DREDD: THE COMPLETE CASE FILES 16

[Dark Jimbo]

We NEED a Daily Star Dredd book..........

I'd buy one.

[judge cooper]

i missed the prog where america was shot whodunnit

[Dandontdare]

i missed the prog where america was shot whodunnit

The original America (Judge Beeny's mother) was a pro-democracy "terrorist" , and she was gunned down by Dredd and a squad of judges on the steps of the statue of liberty. They could have simply arrested her, but decided on a huge show of force as a warning to other potential lawbreakers. This story appeared in the Megazine rather than the prog, but has been reprinted several times since.

[TordelBack]

....and she was gunned down by Dredd and a squad of judges on the steps of the statue of liberty. They could have simply arrested her, but decided on a huge show of force as a warning to other potential lawbreakers.

Not so - that's typical Dem propaganda!  

America (Jara) was severely wounded by shrapnel from the terrorists' own exploding vehicle, and Dredd had ordered his men to hold fire.  She was shot against his direct orders as she staggered up the steps towards the Statue, and the judge responsible was charged (albeit very mildly disciplined subsequently).  The wisdom of the force used on the cell in the first place, and the lenient treatment of the judge are both in question, but Dredd did not "gun down"  Beeny's mother instead of arresting her.

The more I thoink on this the more I think this needs to go into the Casefiles as an extra, and fairly soon - it's not a long story.  As the coming Casefiles currently only cover 6 months at a time, and the story covers a loooong period of time, there's a bit of wiggle room there.

[flesario]

Please, that's enough of talking about what actually happens in these comics. Much more importantly is there available a potted history of newspaper Dredds? I would cut out the Daily Star W/G Ron Smith ones when I was a kid- I think were in on Saturdays- and have some of the reprints. How long was he in the Metro for, and were the episodic Ian Gibson illustrated ones also DSDs?

I hope a compilation include all newspaper Dredds, even the rubbish ones.

[Large48]

I think Leigh is the expert here, but here's my attempt......

There were about 280ish of the Saturday Strips - mostly by the Mighty Ron Smith (260), but with a few later ones by Gibson, at least one Ewins one (264).

Daily Strips

Ron Smith and Gibson then did the first daily tales, with Barry Kitson doing one before Mike Collins appeared as a semi-regular. His first ones are brilliant tales like "The Real Judge Dredd" and "Sheriff of Festering Hole" (a personal fave). However, after a period of goodness, Wagner & Grant retire and we get Mark Millar and Alan McKenzie written Daily Star Dredds - then Carlos Pino appears, Ron Smith returns at least. The strip gets a bit of a new lease of life when Robbie Morrison, Gordon Rennie and Andy Diggle start doing strips, with Smith.

Alien Tongues - 65 Episodes - 1 - 65 - 06/01/86 - 04/04/86 - with words by Ron Smith
Pyro - 65 Episodes - 65(?) - 129 - 07/04/86 - 04/07/86 - with words by Ron Smith
Weirdies - 65 Episodes - 130 - 194 - 07/07/86 - 03/10/86 - with words by Ian Gibson
The Mean Machine - 60 Episodes - 195 - 254 - 06/10/86 - 30/12/86 - with words by Ian Gibson
Bride of Death - 67 Episodes - 255 - 321 - 31/12/86 - 18/03/87 with words by Ian Gibson
Vigilante - 78 Episodes - 322 - 399 - 19/03/87 - 17/06/87 with words by Ian Gibson
A Guide to Mega City Law - 74 Episodes - 400 - 473 - 18/06/87 - 11/09/87 with words by Ian Gibson
Crime of Passion - 42 Episodes - 474 - 515 - 12/09/87 - 30/10/87 with words by Barry Kitson
Fat City - 82 Episodes - 516 - 597 - 31/10/87 - 04/02/88 with words by Ian Gibson
The Cursed Earth - 78 Episodes - 598 - 675 - 05/02/88 - 04/05/88 - with words by Ian Gibson
Undercity - 78 Episodes - 676 - 753 - 05/05/88 - 03/08/88 - with words by Ian Gibson
The Menagerie - 75 Episodes - 754 - 828 - 04/08/88 - 31/10/88 with words by Mike Collins
The Monster Maker - 78 Episodes - 829 - 906 - 01/11/88 - 30/01/89 with words by Mike Collins
Heartbeat - 78 Episodes - 907 - 984 - 31/01/89 - 01/05/89 - with words by Ian Gibson
Death of a Salesman - 78 Episodes - 985 - 1062 - 02/05/89 - 31/07/89 with words by Mike Collins
The Real Judge Dredd - 77 Episodes - 1063 - 1139 - 01/08/89 - 28/10/89 with words by Mike Collins
Hot Rocks - 78 Episodes - 1140 - 1217 - 30/10/89 - 29/01/90 with words by Mike Collins
The Elephant Man - 77 Episodes - 1218 - 1294 - 30/01/90 - 28/04/90 with words by Mike Collins
Who Dunnit? - 78 Episodes - 1295 - 1372 - 30/04/90 - 28/07/90 with words by Mike Collins
The Shediff of Festering Hole - 57 Episodes - 1373 - 1429 - 30/07/90 - 03/10/90 with words by Mike Collins
Cybo! - 41 Episodes - 1430 - 1470 - 04/10/90 - 20/11/90 with words by Mike Collins
Nice & Eezy does it! - 43 Episodes - 1471 - 1513 - 21/11/90 - 11/01/91 with words by Mike Collins
The Stookie War! - 42 Episodes - 1514 - 1555 - 12/01/91 - 01/03/91 with words by Mike Collins
Return of the Peeper - 43 Episodes - 1556 - 1598 - 22/02/91 - 20/04/91 with words by Mike Collins
How to be a...Monster - 42 Episodes - 1599 - 1640 - 22/04/91 - 08/06/91 with words by Mike Collins
Assault on Sector House 13 - 42 Episodes - 1641 - 1682 - 10/06/91 - 27/07/91 with words by Carlos Pino
Chaos Carnival - 42 Episodes - 1683 - 1724 - 29/07/91 - 14/09/91 with words by Mike Collins
Reform School Reunion - 42 Episodes - 1725 - 1766 - 16/09/91 - 02/11/91 with words by Carlos Pino
Blood of Nosferatu - 42 Episodes - 1767 - 1808 - 04/11/91 - 21/12/91 with words by Carlos Pino
The Accident Men - 42 Episodes - 1809 - 1850 - 23/12/91 - 11/02/92 - with words by Ron Smith
Death to the Judges - 42 Episodes - 1851 - 1892 - 12/02/92 - 31/03/92 with words by Carlos Pino
The KKK Krimes - 42 Episodes - 1893 - 1934 - 01/04/92 - 19/05/92 - with words by Ron Smith
Vic Slaughter's Big Night Out - 42 Episodes - 1935 - 1976 - 20/05/92 - 07/07/92 with words by Carlos Pino
Hondo City Nightmare - 42 Episodes - 1977 - 2018 - 08/07/92 - 24/08/92 with words by Carlos Pino
Fite Nite - 42 Episodes - 2019 - 2060 - 25/08/92 - 12/10/92 with words by Sean Phillips
Night of the Living Dredd - 42 Episodes - 2061 - 2102 - 13/10/92 - 01/12/92 with words by Carlos Pino
Brute Force - 42 Episodes - 2103 - 2144 - 02/12/92 - 20/01/93 with words by Carlos Pino
Mega-City Heat - 42 Episodes - 2145 - 2186 - 21/01/93 - 10/03/93 with words by Carlos Pino
Char Wars - 42 Episodes - 2187 - 2228 - 11/03/93 - 28/04/93 - with words by Ron Smith
The Poverty Trap - 42 Episodes - 2229 - 2270 - 29/04/93 - 16/06/93 with words by Carlos Pino
The Underworld Rises! - 42 Episodes - 2271 - 2312 - 17/06/93 - 04/08/93 with words by Carlos Pino
Death Station - 42 Episodes - 2313 - 2354 - 05/08/93 - 22/09/93 - with words by Ron Smith
Night of the Futant - 42 Episodes - 2355 - 2396 - 23/09/93 - 10/11/93 with words by Carlos Pino
Corpulance Inc. - 42 Episodes - 2297 - 2338 - 11/11/93 - 31/12/93 with words by Carlos Pino
Pritzy's Honour - 42 Episodes - 2339 - 2380 - 01/01/94 - 18/02/94 with words by Carlos Pino
Breakout - 42 Episodes - 2381 - 2422 - 19/02/94 - 08/04/94 with words by Carlos Pino
Robo-Dredd - 42 Episodes - 2423 - 2464 - 09/04/94 - 27/05/94 - with words by Ron Smith
The Big Hit - 42 Episodes - 2465 - 2506 - 28/05/94 - 15/07/94 with words by Carlos Pino
Assualt on Sector 13 - 42 Episodes - 2507 - 2548 - 16/07/94 - 02/09/94 - with words by Ron Smith
Perp Watch - 42? Episodes - 2549 - 2591? - 03/09/94 - ? with words by Carlos Pino
??? - ? Episodes - 2657 - with words by Ron Smith
??Joshua Shrubb? - 42? Episodes - 2859 - 2901? - 99/99/95 - 02/09/95 - with words by Ron Smith
??Cadet? - 42(?) Episodes - 2979 - 3021 - 99/99/95 - 02/09/95 - with words by Ron Smith
The Long Walk - 42 Episodes - 3045 - 3086 - 14/04/96 - 04/06/96 with words by Carlos Pino
Euroball 2118! - 42 Episodes - 3087 - 3128 - 05/06/96 - 23/07/96 - with words by Ron Smith
Slugheads! - 42 Episodes - 3129 - 3170 - 24/07/96 - 10/09/96 - with words by Ron Smith
Jimpy - 42 Episodes - 3171 - 3212 - 11/09/96 - 29/10/96 with words by Carlos Pino
Strangers on a Zoom Train - 42 Episodes - 3213 - 3254 - 30/10/96 - 17/12/96 - with words by Ron Smith
Progeny - 43 Episodes - 3255 - 3297 - 18/12/96 - 06/02/97 - with words by Dylan Teague
Sleeper - 41 Episodes - 3298 - 3338 - 07/02/97 - 27/03/97 - with words by Ron Smith
Day of the Dragon - 42 Episodes - 3339 - 3380 - 28/03/97 - 15/05/97 - with words by Ron Smith
Leviathan - 42 Episodes - 3381 - 3422 - 16/05/97 - 03/07/97 - with words by Ron Smith
Hab-zone - 42 Episodes - 3423 - 3464 - 04/07/97 - 99/08/97 - with words by Ron Smith
Ron Smith - 3516
??Predators? - ? Episodes - 3549 - 3564 - 99/99/97 - 21/08/97 - with words by Ron Smith
Sexwar - 42 Episodes - 3465 - 3506 - 22/08/97 - 09/10/97 - with words by David Bircham
Bodysnatchers - 42 Episodes - 3507 - 3548 - 10/08/97 - 27/11/97 - with words by Ron Smith
Shadows - 41 Episodes - 3549 - 3589 - 28/11/97 - 16/01/98 - with words by Ron Smith
Zoom Blitz - 42 Episodes - 3590 - 3631 - 17/01/98 - 06/03/98 - with words by Charlie Adlard
Robomania - 42 Episodes - 3632 - 3673 - 07/03/98 - 24/04/98 - with words by Ron Smith
Smashball - 25 Episodes - 3674 - 3698 - 25/04/98 - 23/05/98 - with words by Andrew Currie
The Blackwood Incident - ? Episodes - 3716 - ? - 24/05/98 - ? - with words by Charlie Adlard
X-files / Judge Dredd Cross Over - 4405? - last page (week 7 day 6) - with words signed by Charlie Adlard

News of the World Sunday Colour Strips (based on Film) Wagner / Smith - 18 (36?) Episodes

The first 18 where based on the film and the next 18 following on from that and Ron thinks these where published in the 'kids' magazine. (Lawman of the Future?)

Metro Original Artwork                           
                              
Mutie Menace      1-5 complete            Megazine 218 04/05/04         
It's Only Ruck and Roll   1-5 complete            Megazine 219 01/06/04         
The Taking of Zoom 123  1-5 complete            Megazine 220 29/06/04         
Cab Wars      2,3,4,5            Megazine 221 27/07/04         Megazine 235 23/08/05
Diet Hard      1-5 complete            Megazine 222 24/08/04         
Code 99 Red      1-5 complete            Megazine 223 21/09/04         
Alientown      1-5 complete            Megazine 224 19/10/04         
Snowdonia      1-5 complete            Megazine 225 18/11/04         
Pirates of the Carrie Bean   1-5 complete         Megazine 226 14/12/04         
Lard of the Ring   1-5 complete            Megazine 227 11/01/05         
Genolympics      1-4 complete      Steve Roberts   Megazine 228 08/02/05         5 Strips
Census or Senseless   1-5 complete            Megazine 229 08/03/05         
Shadow Of Death      1-5 complete            Megazine 230 05/04/05         
Miss Moople      1-5 complete      Steve Roberts   Megazine 231 03/05/05         
Heatwave      1-5 complete            Megazine 232 31/05/05         
Coast to Coast      1-5 complete      Steve Roberts   Megazine 233 28/06/05         
Big Sister      1-5 complete            Megazine 234 26/07/05         
Fly-By         1-5 complete            Megazine 236 20/09/05         
Presumption of Guilt   1,3,4,5      Steve Roberts a/w   Megazine 238 15/11/05         
Fluffy         1-5 complete            Megazine 239 13/12/05         
Undercity      1-5 complete            Megazine 240 10/01/06         
The Mighty One                     Megazine 241 07/02/06         
Where's Wally?      1-5 complete            Megazine 241 07/02/06         
Night of the Mutants   1-5 complete            Megazine 242 07/03/06         
Mega-Olympics      1-5 complete            Megazine 243 04/04/06         
Payment Due      1-4 complete            Megazine 244 02/05/06         
Celebrity Showdown   1-5 complete            Megazine 245 30/05/06         
Gangs of Mega-City One   1-5 complete                     
Going Nuclear      1-5 complete                     
Boneheads      1-5 complete      Steve Roberts a/w               
Illegal Parking         1-5 complete                     
Robo-Virus         1-5 complete                     
Tour of Duty         1-4 complete                     
Wreckers         1-5 complete                     
Tate Retro         1-5 complete                     
Bit Builders         1-5 complete                     
Max Security         1-5 complete                     
Aeroball         1-5 complete                     
Great Balls of Fire         1-5 complete                     
Sheer Heart Attack         1-5 complete                     
Eezee Zoom         1-5 complete                     
Judge Dud         1-5 complete                     
Congestion Charge         1-4 complete                     
Not Just a Cigar         1-5 complete                     
Summer Solstice         1-5 complete                     
Art Attack         1-5 complete                     
Fast Food         1-4 complete                     
A Royal Affair         1-5 complete                     
Playing Away         2,3,4                     

Sorry for SUCH a long post and as you can see there are gaps in the information, it would be good to get any updates from various sources, scans etc to help fill the gaps out etc, you never know an article in the making, HINT, HINT!!!

[judge cooper]

about the bride of death which one did you mean because there are two dredd stories with that name

[judge cooper]

wich case file was the progs judge death and death lives in

[flesario]

Thanks large48, that's quite eye-opening, there's tons there I've never heard of. I agree, sounds ripe for a meg article!

Cooper- casefiles three and five respectively.

[Leigh S]

That list just about does it -

Wagenr and Grant write all those Daily stories up to the incredible (for all the wrong reasnons!) "Return of the peeper".  If you thought Millars Dredds in the priog were ropey, these actually take it into Plan 9 from outer space territory and i think i'd actually enjoy them in a so abd they are good kind of way, knowing that Dredd was ultimately rascued from the hands of savages!

Theres a gap as my source of Daily star Dredds dried up around 91 and i wasnt about to start buying the Star just to get McKenzie and Millar Dredd!  Managed to fill in some of the gaps up until 94 from a comcics convention and had already started picking up later when i found another direct source some time in 96, but I'm not sure what stories occured in 94 to 96 - the numbering goes haywire between those two periods, so if anyone collected them during that time, please get in touch! 

Later stories, as you can see ahve a lot of other artists come in, as well as writers - DAvid Bishop, Andy Diggle, Robbie Morrison and Gordon Rennie all step in to releive Millar and Morrison of their duties. Depsite the quality improving after this, the strips sadly got binned when the Star decided it was cheaper to fill the page with Princess Di's astrologer than with comic strips (would you trust Princess Di's astrologer??? )

I ahve heard that Rebellion were supposed to have taken "custody" of the Daily Star Dredds from the paper a good while ago, though whether this happened in the end, and whether the archive was complete, I still dont know.

[Jared Katooie]

Epic thread derailment!

That's why I'm the boss. 

[judge cooper]

what is the difference between case files and restricted files

[James Stacey]

what is the difference between case files and restricted files

Case files are the stories from the progs and megs, Restricted Files are all the other stories from specials and albums ect that were missed out of the Case Files run.

[judge cooper]

thank you

[judge cooper]

Cooper- casefiles three and five respectively.

thanks