Editing Judge Dredd (section)

===Family and associates===
* '''[[List of Judge Dredd characters#Rico Dredd|Judge Rico Dredd]].''' Judge Joe Dredd's older "brother," also cloned from Chief Judge Eustace Fargo and initially superior to him in physical skills. Soon after Joseph and Rico Dredd became Judges, Rico became corrupt. Joe arrested him and sentenced him to twenty years on the penal colony on Saturn's moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]. Twenty years later, Rico sought revenge, and Joe killed him in self-defense.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* '''Vienna.''' The daughter of Rico Dredd and a journalist who visited him on Titan. Dredd considers her his niece and goes out of his way to help her on occasion.<ref>''2000 AD'' #116 and #1300</ref>
* '''[[List of Judge Dredd characters#Rico|Judge Rico]].''' A clone created directly from Joe Dredd's own DNA, identical to him but decades younger. Rather than adopt the same last name as Joe Dredd, this clone decides to redeem the name of Joe's late, corrupt older brother and so becomes Judge Rico with no first name. Judge Rico eventually inherits Joe Dredd's old apartment at Rowdy Yates Block.<ref>''2000 AD'' #1186–88, #1280</ref>
* '''[[Judge Anderson]].''' For years, Dredd had a close but uneasy friendship with Cassandra Anderson of Psi-Division, which came to an end when Anderson briefly abandoned the law. After she returned to duty, Dredd initially denied their friendship, but re-affirmed it after she was injured while saving the city. Dredd has great respect for Anderson's abilities and trusts her often with his life, but sometimes finds her flippant attitude and playful jokes annoying.<ref>''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol. 3 #1–7</ref>
* '''[[Judge Hershey]].''' Dredd knew Chief Judge Hershey for forty years. Like all chief judges since [[List of minor characters in Judge Dredd#Goodman|Goodman]], Dredd had easy access to her, but they also had a personal relationship based on mutual respect. While they had differences at times, Dredd believed her to be "the best chief judge we've ever had".<ref>''2000 AD'' #1632</ref> After Hershey became terminally ill, she hid her illness from Dredd and all others but requested him to be at her side when she chose to be euthanised. Her death was initially faked so she could leave the city on an undercover mission, but after completing her private mission (and one final meeting with Dredd) her illness claimed her on her own terms - while bringing law to the lawless.
* '''Dolman.''' Another clone grown from Joe Dredd's DNA, but years younger. Formerly a trainee judge and member of the MC1 Space Corps. Has undergone face changing procedures to hide his heritage and so bears no resemblance to Dredd or Rico, and Vienna is the only person outside the Justice Department who knows his true identity.
* '''[[List of Judge Dredd characters#Beeny|Judge Beeny]]'''. Dredd's [[Mentorship|protégée]] since 2007. On Dredd's recommendation, Hershey appointed her to the Council of Five.<ref>''Judge Dredd Magazine'' #367</ref>  She was initially dismissed from the council when Hershey stepped down but was later reappointed by Chief Judge Logan.
* '''Walter the Wobot and Maria.''' Dredd used to rent his Rowdy Yates Block apartment from Maria, a landlady with a thick, stereotypical Italian accent. After helping the Judges fight a robot revolution, a former vending machine robot called Walter the Wobot became the city's first free robot and moved in with Dredd, acting as his cook and housekeeper out of love. After several years, Dredd parts company with both Walter and Maria. Walter starts a business, then briefly goes rogue and starts his own robot revolution, leading Dredd and the second Judge Giant to arrest him. Dredd later assigns Walter a probation sentence of community service as house robot and caretaker of Mrs Gunderson.<ref>''2000 AD'' #60 and 288</ref>
* '''Mrs Gunderson.''' A deaf widow living in Sylvia Plath Block in a large apartment with multiple bedrooms that she often rents. Following the "Necropolis" affair, the supernatural alien [[Judge Death]] rented a room from her, using the name "Jay De'Ath." Mrs. Gunderson was unaware of Judge Death's true nature due to the fact she is partially deaf and nearly blind, and he spared her after concluding she was the one truly innocent soul he had met. Since that story, she has been an occasional recurring character used for comic relief.
* '''Galen DeMarco'''. A former Judge infatuated with Dredd. This breach of regulations led her to resign from the Justice System and become a [[private investigator]]. Dredd first tried to help her adjust to civilian life but she severed contact when he again rejected her advances.<ref>''2000 AD'' #1101–1110, 1167; ''Megazine'' vol. 3 #52–59</ref> She has her own occasional series called ''DeMarco P. I.''
* '''[[List of Judge Dredd characters#Fargo Clan|Fargo clan]].''' A town occupied by the mutated descendants of Ephram Fargo, the twin brother of Chief Judge Eustace Fargo. These [[Mutants (Judge Dredd)|mutants]], who share the common mutation of an overly large, exaggerated chin, are relatives of Judge Dredd himself, and consider him a "cousin". This led to Dredd campaigning to have Mega-City One's mutant segregation laws repealed.<ref>''2000 AD'' #1511–1512, #1542–48, #2008</ref>
* '''[[List of Judge Dredd characters#Morphy|Judge Morphy]].''' Dredd's [[mentor]] at the beginning of his career. The two maintained a respect and appreciation for each other over the years, arguably making him one of Dredd's only friends. The same day he told Dredd he would retire from street duty soon and hoped to become a teacher, Morphy was killed in the line of duty.<ref>''2000 AD'' #387, 662–668, 775</ref>
* '''[[List of Judge Dredd characters#Logan|Judge Logan]].''' Dredd's assistant for a number of years, later promoted to Senior Judge and later Sector House Chief (Sector 6).<ref>''2000 AD'' #2115</ref> Dredd encouraged Logan to stand for Chief Judge when Hershey resigned. Dredd's and Hershey's public endorsements were instrumental in Logan being elected as Chief Judge.<ref>''2000 AD'' #2117–2118</ref>
* '''[[List of Judge Dredd characters#Giant|Judge Giant Senior]].''' Dredd's first cadet trainee, introduced during Dredd's first year of stories. Having graduated from the Academy of Law, he was assigned to Dredd for his final field assessment, which he passed. Giant was a recurring character for years and saved Dredd from execution when Mega-City One was temporarily controlled by the insane Chief Judge Cal. Judge Giant Sr. was shot in the back and killed in the line of duty during the "[[Block Mania]]" story (1981) while trying to arrest [[Orlok the Assassin|Orlok]], just before the [[The Apocalypse War|Apocalypse War]].
* '''[[List of Judge Dredd characters#Judge Giant Jr|Judge Giant Junior]].''' Judge Giant fathered a child in 2101 before his death, despite judges being prohibited from having sexual relations. Orphaned in 2104, Giant's son was inducted into the Academy of Law. Years later, the ten-year-old Cadet Giant was supervised on a field test by Judge Dredd. Giant spent the next several years as a cadet, helping Dredd on different occasions such as during the "Necropolis" affair and "Judgement Day." Five years after his introduction, Giant's final assessment was conducted by Judge Dredd and he became a street judge in 2116, the youngest to do so, at age 15.<ref>''Judge Dredd:'' "Giant" (by John Wagner and Ian Gibson, in ''[[Judge Dredd Megazine]]'' vol. 2 no. 50-52, 1994)</ref>
* '''[[List of Judge Dredd characters#Dekker|Judge Dekker]]'''. Dredd's second cadet trainee, first appearing in "Super Bowl" (in ''2000 AD'' #370–371, 1984). Dekker quickly proved her worth and became a judge after Dredd's assessment. The two fought alongside each other several times after she became a full Judge, and Dredd considered her his best cadet trainee. She died during the [[1992 in comics|1992]] story "[[Judgement Day (Judge Dredd story)|Judgement Day]]."
* '''[[List of Judge Dredd characters#Kraken|Judge Kraken]].''' Another clone of Chief Judge Fargo, decades younger than Joe Dredd but otherwise identical in appearance and similar in skill. Kraken was created by Morton Judd, the geneticist who cloned and named Joe and Rico Dredd. Kraken was one of the Judda, clones subservient to Judd. After Judd's defeat, Kraken is groomed to one day succeed Dredd and trained to become a Judge, though Dredd believes he isn't mentally fit. When Dredd first temporarily quits, Chief Judge Silver makes Kraken a Judge and has him impersonate Dredd so others won't know that one of Mega-City's greatest lost faith in the system. Kraken is then manipulated and corrupted by the [[Dark Judges]], forced to help them temporarily turn Mega-City One into Necropolis, leading to the deaths of 60 million. After the Dark Judges are defeated, Kraken's mind is free and he peacefully accepts execution by Dredd.
* '''Cadet Jessica Paris.''' A clone of Joe Dredd grown without [[Testis determining factor|SRY]], making her a woman as a result. Has only made a single appearance in the comic to date in which she was shown as being heavily pregnant and the decision on what to do with her and the child being left ambiguous.<ref>''The Forsaken'' ''2000 AD'' #1830–1835, reprinted in Judge Dredd – Day Of Chaos: Fallout</ref>