Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 50: Volume 50
Published on 7. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-83786-780-6 (ISBN)
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THE STREETS OF DAN FRANCISCO
Chief Judge Dan Francisco is back in charge of Mega-City One. This means that Judge Dredd finds himself on Francisco's Council of Five - a committee of the Chief Judge's most trusted advisors. But Dredd is not a desk jockey, and he longs to pound the streets of the Big Meg, enforcing the law and keeping order.
Written by John Wagner (A History of Violence), Gordon Rennie (Missionary Man), Al Ewing (The Immortal Hulk), Si Spurrier (Hellblazer), Michael Carroll (Dreadnoughts) and John Tomlinson (Judge Dredd) with art by John Higgins (Watchmen), Mike Collins (Captain Britain), Karl Richardson (Warhammer), Leigh Gallagher (Kingmaker), Paul Marshall (Firekind), Nick Dyer (Anderson, PSI Division), David Roach (Batman & Demon), Anthony Williams (Deadpool), Ben Willsher (Deadline), Andrew Currie (Ninjak), Patrick Goddard (Rogue Trooper), Brendan McCarthy (Rogan Josh), Simon Fraser (Nikolai Dante) and Cliff Robinson (Mother Earth).
Chief Judge Dan Francisco is back in charge of Mega-City One. This means that Judge Dredd finds himself on Francisco's Council of Five - a committee of the Chief Judge's most trusted advisors. But Dredd is not a desk jockey, and he longs to pound the streets of the Big Meg, enforcing the law and keeping order.
Written by John Wagner (A History of Violence), Gordon Rennie (Missionary Man), Al Ewing (The Immortal Hulk), Si Spurrier (Hellblazer), Michael Carroll (Dreadnoughts) and John Tomlinson (Judge Dredd) with art by John Higgins (Watchmen), Mike Collins (Captain Britain), Karl Richardson (Warhammer), Leigh Gallagher (Kingmaker), Paul Marshall (Firekind), Nick Dyer (Anderson, PSI Division), David Roach (Batman & Demon), Anthony Williams (Deadpool), Ben Willsher (Deadline), Andrew Currie (Ninjak), Patrick Goddard (Rogue Trooper), Brendan McCarthy (Rogan Josh), Simon Fraser (Nikolai Dante) and Cliff Robinson (Mother Earth).
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English
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Oxford
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Rebellion Publishing Ltd.
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Height: 259 mm
Width: 186 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
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794 gr
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978-1-83786-780-6 (9781837867806)
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John Wagner
John Wagner has been scripting for 2000 AD for more years than he cares to remember. His creations include Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Ace Trucking, Al's Baby, Button Man and Mean Machine. Outside of 2000 AD his credits include Star Wars, Lobo, The Punisher and the critically acclaimed A History of Violence.
Gordon Rennie
Gordon Rennie is one of 2000 AD's most prolific creators, with co-creative credits for Caballistics, Inc., Missionary Man, Necronauts, Storming Heaven, Rain Dogs and Witchworld. Rennie has written for Heavy Metal and Warhammer, as well as Species, Starship Troopers and White Trash.
Al Ewing
Al Ewing has been a Judge Dredd aficionado since the age of nine, and is best known in the UK for his work on Dredd in 2000 AD, where he also co-created Zombo and Damnation Station. In addition, Ewing has written various novels for Solaris and Abaddon Books, including The Fictional Man, Pax Omega and Gods of Manhattan. His work in American comics includes an acclaimed run on The Immortal Hulk for Marvel and We Only Find Them When They're Dead for Boom!
Simon Spurrier
Simon "Si" Spurrier writes novels and comics.
His work in the latter field stretches from award winning creator-owned books such as Numbercruncher, Six-Gun Gorilla and The Spire to projects in the U.S. mainstream like Hellblazer, The Dreaming, and X-Men. It all began with a series of twist-in-the-tail stories for the UK's beloved 2000 AD, which ignited an enduring love for genre fiction.
His prose works range from the beatnik neurosis-noir of Contract to the occult whodunnit A Serpent Uncoiled via various franchise and genre-transgressing titles. In 2016 he took a foray into experimental fiction with the e-novella Unusual Concentrations: a tale of coffee, crime and overhead conversations.
He lives in Margate, regards sushi as part of the plotting process, and has the fluffiest of cats.
John Tomlinson
John Tomlinson worked at Marvel UK helping nurture various talents, including Matthew Bingham and John Freeman.
He was editor of 2000 AD from 1994 to 1996 and the Judge Dredd Megazine briefly in 1996. He also wrote several stories for 2000 AD.
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll is the author of over forty books, including the award-winning New Heroes series of Young Adult superhero novels and the best-selling cult graphic novel Judge Dredd: Every Empire Falls. He currently writes Proteus Vex and Judge Dredd for 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine, Jennifer Blood for Dynamite Entertainment, Razorjack for Titan Books, and the Judge Dredd, Rico Dredd and JUDGES novellas for Abaddon Books.
Ben Willsher
Ben Willsher got his break in comics in the ground-breaking Deadline magazine (home of Tank Girl), before being stolen by the world of computer games, where he has worked as an Art Director for many years. However, the lure of Comics was too strong and he came back to 2000 AD and has drawn Future Shocks, Pulp Sci-Fi, Tharg's Terror Tales, Sinister Dexter, Damnation Station, but he is probably best known for his work on Judge Dredd. As well as reviving the uber cool grifter Lenny Zero, with original creator Andy Diggle, Willsher has also drawn a movie Dreddverse strip titled Dust.
Beyond his accomplishments in the world of comics he has also worked in film, television and the music industry, and is heavily involved in the World of Doctor Who, where he has illustrated work for the Time Lord luminaries such as Russell T Davies and Mark Gatiss.
John Higgins
John Higgins is a multi-talented 2000 AD artist and writer; as well as scripting a Future Shock and Judge Dredd, Higgins has illustrated Chopper, Freaks, One-Offs, Tharg the Mighty, Time Twisters and Dreadnoughts.
Andrew Currie
Andrew Currie made his 2000 AD debut with Judge Dredd, following success in America with series like Ninjak and Seeker 3000. He has also worked on Sinister Dexter, The Inspectre and Bato Loco.
Mike Collins
Mike Collins is the illustrator and co-creator of American Gothic. He has also worked on Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Sinister Dexter, Slaine and several Future Shocks.
Anthony Williams
Anthony Williams is the co-creator of both Babe Race 2000 and Kola Kommandoes. During his 2000 AD career, he has illustrated Big Dave, Future Shocks, Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd, Mean Arena, Mean Machine, Robo-Hunter, Sinister Dexter, Slaine, Tharg the Mighty and The V.C.s. Williams' work beyond 2000 AD includes Batman, Fate, Green Lantern, Superman, The Unfunnies, and Games Workshop's Titan.
Patrick Goddard
Patrick Goddard's clean art style has graced many strips in the Galaxy's Greatest Comic. Co-creator of the Megazine series Wardog, he has penciled Judge Dredd, Mean Machine, Middenface McNulty, Sinister Dexter and took over the art duties on Savage from Charlie Adlard.
Paul Marshall
Paul Marshall co-created The Corps and Firekind, and has also pencilled Judge Dredd, Mean Machine, One-Offs, Sinister Dexter, Tharg's Future Shocks, Tyranny Rex and Vector 13. His other work can be seen in Harris Comics' Avalon.
David Roach
David Roach joined the art Droids at 2000 AD in late 1986 after studying Fine Art and Philosophy at art college, going on to draw Nemesis the Warlock and Judge Anderson for five years. In the '90s he was one of many artists enticed over to America where he drew Star Wars and Aliens for Dark Horse, Star Trek for Wildstorm, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs for Topps and numerous strips for DC including a lengthy association with Batman which he both drew and inked. Much of the late '90s was spent drawing Dungeons and Dragons illustrations for Wizards of the Coast, but he returned to British comics in 1999 with work for Panini's Doctor Who Magazine where he still draws or inks the comic strip, and is the company's Principal Graphic Novel cover artist. The new millennium also saw a return to 2000 AD where he drew Judge Dredd, Synnamon and in 2016 returned to Judge Anderson in Prog 2000. Away from comics, Roach has created artwork for records, advertising, storyboards and countless commissions. He also lectures in art and enjoys an alternate existence as a fine artist working with life-models to create large scale drawings of the nude.
Leigh Gallagher
Leigh Gallagher was looked upon strangely as he attempted to leap triumphantly in the air when Tharg gave him his first professional comics work in 2000 AD. Since then he has worked on Vertigo's The Witching, DC Comics' Justice League Unlimited, and he was the 2008 artist on Lego's Bionicle, based on the popular toy line. Back with 2000 AD he worked on Defoe, reinventing himself using a style inspired by his early love of British comics Scream, Eagle and, of course, 2000 AD. He has finally realised he will never accomplish that triumphant leap, but is still looked upon strangely.
Simon Fraser
Simon Fraser is best known to 2000 AD fans as the co-creator of Russian rogue Nikolai Dante, whose adventures have been a staple of the comic since his debut in 1997. Fraser is also the co-creator of Family in the Judge Dredd Megazine, and has drawn Judge Dredd and Shimura.
His best-known non-2000 AD work is Lux & Alby: Sign On and Save the Universe, a collaboration with Scottish post-punk author Martin Millar.
Cliff Robinson
Cliff Robinson is one of 2000 AD's longest-serving artists, having made his debut with a Future Shock way back in Prog 362! Since then, he has co-created Mother Earth, and illustrated numerous Judge Dredd strips, as well as Future Shocks, Judge Anderson and Venus Bluegenes.
John Wagner has been scripting for 2000 AD for more years than he cares to remember. His creations include Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Ace Trucking, Al's Baby, Button Man and Mean Machine. Outside of 2000 AD his credits include Star Wars, Lobo, The Punisher and the critically acclaimed A History of Violence.
Gordon Rennie
Gordon Rennie is one of 2000 AD's most prolific creators, with co-creative credits for Caballistics, Inc., Missionary Man, Necronauts, Storming Heaven, Rain Dogs and Witchworld. Rennie has written for Heavy Metal and Warhammer, as well as Species, Starship Troopers and White Trash.
Al Ewing
Al Ewing has been a Judge Dredd aficionado since the age of nine, and is best known in the UK for his work on Dredd in 2000 AD, where he also co-created Zombo and Damnation Station. In addition, Ewing has written various novels for Solaris and Abaddon Books, including The Fictional Man, Pax Omega and Gods of Manhattan. His work in American comics includes an acclaimed run on The Immortal Hulk for Marvel and We Only Find Them When They're Dead for Boom!
Simon Spurrier
Simon "Si" Spurrier writes novels and comics.
His work in the latter field stretches from award winning creator-owned books such as Numbercruncher, Six-Gun Gorilla and The Spire to projects in the U.S. mainstream like Hellblazer, The Dreaming, and X-Men. It all began with a series of twist-in-the-tail stories for the UK's beloved 2000 AD, which ignited an enduring love for genre fiction.
His prose works range from the beatnik neurosis-noir of Contract to the occult whodunnit A Serpent Uncoiled via various franchise and genre-transgressing titles. In 2016 he took a foray into experimental fiction with the e-novella Unusual Concentrations: a tale of coffee, crime and overhead conversations.
He lives in Margate, regards sushi as part of the plotting process, and has the fluffiest of cats.
John Tomlinson
John Tomlinson worked at Marvel UK helping nurture various talents, including Matthew Bingham and John Freeman.
He was editor of 2000 AD from 1994 to 1996 and the Judge Dredd Megazine briefly in 1996. He also wrote several stories for 2000 AD.
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll is the author of over forty books, including the award-winning New Heroes series of Young Adult superhero novels and the best-selling cult graphic novel Judge Dredd: Every Empire Falls. He currently writes Proteus Vex and Judge Dredd for 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine, Jennifer Blood for Dynamite Entertainment, Razorjack for Titan Books, and the Judge Dredd, Rico Dredd and JUDGES novellas for Abaddon Books.
Ben Willsher
Ben Willsher got his break in comics in the ground-breaking Deadline magazine (home of Tank Girl), before being stolen by the world of computer games, where he has worked as an Art Director for many years. However, the lure of Comics was too strong and he came back to 2000 AD and has drawn Future Shocks, Pulp Sci-Fi, Tharg's Terror Tales, Sinister Dexter, Damnation Station, but he is probably best known for his work on Judge Dredd. As well as reviving the uber cool grifter Lenny Zero, with original creator Andy Diggle, Willsher has also drawn a movie Dreddverse strip titled Dust.
Beyond his accomplishments in the world of comics he has also worked in film, television and the music industry, and is heavily involved in the World of Doctor Who, where he has illustrated work for the Time Lord luminaries such as Russell T Davies and Mark Gatiss.
John Higgins
John Higgins is a multi-talented 2000 AD artist and writer; as well as scripting a Future Shock and Judge Dredd, Higgins has illustrated Chopper, Freaks, One-Offs, Tharg the Mighty, Time Twisters and Dreadnoughts.
Andrew Currie
Andrew Currie made his 2000 AD debut with Judge Dredd, following success in America with series like Ninjak and Seeker 3000. He has also worked on Sinister Dexter, The Inspectre and Bato Loco.
Mike Collins
Mike Collins is the illustrator and co-creator of American Gothic. He has also worked on Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Sinister Dexter, Slaine and several Future Shocks.
Anthony Williams
Anthony Williams is the co-creator of both Babe Race 2000 and Kola Kommandoes. During his 2000 AD career, he has illustrated Big Dave, Future Shocks, Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd, Mean Arena, Mean Machine, Robo-Hunter, Sinister Dexter, Slaine, Tharg the Mighty and The V.C.s. Williams' work beyond 2000 AD includes Batman, Fate, Green Lantern, Superman, The Unfunnies, and Games Workshop's Titan.
Patrick Goddard
Patrick Goddard's clean art style has graced many strips in the Galaxy's Greatest Comic. Co-creator of the Megazine series Wardog, he has penciled Judge Dredd, Mean Machine, Middenface McNulty, Sinister Dexter and took over the art duties on Savage from Charlie Adlard.
Paul Marshall
Paul Marshall co-created The Corps and Firekind, and has also pencilled Judge Dredd, Mean Machine, One-Offs, Sinister Dexter, Tharg's Future Shocks, Tyranny Rex and Vector 13. His other work can be seen in Harris Comics' Avalon.
David Roach
David Roach joined the art Droids at 2000 AD in late 1986 after studying Fine Art and Philosophy at art college, going on to draw Nemesis the Warlock and Judge Anderson for five years. In the '90s he was one of many artists enticed over to America where he drew Star Wars and Aliens for Dark Horse, Star Trek for Wildstorm, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs for Topps and numerous strips for DC including a lengthy association with Batman which he both drew and inked. Much of the late '90s was spent drawing Dungeons and Dragons illustrations for Wizards of the Coast, but he returned to British comics in 1999 with work for Panini's Doctor Who Magazine where he still draws or inks the comic strip, and is the company's Principal Graphic Novel cover artist. The new millennium also saw a return to 2000 AD where he drew Judge Dredd, Synnamon and in 2016 returned to Judge Anderson in Prog 2000. Away from comics, Roach has created artwork for records, advertising, storyboards and countless commissions. He also lectures in art and enjoys an alternate existence as a fine artist working with life-models to create large scale drawings of the nude.
Leigh Gallagher
Leigh Gallagher was looked upon strangely as he attempted to leap triumphantly in the air when Tharg gave him his first professional comics work in 2000 AD. Since then he has worked on Vertigo's The Witching, DC Comics' Justice League Unlimited, and he was the 2008 artist on Lego's Bionicle, based on the popular toy line. Back with 2000 AD he worked on Defoe, reinventing himself using a style inspired by his early love of British comics Scream, Eagle and, of course, 2000 AD. He has finally realised he will never accomplish that triumphant leap, but is still looked upon strangely.
Simon Fraser
Simon Fraser is best known to 2000 AD fans as the co-creator of Russian rogue Nikolai Dante, whose adventures have been a staple of the comic since his debut in 1997. Fraser is also the co-creator of Family in the Judge Dredd Megazine, and has drawn Judge Dredd and Shimura.
His best-known non-2000 AD work is Lux & Alby: Sign On and Save the Universe, a collaboration with Scottish post-punk author Martin Millar.
Cliff Robinson
Cliff Robinson is one of 2000 AD's longest-serving artists, having made his debut with a Future Shock way back in Prog 362! Since then, he has co-created Mother Earth, and illustrated numerous Judge Dredd strips, as well as Future Shocks, Judge Anderson and Venus Bluegenes.