2000 AD #970 was published by Rebellion and IPC Magazines Ltd. on December 1, 1995, as part of a series that began in 1977. Alan McKenzie and Dan Abnett write, and art comes from Carlos Ezquerra, John Higgins and John Ridgway. It features Judge Dredd, Hammerstein, Joe Pineapples, Blackblood and Mongrol, among 13 characters cataloged on VerseDB.