Harvey (progs 2024-2029) and Machine Law (progs 2115-2122). This story introduces a new generation of robot judges that prove significantly more reliable than their predecessors and continue to appear in later stories. Judge Hershey resigns and is succeeded by Logan as Chief Judge. At one point, another tribe of mutants are encountered, with one of them being murdered by a settler fleeing criminal charges in the Big Meg. The previously-idealistic Trekkmaster Rudd ultimately decides (with support from the other settlers) to leave the killer to the mutant tribe's mercy; when his equally-criminal family expresses discontent, Rudd points out that the entire mutant tribe is camped out on the mountain pass they need to pass, waiting to ambush and destroy the convoy if they don't give him up. Soon's army comprises three major components. Firstly, there's the zombies; corpses ranging from skeletal remains to the newly dead to every stage of decaying cadaver in between, forced to walk through the sheer will of Soon's telepathic might. Then there's the Soonites; formerly human, Soon used his formidable powers to simultaneously burn their minds clean of every trace of personality and twist their genes, mutating them into hideous freaks of nature even fouler-looking than himself. Lastly, there's the gila-munja, mentioned in the Cursed Earth folder, who submit to Soon out of fear. In battle, all fight beyond their mortal limits, Soon puppetteering their bodies and forcing them to fight until totally destroyed, no matter how badly damaged they are or how much pain they feel before being put down. The Statue of Justice and the Public Surveillance Unit are both destroyed during Chaos Day by terrorists, with most of the teenage or younger Judge cadets being mercilessly gunned down on-screen. Aside from the apocalyptic visuals of the Statue coming down, this prompts the citizens of the city to erupt into an orgy of violence and looting even without the Bug driving their actions. Judge Hershey. Dredd has known Chief Judge Hershey since 2102. Like all Chief Judges since Goodman, Dredd had easy access to her, but they also have a personal relationship based on mutual respect. While they have had differences at times, Dredd believed her to be "the best Chief Judge we've ever had". [67] After Hershey became terminally ill, she hid her illness from Dredd and all others but requested him to be at her side when she chose to be euthanised. Her death was faked so she could leave the city to search for rogue spies who may hold a cure, but Dredd does not appear to be aware of this.

As well as novels starring Judge Dredd, there are other novels and novellas in the franchise about other characters. For a list of books about Anderson, see Judge Anderson#Novels. Barnett, David (11 May 2017). "Justice served: comic creators announce Judge Dredd TV show". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 31 May 2020. DC Comics published an alternative version of Judge Dredd between 1994 and 1996, lasting 18 issues. Continuity and history were different from both the original 2000 AD version and the 1995 film. A major difference was that Chief Judge Fargo, portrayed as incorruptible in the original version, was depicted as evil in the DC version. Most issues were written by Andrew Helfer, but the last issue was written by Gordon Rennie, who has since written Judge Dredd for 2000 AD (Note: the DC crossover story Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham featured the original Dredd, not the version depicted in this title). Dennis the Complete Bloody Sadist; a Mega-City One criminal so awful that his sentence was to have his brain extracted from his body. His brain was to be installed in a urinal bot, sentencing him to an effective eternity of having people urinating into his "mouth" and being forced to drink it, but his men escaped with it before that could happen. Now he's become addicted to the sensation of being a Brain in a Jar and spends most of his time like that, taking his body only when he has to. Russel, Bradley (11 May 2017). "A Judge Dredd TV show is coming – but it's not the Karl Urban-Netflix series everyone wanted". gamesradar . Retrieved 10 September 2018.Svensson, Peter (11 July 2015). "SDCC '15: Panel Blow By Blow As IDW Announced Dredd, TMNT/Batman, Rom, Micronauts and More". Bleeding Cool News. Avatar Press . Retrieved 22 October 2019.

Judge Beeny. Dredd's protégée since 2007. On Dredd's recommendation, Hershey appointed her to the Council of Five. [68] H-wagon is not one particular vehicle but a generic term used by the judges for any Justice Department vehicle that flies. Judge Jura Edgar was a serious adversary of Dredd even before he discovered that she was a criminal. A high-ranking judge (the head of the Public Surveillance Unit), Edgar clashed with Dredd several times, and sometimes got the better of him: a very rare example of an opponent Dredd could not simply arrest or kill. Swierczynski and Daniel to Helm Judge Dredd". IDW. 14 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. a b Hanly, Gavin (19 January 2010). "John Wagner on Dredd". 2000 AD Review. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010 . Retrieved 27 August 2016.Games Workshop released a Judge Dredd role-playing game in 1985. [128] Mongoose Publishing released The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game in 2002 [129] and another Judge Dredd game using the Traveller system in 2009. Their licence ended in 2016. In February 2017, EN Publishing announced the new Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD Tabletop Adventure Game using the WOIN ( What's OLD is NEW) role-playing game system. A list of all Judge Dredd stories to appear in the Judge Dredd Megazine from October 1990 to November 2022 (#1 to #450) is available at WikiCommons. [28] Kraken's fate during the storyline is incredibly horrific. After the Sisters use him to open a bridge to Deadworld, he's reduced to a puppet of Death, slaughtering citizens in the name of the Dark Judges — all while being just aware enough to know what he's doing and feel the torment of each victim. As the settlers leave, one of the Judges tells them that once they get past a certain point, they'll be considered dead until otherwise proven, and no one will come looking for them.