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Author Stephen Marley
Cover artist Arthur Ranson
Series Judge Dredd
GenreScience fiction
Set in 2115
Publisher Virgin Books
Publication date
October 1993
Pages288
ISBN 0-352-32875-4
Preceded by The Savage Amusement  
Followed by Cursed Earth Asylum  

Dreddlocked (1993) is an original novel written by Stephen Marley and based on the long-running British science fiction comic strip Judge Dredd .

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When a psychic lunatic in the Undercity threatens to cause mass destruction by bringing film characters and monsters to life, Judge Dredd and private eye Mister Cairo have to team up to stop him – even though Cairo is a wanted perp who blames Dredd for the death of his mother. They also have to contend with rogue elements in the Special Judicial Squad, Justice Department's feared and unaccountable internal affairs unit.

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