He drew the bulk of the first long-form Judge Dredd story, " The Cursed Earth", with the slower, more meticulous Brian Bolland contributing occasional episodes. His figures were lean and loose, his pen lines thrown down with verve and energy, and hatching was done with a fully charged brush. McMahon's early work was characterised by a quick, spontaneous approach that verged on the messy.
Other artists, such as Ian Gibson and Brian Bolland, followed his lead, putting their own spin on the way McMahon was developing the character and his world. When Wagner returned to his creation, McMahon became the character's most regular artist. Mills, who was editor at the time, chose McMahon because he could do a passable imitation of Ezquerra's style, but the more he drew the more his own style emerged. Judge Dredd was created for IPC's new science fiction comic 2000 AD in 1977 by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, but problems in pre-publication led to both creators walking out, and the first published story was written by Peter Harris and Pat Mills, and drawn by an inexperienced young artist called Mike McMahon. Vartis Hammond - Geiger - Mr.Sláine, 2000 AD prog 336 (1983). Pa Angel - Link Angel - Mean Machine Angel - Junior Angel Judge Dredd - Judge Hershey - Herman FergusonĬhief Judge Fargo - Judge Griffin - Judge McGruder - Judge Silver - Judge Esposito As a tie-in to the film, Pat Mills wrote a three-part strip where Hammerstein and Dredd crossed paths, retconning that Hammerstein had been part of President Booth's robot army at the Battle of Armaggedon this was later undone by Mills' ABC Warriors: The Volgan War, placing that war in 2083 and outside of Dredd continuity. Though he have the same design, the movie version doesn't have a hammer and his name isn't mentioned. The ABC Warrior is based on the war robot Hammerstein, a character from the strips Ro-Busters, ABC Warriors and Nemesis the Warlock. It is either destroyed or deactivated after Rico had been killed. When its back is turned Fergee manages to hack into the robot and uses it to destroy the Janus Lab and its Rico Clones.
It is later used in an attempt to kill Judge Hershey and Fergee but only manages to injure Fergee. Later when Rico no longer needed Griffin he had the robot pull him apart. When Judge Griffin suggests they reboot the Janus Project and the council refuses, he has the robot kill the council and blames it on Dredd. Afterwards the Robot was Rico's main muscle and did any necessary heavy combat for him and Dr. This ABC Warrior eventually ended up in the hands of the legal arms dealer Geiger, and was fifty to sixty years old.Īfter Geiger was killed by Rico, Rico reprogrammed the Robot to obey his command. The ABC Warriors were believed all destroyed in "the last war", but could still be collected if they were rendered non-functional. The ABC Warrior was an old robot used in a previous war.
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