2000 AD #577 was published by Rebellion and IPC Magazines Ltd. on June 1, 1988, as part of a series that began in 1977. Alan Grant and Alan McKenzie write, and art comes from Glenn Fabry, John Ridgway and Simon Bisley. It features Judge Dredd, Hammerstein, Ro-Jaws, Joe Pineapples and Blackblood, among 17 characters cataloged on VerseDB.