sentences:  John 'Giant' Clay made a cameo appearance in the "Judge Dredd" strip in prog 28.Since Judge Dredd himself did not appear in "2000 AD" until prog 2, the Giant family's appearance in the comic predates Dredd's debut in his own strip.The original Judge Giant first appeared in prog 27 of the comic (1977) as a rookie judge who had just graduated from the Academy of Law.