Shimura

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There is also a Japanese mathematician named Goro Shimura, a comedian Ken Shimura and an actor Takashi Shimura.

Inspector Shimura
Cover of Shimura trade paperback, by Frank Quitely
Publisher Rebellion/2000AD First appearance "Shimura" in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.37 (September 18 1993) Created by Robbie Morrison and Frank Quitely

Inspector Shimura is a Japanese Judge (a combination of policeman, judge and executioner) in Hondo-City, a futuristic version of Tokyo, in a long-running comic strip in the British science fiction anthology, the Judge Dredd Megazine.

Created by writer Robbie Morrison and artist Frank Quitely in 1993, Shimura has since been illustrated by Colin MacNeil, Simon Fraser and Andy Clarke.

Contents 1 Appearances 1.1 Comics 1.2 Collection 2 External links

[edit] Appearances

The character has appeared in his own strip as well as in Judge Dredd. The first installments have been collected in one volume. All stories were written by Robbie Morrison.

[edit] Comics

• Shimura:
  • "Shimura" (with Frank Quitely, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.37-2.39, 1993)
  • "Outcast" (with Colin MacNeil, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.50-2.55, 1994)
  • "Fearful Symmetry" (with Duke Mighten, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.72, 1995)
  • "Chambara" (with Robert McCallum, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.73, 1995)
  • "The Transcendental Assassin" (with Simon Fraser, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.74, 1995)
  • "Heavy Metal" (with Duke Mighten, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.75, 1995)
  • "Assassins" (with Robert McCallum and Simon Fraser, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.76-2.77, 1995)
  • "Dragon Fire" (with Simon Fraser, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.14-3.17, 1996)
  • "Angels of Death" (with Lol, in Judge Dredd Mega Special 1996)
  • "Ronin Breed" (with Simon Fraser, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.34, 1997)
  • "Scary Monsters" (with Lol, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.35, 1997)
  • "Executioner" (with Andy Clarke, in Judge Dredd Megazine #224-226, 2004)
  • "Deus X" (with Andy Clarke, in Judge Dredd Megazine #228-230, 2005)
  • "The Harder They Come " (with Colin MacNeil, in Judge Dredd Megazine #238-243, 2005)

• Judge Dredd: "Web" (with Cyril Julien, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.19, 1996)

[edit] Collection

• Shimura (collects stories down to, and including, "Ronin Breed" except for "Heavy Metal" and also includes the two Judge Inspector Inaba stories tpb, Rebellion, 224 pages, 2004 ISBN 1-904265-21-9)

[edit] External links

• 2000 AD profile
• Shimua's profile on International Hero
• Details of the contents of the collected volume
• Review of trade paperback

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