Judge Dredd: The Complete "Apocalypse War" Including "Block Mania" (Judge Dredd S.)

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Wilderlands storyline (progs 891–894 and 904–918 and Megazine 2.57–2.67). This story introduced Judge Volt and Judge Castillo, revived the Council of Five, and ended many long-running subplots, including the Mechanismo Program and McGruder's second stint as Chief Judge. Dredd is exposed as falsifying evidence to shut down the Mechanismo project and is arrested, while Chief Judge McGruder attempts to remain in power and see Mechanismo implemented. When a malfunctioning Mechanismo crashes a space cruiser on an alien world in an attempt to kill McGruder, Dredd takes control of the survivors. Dredd's entire face is never shown in the strip. This began as an unofficial guideline, but soon became a rule. [31] As John Wagner explained: "It sums up the facelessness of justice − justice has no soul. So it isn't necessary for readers to see Dredd's face, and I don't want you to". [32] According to Karl Urban, the studio's concept is to "build the show around more rookie judges and young, new judges", where Dredd himself "would come in and out". Urban stated that he would be interested in reprising the role for this, on the condition that Dredd's part of the story be implemented in a "meaningful way". [106] Written by Andrew Helfer and illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra and Michael Danza. Published by DC Comics in 1995, but a different version of Dredd to that in the DC comic books described above. For those who like their classical philosophy texts, Dredd's world has a distinct air of Plato's The Republic about it.

The metal band Anthrax included a song about Judge Dredd on their third album ( Among the Living) entitled " I Am the Law". It is one of their most popular and well-known songs, and often features as an encore to setlists. They also released a 12" single and a 7" picture disc, both bearing the image of Dredd. [141] One 12" version featured a fold-out poster of the band dressed as Judges drawn by drummer Charlie Benante. In 2066, Joseph Dredd and his older (by twelve minutes) "brother" Rico Dredd are cloned from the DNA of Chief Judge Fargo, the founder of the Judge System, who was said to have died in the line of duty years before. [51] Their growth is artificially accelerated in gestation so they are "born" with the physiological and mental development of a 5-year-old child, with appropriate knowledge and training already implanted in their brains. [52] The last name "Dredd" is chosen by the genetic scientist who created them, Morton Judd, to "instill fear in the population." [52] Character and appearance [ edit ] Judge Dredd from his first published story, as drawn by Mike McMahon in 1977. The character's appearance has remained essentially unchanged since, except for a more prominent jawline.Williams, Owen (5 September 2012). "Dredd Prequel Comic Online – Movie News – Empire". empireonline.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014.

Luna-1 (multiple stories; progs 42–59) Dredd is assigned to act for six months as Judge Marshall of Luna-1, a colony on Earth's moon governed by judges from all three Mega-Cities. This story introduced Luna-1 and Judges from East-Meg One and Texas City. One of the outposts along the route is inhabited by friendly mutants, and offer travellers a place to rest and resupply. However, the settlers soon discover the massacred remains of the townspeople, revealing that the mutants are actually hostile raiders that lure in new victims this way, with the settlers being forced to shoot their way out. Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death was produced by Rebellion Developments and released in early 2003 by Sierra Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. The game sees the return of the Dark Judges when Mega-City One becomes overrun with vampires and the undead. The player takes control of Judge Dredd, with the optional addition of another Human player in co-operative play. The game is a first-person shooter– with key differences such as the requirement to arrest lawbreakers, and an SJS death squad which will hunt down Dredd should the player kill too many civilians. The player can also go up against three friends in the various multiplayer modes which include " Deathmatch", " Team Deathmatch", "Elimination", "Team Elimination", "Informant", "Judges Vs. Perps", "Runner" and more. [122] A novel was based on the game. [123]Miasma Jennings' decision to release doctored footage of a rejected Justice Department plan for dealing with the infected note Which amounted to loading infected people onto hovercraft under the pretence of them being taken to a vaccination center, then gassing them to death mid-flight and dumping their corpses into burial pits dug after the Bug began to ravage the city; notably, Chief Judge Francisco was utterly horrified by this plan and vehemently rejected it, before reluctantly authorising its use during the final days of the outbreak, which near-singlehandedly destroys any remaining chance of the Judges containing the disease. For something written in 2011-12, it's a sober reminder of the horrific damage that fake news can cause. The Pit (progs 970–999). This story introduced the popular Judge Galen DeMarco, who would become protagonist of her own strip. Dredd takes the job of Sector Chief at Sector 301, an isolated area of the city that has become a dumping ground for corrupt and incompetent judges. Russel, Bradley (11 May 2017). "A Judge Dredd TV show is coming – but it's not the Karl Urban-Netflix series everyone wanted". gamesradar . Retrieved 10 September 2018. America ( Megazine 1.01–1.07). Dredd's philosophy is explored when democracy activists resort to terrorism. This story introduces the tragic characters America Jara and Bennett Beeny, as well as the terrorist group Total War.

Judge Fear's powers are this taken literally. The Face of Fear is able to actually scare people to death. He also shows the ability to detect people's inner fears without even using his face and project a terrifying aura that drives people insane. Street Judges act as police, judge, jury, and executioner. Capital punishment in Mega-City One is rarely used, [49] though deaths while resisting arrest are commonplace. Numerous writers have used the Judge System to satirize contemporary politics. In November 2012, IDW Publishing began a new monthly series written by Duane Swierczynski and illustrated by Nelson Daniel. [91] It lasted for 30 issues. Every Empire Falls (progs 1973–1990 and Megazine 371–374). An attempted coup in Mega-City One by the chief judge of Texas City, Pamela Oswin. Dredd is seemingly killed, but this is a deception to hide the fact that he has actually been kidnapped.At one point, another tribe of mutants are encountered, with one of them being murdered by a settler fleeing criminal charges in the Big Meg. The previously-idealistic Trekkmaster Rudd ultimately decides (with support from the other settlers) to leave the killer to the mutant tribe's mercy; when his equally-criminal family expresses discontent, Rudd points out that the entire mutant tribe is camped out on the mountain pass they need to pass, waiting to ambush and destroy the convoy if they don't give him up. Their first experiments with their bio-engineered clone embryos were disastrous failures... because every clone they created immediately mutated into a hideous abomination too deformed to survive. Lambie, Ryan (17 March 2016). "The Judge Dredd Arcade Game That Never Was". Archived from the original on 9 January 2017 . Retrieved 20 August 2016. By this stage, Wagner had quit, disillusioned that a proposed buy-out of the new comic by another company, which would have given him and Mills a greater financial stake in the comic, had fallen through. [14] Mills was reluctant to lose Judge Dredd and farmed the strip out to a variety of freelance writers, hoping to develop it further. Their scripts were given to a variety of artists as Mills tried to find a strip which would provide a good introduction to the character. This Judge Dredd would not be ready for the first issue of 2000 AD, launched in February 1977. [15] Judge Dredd's first appearance, in an advert in 2000AD #1 (26 February 1977). Art by Mike McMahon, from a story later published in #6. The Doomsday Scenario (progs 1141–1164 and 1167, and Megazine 3.52–3.59). The first series to run the same story from different viewpoints concurrently from start to finish, one in 2000 AD and the other in the Judge Dredd Megazine. One is told from the viewpoint of Galen DeMarco, now a civilian, as she is caught up in crimelord Nero Narcos' attempt to take over the city with his army of robots. The other is told from Dredd's viewpoint as he is taken prisoner by Orlok the Assassin and tried by the East-Meg One government in exile for his war crimes during the Apocalypse War. Once Dredd escapes (with Anderson's assistance), he secures the help of Brit-Cit in breaking Narcos' control over his robot hordes. The story saw the Judges briefly lose power and Chief Judge Volt commits suicide as a result. Hershey replaces him.

DC Comics published an alternative version of Judge Dredd between 1994 and 1996, lasting 18 issues. Continuity and history were different from both the original 2000 AD version and the 1995 film. A major difference was that Chief Judge Fargo, portrayed as incorruptible in the original version, was depicted as evil in the DC version. Most issues were written by Andrew Helfer, but the last issue was written by Gordon Rennie, who has since written Judge Dredd for 2000 AD (Note: the DC crossover story Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham featured the original Dredd, not the version depicted in this title). There have been a number of Judge Dredd stories that have significantly developed the Dredd character and/or the fictional world, or which create and add to a larger storyline. These are listed below (for a complete list of all stories see here). A list of all Judge Dredd stories to appear in the Judge Dredd Megazine from October 1990 to November 2022 (#1 to #450) is available at WikiCommons. [28] In January 2014, IDW began another miniseries, Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two. [94] There were five issues.

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In Great Britain, the character of Dredd and his name are sometimes invoked in discussions of police states, authoritarianism, and the rule of law. [2] Over the years, Judge Dredd has been hailed as one of the best satires of American and British culture with an uncanny ability to predict upcoming trends and events such as mass surveillance, the rise of populist leaders, and the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] In 2011, IGN ranked Judge Dredd 35th among the top 100 comic book heroes of all time. [4] Swierczynski, Duane (7 November 2013). "Judge Dredd #3 – Dredd's Comportment Chapter 3: The Birth of the Law – Douglas Wolk". Duane Swierczynski.