About: The Judge Child

The Judge Child was an extended storyline in the comic strip Judge Dredd that ran in progs 156-181 of British comic magazine 2000 AD, in 1980. It introduced Owen Krysler, a powerful psychic character referred to as the Judge Child. Written by John Wagner and drawn by Mike McMahon, Brian Bolland and Ron Smith, the story also introduced the popular villain "Mean Machine" Angel and the future chief judge Judge Hershey, as well as drastically expanding the scope of the Judge Dredd universe. Consequences of the Judge Child story affected a number of plotlines for the next eighteen years, as well as leading to a notable sequel, City of the Damned. The story is also notable as introducing Alan Grant as Wagner's long-term co-writer of the series (beginning in the final episodes set on Xanadu).