Judge Evelyn McGruder is a fictional character in the Judge Dredd stories published in the comic book 2000 AD. She was first female Chief Judge of Mega-City One, and the first Judge to become Chief Judge twice. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... This article is about the comic-book character Judge Dredd. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... 2000 AD logo 2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction oriented comic. ... Judge is a title held by several significant characters in the Judge Dredd series, which appears in the British comic book 2000 AD. In the fictional future history of the series, the role of Judge combines those of judge and police officer, thus avoiding long legal wrangles by allowing for... Mega-City One is a huge fictional city covering much of what is now the Eastern United States in the Judge Dredd comic book series. ...

McGruder was the Judge in charge of the dreaded SJS before she rose to power shortly after the Apocalypse War when Chief Judge Griffin was killed. She resigned four years later following the Seven Samurai incident, and took the Long Walk into the Cursed Earth. The SJS or Special Judicial Service, in the fictional Judge Dredd universe created by 2000 AD, are sometimes referred to as the Judges of the Judges. ... ... In the long-running British comic strip Judge Dredd, The Long Walk is taken by retired Judges who feel that they can no longer be effective within Mega-City One, instead choosing to take law to the lawless in either the radioactive wastes of the Cursed Earth or the Undercity... The Cursed Earth is a part of the fictional universe recounted in the Judge Dredd series that appears in the UK comic book 2000 AD. Following the Atomic Wars of 2070 most of the U.S.A. became a radioactive wasteland. ...

She returned to help Judge Dredd fight the Dark Judges in the Necropolis crisis, and was subsequently re-elected as Chief Judge. Five years after that, she resigned once more after a pet project went disastrously wrong, and was succeeded by Judge Volt. This article is about the comic-book character Judge Dredd. ... The Dark Judges are recurring villains in the fictional Judge Dredd universe recounted in the UK comic 2000 AD. They are Judge Death, Judge Fire, Judge Fear and Judge Mortis. ...

In the 1995 feature film, McGruder was played by Joanna Miles.