Judge Tex

Judge Tex is a lawman of Mega-City One operating within the same brutal future-justice system as Judge Dredd, serving as part of the sprawling supporting cast of street judges that gives Dredd's world its depth and credibility.

A denizen of the gritty, satirical world that 2000 AD built from its very first year, Judge Tex stepped onto the page in 1977 — right at the heart of that landmark British anthology's explosive Bronze Age debut — brought to life by John Howard and Ian Gibson. Rubbing shoulders with none other than Judge Dredd himself across the pages of 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd series, Tex occupies that rich supporting fabric of Mega-City law enforcement that makes Dredd's universe feel so sprawling and lived-in. The fact that this character's presence threads through nearly four decades of publication, from 1977 all the way to 2016, speaks to a quiet but genuine staying power in one of comics' most beloved science-fiction universes. For collectors and fans who love the texture and depth of 2000 AD's world-building, Judge Tex is exactly the kind of figure worth tracking down.