punk billionaire". Meanwhile, Dredd unloads the vaccine from the Kill-Dozer, then dresses Spikes' corpse in a spare Judge uniform to serve as a decoy of himself; "Judge Spikes", placed on a Quasar bike, is used to lure the remaining robots to the Kill-Dozer, which has been set to self-destruct. After the exploding tank destroys the robots, Dredd and Tweak carry the vaccine through the rest of the Mojave Desert on foot. Though a sandstorm quickly separates them, each manages to reach Mega-City Two, just barely alive. Uninfected authorities soon receive and reproduce the vaccine, bringing the plague under control in a matter of weeks, while also recuperating Dredd from his many injuries and exhaustions. Once recovered, Dredd extols Tweak's heroism, only for the alien to beg that it be kept secret, lest humanity discover his intelligence and reexamine his planet. Reluctantly, Dredd concedes that Tweak is right to fear his planet being exploited by human greed and callousness, and returns him to his planet–as an "animal"–via freight-ship. Controversy The Cursed Earth sparked a lawsuit against the publishers of 2000 AD from McDonald's, Burger King, and Green Giant, which took offense to the unlicensed and largely-undisguised use of their Trademarked mascots (especially as one scene featured Ronald McDonald executing an "employee" for spilling a milkshake). These uses occurred in four specific episodes, written by John Wagner and Jack Adrian. Publishers IPC settled out of court, publishing a half-page retraction and agreeing never to reprint the offending episodes. In 2014 the law was changed to implement a European directive on copyright law allowing the use of copyright-protected characters for parody. As a result, Rebellion Developments announced in 2015 that it would re-publish the suppressed episodes for the first time in a book to be published in July 2016. Collected editions The series has been reprinted in many trade paperbacks. However, due to the lawsuit, these omitted the "Burger Wars" (episodes 11-12) and "Soul Food" (episodes 17-18) from the full 25-episode run until 2016. In 2016, the complete version with the reinstated episodes was published by Rebellion as "The Cursed Earth Uncensored". Reprints include: Judge Dredd Epics: The Collected Cursed Earth (Titan, paperback, 1994, ) Judge Dredd Epics: The Cursed Earth (Titan, hardback, 2000, ) Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 02 (Rebellion Developments, paperback, 2006, ) Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth Uncensored (Rebellion, hardback, 2016, ) Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth Uncensored