ALAN GRANT Writer CARLOS EZQUERRA g PATRICK GODDARD g STEVE YEOWELL Artist GLENN FABRY Cover Artist Creative Director and CEO: Jason Kingsley Chief Technical Officer: Chris Kingsley 2000 AD Editor in Chief: Matt Smith Graphic Novels Editor: Keith Richardson Junior Graphic Novels Editor: Oliver Ball Graphic Design: Sam Gretton & Oz Osborne Reprographics: Joseph Morgan PR: Michael Molcher Head of Books & Comics: Ben Smith Original Commissioning Editor: Matt Smith Originally serialised in 2000 AD Progs 1734-1739, 1780-1785, 1833-1839 & 2011. Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2016 Rebellion A/S. All Rights Reserved. Judge Dredd and all related characters, their distinctive likenesses and related elements featured in this publication are trademarks of Rebellion A/S. 2000 AD is a registered trademark. The stories, characters and incidents featured in this publication are entirely fictional. Published by Rebellion, Riverside House, Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0ES, UK www.rebellion.co.uk ISBN: 978-1-78108-539-4 Printed in Malta by Gutenberg Press Manufactured in the EU by Stanton Book Services, Wellingborough NN8 3PJ, UK. 1st Printing: January 2017 SamplePrinted on FSC Accredited Paper file For information on other 2000 AD graphic novels, or if you have any comments on this book, please email [email protected] To find out more about 2000 AD, visit www.2000ADonline.com GRANT g EZQUERRA g GODDARD g YEOWELL TEENAGE KYX Sample file BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY 2090. Mega-City One – a sprawling dystopian metropolis, where her occasional unease at her role as a Judge makes her by far one the brutal Judges of the Justice Department are empowered to act of Mega-City One’s more relatable and sympathetic characters. as judge, jury and executioner. Psi-Division is the wing of Justice Department equipped to fight psychic crimes and even predict In Childhood’s End (Judge Anderson: The Psi-Files 02), before them before they happen. The girl who will eventually become she became a cadet, Anderson killed her abusive father and was Psi-Division’s best telepath, Judge Cassandra Anderson, has just inducted into Justice Department’s Psi-Division after her memories started her training. of her traumatic childhood were psychically suppressed. Her frequently cheerful personality in the face of unnatural or terrifying Without question, Anderson is amongst 2000 AD’s most successful situations has been an ongoing theme in her stories. Indeed, the characters. Ever since her introduction in Judge Death (Judge Dredd: horrors Psi Judges are exposed to affects them on a visceral level The Complete Case Files 03), she has made regular appearances in thanks to their abilities – Anderson and her colleagues often the comic and starred in her own series. In contrast to Judge Dredd’s have empathic understanding of the harsh life in Mega-City One stony persona, the wise-cracking Anderson is cheerful and has a and sympathise with the criminals it produces, but must still very un-Judge-like insubordinate streak – a trait not unnoticed by unflinchingly enforce the ruthless law of the Justice Department. her superiors. Although the idea of a police officer that can read These stories from Anderson’s formative years as a cadet reveal minds and occasionally predict the future is potentially terrifying, more of the history behind the conflicted and somewhat world- Anderson’s conflicted feelings about the Justice Department and weary Judge she becomes… MORE ANDERSON: Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 03 Judge Anderson: The Psi-Files 01 (ISBN: 9781904265870) (ISBN: 9781906735227) Features the first appearance of Judge Death Cassandra Anderson is a member of Psi- and Psi Judge Cassandra Anderson. Division, the psychic section of the Justice Department. A precognitive telepath and empath, she can detect crimes before they are committed! Judge Anderson: The Psi-Files 02 Judge Anderson: The Psi-Files 03 (ISBN: 9781907992957) (ISBN: 9781781081068) An impending psychic apocalypse, mutant Something evil from the depths of space vampires, an alien threat on mars... it’s enough is about to crash down into the ‘Big Meg’, to make a seasoned Psi Judge disillusioned presenting the Judges with a bigger crisis with the job. than they have ever faced before! Judge Anderson: The Psi-Files 04 Judge Anderson: The Psi-Files 05 (ISBN: 9781781082362) (ISBN: 9781781084465) Judge Death, together with his vile ‘sisters’ City-wide disasters face Anderson at every Nausea and Phobia, have created the Half- turn, including everything from a hideous Life virus, unleashing a wave of homicidal new disease manufactured by the Sisters of behaviour in Mega-City One! Death and block-sized city-stomping robots! SampleJudge Dredd: Dark Justice file (ISBN: 9781781083185) Anderson discovers that Death has returned and now she and Judge Dredd must travel into deep space in an attempt to stop the Dark Judges once and for all. BIGSample GIRLS DON’T CRY file Script: Alan Grant Art: Patrick Goddard Colours: Chris Blythe Letters: Ellie De Ville Originally published in 2000 AD Prog 2011 ACADEMY OF LAW, PSI-DIVISION The Seventh Assessment Subject: ANDERSON, CASSANDRA Status: PSI CADET Age: 10 Talents: Telepath, some Empathic abilities Anderson was taken to the scene of the latest murder committed by the serial killer Mr Face... THIS CREEP SLICES OFF THE FACES OF HIS VICTIMS. THE BODY IN THERE IS HIS SEVENTEENTH. STEEL YOURSELF, CADET. WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO SEE IS FAR FROM PRETTY. Sample file \... \’M NO SHAME IN NOW - PLACE YOUR SORRY. PUKING, CADET. HANDS ON HIS HEAD YOU’LL GET USED TO AND READ WHATEVER THIS SORT OF IMAGES ARE THING SOON LINGERING IN ENOUGH. HIS MIND. DO \ HAVE TO? YES. THE PERP CAME IN THROUGH THE CELLAR AIR–CON DUCT. THERE’S A POSSIBILITY HE’S STILL THERE... Sample file \’LL CHECK IT OUT. STAY HERE, THAT’S CADET - AN ORDER! PSI– FLASH - ! SURPRISE, SURPRISE! OH! Sample file \ HAVE TO COVER MY HELLO, OWN UGLY FACE, BABY YOU SEE. PITY THEY JUDGE! ALL ROT AWAY BUT A DON’T AFTER SUCH A NICE YOUNG LOOK SO SHORT TIME. FACE LIKE MIGHT HORRIFIED! YOURS DON’T YOU LAST A LOT LONGER. LIKE MY NEW FACE? STILL NOT OLD ENOUGH TO CARRY A GUN ON THE STREETS, EH? MAKES IT ALL THE EASIER FOR ME! \’M OLD ENOUGH TO CARRY A BOOT KNIFE, CREEP! SampleUNNNH! file ANDERSON! WHERE ARE YOU? UP HERE! NOW, LET’S JUST SEE WHAT YOU WERE HIDING! \ THOUGHT \ TOLD YOU NOT TO MOVE FROM \... \ HAD THAT SPOT? A PSI–FLASH, SIR. \ HAD TO INVESTIGATE. HIS FACE IS NORMAL, SIR. H-HE MUST HAVE BEEN MENTALLY DERANGED! Sample file HE WASN’T REALLY A PERP. HE WAS A LUNATIC. HE S NEEDED PA HELP - AND K \ KILLED HIM! WH-WHAT TO GIVE YOU WAS THAT SOMETHING FOR? REAL TO CRY ABOUT! INSANE OR NOT, YOU CAN’T AFFORD THAT CREEP TO EMPATHISE WITH KILLED SEVENTEEN PERPS, CADET. IF YOU CITIZENS. DO, ONE DAY IT’LL BE THE DEATH OF YOU! ASSESSMENT Anderson’s emotions may one day compromise her undoubted talents. She also appears to have a disregard for authority. I recommend placing Sampleher under permanent watch. file By the way, I’m giving her a pass with distinction. Senior Psi-Judge Mahern, Assessor SampleTEENAGE file KYX Script: Alan Grant Art: Carlos Ezquerra & Hector Ezquerra Letters: Ellie De Ville Originally published in 2000 AD Progs 1734-1739 WE’LL START WITH THE MONITORS A CLOSE RUN. WILL SHOW READY, IMAGINE YOUR- WHATEVER YOU ANDERSON? SELF OUTSIDE, SEE. IN SECTOR 93. YES, MA’AM. STARTING RUN, MA’AM. IN IGO SW SampleANN MALL file FACE RECOGNITION WAY BEYOND SAYS THERE ARE AT COINCIDENCE! LEAST SIX EX-PERPS ON THAT BUS. INIGO SWANN MORE OF ‘EM! MA’AM? MY GUESS IS WE HAVE A FLASH MOB OF PERPS CONVERGING ON THE MALL! Sample file SO WHAT THIS IS WE WAITING ANDERSON - ALL FOR? UNITS TO INIGO SWANN! ON YOUR FEET, CADET! PERP MOBS - A TERRIFYING MEGA–CITY CRIME. LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE AWRIGHT! LET’S YOU WERE RIGHT, ABOUT TO KICK DO IT! CADET. OFF! IN AND OUT, QUICK AS YOU LIKE! EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF! GRAB WHATEVER YOU WANT! CHAAAARGE! Sample AAAHHHH!file IF THEY DON’T SURRENDER - GUN ‘EM DOWN! YOUR WALLET, CHUMP - OR ACTION, \’LL HAVE YOUR MA’AM? BLOOD! THANK YOU, MA’AM! IT’S YO U R OP, KID. YOU CALL IT. HEY, KNUCKLE- HEAD! HUH - ? ANOTHER ONE HERE FOR YOU, GUYS! Sample file OUFFF! WHAT WE’LL LEAVE YOU DID WELL, BEAUTIFUL, PITY ITS NOW? THE PAPERWORK CADET. \ THINK \ like Rand. She’s ISN’T IT? THE CITIZENS ARE SO TO THE SLAB- YOU DESERVE A open, honest and CITY, \ TWISTED! JOCKS. SYNTHI-CAFF. makes a great MEAN. mentor. She has a psi’s take on life, rather than a Judge’s - PITY IS THE RIGHT WORD, CADET. PEOPLE WERE NEVER MEANT TO LIVE PACKED TOGETHER LIKE THIS. TOO MANY HUMANS, NOT ENOUGH CASH. CLASSIC RECIPE FOR BREEDING VIOLENCE AND CRIME. DOESN’T MATTER WHAT WE DO, WE’LL NEVER CHANGE IT. SO WHY HEY, WE’RE DO WE JUDGES. IT’S BOTHER? OUR JOB. TAKE MY ADVICE, And then the news came in. Under interrogation, CADET. DO YOUR several of the perps claimed they’d been mobilised BEST, BUT DON’T GET by a call from a teenage girl named Malinda. ATTACHED TO ANY OF IT. YOU’LL ONLY BREAK YOUR OWN HEART IF YOU DO. And while we were busy with the mall mob, a high–class Jool Shop in the next street had been cleaned out unnoticed. TWO STAFF DEAD. SECURITY DROID MELTED BY A LASER. LS OO ’S J LE SampleJ U file \’M SORRY, MA’AM. \... \ DON’T KNOW HOW \ DIDN’T PICK UP ON THIS TOO.