The Mean Machine
A member of the Angel Gang so popular (with the readership, that is) that despite him losing an arm and being killed, he was resurrected for many more headbutting adventures of limited eleoquence and carefully graded rage. The dial on his head has four settings, y'see: (1) surly, (2) brutal, (3) vicious and (4) downright mean: pray it don't get stuck on four and a half!
Art by Nick Percival
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| Story Title | Parts | Pages | w indicates a wraparound coverCovers | Year(s) | Issues | Writer | Artist | Colourist | Letterer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
From Judge DreddThe Judge Child | 26 | 163 | 156: Brian Bolland 159: Ron Smith 160: Mike McMahon 161: Brian Bolland 163: Mike McMahon 164: Ron Smith 170: Mike McMahon 172: Brian Bolland 173: Brian Bolland9 | 1980 | 156-181 | Alan Grant John Wagnervarious | Brian Bolland: 1,7,17‑18 Ron Smith: 2‑4,9‑10,12‑14,19‑20,24‑26 Mike McMahon: 5‑6,8,11,15‑16,21‑23 various | <-- pp1-2e., [b&w] | Tom Frame |
Linked to The Angel Gang...Goes to Town | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1981 | Reprints: X22JDA'82 | Alan Grant | Robin Smith | [b&w] | Steve Potter |
| ...Gets Married! | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1982 | Reprints: X22JDA'83 | Alan Grant | Robin Smith | [b&w] | Steve Potter |
From Judge DreddDestiny's Angels | 8 | 66 | 281 [w]: Carlos Ezquerra 284: Carlos Ezquerra 286: Carlos Ezquerra 288: Carlos Ezquerra 1w,3 | 1982 | 281-288 | Alan Grant John Wagnervarious | Carlos Ezquerra | <-- 16pp, [b&w] | Tony Jacob |
From Judge DreddDredd Angel | 7 | 46 | 377: Ron Smith 380: Ron Smith 382: Ron Smith 3 | 1984 | 377-383 | Alan Grant John Wagnervarious | Ron Smith | <-- 14pp, [b&w] | Tom Frame |
From Judge DreddA Merry Tale of the Christmas Angel | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1985 | 450 | Alan Grant John Wagnervarious | Steve Dillon | <-- pp1-2, [b&w] | Tom Frame |
From The Daily Dredd [reprint]The Mean Machine | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1988 | Reprints: M3.50‑M3.51590-593 | Alan Grant John Wagnervarious | Ian Gibson | [b&w] | unknown |
Linked to: Judge Dredd The Angel GangTravels With Muh Shrink | 7 | 36 | 730: Richard Dolan 734: Richard Dolan 2 | 1991 | Reprints: M3.76‑M3.77 M298 (supplement) 730-736 | John Wagner | Richard Dolan | <-- | Annie Parkhouse |
From Batman / Judge DreddJudgement on Gotham | 1 | 62 | Simon Bisley 1w | 1991 | DC, Fleetway | Alan Grant John Wagnervarious | Simon Bisley | <-- | Todd Klein |
Supertitled Mean Machine.Judgement on Gosham | 1 | + 1 credit pages10 | 0 | 1993 | JDYB'94 | John Wagner | Mike McMahon | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
From Judge DreddYou ARE the Mean Machine | 1 | + 1 credit pages9 | Chris Halls [reprint from JDYB'94] 1 | 1994 | M2.47 | John Wagner | Greg Staples | <-- | Tom Frame |
From Judge DreddThe Mean Machine | 1 | 6 | Cliff Robinson 1 | 1994 | JDPP3 | John Wagner | Cliff Robinson | <-- | Tom Frame |
No supertitle.Son of Mean Machine | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1994 | JDYB'95 | John Wagner | Chris Halls | <-- | Ellie de Ville |
Supertitled Mean Machine.Son of Mean | 10 | + 10 credit pages60 | M2.64: Carl Critchlow M2.70: Carl Critchlow 2 | 1994-1995 | M2.63-M2.72 | John Wagner | Carl Critchlow | <-- | Steve Potter |
Supertitled Mean Machine.Visiting Time | 1 | + 1 credit pages10 | 0 | 1995 | Reprints: M298 (supplement)M2.82 | John Wagner | John Hicklenton | [b&w] | Ellie de Ville |
Supertitled Mean Machine.Psycho Analysis | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1995 | Reprints: M258SFS18 | Gordon Rennie | Robert McCallum | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
From Judge DreddThe Three Amigos | 6 | + 6 credit pages54 | M3.03: Trevor Hairsine 1 | 1995 | M3.02-M3.07 | John Wagner | Trevor Hairsine | <-- | Tom Frame |
From Judge Dredd Supertitled: "Lobo / Judge Dredd".Psycho-Bikers vs. The Mutants From Hell | 1 | 48 | 1 | 1995 | Lobo | Alan Grant John Wagnervarious | Val Semeiks (P) John Dell (I)various | Gloria Vasquez | Bill Oakley |
From Shimura Alternity.Angels of Death | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1996 | JDMS9 | Robbie Morrison | Lol | <-- | Gordon Robson |
No supertitle. Alternity.Mean Streets | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1996 | Reprints: M3.37 X22 JDMS9 | Gordon Rennie | Jim Murray | [b&w] | Gordon Robson |
Supertitled Mean Machine.Close Encounters of the Mean Kind | 1 | 8 | Brendan McCarthy 1 | 1996 | SFS19 | Gordon Rennie | Anthony Williams | Junior Tomlin | Tom Frame |
From Judge DreddHeadbangers | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1998 | 1084 | John Wagner | Alex Ronald | Gary Caldwell | Tom Frame |
Supertitled Mean Machine.Born Mean | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2000 | Reprints: X22M3.69 | Gordon Rennie | Kevin Walker | [b&w] | Tom Frame |
From Judge DreddTurned Out Quite Nice Again | 2 | 12 | 1208: Cliff Robinson 1 | 2000 | 1207-1208 | John Wagner | Henry Flint | Len O'Grady | Tom Frame |
Linked to Harke & Burr Supertitled Mean Machine.The Geek | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2001 | M3.74 | Gordon Rennie | Paul Marshall (P) Lee Townsend (I)various | [b&w] | David Bishop |
Supertitled Mean Machine.Support Your Local Bastich | 1 | 10 | Greg Staples 1 | 2001 | Reprints: M298 (supplement)M3.75 | Gordon Rennie | Wayne Reynolds | [b&w] | David Bishop |
Supertitled Mean Machine.The Last Vidshow | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2001 | M3.78 | Gordon Rennie | Patrick Goddard (P) Dylan Teague (I)various | [b&w] | unknown |
Supertitled Mean Machine.Butt Me Deadly | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2001 | M3.79 | Gordon Rennie | Patrick Goddard (P) Dylan Teague (I)various | [b&w] | unknown |
Supertitled Mean Machine.Angel Heart | 3 | 24 | M219: Ungara 1 | 2004 | M218-M220 | John Wagner | David Millgate | <-- | Annie Parkhouse |
From The Angel GangBefore They Wuz Dead | 5 | 30 | 258: Mike McMahon 1 | 2007 | M258-M262 | Simon Spurrier | Steve Roberts | [b&w] | Ellie de Ville |
From Judge DreddFifty-Year Man | 1 | 12 | Henry Flint 1w | 2007 | 1536 | John Wagner | Patrick Goddard | Chris Blythe | Annie Parkhouse |
From Tales From The Black MuseumRising Angel | 1 | 10 | Nick Percival 1 | 2015 | M358 | Michael Carroll | Nick Percival | <-- | Ellie de Ville |
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From Judge Dredd Subtitled: A Text Prequel to 'Judgement on Gotham'.Dead Mean | 1 | 5 | 1994 | JDYB'95 | David Bishop | Trevor Hairsine | [b&w] | n/a | |
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| The Mean Machine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1991 | 739 | n/a | Richard Dolan | <-- | n/a |
2000AD FlashbackThe Mean Machines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1992 | 766 | n/a | Richard Dolan | <-- | n/a |
| Mean Machine Angel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1993 | Reprints: M2.47 (cover)JDYB'94 | n/a | Chris Halls | <-- | n/a |
From Judge Dredd Mean Machine & Judge Dredd.Dial 4 For Murder | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1994 | JDPP3 | n/a | Cliff Robinson | <-- | n/a |
| [Mean Machine] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1994 | JDYB'95 | n/a | Dean Ormston | <-- | n/a |
| [Mean Machine] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1994 | JDYB'95 | n/a | David Lyttleton | <-- | n/a |
| [Mean Machine] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1994 | JDYB'95 | n/a | Chris Halls | <-- | n/a |
| Mean Machine | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1995 | M3.01 | n/a | John Hicklenton | <-- | n/a |
| Dredd Movie Photo Bonus! | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1995 | M3.01-S | n/a | prod. photos | <-- | n/a |
From Judge DreddThe Three Amigos | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1995 | M3.03 | n/a | Trevor Hairsine | <-- | n/a |
Art[Mean Machine] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2024 | M465 | n/a | Toby Willsmer | <-- | n/a |
Art[Mean Machine] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2024 | M471 | n/a | Warwick Fraser-Coombe | <-- | n/a |
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From Justice Department Data‑FileMean Machine Angel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1983 | JDA'84 | editorial | Carlos Ezquerra [reprint] | [b&w] | n/a |
| Mean! Surly! Vicious! Brutal! | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1993 | JDYB'94 | David Bishop | reprints | [b&w] | n/a |
Linked to [Features] | IndexesMean Machine: The Series Index | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1994 | JDPP3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Son of Mean Machine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1994 | M2.61 | editorial | Carl Critchlow | <-- | n/a |
From Judge DreddJudge Dredd Exclusive Film Supplement | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1995 | M3.01-S | editorial | prod. photos | <-- | n/a |
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From Judge Dredd Movie Dredd & Mean Machine.Face-Off! | ~ | ~ | 1 | 1995 | M2.82 | n/a | prod. photo | <-- | n/a |
| year | episodes | pages |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 26 | 163 |
| 1981 | 1 | 6 |
| 1982 | 9 | 72 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 46 |
| 1985 | 1 | 14 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 13 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 98 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 10 |
| 1994 | 11 | 75 |
| 1995 | 11 | 130 |
| 1996 | 3 | 22 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 10 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 22 |
| 2001 | 4 | 40 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 24 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 6 | 42 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 10 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
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