Rookie Judge Kraken

Emerging from the gritty streets of Mega-City One in 1990, Rookie Judge Kraken debuted in the pages of 2000 AD — that legendary British anthology that never played it safe — brought to life by Ian Rimmer and Art Wetherell at the dawn of the Copper/Modern Age. Sharing the page with titans like Judge Dredd, Judge Hershey, and Chief Judge Silver, this rookie stepped into one of comics' most unforgiving fictional universes, and notably features in the celebrated Necropolis saga, one of the most consequential storylines in the 2000 AD canon. Twelve catalog appearances spanning all the way to 2016 speak to a quietly enduring presence in the Judge Dredd mythology — a character who, despite rookie status, found a place in some genuinely landmark issues. For fans of British comics at their most ambitious and morally complex, Rookie Judge Kraken is a name worth tracking down.