Predator vs. Judge Dredd

Predator vs. Judge Dredd is an intercompany crossover featuring the galaxy's greatest lawman and the galaxy's greatest hunter. It was originally published in serial form in Judge Dredd Megazine and three-issue mini-series by Dark Horse. It was then collected as a trade paperback.

Characters

• Judge Dredd
• Judge Schaefer, a judge from Psi Division who is a direct descendant of NYPD Detective Schaefer, the brother of Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in the original film). Although the detective didn't appear in Predator 2 he featured in the first Predator comic book outting Concrete Jungle written by Mark Verheiden which parallels a lot of the themes in the second film.

Plot

The Predators enter the urban jungle of Mega-City One to hunt a challenging prey - the judges themselves. As the judges' heads start accumulating in the Predator's trophy room it is down to Dredd and Schaefer to stop the hunt.

Collections

The series has been collected as a trade paperback:

• Predator vs Judge Dredd (written by John Wagner, with art by Enrique Alcatera, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.36-38, Dark Horse, 3-issue mini-series, 1997, collected in tpb, 80 pages, Titan, 1998, ISBN 1-84023-021-5, Dark Horse Comics, 1999, ISBN 1-56971-345-6)

See also

• Judge Dredd vs. Aliens
• Predator, the main comics series

References