Chopper (Judge Dredd character)

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Chopper (a.k.a. Marlon Shakespeare) is a fictional character in British comics 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine. He appeared in numerous Judge Dredd stories, including "Oz", and got his own eponymous series.

[edit] Biography

He was a typical Mega-City One teenager, bored, restless, with no future. So he broke out by becoming a wall scrawler, challenging authority with his own brand of graffiti. Eventually, he was caught by Judge Dredd but not before making his mark on Mega-City One.

While being rehabilitated, Chopper took up skysurfing, took part in illegal supersurf competitions and became world champion. This set him against Australian sky-surfer Jug McKenzie. The pair at first became bitter rivals, but later friends.

Several times Chopper outwitted the law and Judge Dredd, but he could not repeat his first success in subsequent Supersurf races.

Then came Supersurf 11, a brutal butcher's race set in Mega-City Two. Chopper was torn apart by bullets and collapsed just before the finish, his girlfriend Charlene witnessing his agony.

Chopper survived and retired to the Radback (radioactive outback), joining Charlene and Jug in a dropout commune. But he is still troubled by the ghosts of the past.

[edit] Publication

He has appeared in numerous strips:

• Judge Dredd
  • "Unamerican Graffiti" (by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Ron Smith, in 2000 AD #206-207, 1981)
  • "Midnight Surfer" (by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy, in 2000 AD #424-429, 1986)
  • "Oz" (by John Wagner, Alan Grant and various artists, in 2000 AD #545-570, 1987)
  • "Funeral in Mega-City One" (by John Wagner and Colin MacNeil, in Judge Dredd Poster Prog #4, 1994)

• Chopper
  • "Soul on Fire" (by John Wagner and Colin MacNeil, in 2000 AD #594-597, 1988)
  • "Song of the Surfer" (by John Wagner and Colin MacNeil, in 2000 AD #654-665, 1989)
  • "Earth, Wind and Fire" (by Garth Ennis and John McCrea, in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.01-1.06, 1990)
  • "Dead Man's Curve" (by Garth Ennis and Martin Emond, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.36, 1993)
  • "Supersurf 13" (by Alan McKenzie and John Higgins, 2000 AD #964-971, 1995) (This story is not always considered canon)
  • "The Big Meg" (by John Wagner and Dylan Teague, in 2000 AD #1387-1394, 2004)

[edit] External links

• 2000 AD profile

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