MICKEY THE STUMP

Real Name: Mickey (last name unrevealed)

Class: Human

Occupation: Crimeboss

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mega-City One, 2045 AD

First Appearance: Judge Dredd #1 (August, 1994)

Powers: Mickey the Stump was a violent crimeboss whose hands were mutilated, having only his pinkie fingers. He had weapons that sprung out from his sleeves, including an axe and firearm.

History: (Judge Dredd #1, 2) - Mickey the Stump was a crimeboss who ran a cybernarc speakeasy, and controlled a number of corrupt cops in Mega-City One. To join his gang an applicant had to have their pinkie chopped off with an axe, as a show of solidarity with Mickey and his stumps. Mickey proudly wore a necklace of his men's severed pinkies. Officer Frye asked Mickey to help him because Judge Dredd had uncovered his involvement in an illegal gambling den, and another police officer asked for his help because his mother had shot a Judge after getting a traffic ticket. Before Mickey could get to work Judge Dredd burst in, having tracked a shipment of cybernarcs to the speakeasy. Dredd promised to take out as many of Mickey's men as he could, but he was ambushed by Officer Frye, who knocked him out with an ax-handle before dying himself in the crossfire. Mickey decided to hold Dredd for ransom, using his inside officer Manfredi to deliver the ransom note. Judges Solomon, Fillmore and Burns panicked, because while they'd secretly be glad if Dredd was dead they know Fargo might use his death as an excuse to push the power of the Judges against the President. Judge Dredd kept waking up and shooting Mickey's men, so Mickey plugged him into a cybernarc cart, hoping the experience would lobotomize him. Mickey fell for the old woman who hated Judges, and after asking her to be his wife decided to retire with the ransom money and go on honeymoon at the Poconos. The Judges emptied their life savings, and told Manfredi to bring back Dredd. Mickey decided he didn't want to share the cash, so he shot Manfredi, but was killed in turn by his fiancée, whose son was a cop. Jude Dredd's cadets found the speakeasy, wrecked the power generator, disrupting the cybernarc carts, and the users went berserk. Dredd ordered the death penalty for his kidnappers, and let the junkies carry out the execution. As a result of his investigation 175 officers were jailed for corruption, and Dredd told Solomon, Fillmore and Burns they were under arrest for paying a ransom in violation of anti-terror statues. They reminded him they'd tried to save his life, and Judge Dredd said that was their mistake.

Comments: Created by Andy Helfer & Michael Avon Oeming.