Weird Crushes: Judge Anderson

"The minimum for using a debit card is £8." said the young lady behind the counter at the charity bookshop.
I contemplated the pile of books I'd just dropped on the counter. By my estimate there was approximately £7 there.
 It had taken twenty minutes of umming and ahhing as well as three full circuits of the shop to select this lot. I wasn't entirely sure I wanted to go through the process again. If I wasn't careful, I'd end up with twenty quids worth of books and payday two weeks away.
 I looked idly around the shop and my eyes lit on a basket of elderly comics. "That'll work." I murmured and began riffling through them.
 As it happens, I found one I wanted almost immediately.

2000AD introduced me to a lot of great female characters - Durham Red,  Maze Dumoir,  Medb, Nest Of The Speckled Face - but I was a massive fan of  Cassandra Anderson right from her very first appearance in Judge Dredd.
  The blonde Psi-Judge always seemed a lot more human than Dredd, with a definite sense of humour, but still held up her own end when it came to ass-kicking and this might explain why Cassie became such a fan-favourite.
 Well that, and being female and pretty in a British boys comic. This was quite a rare thing in the early 80s. You couldn't help noticing that her uniform seemed to be a bit more ...snug... than Dredd's. Heady stuff to a 13 year old.
 To the best of my knowledge, Judge Anderson is the only character ever to get a topless pinup in a British comic.

  As the years went by I gradually drifted away from 2000AD but the issue above sent me on a trip down memory lane and I thought I'd share a few scans with you.

 Cassie gets ready to lay down the law. 

See what I mean about the uniform? 

Sensible boots, though. 

 A delightful pinup from the centre of the issue I bought. 

While I'm here, let's have some more pics.

 Remember, this young lady faced down Judge Death - a villain that would make The Joker shit himself - and kicked his ass. Twice. 

A cover I found on the 2000ad Cover Archive.  and one of my all-time favourites.

Anderson is down, hurt - but very definitely not out.

  My inner 13 year old has just had a quiet word with me. He seems to think I should get some Judge Anderson TPBs next time I'm in Forbidden Planet. I think he's right. 

 Before I go I will leave you with this. I had a dig about in an old briefcase and it turns out that I've got the topless pinup. If I ever work out how to scan an A3 pic with an A4 scanner, I'll post it. 

 That's all folks.