JUDGE FILLMORE

Real Name: Fillmore (first name unrevealed)

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Judge

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mega-City One, 2045 AD

First Appearance:  Judge Dredd #1 (August, 1994)

Powers: Judge Fillmore wore body armor, and was an authority in law enforcement.

History: (Judge Dredd #4 (fb), 1, 2) - In 2038 President Frankowski dissolved the judiciary branch thanks to Fargo's influence and opened the Institute of Ethical Violence to train Judges. The Judges of Mega-City acted as judge, jury and if needed executioner, and the most notorious of the judges was Judge Dredd. Judges Solomon, Burns and Fillmore served as instructors at the Institute, training new Judges. The President ordered that police officers arrest criminals before being judged, but Dredd repeatedly ignored the new protocols. A dirigible was reported for unauthorized use of airspace, and when Dredd hopped his motorbike aboard the flying machine he found it full of cybernarcs, so he shot the dealers inside and exploded the dirigible, getting him flack from his handler Becker and Judges Solomon, Fillmore and Burns. The cybernarcs disappeared from the crash, and Dredd suspected police corruption. Judge Fargo called him in, congratulating him for keeping the spirit of the law if not the letter, and asked him to train cadets Maclean, Stevenson and Lewis. Dredd showed them the spy-eye station, and discovered Becker was working an illegal gambling racket with Officer Frye. He said he'd go easy on him if the spy-eye showed who took the cybernarcs. Becker said some crooked cops took the drugs to Mickey the Stump, so Dredd gave him 99 years in prison instead of 100. He went to Stump's himself, but fell into an ambush. Dredd promised to take out as many of Mickey's men as he could, but he was ambushed by Officer Frye, who knocked him out with an ax-handle before dying himself in the crossfire. Mickey decided to hold Dredd for ransom, using his inside officer Manfredi to deliver the ransom note. Solomon, Fillmore and Burns panicked, because while they'd secretly be glad if Dredd was dead they know Fargo might use his death as an excuse to push the power of the Judges against the President. Judge Dredd kept waking up and shooting Mickey's men, so Mickey plugged him into a cybernarc cart, hoping the experience would lobotomize him. The Judges emptied their life savings, and told Manfredi to bring back Dredd. Mickey decided he didn't want to share the cash, so he shot Manfredi, but was killed in turn by his elderly fiancee, whose son was a cop. The cadets, particularly Lewis, were distraught by Dredd's disappearance, and Officer Goodwill, who was suspicious of Manfredi, reported where Dredd was held captive. They wrecked the power generator, disrupting the cybernarc carts, and the users went berserk. Dredd ordered the death penalty for his kidnappers, and let the junkies carry out the execution. As a result of his investigation 175 officers were jailed for corruption, and Dredd told Solomon, Fillmore and Burns they were under arrest for paying a ransom in violation of anti-terror statues. They reminded him they'd tried to save his life, and Judge Dredd said that was their mistake.

Comments: Created by Andy Helfer & Michael Avon Oeming.