimentation – which has been covered previously in Judge Dredd – or possibly an allusion to Karel Čapek’s original stage play.
