Judge Dredd: A Tale From Walter's Scwapbook, Part 2

NAME
Judge Dredd: A Tale From Walter's Scwapbook, Part 2

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. and Starlord Prog 121

DATELINE
14 July 79

This prog also contained ABC Warriors, Disaster 1990, Dan Dare and Project Overkill strips, a bit more of Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein's Book Of Robots and a Judge Dredd cover by Brian Bolland.

PAGE COUNT
6

REPRINTS
Judge Dredd 26, The Complete Judge Dredd 11, The Best Of Judge Dredd and Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 03.

SYNOPSIS
Walter tells the story of a time when Dredd got something wrong.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First instance of Judge impersonation.

INFORMATION
(The framing story takes place on a Monday, presumably in 2101, while the flashback took place "maybe a year ago", while Judge Griffin was still Principal of the Academy Of Law, so it must take place before The Day The Law Died, but realistically also before The Cursed Earth)

Culver Alley is a street in Mega-City One. Huck Finn Block has a child care centre.
City Care looks after children when their parents or guardians can't or won't.

Cadets at The Academy Of Law can be expelled for scoring less than 80% on an exam, being too emotional and leaving the Academy grounds. Named Cadets: Cadet Ralph Bryce (expelled)

JUDGE DREDD
He elects to remove Ralphy from his aunt and uncle's custody and enrol him in the Academy Of Law. When Ralph is expelled, Dredd delivers him to the child care centre at Huck Finn Block and visits him once a week from then on.

OTHER CHARACTERS
WALTER THE WOBOT
He recounts Ralph's story to a group of robots.

RALPH BRYCE
Known as Ralphy. He was orphaned after his parents were killed in a monorail crash, he lives with an aunt and uncle. Despite being warned about impersonating a Judge. He attempts to arrest two lawbreakers, dressed in a Judge outfit from a toy store, wearing a badge that reads 'Dredd Junior' and armed with a water pistol. One of the lawbreakers beats him up. Dredd finds him and takes him to the hospital and arrests him a sixth time. Dredd enrols him at the Academy Of Law. Months later he is expelled for leaving the Academy grounds. Dredd delivers him to the child care centre at Huck Finn Block and visits him once a week from then on.

JUDGE GRIFFIN
In spite of his reservations, he accepted Ralph Bryce as a Cadet in the Academy Of Law. He expels him months later.

ARRESTS
At least six. Ralphy is arrested for impersonation of a Judge and at least five roadliner hijackers are arrested.

DEATHS
Presumably someone failed to walked away from the roadliner pile-up.

BEST LINES
Ralph: "Well I won't cry! If there's one thing The Academy Of Law taught me, it's how not to cry!"

WORST LINES
Lawbreaker: "Heck, the law!"

CATCHPHRASES
Walter says bwain, bwought, contwawy, cwimes, cwook, cwumbled, cwy, dangewous, Dwedd, evewy, gweased, gweat, hewo, lawbweaker, laundwy, notowious, photogwaph, pwincipal, pwogwess, pwomise, pwoud, pwoves, thwoo, twagedy, tweat, waced, Walphy, wan, wascal, weal, wecovered, wemember, whimpewing, woadliner, woared, wobots, wong, woutine and wule.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
Walter scwapbook features a newspaper cutting about Dredd's arrest of 'The Ape Gang'.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Huck Finn appeared in The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (1885) by Mark Twain (1835-1910)

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: John Howard
Artist: Ron Smith
Letters: Tom Frame

REVIEW
This feels as though it is retreading the ground already covered by Vienna. The panel of an adult beating a child is particularly shocking and its odd that Walter relates a tale which does not feature him at all.

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Judge Dredd: 'A Tale From Walter's Scwapbook', Part 1

NAME
Judge Dredd: 'A Tale From Walter's Scwapbook' 1

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. and Starlord Prog 119

DATELINE
30 June 79

This prog also featured Dan Dare, the debut of ABC Warriors, Disaster 1990 and Project Overkill alongside cut-out-and-keep Ro-Jaws And Hammerstein's Book Of Robots and James Bond cover by Dan Gouzee.

PAGE COUNT
6

REPRINTS
The Complete Judge Dredd 11, Judge Dredd 26, Judge Dredd (Volume 2) 45, The Best Of 2000AD 49 and Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 03.

SYNOPSIS
Walter recounts the story of how Dredd put him in prison.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First story told almost entirely in flashback.

INFORMATION
(The flashback scenes are set in 2099, "not long after" the Robot Wars)

An attempt to rob Mega-City One's Credit Bank was made in 2099. New Sing-Sing is a prison.

Synthi-Veg are synthetic vegetables.

Robot laws are very strict. A free robot would face the same penalty as a human. Lawmaster bike cannons can be set to a narrow beam and continuous fire. Named Judges: Judge Mason

JUDGE DREDD
In 2099, not long after the Robot Wars he dealt with a hostage situation. He had his name written on the back of his Lawmaster. Despite his assistance, he sentences Walter to a month in prison for striking a human.

OTHER CHARACTERS
WALTER THE WOBOT
He is something of a celebrity among Robots. He is unpaid. He has sewn Dredd's name into all his clothes. Every Monday, he visits the local hyper-laundry to them. He keeps a scrapbook. Not long after the Robot War of 2099, Walter spent a month in prison after he attended a hostage situation that Dredd was dealing with and delivered the Judge a meal. Walter insists that Dredd eats it. He throws the Judge's dessert into the face of a gunman threatening to kill Dredd. The Judge sentences him to a month in New Sing-Sing prison.

BUCK
Walter's cell-mate. Dredd arrested him.

ARRESTS
Dredd gives the hostage takers long sentences and arrests Walter for striking a human, putting him in prison for a month.

DEATHS
One. A hostage is shot dead from within the bank.

BEST LINES
Walter: "As Walter wemember, there was a wobbewy at the Cwedit Bank that day. Judge Dwedd had twapped the cwooks inside-"

WORST LINES
Dredd: "It's time I got tough with these murderers!"

CATCHPHRASES
Dredd says "Drokk it", while Walter says awwested, bwain, bwing, bwought, contwawy, cweam, cwedit, cwipes, cwime, cwiticise, cwooks, dwoid, Dw-, Dwedd, fwee, fweedom, fwiendly, gweasy, gweat, hewo, Mawia, nutwition, photogwaph, pway, pwepare, pwepared, pwetty, pwintout, pwison, pwoper, pwoud, pwovide, scwapbook, scwapes, stwaight, stwength, thwoo, twapped, twue, vewy, weady, weleased, wemember, wespect, west, wight, woared, wobbewy, woboservants, wobot and wuff.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
Walter's Scwapbook contains photo of him being awarded his freedom in Robot Wars .

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
Walter mis-spells Dessert as Desert on his screen.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: John Howard
Artist: Ron Smith
Letters: Tom Frame

REVIEW
It's a nice little story, but more suited to Walter's own strip. The use of flashback is nice, but it's not clear why this story is set in 2099 rather than simply last week and Walter's narration soon gets tiresome. The art is great and Walter saves the day in a way that doesn't seem too contrived. The use of the phrase "hyper-laundry" in the first panel, somewhat undermines the bombastic "Judge Dredd Hyper-Cop!" banner above it.

Next Prog: The Forever Crimes!

Invasion!: Death Line

NAME
Invasion!: Death Line

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. Prog 12

DATELINE
14 May 77

PAGE COUNT
4

REPRINTS
Extreme Edition 5 and Invasion!

SYNOPSIS
Savage attacks a Volgan liquidation camp.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First Invasion! strip with an explicit title.

INFORMATION
New Cross Station has been turned into a 'liquidation camp' and the London Underground is used to transport victims to it.

BILL SAVAGE
He convinces Lil to move her stall. Savage incapacitates one of a number of collaborator cleaners and dons his uniform. He leads the attack on an underground train and steals it. His men fill it with explosives. He can drive a train.
He drive the train to News Cross, lights the fuses and jumps out. The resulting explosion destroy the death camp.

OTHER CHARACTERS
LIL
Her stalls selling Eels, Pie 'n' Mash has been outside New Cross Station for twenty years.

SILK
He tells a complete stranger the plan. He can drive a train.

DEATHS
Two. Savage pushes two Volgans under a tube train.

BEST LINES
Volgan Officer: "The death train comes three minutes late - someone will suffer for this!"

WORST LINES
Savage (to a Volgan whilst pushing him under a train): "You're the worst dirt around!"

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Gerry Finley-Day
Artist: Carlos Pino
Letters: Jack Potter

REVIEW
This strip deals with a very weighty subject in a very flippant way. Once again, Silk seems surplus to requirements and even tells a complete stranger the plan simply because they ask.

End Of Incident Twelve + + + Continuance Follows

Star Pin-Up: Judge Dredd II

NAME
Star Pin-Up: Judge Dredd II

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. and Starlord Prog 118

DATELINE
23 June 79

PAGE COUNT
1

REPRINTS
Unknown.

SYNOPSIS
Dredd.

FIRSTS & LASTS
None.

INFORMATION
None.

JUDGE DREDD

OTHER CHARACTERS
None.

ARRESTS
None.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
None.

WORST LINES
None.

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
None.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Artist: Bolland

REVIEW
It's a nice image of Dredd on a Lawmaster radioing in.

Invasion!: 'Dartmoor', Part 2

NAME
Invasion!: 'Dartmoor', Part 2

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. Prog 11

DATELINE
7 May 77

PAGE COUNT
4

REPRINTS
Extreme Edition 5 and Invasion!

SYNOPSIS
Savage evades a mauling from the dogs and capture by the Volgans.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First Invasion! two parter.

INFORMATION
The prisoner's uniforms contain a seam of dried blood to attract the dogs if they ever escaped.

The Volgans have been experimenting on dogs.

BILL SAVAGE
They escape the pack of dogs, with Savage freewheeling their car down the hill and into a swamp. Savage realises that Frost's uniform is attracting the dogs and throws it aboard a Volgan hovercraft causing the dogs to attack the Volgans.

OTHER CHARACTERS
PETER SILK
He helps Savage rescue Frost.

SAMUEL FROST
He strips out of his prison uniform to confuse the dogs.

DEATHS
Maybe a dozen. Savage manages to set the wild dogs on a Hovercraft crew, some of them probably drown.

BEST LINES
Silk: "We've outstripped those hounds - but this hill's almost vertical!"

WORST LINES
Volgan: "No! The prison uniform with the blood trail!"

CATCHPHRASES
Drowning Volgans let out an "Aaieee!"

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
None.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
Unknown.

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Gerry Finley-Day
Artist: Eric Bradbury
Letters: John Aldrich

REVIEW
The dried blood is another great example of the methodical cruelty of the Volgans and Savage setting one enemy on the other is neat. Frost's significance will presumably never be referred to again and what is the point of Silk?

Next - The Death Line!

Invasion!: 'Dartmoor', Part 1

NAME
Invasion!: 'Dartmoor', Part 1

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. Prog 10

DATELINE
30 Apr 79

PAGE COUNT
3

REPRINTS
Extreme Edition 5 and Invasion!

SYNOPSIS
Savage must get a prisoner out of the Dartmoor Maximum Security Complex.

FIRSTS & LASTS
First work on 2000 A.D. by Eric Bradbury.

INFORMATION
Dartmoor Prison has been renamed Dartmoor Maximum Security Complex and is essentially an internment camp for those who speak out against the Volgan regime. Work parties are assigned to a nearby quarry. There are tales of killer monsters roaming Dartmoor.

BILL SAVAGE
He is charged with getting Samuel Frost out of the Dartmoor Maximum Security Complex. They successfully get him to their car only to find it destroyed and their contact dead. They come face-to-face with a pack of wild dogs.

OTHER CHARACTERS
PETER SILK
He and Savage help get Samuel Frost out of the Dartmoor Maximum Security Complex. They successfully get him to their car only to find it destroyed and their contact dead. They come face-to-face with a pack of wild dogs.

SAMUEL FROST
Nobel prize winning Aero-Engineer. He is being held by the Volgans in the Dartmoor Maximum Security Complex. Savage and Silk aid his escape. They come face-to-face with a pack of wild dogs.

DEATHS
Presumably three. The two escaping prisoners are apparently reduced to a pile of dogs. Savage kills a Volgan prison guard, while the farmer is ripped to pieces.

BEST LINES
Volgan: "Men hiding inside the stone tarns. Open fire!"
Savage: "Anything to oblige, Volg!"

WORST LINES
"It's...wild dogs versus Mad Dogs!"

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
Using Code 2 of the Red Alert Survival Wallet: "PQHYH WEH CFPWMP RJIY, YSHGTWOOX DEHR DX PQH NJOIWCY-TZ XJF CHHP WMX, EHPEHWP UTPQ GWDPTJM WMR EHSJEP PJ ZGHOR GJCCWMRHE" translates as "THESE ARE MUTANT DOGS SPECIALLY BRED BY THE VOLGAMS-IF YOU MEET ANY RETREAT WITH CABTION AND REPORT TO FCELD COMMANDER." (see MISTAKES)

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1901 to 1902) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is set largely on Dartmoor and features a legend of a supernatural killer hound.

MISTAKES
Volgan, Field and Caution are encoded as Volgam, Fceld and Cabtion.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: Gerry Finley-Day
Artist: Eric Bradbury
Letters: John Aldrich

In addition to Invasion!, Eric Bradbury provided art for The Mean Arena, Rogue Trooper, Tharg's Future Shocks, Tharg's Terror Tales, Tharg The Mighty, Time Twisters, a Judge Dredd text story and a one-off called What A Load Of Rubbish.

REVIEW
The Holocaust imagery of the opening page is uncomfortable, but the art is impressive as are the slavering wild dogs in the cliffhanger. The middle page seems cluttered by comparison.

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Judge Dredd: Cityblock 2

NAME
Judge Dredd: Cityblock 2

FIRST PUBLISHED
2000 A.D. Prog 118

DATELINE
23 July 79

This prog also featured Dan Dare, Rick Random and Strontium Dog strips, a Judge Dredd Star Pin-Up by Brian Bolland and Strontium Dog cover by Carlos Ezquerra.

PAGE COUNT
6

REPRINTS
The Complete Judge Dredd 11, The Best Of 2000AD 47, Judge Dredd 26, Judge Dredd Chronicles Book 5 and Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 03.

SYNOPSIS
Dredd tackles crimes in two Cityblocks

FIRSTS & LASTS
First thematic two-parter. Cityblock 2 has no direct link to Cityblock 1, except the thematic link exploring the idea of Cityblock life. The strip will return to this style of storytelling with The Mega-Rackets and ...

INFORMATION
Mega-City One's Harriet Beecher Stowe Block has at least 244 levels and an internal televid broadcasting company. Nearby Benjamin Spock Block has at least 111 floors.

Only 13% of Mega-City One's population is in employment. Humans could not adjust to the huge increase in leisure time. Leisure councillors are available in every Cityblock to help the unemployed readjust. They can organise educational courses on subjects like old-time dancing, arti-flower arranging, origami, alien spotting and party-giving.

According to the Mega-City Crime Survey of April 2095, over 750 crimes are committed every day in every Cityblock and 87 of those are crimes of major significance. Named Judges: Judge Le... (badge partially obscured), Judge Low

Working holidays to the mines of Mutieland are available. Super-Mace is an incapacitant spray.

JUDGE DREDD
He arrests three men who turned to robbery out of boredom and Arnold Short who went Futsie after losing his job.

OTHER CHARACTERS
ARNOLD SHORT
He's been the caretaker at Benjamin Spock Block for thirty years, but now he's been replaced by a robot. He goes Futsie and begins shooting people with a laz-rifle from his 111th floor home. Dredd forces his way in and Arnold attempts to jump. Dredd stops him, arrests him and sentences him to hard labour for the rest of his life.

MRS SHORT
She knits.

BENJI
The new robot caretaker at Benjamin Spock Block.

MRS FENNEMOE
Unemployed citizen. She has done courses in old-time dancing, arti-flower arranging, origami and alien spotting. She incapacitates her block Leisure Councillor and replaces him.

ARRESTS
Seven. Two Judges arrests three men for destroying a robot and sentence them to six months. Dredd apprehends three amateur burglars. Dredd arrests Arnold Short and sentences him to hard labour for the rest of his life.

DEATHS
None.

BEST LINES
Mrs Short (as her husband turns indiscriminate sniper): "Really, Arnold, I do think you're making an awful fuss. What will the neighbours think?"

WORST LINES
Human determined to work: "Lucky we saved these antique tools! Let's get busy!"

CATCHPHRASES
None.

CONTINUITY & CROSSOVERS
There is a statue of Fergee outside Benjamin Spock block as seen in The Day The Law Died: Aftermath.

INFLUENCES & REFERENCES
The Cityblocks here are named after Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) and best-selling paediatrician Benjamin Spock (1903-1998).

MISTAKES
None.

RETROSPECT
None.

NOTES
None.

CREDITS
Script: John Howard
Artist: Ron Smith
Letters: Tom Frame

REVIEW
This is more of a series of vignettes that shows the cause and effect that sees citizens driven to crime.