- Script
- Keith Richardson
- Letters
- typeset
A note from editor Keith Richardson, explaining the absence from this collection of the chapters of "The Cursed Earth" storyline from 2000 AD #71, 72, 77 and 78 due to legal concerns over infringement of copyright.
- Script
- Pat Mills (credited)
- Pencils
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Inks
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Frame (credited)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Judge Dredd (featured); Assistant Grand Judge Fodder (1st appearance) (death)
- Synopsis
- Judge Dredd is called in when another Judge returns from Mega City 2. The plague has Mega City 2 and Dredd must bring the antidote before the inhabitants become bloodthirsty mutants.
- Reprints
The Cursed Earth part 1 of 25.
- Script
- Pat Mills (credited)
- Pencils
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Inks
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Frame (credited)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Mega-City One Judges [Judge Dredd (featured); Judge Gradgrind (guest); Judge Jack (guest); Judge McArthur (guest); Judge Patton (guest)]; Spikes Harvey Rotten (antagonist)
- Synopsis
- Dredd "volunteers" a former gun-runner to guide him across the Cursed Earth to Mega City 2.
- Reprints
The Cursed Earth part 2 of 25.
- Script
- Pat Mills (credited)
- Pencils
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Inks
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Letters
- ? [as R. O. Bott]
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Mega-City One Judges [Judge Dredd (featured); Judge Jack (guest)]; Spikes Harvey Rotten (guest); Samuel; Rebecca; Lawgiver
- Synopsis
- Dredd and Rotten chance upon the town of Deliverance, where two citizens are about to become victims of mob law. Dredd, thinking Rotten has his back, rides to the rescue but is captured as Rotten disappears. It appears the citizens are to be victims of mutated flying rats which plague the town. As Dredd stews in jail, a swarm descends.
- Reprints
The Cursed Earth part 3 of 25.
- Script
- Pat Mills (credited)
- Pencils
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Inks
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Frame (credited)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Judge Dredd (featured); Spikes Harvey Rotten (guest); Lawgiver
- Synopsis
- Dredd barely escapes being torn apart by the rat-gods of a badlands village.
- Reprints
The Cursed Earth part 4 of 25.
Title from the next issue box of the previous chapter.
- Script
- Pat Mills (credited)
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Frame (credited)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Mega-City One Judges [Judge Dredd (featured); Judge Gradgrind (guest); Judge Jack (guest)]; Spikes Harvey Rotten (guest)
- Synopsis
- Dredd battles mutant raiders who live in Mount Rushmore.
- Reprints
The Cursed Earth part 5 of 25.
- Script
- Pat Mills (credited)
- Pencils
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Inks
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Frame (credited)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Mega-City One Judges [Judge Dredd (featured); Judge Jack (guest)]; Spikes Harvey Rotten (guest)
- Synopsis
- Dredd's actions catch the attention of Satanus: a huge Tyrannosaur.
- Reprints
The Cursed Earth part 13 of 25.
- Script
- Pat Mills (credited)
- Pencils
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Inks
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Frame (credited)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Mega-City One Judges [Judge Dredd (featured); Judge Jack (guest)]; Spikes Harvey Rotten (guest); Tweak (guest)
- Synopsis
- Dredd is captured and left as a sacrifice for the Tyrannosaur, Satanus.
- Reprints
The Cursed Earth part 14 of 25.
- Script
- Pat Mills (credited)
- Pencils
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Inks
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Frame (credited as T. Frame)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Mega-City One Judges [Judge Dredd (featured); Judge Jack (guest)]; Spikes Harvey Rotten (guest); Tweak (guest)
- Synopsis
- Dredd escapes Satanus the Tyrannosaur and it goes berserk, slaughtering its "worshippers".
- Reprints
The Cursed Earth part 15 of 25.
- Script
- Pat Mills (credited)
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (credited)
- Letters
- Peter Knight (credited as Pete Knight)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Mega-City One Judges [Judge Dredd (featured); Judge Jack (guest)]; Spikes Harvey Rotten (guest); Tweak (guest)
- Synopsis
- The story of Tweak's past continues.
- Reprints
The Cursed Earth part 22 of 25.
- Script
- Pat Mills (credited as P. Mills)
- Pencils
- Mike McMahon (credited as M. McMahon)
- Inks
- Mike McMahon (credited as M. McMahon)
- Letters
- John Aldrich (credited)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Mega-City One Judges [Judge Dredd (featured); Judge Jack (death) (guest)]; Spikes Harvey Rotten (guest); Tweak (guest)
- Synopsis
- On his way to Mega City 2, Dredd and his retinue stop at a monument in Death Valley that commemorates a battle between Judges and robots. As Dredd reminisces about the battle, the still-extant robot forces attack.
- Reprints
The Cursed Earth part 23 of 25.
- Script
- Pat Mills (credited)
- Pencils
- Mike McMahon (credited as M. McMahon)
- Inks
- Mike McMahon (credited as M. McMahon)
- Letters
- Peter Knight (credited as Pete Knight)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Judge Dredd (featured); Spikes Harvey Rotten (death) (guest); Tweak (guest)
- Synopsis
- In a desperate battle against a robot army, the former gun-runner Spikes, inspired by all he's seen while traveling with Dredd, heroically gives his life to save many others.
- Reprints
The Cursed Earth part 24 of 25.
- Script
- Pat Mills (credited)
- Pencils
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Inks
- Mike McMahon (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Frame (credited)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Judge Dredd (featured); Tweak (guest)
- Synopsis
- After a long and harrowing voyage, Dredd finally delivers the antidote to the Plague that has been ravaging Mega City 2.
- Reprints
The Cursed Earth part 25 of 25.
- Script
- John Wagner (credited as J. Howard)
- Pencils
- Mike McMahon (credited as M. McMahon)
- Inks
- Mike McMahon (credited as M. McMahon)
- Letters
- Tom Frame (credited)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Mega-City One Judges [Judge Dredd (guest); Judge Giant (guest); Judge Griffin (guest); Judge Kelso (guest); Judge Pepper (guest); Judge Schmaltz (guest); Judge Slocum (antagonist)]; Chief Judge Cal (antagonist); Fergee
- Reprints
First page has Judge Cal declaring "Happiness is Illegal!"
- Script
- Jonathan Oliver ?
- Letters
- typeset
Brief biographies on the writers of the stories in this volume.
- Script
- Jonathan Oliver ?
- Letters
- typeset
Brief biographies on the artists of the stories in this volume.