But little was made of Randys new judicial duties. While things are looking up as 2017 draws to a close, the sense that Sam, Abbey and their kin live perfect lives has been successfully shattered. Cedric Hart. Margaret Trimble. Laura and Jeff are old friends of Abbeys. Abby Spencer has to spend part of her day wondering why Mayor Sanderson doesn't always work with the brothers, which isn't . Abbeys wealthy next door neighbor, Susan Adams47wants to further Davids career. For example, after disarming a bank robber, she decides to represent him. 2015 Neddy falls for Hank Tolling while pursuing her fashion manufacturing dream. Rocky and Godiva partner with Neddy. Randy Parker. Hollywood big wig whom Sam approaches about helming the movie adaptation of Alan Parkers first novel. 2013 The elder Parkers join Randy and April on a cruise ship headed to their wedding. 1998 Horace is an triangle with his young wife and old flame, Rachel Cabot. When last seen, Raju is managing the diets of collegiate wrestlers. Betsy Fremont. Name* She is attractive and intelligent, capable of putting the often charmingly arrogant Driver in his place. He ultimately comes to terms with his addiction and vows to be a better father to his sons. New Marie 6/77-present. Trudi once tried to kiss Sam despite her friendship with Abbey. It's been kind of crazy in recent years since the current team took over. In Sam Drivers estimation, the greatest quarterback in professional football. Alan Parkers son and ultimately a judge himself. Intern turned publisher representative from Cheatam Publishing. He was wiser than his years in observing the foibles of others but rather foolish in navigating his own affairs. It explored interesting legal aspects of the case, all the while Dallis injured that the characters the reader loved all had an emotional investment in its outcome. Dori/Martha Carson. Attractive college girl friend of Randy Parker who has a decided wild streak. 1967 Financial consultant Preston Palmer secretly romances both Ann and Katherine. In 2017, Katherine Parker moves out of the Parker household, angry at how Alan keeps things from her. David Delacourt. This one takes place in the "Judge Parker" universe. 1955 Brilliant young Wellington Marks visits, charming Jeep and annoying Bumps. Harmony Mimi Doubleday. Judge Declines to Block Florida's 15-Week Abortion Ban in Case Brought by Clergy Members. D. B. Clark. A behind the scenes figure in his first appearance in the narrative, Mr. B is revealed to be Henry Balsom, an owner of a department store and a outstanding citizen who moved into town ten years ago. You know, normal small-town stuff. In 2016, Randy announces that April is pregnant and soon afterwards announces she has disappeared during what was to beher final mission. In 2017, Abbey learns she has a demented half-sister Senna who kidnaps Sophie. It falls on Sam to tell Abbey in 1992 that while they may be good friends, they are poor business people. He obtained her fortune after marrying a far older man, Hugo Canabar, who left her his fortune after his death. 2/11-8/11, 6/13. With 2011, Katherine is once again featured on a fairly regular basis. No mention is made of her being a relative of the Parkers cook. There have been assassins, secret double agents. is_redirect && ! Enter Rocky and Godiva. Just out of the Army, Driver is starting his new job at the Legal Aid Society. The guitar playing nephew of Abby Spencers recently departed childhood governess, Johnny at 28 is aimless but seemingly charming, having earned Abbys good feelings for having taken good care of Aunt Martha. It emerges that Kane embezzeled $200,000 from his aunt and kill Abbeys maid, Marie, to keep that quiet. Helmuth Doubleday. She escapes capture after she rigs an explosion intended to kill Sam and Honey Ballengers father. 6/95-9/95. Randy Parker infiltrates the organization in his efforts to prove that Horace Riley is not mentally incompetent. 12/54-3/55, 7/55-12/55, 4/56-7/56, 10/56, 1/57, 6/63. Celebrating diversity in culture, myth and history, Informed Consent Statement for Closed Bereavement Study, Baron von Steuben, Washingtons Gay General and Friend. Ive only been reading JP since mid 2015, so I appreciate learning about past storylines. 3/73-8/27/73. 160 people (including 4 women) were sentenced to death by Judge Parker. Sam and Abbey engage in a long dating relationship, and the two often have dinner with Alan and Katherine Parker. Judge Parker first appeared in newspaper on November 24th, 1952. Sinister and mostly behind the scenes mastermind behind a scheme to control the worlds water supply. 6/68-10/68. And this leads to a day where everything happens at once. 11/92-5/07, 4/10-10/10, 3/13-pr.. Sophie Barton Spencer. Eating one bad apple isnt all that happened in that garden. He becomes a partner in Neddys new fashion business at Godivas behest. 1971 Jeep returns from boarding school in love. The arrival of brainy Wellington Marks in 1955 creates a juvenile romantic triangle of sorts. She has been an occasional part of the narrative ever since. The two are finally married in Mexico in April 2014. Given that people of every age can read the comic strips, the funnies pages remain one of the most conservative mediums for telling a story. Muscular and physically adept, Cedric is a handsome, bespectacled 30-something butler from Canada who temporarily works for elderly Parisian resident Rachel Cabot and therefore assists her guests, Abbey and Neddy Spencer. Keno. Her machinations allow Sparrow to escape an attempted murder charge but she ultimately cant avoid the consequences of her involvement in a fur heist. He has also just obtained his license to practice law as an attorney. In 1997, hitwoman Theresa Delgado attempts to kill her. As Driver puts it, Handsome, talented, accomplished, war hero, single, whats not to like? The couple are due to be married in 2016, when Steve strikes off on his own as Rocky Ledges legal eagle. 2/14/91-7/30/91, 12/92-3/93, scattered appearances thereafter, 12/05, 3/13, 10/14-11/14, 1/15, 5/15, 8/15, 3/16. But Delgado resurfaces when she is hired to kill Randy Parker. Jeep was very much in love with a fellow who had gotten himself involved with some very bad men. An attorney who often does legal legwork on cases with which Alan Parker become involved. A character was kidnapped, but why and how were never shown, and the consequences were only hinted at. Cory Duncan. 1954 Jeep shows up at the Judges doorstep. 2/77-6/77. 1979 Orphaned Patty Modesto falls in love with painter Ben Castle. Sams attractive, long-time Latina secretary who is a key employee of the branch office of the Legal Aid Society in a poorer, ethnic section of town. In narrative terms, he seems to have been a prototype for Sam Driver. 3/69-7/69. 10/30/93-4/94, 12/94, 6/95, 4/98, (ref. 7/2/97-11/97. The father of organized crime in the state, per Sam Driver, Passmore seeks the legal services of D.B. Little wonder she disappears in 1968, never to be seen again. Handsome blond-haired attorney just starting out on his practice. That is the classic comic strip created in 1952 that follows the life of small-town Judge Alan Parker and his family.. In 1999, Sam finally proposes to her and the two are married on New Years Eve that same year. An old friend of Mary Parkers before her marriage to the Judge, Marla is unaware of her death when she decides to return to the United States after 15 years abroad. The Phantom writer Tony DePaul confirmed that Bret is the artist today on his blog: (He would later add a third, Apartment 3-G.) Dallis was ready to try his hand at another. Giving up his business partnership with Sam Driver after his election victory, Randy is sworn in by his father during Alans retirement party in February, 2009. 2/62-6/62. April returns in 2009, supposedly having quit the CIA. 1953 Randy Parker returns from boarding school. Trudi and Keith St. James were old friends of Abbeys from California who became her business partners. April Parker Jones is an American television actress, best known for her roles as Darcy Hawkins in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama series Jericho from 2006 to 2008, and as Natalie Henning in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong (2014-2020). The two marry on February 11, 1968. Sophie is kidnapped and missing for months. Katherine is 35 when she meets Alan and is a career woman of unspecified type and a widow who lost her husband in the service two years previously. 1964 Keno, a gambling kingpin, eludes justice. It all turned out to be a scheme of a jealous admirer of said secretary who wanted the Judge to fire her. After the elder Passmores death, Tony proposes to D.B., who appears ready to give up her career for marriage. Justin admits hes just been released from a mental hospital after two years. Palmers father committed suicide and his mother died not long after. Blxckie's incredible rise to fame started during the 2020 COVID . Jeep is not seen or referenced for several years after Alan Parker and Katherines wedding. Ezra is forced to sell their house to pay for Sophies medical bills. In 2004, she interferes with Neddys romance with Bob Willard, the son of a former business partner who she likely cheated. Rex Morgans nurse, June Gale was even more long-suffering than Abbey Spencer in terms of putting up with far more than they should have to from their male romantic interests. The more assertive of the girls in Apartment 3-G, Margo McGee was also the most ill-tempered and foolish. Lili Benson. When his daughter April goes missing, Norton calls on old contacts and learns the CIA suspects April of treason. Jeep admires his intellect and appears to have a crush on him, though later is revealed that for his part, Wellington has a crush on Ann Parker, 14 years his senior. This new Marie is freckled and a little plump. Early in 2017 Hank must return to his new job in Alaska without Neddy. 2 granted new trials and later discharged. Senna shares Abbeys red hair and shapely figure, but she has a hardened expression and is extremely volatile. 2001 Glorias wealthy older sister Alexis makes the scene. (Time moves increasingly slowly within the Judge Parker narrative). 9/65-12/65. She is surprised when he shows up to visit at Spencer Farms. It turns out that Sam is the son of an old friend of Judge Parker. Dallis introduced two villains in the first decade of Judge Parker stories who I would suggest were intended to suggest the effeminacy often associated with homosexuality in the popular mind. But their wealthy and manipulative aunt, Rachel Cabot returned repeatedly to cause trouble. If you know of an individual who lived in, walked through, or breathed near western Arkansas and the Indian Territory, you should look at the criminal case files for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith Division.This was the Wild West of murder and mayhem - especially involving liquor, "Hanging" Judge Isaac Parker, and lawmen like Deputy . Abbeys oldest friend is Trudi St. James. He can be over protective of his older sister, due to her poor choice in men, though he is more than capable of making impetuous choices all his own. As you mention, he has tried to make the characters more down to earth, which I think is a good idea, but Im not too keen on his execution. Despite Sams misgivings, Abbey has a good feeling about Beck and hires him anyway. One of them, insanely jealous of her, kills an associate named Otto who wondered if she was incapable of love and almost kills Randy. But he cant touch his own toes. -Judge Isaac C. Parker, 1896. Originally working as a temporary assistant at Driver and Parkers law office, April remains there until 2006, postponing her plans to accept a job at the CIA for several weeks. 1976 Aging acting legend, Shelby Shore, is infatuated with Abbey and alcohol. 1996 Keith St. James romances Abbey, Trudi disapproves. In 2016, Derek, Sophie, Honey and two other friends are all involved in a bad accident in which Honey and the other boys were drinking. One suspects readers had written in wondering whatever happened to her. Sheila turns out to be a pathological liar who attempts to romance Randy and Sam Driver simultaneously. In 2007, she shows a softer side in hosting Abby and Neddy in Paris, but nonetheless pretends to have cancer for sympathy when she is actually suffering from dementia. In 1971, she comes home from boarding school from Switzerhad, at the age of 17 in love with a handsome skiing star named Eric Stedman. A car accident when Lauras been drinking isnt enough for Jeff to come to his senses. Mark Duncan. Sam calls Gloria Sanchez and Gloria feels free to make snarky comments to her boss about the many attractive women who seem to cross his path. The epitome of smooth, with a neatly trimmed mustache, Largo is capable of genuine violence and dies in a car accident fleeing authorities. One of his inventions has garnered the interest of a pair of crooks. Or at least drawn into the web of older women with ill intent. By 2015, Mark has a degree in maritime law and comes back to town to renew their relationship and ultimately proposes to Neddy. Lavender was a marker of androgyny in popular culturehalfway between the blue of boys and the pink of girls. But in 2003 Mark comes home from law school to break up with her. When Camille tries to throw Rus under the bus, Rus tells the police to investigate the death of Camilles last husband. This according to Judge Parker himself, when Sam Driver asks. Rachel often attempts to control her nieces and wrest them away from Abbey. Gloria Sanchez, an unspecified worker there, shows Sam the ropes. It doesnt help he is involved in a UFO abductee cult headed up by the mysterious Seth. With the help of Drivers investigations, it emerges that Dixie murdered her lover, Dewey Cheatham, coincidentally the intended publisher of Alan Parkers novel. Do you know from what year the reprints are fromI know in the case of the 1956 Argo Rex Morgan and Mary Worth reprints, the actual stories are from a number of years earlier. In any case, that November, Dallis tells the story of the unexpected death of little Jeeps parents. Went to law school with Sam and the two were apparently involved. Driver and Judge Parker share the stage for roughly a year and a half. Last 2007 Cedric Hart is Aunt Rachels hunky butler. She is now portrayed as mildly eccentric and optimistic in contrast to her increasingly curmudgeonly husband. Bobs father was an alcoholic who committed suicide after Rachel cut him out of their highly successful real estate business. 12/55-4/56. The two marry on February 11, 1968. Fully recovered, Jeep and Wellington undo the schemes of a criminal gang in 1961. Her first maid, Marie Arnold was killed by Johnny Kane in 1971. Alexis Sanchez. One questionIve yet to track down the 1956 Argo reprint of Judge Parkerthe one issue release that you include a photo of on this site. A twisted plot is gradually uncovered, but not before Georgia is falsely suspected of murdering her own ex-husband and being insane. International jetsetter who romances Trudi St. James, hoping to make her his third wife to access her fortune. Thereafter, the three are homeless and squat on Abbey Spencers property until they are discovered. Jeannie seeks to win Sam Drivers heart, all the while managing the singing career of Country Boy Lukas, and sidestep Tims schemes to get released from prison. Ultimately her disguise is discovered by Sam Driver, including her true target, Katherine Parker. Back in the States in 1960, Jeep is in the third grade, living with her mother, who has separated from her father. Neddys fashion business is literally swallowed up by a giant sinkhole. Mimis brother, Helmuth, orders her return to Eon, via whatever means necessary. In retirement, Alan Parker is increasingly a curmudgeon and expresses cynicism about marriage despite an attractive and attentive younger wife. At some point I may try to make a broader analysis of Nicholas Dallis treatment of women in all three of his strips. 11/11/66-7/69, 1/70, 10/70, 12/70, 5/71, 9/71-11/71, 2/72, 5/72-8/72, 11/72, 3/73-8/73, 6/74-7/74, 2/77-3/77, 4/82, 3/85-9/85, 1/87-2/87, 6/92, 7/93, 11/93-1/94, 5/97-9/97, (referenced 1/99), 1/00, 8/00-10/00, 1/01, 7/06-8/06, 2/09, 6/11-7/11, 12/12-6/14, 9/17-10/17. Subsequently, David learns he has inherited a huge sum of money from fathera inveterate gambler who had finally hit it big without Davids knowledge. Engaged to be married to Randy Parker when she first enters the narrative, Randy brings her to his parents for help with her family. 2/13/14-6/14, 12/15-1/16, 9/16-1/17, 8/17-8/17. Abbey considers adopting Lili Benson. A scheming would-be actress and trouble-making niece of Martha Carson, Sandra blows into town deciding to model as a break. His court was unique in the fact that he had jurisdiction over all of Indian Territory, covering over 74,000 square miles. Nicholas Dallis was generally very progressive in his choice of storylines, often trying to shed light on relevant social issues such as alcoholism and mental illness. Comments on The Phantom page suggest that Sunday Phantom artist Jeff Weigel is now doing the dailies. Peter Bumps Doren. It is a serial strip starring a no-nonsense, upstanding lawyer who stoically handles drama and suspense. 3/71-9/71. In 1966, Randy becomes a devotee of Casandra Canabar. Maurice Xavier Faron. Passmore, who always wears dark sun glasses, is very short and slight of build. In doing so, however, she will continue to work with her husband-to-be but disappears from the narrative. 1992 Abbey invests in Trudi St. James. The mix of kinda comic everyday stories and the action pieces Judge Parker is now known for is awkward, and those action set-pieces (Sennas kidnapping, Aprils prison break) have been clumsily done with stories that have no conclusion and just whimper out, and plot points that make no sense (OK, thats nothing new for this comic strip). One of the most gripping and well written narratives was the court proceedings against the mentally unstable man who had abducted Anne. The Durban-born artist is part of Clout Internet Boyz, a hip-hop collective consisting of Durban rappers who release tracks together and are known for their melodic trap sound. Anywayfantastic work, and a great resource. Handsome and highly intelligent high school musician who Sophie has a bad crush on. Brilliant if homely young man from India whom Sophie hired to upgrade her homework. Neddy falls in love with him despite her Aunt Rachels objections. Constance Darling. Stanley Weckler. In 1999, Randy is best man at Sam Drivers wedding to Abbey Spencer. Blackstone has an attractive dark-haired daughter named Peaches. (Referenced 3/25/11-4/11), 10/11-11/11, x/xx-x/xx, 7/16-11/16, 1/17. The narrative highlights Jeffs denial and then minimization of Lauras drinking problem. Randy ultimately graduates from college, and attends law school like his father, though none of this is portrayed contemporaneously. April is woefully over qualified for the role at the office, being fluent in four languages and having completed a Masters thesis on the economics of the European Union. 11/66-12/66). (Referenced 3/11-4/11), 9/11-11/11, 4/12, others, 7/16-8/16, 2/17-3/17. He cooperates with authorities and Judge Parker reassures Jeep that Sam Driver will do his best to represent him. He is portrayed as less handsome as the years go by, slender with a somewhat thin face. This happened decades later to a smaller degree in Lynn Johnstons For Better or Worse when she introduced a gay character. Later that same year, Sam does offer Randy a partnership and he accepts. Katherine and Alan bond over an ensuing custody battle over Jeep with the girls paternal uncle, Tom Carson. Katherine and Alan bond over an ensuing custody battle over Jeep with the girls paternal uncle, Tom Carson. Neddy has a happy visit with him in 2000 and fends off a romantic rival named Helen Spike Pointer. Once again declaring her love for Sam, she never repents and escapes at the end of her failed mission, hoping to escape the wrath of the man who hired her. 2004 Randy Parker meets April Bower. Marks father who first enlists Sams service to help his son whos been arrested Cory used to be a horse trainer but gave it up when his first wife and Marks mother died in a car accident. The trial, which plays out over three months of the narrative, serves as an interesting exploration of the pros and cons of the insanity defense. Hank accompanies Neddy back to Spencer Farms when a troubled Sophie returns. And talking about dimes, you didnt have two to rub together when I picked you up off the beach.. Under the stress of Sophies disappearance, Sam and Abbey grow ever more distant from each other. B. Baron to take over the winery in 1992. Wealthy farmer and owner of Riley Amalgamated, Horace T. Riley first came into Randy Parkers orbit when he seeks his help against his nephew, who is trying to prove him incompetent and have him committed. Judge Parkers attractive new blonde secretary is actually a conwoman who uses her position to gain sensitive information that her criminal associate Charles Kasper is able to exploit. Stylishly dressed drug pusher who works for the sinister crime boss, Mr. B. When her parents die in a car crash in 1966, Jeep is due to inherit a quarter million dollars. As a fan, its particularly helpful since Ive had a lot of trouble tracking down the older strips. Palmer wants to start a tennis school located on Spencer Farms and brings in an accomplice, Kiki Muldoon, to bring the plan into fruition. Trudi St. James. Ezra Barton. Abbott operates out of a heavily fortified compound in the jungles of Mexico. He has utilized younger men as agents in the past, in 1966, the curiously nicknamed Swish, and in 1967, the often clueless but handsome Frankie Apollo. I can find a thousand muscle boys like you at a dime a dozen! Abbey has a big heart and is frequently seen helping those in need. But, in 2016, when Hank decides to follow a spectacular career opportunity to Alaska, sparks of a different kind fly. Years before the ongoing narrative begins, Alan Parkers wife Mary died, leaving the judge a widower with two children, Ann in nursing school and Randy, in high school. By the end of a dangerous adventure, Donna narrowly misses being declared the worlds greatest belly dancer by the Secret Twelve and Justin proposes marriage to Donna. Unfortunately, Glorias aspirations to help her community fade from the narrative and she increasingly falls in the smart-talking sidekick role. In 2010, Mark returns to tell Neddy that he is divorced and has treated her badly, but Neddy, planning to return to Paris, suggests theyve learned that long distance romances dont work. "In His Own Words: Quotations of Judge Isaac C. Parker ," Fort Washington, PA: Eastern National, 2001. Their schemes are uncovered when they attempt an unsuccessful jewel heist. Sandra Deere tries to snag the Judge. to Sam Driver, hoping they will become law partners, but the two are only interested in sharing office space. Unfortunately, Lili is being used by a crooked boy friend named Rusty Dowell who involves her in a scheme to rob Spencer Farms. If you think I might be reading too much into his name consider that his overweight narcotics smuggler possessed a whole raft of affectations. It will be interesting to see what other changes he makes to the strip, both in terms of tone, stories and characters. David Williams. Unseen since 1968, he returned in 1993 with a law degree and not long after became Sam Drivers partner. In private, though, the rather short Balsom is prone to malicious eye rolls and sinister expressions. 1986 Top exec Heather Warner wants a divorce and a new romance with Sam. I doubt these story details were coincidental, yet subtle enough to escape the attention of readers unaware of such matters. 6/18/97-11/97, 10/03-4/04. Enter war hero, Steve Shannon. 1991 Horse trainer Cory Duncan and troubled son Mark start work at Spencer Farms. 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