A childhood accident or illness left her with a pronounced limp and she must walk with a cane even though she is only in her forties. 6/95-9/95. Ive only been reading JP since mid 2015, so I appreciate learning about past storylines. Posted By: Imright, 2/28/2023 7:02:54 AM A Miami judge declined to block Florida's 15-week abortion ban, HB 5, on Friday in a lawsuit brought by clergy members of several different faiths. Jeannie ultimately elude capture in 1981 by leaving Tim in the dust as she escapes in their getaway car. 1960 Jeep is afraid of housekeeper Nadja who tries to destroy Dori Carsons marriage. Ezra Barton. But little was made of Randys new judicial duties. Ann Parker. 2010 Neddy falls in and out of love with shoe designer, Julian Edgemont. By the 1980s, the Judge could disappear from the narrative for a couple years at a time and was only prominently featured twice between 1974 and 1993. Theresa Delgado. Casandra charms many a male acolyte, called brothers, including a youthful and still nave Randy Parker. 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. 1 shot and killed while attempting to escape. In 2007, Trudi and her brother return one last time before disappearing from the narrative. He becomes a partner in Neddys new fashion business at Godivas behest. Another character started a business and was wiped out by a calamity, fell into depression . Alan B. Parker. 5/93-10/93, 12/97-6/98, 5/04-1/05, 9/05, 12/06-2/07, 5/07, referenced only 2/13. Handsome, if two-timing romantic interest of Ann Parker. Abbeys wealth opens up a whole new territory for Dallis to delve into. 5/12-11/12. The women who populated soap opera comic strips written by men represent fertile territory for a study of mens attitudes toward women in the first decades of womens liberation. Paul Planchard. Enraged by the insults, Jasper begins to strangle Hugo until he snaps out of it. 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. Later, in 1966, Martha and Ralph are reported to have been killed in a car crash. 11/92-3/93. It soon emerges that Neddy and Sophie are actually wealthy in their own right, having trust funds that were hidden from them by their often manipulative aunt, Rachel Cabot. With the help of Drivers investigations, it emerges that Dixie murdered her lover, Dewey Cheatham, coincidentally the intended publisher of Alan Parkers novel. 5/82-9/82. When Ann is only frightened and turned off by his advances, he ends up holding her hostage in her own home, and later Judge Parker as well. Judge Isaac Parker, often called the "Hanging Judge," from Fort Smith, Arkansas, ruled over the lawless land of Indian Territory in the late 1800s. (He would later add a third, Apartment 3-G.) Dallis was ready to try his hand at another. Her true occupation, however, was not revealed until a new artist took over who could portray her with all the sexiness any spy worth their stripe deserves. Old fraternity buddy of Alans, now a special operative complete with black eyepatch who works for the Attorney Generals office. Back in the States in 1960, Jeep is in the third grade, living with her mother, who has separated from her father. Keith wears his medium length hair tied behind in a ponytail. April returns in 2009, supposedly having quit the CIA. 1977 Alans secretary Carla Dane is crooked. Whether easing Judge Parker out of the spotlight of his own comic strip was always what Dallis had in mind, by 1968 the process was underway. 1997 Theresa Delgado tries to assassinate Katherine Parker. Keith shows a romantic interest in Abbey at that time, openly declaring his affection in 1996. Sheila Pace woos Randy and Sam. 2000 Sam and Abbey honeymoon, Neddy visits Mark, and the Judge is kidnapped. When Judge Parker is apparently targeted for assassination, Delgado poses as a detective who investigates her only hit attempt. Handsome young man who seeks an engineering position at Spencer Farms without a single reference. In its early years, the comic strip could just as easily have been called Judge Parkers Family. Helmuth Doubleday. The epitome of smooth, with a neatly trimmed mustache, Largo is capable of genuine violence and dies in a car accident fleeing authorities. 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. Bumps and Wellington would largely disappear from the narrative. Enter Rocky and Godiva. Cedric Hart. Jeannie ends up confessing to Abbey that Sam loves Abbey, not her, before leaving town once again. He doesnt respond well when she says she isnt ready to marry. 2/14/68-10/17+. Complicating matters is that Flaco Gardia believes April killed his wife, Li Hia, not knowing that Abbott arranged for his capture and imprisonment in a Mexican prison. Younger sister of Neddy, Sophie initially walks with a crutch due to injury that bankrupted her grandfather, Ezra. For example, after disarming a bank robber, she decides to represent him. Former army Major General of Special Operations, Gordon Blair is the mastermind behind a human trafficking operation. 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. Blxckie's incredible rise to fame started during the 2020 COVID . It's free to sign up and bid on jobs. When Randy is having a home built for himself in 1996, a body is discovered buried in the lot and a mystery unfolds. 9/60-1/61. Abbey has an evil sister, Senna. Jeannie Kelso. Judge Parker is still featured in many a newspaper comic strip section, but readers might be forgiven for wondering why it still has that name. Ultimately her disguise is discovered by Sam Driver, including her true target, Katherine Parker. We really dont have a lot of choice about What color is the White House? The narrative highlights Jeffs denial and then minimization of Lauras drinking problem. 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. The treatment of women will be interesting to follow, as the most proactive female character, super spy April Bowers Parker has been disempowered, now in prison on trumped up espionage charges. Lila Benson. He is often seen holding and petting his white Persian cat when he isnt swirling a glass of alcohol of one kind or another. Each of us is the main character of our own life. Rachel often attempts to control her nieces and wrest them away from Abbey. He no longer tries to romance Abbey. Faron dabbles in Arabian horses, an interst he shares with Abbey, but whose purchase he uses for money laundering to cover up his dealings with European heroin cartel. IMO. Willson Spencer. Lt. James Yelich. [1] The strip's look and content were influenced by the work of Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst on Mary Worth. David is 32 and Abbey at this time is said to be 26. It will be interesting to see what other changes he makes to the strip, both in terms of tone, stories and characters. The end was peaceful, and the statesman, jurist and beloved citizen drew his last breath surrounded by his loving family and friends. When Camille shows interest in Sam, he becomes suspicious and learns that Rus has been giving Carl Winters deadly medication. A talented artist, Neddy travels to Paris to attend art school in 2007 while living with her aunt. He is romantically interested in Ann Parker and is willing to work pro bono on cases he believes in. Abbey considers adopting Lili Benson. Sam ends up giving Cory Abbeys number as shes looking for a skilled horse handler. Hank Tolling. 11/92-8/16, 12/16-6/17. Laura, for her part, is skilled at hiding her drinking even as she promises to do better. Sophie seeks out guitar lessons from Derek and promises him a very expensive electric guitar when they are finished. A car accident when Lauras been drinking isnt enough for Jeff to come to his senses. Beginning in 2012, however, it becomes clear that April is actually a government operative. 12/54-3/55, 7/55-12/55, 4/56-7/56, 10/56, 1/57, 6/63. what happened to sophie in judge parker. Sinister and mostly behind the scenes mastermind behind a scheme to control the worlds water supply. Cory Duncan. In 2004, she interferes with Neddys romance with Bob Willard, the son of a former business partner who she likely cheated. He enlists Alans help in commiting an unspecified illegal act. Betsy Fremont. Cedric always works for very wealthy clients and there appears to be far more to his story than appears on the surface. 4/09, 7/09). She graduated with a nursing degree but is rarely shown utilizing it. The trend had started way back in the early forties, when the melodramatic Apple Mary strip morphed into the Mary Worth feature known today. Max Sparrow. When Anns boy friend gets suspicious, the police intervene, one of the officers fatally shot in the process. Intern turned publisher representative from Cheatam Publishing. Georgia also tries to woo Sam from Abbey but ultimately realizes she cant win his heart. Toms alcoholism is ultimately his undoing of his custody scheme, showing up drunk at Jeeps hospital and getting into a serious car crash while drunk. As both of Abbeys parents died in an auto accident, the two share an orphan status and happy memories of Spencer Farms. Abbott operates out of a heavily fortified compound in the jungles of Mexico. Randy Parker brings home his new girl friend (a pathological liar, of course) who promptly tries to romance both Randy and Sam. Unfortunately, Lili is being used by a crooked boy friend named Rusty Dowell who involves her in a scheme to rob Spencer Farms. The boys stay with Craigs sister, Aunt Beth. Sophies arch enemy, a mean girl cheerleader who attempts to steal Derek Wilcox away from her. Johnny Kane killes Abbeys maid. You know, normal small-town stuff. It all turned out to be a scheme of a jealous admirer of said secretary who wanted the Judge to fire her. While representing crime boss, Dennis the Squirrel Passmore, D.B. 5/09-2/10, 8/14-9/14, 12/14-6/15, 9/15-10/15, 5/16, 9/16. Katherine is the sister of Martha Carson, and assumes the care of Jeep with the death of the nine year-old girls parents. Her machinations allow Sparrow to escape an attempted murder charge but she ultimately cant avoid the consequences of her involvement in a fur heist. A scheming would-be actress and trouble-making niece of Martha Carson, Sandra blows into town deciding to model as a break. 1978 Georgia Kingston, the estate of her dead husband in question, seeks Sams help. She encourages Sam to establish an office at Spencer Farms, arguing he now has few clients other than Alan Parker. Lavender was a marker of androgyny in popular culturehalfway between the blue of boys and the pink of girls. Other than his name, there is nothing in his behavior to suggest he is a homosexual. Confident and sometimes cocky, Driver is somewhat domesticated by his romance and later marriage to Abbey Spencer and his co-parenting of her adoptive daughters. And while Rex Morgan was relatively young and single, Dallis decided to make Alan Parker, his new hero, somewhat older and a widower with two teen-aged children. Abbey Spencer. Gambling kingpin who enables socialite Patti Leeds to build up a huge debt in hopes of gaining a foothold in high society. Once caught, Sheila decides to quit school and disappears. In the first half of 1969, Sam is confidante to Katherine who suspects the Judge of an affair even as she is being romanced by the sinister Luke Largo. 2/11-8/11, 6/13. Once arrested, Weckler advises his attorney to pursue an insanity defense as Judge Parker called him insane during the hostage crisis. So when can we expect the Rex Morgan one? Sheila turns out to be a pathological liar who attempts to romance Randy and Sam Driver simultaneously. Katherine is 35 when she meets Alan. Gloria and Alexis childhood is now portrayed as one of privilege, growing up as the daughters of a Panamanian general who attended American schools, learning four languages in the process. Contact He has her boyfriend, golf instructor Gary Jaye, savagely beaten when he begins to suspect his scheme. 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. Jeep was very much in love with a fellow who had gotten himself involved with some very bad men. Shaken, Casandra disbands her peace movement, calling it a mistake. 5/66-9/66. 11/66-2/67. In the end, their lies are exposed and Abbey and Sam promise to help Justin find a job with an engineering firm more appropriate to this talents. Randy disappears from the narrative shortly after his fathers marriage to Katherine Cory in 1968. The story of his election campaign is told sporadically during the Fall of 2006 and 2007. Lavendare wears a cumber-bun, is constantly fanning himself with an Asian fan, and eats opera cream chocolates. Rocky Ledge. 9/95, 5/96-10/96, 8/01,7/02-11/02, 6/03, 10/03, 11/03-3/04, 7/09, 10/09, 12/09-2/10, 8/11, 12/11-1/12. Sophie is kidnapped and missing for months. In 1999, Randy is best man at Sam Drivers wedding to Abbey Spencer. 12/91-6/7/92, 11/29/95-4/7/96, 4/18/04-11/14, 1/05, 6/07-11/07. As she grows older, Sophie often champions social causes, but also tries out to become a cheerleader in 2009. 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. Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth . Another of Abbeys cousins, a financially struggling though talented painter comes to visit Abbey after the death of his father. His court was unique in the fact that he had jurisdiction over all of Indian Territory, covering over 74,000 square miles. With Woody Wilsons retirement as only the second writer of Judge Parker in 2016, some dramatic changes were made in the narrative, the repercussions of which are still being felt. Sheila Pace. Senna shares Abbeys red hair and shapely figure, but she has a hardened expression and is extremely volatile. Nicholas DallisEarly Sam Driver and Abbey Spencer Era. She is attractive and intelligent, capable of putting the often charmingly arrogant Driver in his place. It is a serial strip starring a no-nonsense, upstanding lawyer who stoically handles drama and suspense. Trudi and Keith St. James were old friends of Abbeys from California who became her business partners. She has been an occasional part of the narrative ever since. After obtaining his freedom, Randy chooses to represent him! Palmer disappears not long after, declaring, I always know when to leave a place before Im thrown out. 10/89-5/90. Unseen for years, Mimi breaks up with Randy when he refuses to join Eon as a condition for their marriage. 1976 Aging acting legend, Shelby Shore, is infatuated with Abbey and alcohol. 2007 Cedric Hart is Aunt Rachels hunky butler. 1/92-6/92, 1/96-4/96, 5/04-10/14, 6/07-11/07. Abbey raises Arabian horses there. 2/77-6/77. Several stories between 1954 and 1957 revolved around these characters. While he is ultimately found guilty, the jury advises that there be no death penality. 1990 Stockbroker Blaine Billings is suspected of murdering his wife, but did he do it? These two stories were the only Judge Parker stories to tread on this territory and I dont want to suggest these themes were central to Dallis writing. Bobs father was an alcoholic who committed suicide after Rachel cut him out of their highly successful real estate business. Clark, a cigar-smoking female attorney, shares office space with Sam. 2012 Avery Blackstone plans to film the movie adaptation of Alans novel. Sams old college buddy who excelled at basketball shows up at Spencer Farms and trouble related to an unresolved gambling debt follows. 7/04-12/04, 11/05-4/06. Abbey, at least, was capable of a smart retort. 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