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Blood Cadets (progs 1186–1188). This introduces a new, young clone of Dredd who calls himself Rico (no first name) to try to redeem that name. Blood and Duty (progs 1300–1301) saw the return of Dredd's niece Vienna Pasternak. With Vienna's reintroduction and the arrival of Judge Rico, Dredd is given a family and several new plot points for future stories, including the Justice Department creating a large number of Dredd clones, and Dredd's problems with trying to connect with his niece. According to Mills, the name Joseph – given to Dredd in a story written by Mills which appeared in "prog" (issue) no. 30 – refers to where he went to school, St Joseph's College, Ipswich. [8] A trilogy about the Dark Judges, The Fall of Deadworld, was written by 2000AD's editor, Matt Smith, and published by Abaddon Books: My favourite of the longer stories here, however, has to be the one where Dredd becomes marshal on a moonbase city. That plot concept results in some well written culture clash humour, more overt satire of then-contemporary politics in particular the Cold War, as well as the type of spaghetti western pastiche that'd later become a hallmark of Judge Dredd whenever the stories go into the Cursed Earth or into the outer space colonies.

In more recent years, Dredd has met other Fargo clones such as Kraken and Nimrod, and a rogue clone of himself called DRƎDD. [ citation needed] He has also developed a family of sorts with the introduction of two younger clones of his own named Dolman and Judge Rico (no first name). Dredd also discovered his older brother Rico Dredd fathered a daughter, Vienna Dredd, who now sees Joe as an uncle. Mills, Pat (2017) Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! 2000AD and Judge Dredd: The Secret History, Millsverse Books, p. 112 ISBN 9780995661233 The UK ska/ Two-Tone band Madness recorded a tribute single to Dredd under the name of The Fink Brothers, entitled "Mutants in Mega-City One". Released on the Zarjazz label in February 1985, the record featured a cover drawn by 2000 AD Dredd artist Brian Bolland. [142] a b Hanly, Gavin (19 January 2010). "John Wagner on Dredd". 2000 AD Review. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010 . Retrieved 27 August 2016.

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Reliance Entertainment produced Dredd, which was released in September 2012. It was positively received by critics with Rotten Tomatoes' rating of 80%. [99] It was directed by Pete Travis and written by Alex Garland. Michael S. Murphey was co-producer with Travis. [100] Karl Urban was cast as Judge Dredd and Olivia Thirlby portrayed Judge Anderson. [101] [102] Dredd's costume was radically redesigned for the film, adding armor plates and reducing the size and prominence of the shoulder insignia.

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. A four-issue miniseries, Under Siege, began in May 2018. It is not connected with any previous IDW Judge Dredd series. In January 2014, IDW began another miniseries, Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two. [94] There were five issues. The following stories originally appeared in 2000AD Progs 804 - 829 and Judge Dredd Megazine 2.12 - 2.26. They were all reprinted by Rebellion in Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 18.

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Judge Dredd: Salvage; In Control; Caterpillars; Shotgun; Blood of Emeralds; Terror Rising; The Grindstone Cowboys; Dust to Dust; The Lion's Den; Reclamation; From the Ashes Dunt, Ian (3 October 2018). "Fascist Spain meets British punk: the subversive genius of Judge Dredd". The Guardian . Retrieved 27 July 2019.

As the omnibus goes on, however, the stories get more inventive. You see the writers satirise utopian not dystopian SF, or at least schemes by 1970's-era futurologists to create a more efficient society, by thinking up ways for criminals to exploit them and for totalitarian surveillance states like Mega-City One do so as well. Things get really exciting once the long term story arcs start to appear. The most famous is the robot uprising, which introduces frequently recurring comedy relief character Walter the Wobot. Judge Dredd is a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One, which covers most of the east coast of North America. He is a " street judge", empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals.Since then, Big Finish Productions has produced 18 audio plays featuring 2000 AD characters. [140] These have mostly featured Judge Dredd, although three have also featured characters from the series Strontium Dog. In these, Judge Dredd is played by Toby Longworth, and Johnny Alpha from Strontium Dog is played by Simon Pegg. The following stories originally appeared in 2000AD Progs 916 - 939 and Judge Dredd Megazine 2.69 - 2.80. They were all reprinted by Rebellion in Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 22. [5] 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.

The following stories originally appeared in 2000AD Progs 116 - 154. They were all reprinted by Rebellion in Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 03. The Hundredfold Problem ( John Grant, August 1994 ISBN 0-352-32942-4) (Re-released by BeWrite Books in 2003, rewritten as a non-Dredd novel. [109]) I got inspired to read this by the 2012 "Dredd" film starring Karl Urban: One of my favourite science-fiction action films in a long while, which basically felt like a cyberpunk "Die Hard" directed by John Carpenter. The comics, however, turn out to be a level weirder than the movie at least. Judge Kraken. Another clone of Chief Judge Fargo, decades younger than Joe Dredd but otherwise identical in appearance and similar in skill. Kraken was created by Morton Judd, the geneticist who cloned and named Joe and Rico Dredd. Kraken was one of the Judda, clones subservient to Judd. After Judd's defeat, Kraken is groomed to one day succeed Dredd and trained to become a Judge, though Dredd believes he isn't mentally fit. When Dredd first temporarily quits, Chief Judge Silver makes Kraken a Judge and has him impersonate Dredd so others won't know that one of Mega-City's greatest lost faith in the system. Kraken is then manipulated and corrupted by the Dark Judges, forced to help them temporarily turn Mega-City One into Necropolis, leading to the deaths of 60 million. After the Dark Judges are defeated, Kraken's mind is free and he peacefully accepts execution by Dredd. PJ Maybe was a serial killer who murdered his first victim at the age of only 12. He evaded detection several times, and claimed thousands of victims, [78] including a mayor and a deputy mayor of Mega-City One, over a criminal career lasting three decades.Trenholm, Richard (11 May 2017). "What Stallone's 'Judge Dredd' got right -- and 'Dredd' got wrong". CNET.com. Judge Fear's Big Day Out and Other Stories (2020), a collection of short stories by various writers which originally appeared in the Judge Dredd Megazine, edited by Michael Carroll. Judge Dredd: The Taxidermist; Revenge of the Taxidermist; Harry Sheemer, Mon Amour; Zombies; The Night of the Rad-Beast; Bob Zombie - Scouse of 20,000 Horrors The following stories originally appeared in 2000AD Progs 830 - 855 and Judge Dredd Megazine 2.27 - 2.43. They were all reprinted by Rebellion in Judge Dredd The Complete Case Files 19. [2] Far future lawman Judge Dredd has been a mainstay of the British comics scene for almost thirty years and now you can follow his earliest cases in this vast collection of graphic novels.