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===Recurring adversaries===
Dredd's adversaries generally do not return in sequels, since they are usually killed or sentenced to long terms of incarceration. However, a few notable villains have returned in multiple stories, and some later got their own spin-off series.

* '''[[Dark Judges|The Dark Judges]]''' are a group of undead judges from another dimension, who believe that since all crime is committed by the living, life itself should be a crime. Usually four in number, their leader '''[[Judge Death]]''' may be said to be Dredd's arch-enemy. Death was first introduced to the series in 1980 and has featured in many stories since, in ''Judge Dredd'' and in his own series.
* '''[[Orlok the Assassin]]''' was a secret agent from East-Meg One, the Russian counterpart to Mega-City One. He killed millions of innocent citizens with a chemical weapon.
* '''[[Mean Machine Angel]]''' is a psychopath from the Cursed Earth around Texas. He had a cybernetic arm and head, and preferred to kill people by head-butting them to death. Generally used as comic relief.
* '''[[PJ Maybe]]''' was a serial killer who murdered his first victim at the age of only 12. He evaded detection several times, and claimed thousands of victims,<ref>"Six" episode 2, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #222 (2004)</ref> including a mayor and a deputy mayor of Mega-City One, over a criminal career lasting three decades.
* '''[[Judge Edgar|Judge Jura Edgar]]''' was a serious adversary of Dredd even before he discovered that she was a criminal. A high-ranking judge (the head of the Public Surveillance Unit), Edgar clashed with Dredd several times, and sometimes got the better of him: a very rare example of an opponent Dredd could not simply arrest or kill.