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Judge Cassandra Anderson, created by writer John Wagner and artist Brian Bolland in 1980, is a fictional character that started as a supporting character in the comic strip Judge Dredd of 2000 AD and eventually rose in prominence and became the star of her own strip, which is entitled Anderson: Psi Division.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Novels 2 See also 3 External links

Like her namesake Cassandra she has psychic powers. In addition to being able to sense approaching danger and foresee events of the near future, as did her namesake, she also has telepathy. This allows her to read other people's minds and use mental attacks. These abilities allowed her to enlist in Mega-City One's corps of Judges as member of the Psi Division, which includes all Judges possessing psychic abilities.

Originally appearing while the city was facing the first attack by Judge Death of the Dark Judges (a group of undead Judges from another dimension who seek to destroy all crime by destroying all life) she was instrumental in stopping the attack. She has since been involved in many other attacks by the Dark Judges, who even managed to use her as an instrument of their plans for a while. Despite her efforts to end their threat, which even included exiling them to empty pocket-dimensions, the Dark Judges always manage to return eventually, ever determined to fulfil their mission. Though both sides claim it as their mission to prevail, in time Anderson and Death have become personal enemies to each other.

Meanwhile she has become a prominent member of her division and has gained the respect of Dredd despite their differing attitudes. In contrast to Dredd she has always been critical of the weaknesses evident in the Judicial system of Mega-City One, though she has been deemed too valuable to her Division to face consequences for it. Also in contrast to Dredd she has a sense of humor and she is able to form personal friendships with fellow Judges. She is able to feel doubt and remorse, two feelings that Dredd doesn't allow to himself. But her determination to a mission she accepts as her own is similar to Dredd's own and the two have been able to co-operate effectively during a number of missions.

She has had a crisis of conscience following the resurfacing of childhood memories of an abusive father (as told in the story Engram). She was shocked to find that her Division was aware of it but had set mental blocks in her mind to make her forget. Though she understood the Division's belief that she was more effective without those scars threatening her mental health, she still didn't agree with it and temporarily left the force. She had a series of space travels while soul-searching and eventually returned to the force. Dredd has had a similar experience and they can somewhat relate to each other. They are both considered veterans currently and are seen with awe by younger and less experienced Judges.

After a deadly run in with Judge Death, she was placed in a coma and infected with the psychic Half Life virus that would be released if she ever awoke. She was able to contain the virus within a web of psychic constructions and illusions, but she was slowly dying. A team of Psi-Judges was sent in to rescue her and destroy the virus; they succeeded in rescuing Anderson, at the cost of nearly the whole team, but Half Life passed on to Judge Gistane, who was then experimented on by the mad Judge Fauster so he could use the virus to achieve immortality. When Half Life was unleashed on the city causing a wave of mass murder, Anderson was the one who stopped it.

Since exiting her coma, Anderson is still dealing with her increasing age; she is now almost fifty, and since being a Psi stops her from using the drugs and treatments that keep aging Street Judges like Dredd active, she knows she will eventually be unable to do her job anymore.

Since 1988, Anderson has been written almost exclusively by Alan Grant, often working with artist Arthur Ranson.

Mitchel Scanlon has written a couple of Judge Anderson novels that have been published by Black Flame:

• Anderson: PSI Division (February 2006)
• Red Shadows (May 2006)

• Sov Judge Orlok
• History of Mega-City One

• 2000 AD profile

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Judges:	Mega-City One: Judge Anderson • Judge Buell • Judge Castillo • Galen DeMarco • Judge Dredd • Judge Edgar • Chief Judge Fargo • Judge Giant • Judge Goodman • Judge Grice • Judge Griffin • Judge Guthrie • Judge Hershey • Judge Janus • Judge Karyn • Judge McGruder • Mechanismo • Judge Niles • Judge Shenker • Judge Silver • Judge Solomon • Judge Volt Other: Detective-Judge Armitage • Johnny Woo • Devlin Waugh • Shimura
Villains:	Angel Gang • Mean Machine Angel • President Booth • Oola Blint • Judge Cal • Dark Judges • Judge Death • Armon Gill • Morton Judd • Kleggs • Judge Kraken • Stan Lee • PJ Maybe • Nero Narcos • Sov Judge Orlok • Rico Dredd • Jacob Sardini • Shojun the Warlord
Characters:	Chopper • Vienna Dredd • Fergee • Minor Characters • Yassa Povey • Otto Sump • Walter the Wobot
Storylines:	"America" • "Apocalypse War" • "Block Mania" • "City of the Damned" • "The Cursed Earth" • "Democracy" • "Judge Child" • "Judge Dredd vs. Aliens" • "Judgement Day" • "Judgement on Gotham" • "Mechanismo" • "Necropolis" • "Predator vs. Judge Dredd" • "Origins" • "The Robot Wars" • "Judge Dredd in Oz"
Spin-offs:	Anderson: Psi Division • Banzai Battalion • The Dead Man • Low Life • Red Razors • The Simping Detective
Crossovers:	"Judge Dredd vs. Aliens" • "Judgement Day" • "Judgement on Gotham" • "Predator vs. Judge Dredd"
Locations:	Academy of Law • Brit-Cit • Ciudad Barranquilla • Cursed Earth • East Meg One • Grand Hall of Justice • Hondo City • Mega-City One • Mega-City Two • Pan-Africa • Statue of Judgement • Undercity
Other media:	Judge Dredd film • Dredd vs, Death computer game • Judge Dredd role-playing game
Publications:	2000 AD • Dice Man • Judge Dredd Megazine • Zarjaz
Miscellaneous:	2000 AD crossovers • 2000 AD glossary • Atomic Wars • Chief Judge of Mega-City One • City Block • Council of Five • Diktatorat • Lawgiver • Long Walk • Mayor of Mega-City One • Organizations • Psi Division • Public Surveillance Unit • SJS • Sky-surfer • Technology • Wally Squad