Al's Baby is a British comedy comic series, which featured in the Judge Dredd Megazine and its weekly parent publication 2000 AD in the 1990s. It tells the story of Al 'The Beast' Bestardi, a mob enforcer compelled into male pregnancy to give his terminally ill boss and father-in-law, Don Luigi Sarcoma, a grandchild. The series was created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra and was the first series to appear in the Judge Dredd Megazine that was not set in the same world as Wagner and Ezquerra's most famous creation, Judge Dredd. Synopsis Al's Baby The story begins in a classroom where two students, Malady and Johnny, argue over gender differences due to girls being able to carry babies and boys not being able to. Their teacher, a robot, explains that at one point men were able to carry babies, but due to robot midwives, this practice was retired. She then proceeds to tell them the story of one of the first male births "when this land was still called America" in a city called Chi-Town. An alternate version of this opening, seen in "The Complete Al's Baby" paperback, leaves out this part and has the story narrated by Vinnie, the owner of a bar and grill frequented by Al and his mobster buddies. Al 'The Beast' Bestardi is the most feared and the toughest hit man in Chi-Town. The only person that he fears is his boss Don Luigi Sarcoma whose daughter, Velma, is married to Al. One day, Luigi reveals that he is disappointed with Al due to the fact that even though he has been married to Velma for two years, they have yet to produce an offspring. Luigi demands that they have one as he is getting old and wants the family business to continue. Al visits Velma at the Velvet Room where she is a singer, despite the fact that she is terrible at it. Velma refuses to have a baby as she believes it will ruin her career and suggests that Al carry it instead. Despite having a surrogate agree, Velma prefers Al to carry it just to see him suffer. Al considers killing himself, but realizes that this would make him a laughing stock and he goes through with the procedure. After telling his sidekick, Sal, he takes the role of midwife due to past experience. Al and his gang