Armon Gill

Armon Gill
Publication information
Publisher	Rebellion Developments
First appearance	2000 AD prog 1244 (2001)
Created by	John Wagner and Will Simpson
In-story information
Full name	Armon Gill
Species	Genetically modified human
Place of origin	Mega-City One
Notable aliases	Chief Judge's Man, The Justice Killer
Abilities	Enhanced endurance and agility, peak physical strength, stealth and stamina, excellent marksman, skilled hand-to-hand combatant

Armon Gill, also known as the Chief Judge's Man, is a fictional villain from the Judge Dredd comic strip appearing in British anthology 2000 AD.

Fictional character biography

Gill was a genetically engineered ex-military assassin augmented with cockroach and leopard genes to give him enhanced endurance and agility. He was recruited by a rogue judge (named Michael "Iron Mike" DeKlerk) to murder political activists who criticised the Justice Department. He believed he was working for Chief Judge Hershey herself. After he was captured by Dredd (who believed he was planning to kill some aliens he was escorting) he infiltrated Correction Facility 17 where he assassinated a prisoner, Bubba O'Kelly (his predecessor who was blackmailing DeKlerk), but when his promised rescue failed to materialise he became disillusioned and embittered. Escaping, he fled to Texas City territory where he killed a Texas Ranger and took his identity.

Upon re-entering Mega-City One, he tried to contact the Chief Judge on a public telephone, where DeKlerk attempted to assassinate him. Managing to escape the assassination attempt, he then sought to assassinate the Chief Judge by infiltrating the North West Hab Zone Tunnel Project where he managed to board "Jaws" (a massive driller vehicle). Dredd attempted to stop him but was too late as the Chief Judge was apparently killed in the ensuring fight (she was shortly afterward revealed to be a robot decoy). Gill, fatally wounded, was shot dead by the judges. DeKlerk himself committed suicide after writing a confession implicating himself as the mastermind.

Publication

The tale was told in three parts:

Judge Dredd (all written by John Wagner):
- "The Chief Judge's Man" (with Will Simpson, in 2000 AD #1244–1247, 2001)
- "On the Chief Judge's Service" (with Colin MacNeil, in 2000 AD #1263–1266, 2001)
- "Revenge of the Chief Judge's Man" (with John Burns, in 2000 AD #1342–1349, 2003)

All three stories have been collected in a single volume:

The Chief Judge's Man (Rebellion, 2006, ISBN 1-904265-81-2)

External links

2000 AD profile

Judge Dredd

Judges

Mega-City One	Judge Anderson Judge Beeny Judge Buell Galen DeMarco Dirty Frank Judge Dredd Judge Edgar Chief Judge Fargo Judge Francisco Judge Giant Judge Goodman Judge Griffin Judge Guthrie Judge Hershey Judge Karyn Judge McGruder Judge Niles Judge Rico Judge Shenker Judge Silver Judge Solomon Judge Volt

Other	Detective-Judge Armitage Inspector Shimura Devlin Waugh Johnny Woo

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Films	Hardware Judge Dredd Dredd

Games	Judge Dredd (1995 video game) Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death Judge Dredd (role-playing game) Judge Dredd (pinball)

Novels	Bad Moon Rising Black Atlantic Cursed Earth Asylum Deathmasques Dread Dominion Dreddlocked Dredd Vs Death Eclipse The Final Cut The Hundredfold Problem Kingdom of the Blind The Medusa Seed Psykogeddon The Savage Amusement Silencer Swine Fever Wetworks Whiteout

Radio plays	Wanted: Dredd or Alive Death Trap The Big Shot! Trapped on Titan Dreddline Jihad Pre-Emptive Revenge Grud is Dead Crime Chronicles: Double Zero

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