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Judge Hershey

Judge Hershey

194 appearances Β· Bronze Age Β· 1980–2026 Β· 7 key issues
Who is Judge Hershey?

Debuting in the pages of 2000 AD, Judge Hershey is a senior Street Judge serving Mega-City One alongside Judge Dredd. Trained through the Academy of Law, she rose through the ranks to become one of the city's most respected and capable law enforcers.

Few characters in British comics have proven as enduringly vital as Judge Hershey, who first strode onto the pages of 2000 AD in 1980 β€” a Bronze Age debut courtesy of T. B. Grover and Ian Gibson that launched a career now spanning an extraordinary 46 years and nearly 200 catalogued appearances. A fixture of Fleetway's flagship anthology and Judge Dredd the Megazine, she has shared the grim, neon-soaked streets with the likes of Joe Dredd, Psi Judge Anderson, Judge Death, and Chief Judges McGruder and Silver β€” company that puts her squarely at the heart of some of the most consequential moments Mega-City One has ever seen. With seven key issues to her name, collectors have long recognised that Hershey isn't background furniture but a genuine pillar of the 2000 AD universe. If you're serious about exploring the rich, satirical world of British comics at their most inventive, her run is essential reading.

β˜… First appearance
2000 AD and Tornado #162
Apr 1980

Trivia

  • When she ascended to Chief Judge in the main continuity, a long-running supporting character was elevated to the franchise's top political office rather than being kept permanently in a side-role β€” a bold creative move that reshaped the entire power structure of the strip.en.wikipedia.org
  • John Wagner has written more of Judge Hershey's comics than any other writer in our catalog β€” 64 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1980–2024

2000 AD and Tornado #162 β˜… 1980
2000 AD and Tornado #162
2000 AD #457 β˜… 1986
2000 AD #457
2000 AD #504 1987
2000 AD #504
Judge Dredd the Megazine #29 β˜… 1993
Judge Dredd the Megazine #29
Judge Dredd Yearbook #1995 β˜… 1994
Judge Dredd Yearbook #1995
2000 AD #1051 1997
2000 AD #1051
Judge Dredd: Necropolis #1 2003
Judge Dredd: Necropolis #1
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files #7 2007
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files #7
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files #15 2010
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files #15
Judge Anderson: The Psi Files #3 2013
Judge Anderson: The Psi Files #3
Essential Judge Dredd: America #[nn] 2020
Essential Judge Dredd: America #[nn]
2000 AD #2400 2024
2000 AD #2400

Appearances (151–194 of 194, oldest first)

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (2005)
Judge Death: Young Death - Boyhood of a Superfiend (2008)
2000 AD (2001)
The Dead Man (2009)
Judge Anderson: The Psi Files (2009)
Judge Dredd Megazine (2003)
Judge Death: The Life and Death of... (2011)
Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection (2015)
Essential Judge Dredd: America (2020)