Unusually, Judge Dredd himself does not appear in 13 of the 26 episodes of "Necropolis", or in any of the 5 episodes of "Countdown to Necropolis".
ʌnjˈuːʒuːəli, dʒˈʌdʒ dɹˈɛd hɪmsˈɛlf dʌznˌɑːt ɐpˈɪɹ ɪn θˈɜːtiːn ʌvðə twˈɛnti sˈɪks ˈɛpɪsˌoʊdz ʌv "nɛkɹˈɑːpəliz", ɔːɹ ɪn ˌɛni ʌvðə fˈaɪv ˈɛpɪsˌoʊdz ʌv "kˈaʊntdaʊn tə nɛkɹˈɑːpəliz".