Angel Gang
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The Angel Gang breaking the fourth wall on the cover of 2000 AD prog 160, art by Mike McMahon. From left to right: Link Angel, Elmer "Pa" Angel, Mean "Mean Machine" Angel and Junior Angel.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Rebellion A/S |
| First appearance | 2000 AD prog 160 (1980) |
| Created by |
John Wagner Alan Grant Mike McMahon |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Cursed Earth, north of Texas City |
| Member(s) | Elmer "Pa" Angel Ma Angel Fink Angel Link Angel Mean "Mean Machine" Angel Junior Angel Ratfink Angel Mean Junior |
The Angel Gang is a fictional group of villains appearing within the Judge Dredd comic strip in the weekly comic book 2000 AD. They are "a family of scruffy, , outrageously cruel thugs" from the Cursed Earth near Texas City who vie with the titular Dredd.
The Angel Gang were created by the writers John Wagner and Alan Grant and the illustrator Mike McMahon for the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD. They first appeared in Prog (issue) 160 of 2000 AD as the antagonists of the "Judge Child" storyline, during which each of the four members were killed off. The Angel Gang were "hugely popular with readers", leading Wagner to introduce a fifth Angel, Fink Angel, in Prog 193 (first published in 1981). In the same storyline, Wagner also introduced the background character of Ma Angel in a flashback.
Wagner reintroduced Mean Angel in the Destiny's Angels storyline that ran from Prog 281 to Prog 288 (first published in 1982), stating "he was just too good a character to throw away, and somehow he suited miracle rebirth". Mean Angel went on to become a recurring antagonist until Prog 1536 (first published in 2007) in which he was effectively written out of ongoing storylines. He was seemingly killed off once more in a 2015 story appearing in Judge Dredd Megazine.
In Prog 958 (first published in 1995), Wagner reintroduced Elmer and Junior Angel, retconning their deaths. The "resurrection" of Elmer and Junior proved unpopular with readers, with author John Wagner later stating in an online interview: "We got away with resurrecting Mean Machine, I think. He was just too good a character to throw away, and somehow he suited miracle rebirth, but I confess in hindsight Pa and Junior were a step too far. I don't think I'll be using them again".
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