The Hunting Party (Judge Dredd story)
| "The Hunting Party" | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Fleetway Publications |
| Publication date | 11 March – 1 July 1997 |
| Genre | |
| Title(s) | 2000 AD progs 1033–1049 |
| Main character(s) | Judge Dredd; Judge DeMarco |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | John Wagner |
| Artist(s) | Sean Phillips; Trevor Hairsine; Calum Alexander Watt; Henry Flint; Jason Brashill; David Bircham |
| Editor(s) | Tharg (David Bishop) |
| The Hunting Party | |
| The Complete Case Files Volume 26 | |
"The Hunting Party" is a Judge Dredd story which appeared in British comic 2000 AD in 1997. It consisted of 18 episodes published over 17 issues (issues 1033–1049, with a double episode in issue 1048). The first episode introduced the supporting characters Renga and Stark, as cadet judges.
In a prequel, The Pack, Mega-City One is attacked from the Cursed Earth desert by Dune Sharks, alien predators which can fly in the air or burrow under the sand. In The Hunting Party, Judges Dredd and DeMarco are sent into the hazardous Cursed Earth to investigate who brought the Dune Sharks to Earth. They are accompanied by a group of teenage cadets from the Academy of Law, who are to be assessed during a training exercise known as a Hotdog Run.
All episodes written by John Wagner.
The above stories were collected as a trade paperback in 2006. The Pack was also collected in volume 25 of the series Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files in 2015, and The Hunting Party was in volume 26 in 2016.
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