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

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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. The story chosen to introduce the character was submitted by freelance writer Peter Harris, [note 3] and was extensively re-written by Mills, who added a new ending suggested by Kelvin Gosnell. [16] [17] It was drawn by newcomer Mike McMahon. The strip debuted in prog 2. Around this time Ezquerra quit and returned to work for Battle. There are conflicting sources about why. Ezquerra says it was because he was angry that another artist had drawn the first published Judge Dredd strip. [18] Mills says he chose McMahon because Ezquerra had already left, having been offered a better deal by the editor of Battle. [19] 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. Another series of books, collectively called Judges, is about the first generation of judges, and are set six decades before Dredd's first stories to appear in the comic. [116] The books, all published by Abaddon Books, are:

There have been multiple Judge Dredd games released for various video game consoles and several home computers such as the ZX Spectrum, PlayStation and Commodore 64. The first game, titled Judge Dredd, was released in 1986. Another game, also titled Judge Dredd, was released in 1990. At one time, an arcade game was being developed by Midway Games but it was never released. It can however be found online and has three playable levels. [117] [118] [119] The Dark Judges tend to evoke this, and their very existence is a prime example, being four undead, omnicidal beings with assorted nasty powers (plus the two Sisters of Death) convinced that merely being alive is a capital offense who have already managed to wipe out all life on their own world. During the Necropolis storyline they took over Mega-City One and managed to kill sixty million people. And no matter how thoroughly you get rid of them, they always manage to find a way to return. There are few citizens alive today who remember the Apocalypse War ( 2000 AD progs 245 to 270). Half the population — 400 million people — died in the bloody conflict, which left 65% of Mega-City One in ruins, and the city has not been unscathed since then. For those who do remember, the war occupies a unique place in the history of Mega-City crises. Never before or since have so many lives been lost to a single enemy, and so many Mega-City citizens contributed to their own destruction. Lawgiver: The lawgiver machine pistol is the standard sidearm used by judges. It fires six different kinds of bullets, and is programmed to explode when used by an unauthorised user. Williams, Owen (5 September 2012). "Dredd Prequel Comic Online – Movie News – Empire". empireonline.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014.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). Judge Dredd: "Giant" (by John Wagner and Ian Gibson, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 2 no. 50-52, 1994)

The 2000 AD Links Project, "Top Thrill of the Month: Judge Dredd: Necropolis". Archived from the original on 16 May 2013 . Retrieved 31 July 2011. Wagner soon returned to the character, starting in prog 9. His storyline, "The Robot Wars", was drawn by a rotating team of artists (including Ezquerra), and marked the point where Dredd became the most popular character in the comic, a position he has rarely relinquished. [20] Judge Dredd has appeared in almost every issue since, [note 4] most of the stories written by Wagner (in collaboration with Alan Grant between 1980 and 1988). Judge Logan. Dredd's assistant for a number of years, later promoted to sector house chief. [73] Dredd encourages Logan to become Chief Judge when Hershey resigns. His public endorsement is instrumental in Logan attaining that office. [74]

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. The total annihilation device is a nuclear warhead of massive power, capable of obliterating an entire mega-city in a single cataclysmic explosion. Six mega-cities have been destroyed in this way in the Judge Dredd strip: East-Meg One in the Apocalypse War, and five others in " Judgement Day". The Apocalypse War served as a graphic illustration of their power, not only with the destruction of East Meg One but with twenty five TADs launched by MC-1 in the early hours of the war, diverted to another reality by the Sov "Apocalypse Warp" (a shield which deflected the weapons from MC-1). They not only destroyed the entire planet in the other dimension, but caused a rift in reality that destroyed two adjacent dimensions (this would be revealed nineteen years later in "Helter Skelter"). Terror and Total War (progs 1392–1399 and 1408–1419). A pair of stories wherein the fanatical organisation 'Total War' smuggles 12 nuclear devices into the city and threatens to detonate them all unless the Judges leave. A standard thriller plot made more significant through explorations of Judge Dredd's extended family, including Vienna and another Dredd clone named Nimrod.

The Return of Rico (prog 30). It is revealed that Joe Dredd is a clone who was artificially aged and trained to be a judge since childhood. The story also reveals he has an older (by 12 minutes) clone "brother" Rico Dredd who became a judge alongside him. Rico grew corrupt, taking bribes and killing people in his way until Joe arrested him, leading to a sentence of 20 years hard labor on Saturn's moon Titan (this penal colony will be mentioned again in several later stories, particularly as a place where renegade judges are sent). Now in 2099, 20 years later, Rico comes to Mega-City One seeking revenge. No longer used to Earth's gravity, Rico Dredd is outdrawn and killed by Joe, who seems to mourn his brother despite their differences. Some later stories expand Rico's life and personality. H-wagon is not one particular vehicle but a generic term used by the judges for any Justice Department vehicle that flies.Judge Beeny. Dredd's protégée since 2007. On Dredd's recommendation, Hershey appointed her to the Council of Five. [68]